THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND 


CONTAINING    ALSO 


REVIKWS     OF      ITS      PRINCIPAL     ENVIRONS 


SECOND   EDITION 


PUBLISHED   BY 

AMERICAN   PUBLISHING   AND    ENGRAVING  CO. 

IH 
102  CHAMBERS  STREET 

NEW   YORK 


:   .-    '  COPYRIGHT,  1889,  BY 

TfiE"  AMERICAN    PUBLISHING   AND   ENGRAVING    CO. 


INTRODUCTORY. 


NATION'S  growth  is  centred  in  the  freedom  of  its  institutions,  the  multiplication  and  expansion 
of  its  workshops  and  factories,  and  the  increase  of  its  commercial  establishments  and  facilities. 
Herein  lie  the  attractions  to  the  sons  and  daughters  of  other  nations  where  freedom  is  restrained, 
despotism  paramount,  and  commerce  crippled,  to  come  and  abide  with  us  and  help  us  to  build  up 
this  grand  Republic  into  the  greatest  and  most  powerful  nation  the  world  has  known. 

Upon  the  historian  rests  the  responsibility  of  chronicling  the  progress  and  achievements  of  communities 
from  age  to  age,  and  of  conveying  to  present  and  oncoming  generations  a  faithful  representation  of  the  times 
in  which  he  lives.  The  publishers  of  this  volume  have  been  actuated  by  a  desire  to  place  before  the  readers  of 
these  pages,  not  merely  an  account  of  Boston  as  it  was  in  the  past,  but  as  it  exists  to-day — with  its  vast  empo- 
riums of  commerce ;  its  thousands  of  industrial  establishments ;  its  hundreds  of  wharves,  to  and  from  which  the 
merchantmen  belonging  to  all  the  countries  of  the  world  come  and  go ;  its  half  a  million  of  people,  representing 
every  nation  and  tongue;  its  halls  of  learning;  its  institutions  for  the  cultivation  of  the  arts  and  dissemination 
of  the  sciences;  its  charitable  associations  and  religious  edifices;  its  beautiful  parks  and  drives;  its  memorials  of 
by-gone  heroes  by  flood  and  field ;  its  improvements  over  the  past,  in  buildings  and  thoroughfares ;  its  civic 
government ;  and  its  attainment  to  the  distinction  of  the  manufacturing  and  commercial  metropolis  of  New 
England. 

To  every  American  citizen,  some  knowledge  of  the  history  of  his  country,  and  of  its  leading  cities,  is  indis- 
pensable ;  and  in  the  compiling  of  this  work,  telling  of  the  origin  of  the  second  city  founded  on  American  soil, 
of  its  subsequent  growth  and  present  status,  the  publishers  believe  that  they  have  not  been  uselessly  employed, 
and  that  the  reader  will  rise  from  the  perusal  of  its  pages  with  an  increased  knowledge  of  Boston  and  its  pro- 
gressive people.  This  book  is  intended  for  the  average  American  ;  for  the  manufacturer  and  merchant,  who 
have  neither  time  nor  disposition  to  plod  through  ten  or  twenty  volumes  of  elaborate  historical  dissertations;  for 
the  practical  man  of  the  shop,  the  counter,  and  the  plough.  The  story  of  the  coming  of  the  first  settlers  to  the 
pear-shaped  peninsula  on  which  they  began  the  building  up  of  the  present  giant  city  of  Boston  is  briefly  but 
interestingly  told  ;  the  great  work  of  converting  that  which  was  but  a  narrow  neck  connecting  the  city  to 
the  mainland,  into  what  is  now  the  broadest  part  of  the  municipality,  is  adequately  described  ;  the  valiant  deeds 
of  the  forefathers,  who  sounded  the  tocsin  and  fired  the  first  guns  of  the  Revolution  ;  have  been  concisely  but 
faithfully  related,  and  old  landmarks  pointed  out.  But  the  ambition  of  the  authors  has  been  to  give  a  pen-pic- 
ture, with  beautiful  new  illustrations,  of  the  city  as  it  is  in  this  year  of  grace  1889  ;  to  tell  of  the  character  of  its 
multifarious  manufactures,  and  of  its  miscellaneous  commerce;  and  to  make  the  reader  acquainted  with  its 
representative  business  men,  who  have  won  fame  for  themselves  and  made  the  name  of  Boston  known  and 
honored  in  all  the  corners  of  the  earth. 

The  data  given  touching  the  various  business  enterprises  have  been  drawn  from  the  most  authentic  sources, 
have  been  carefully  collated  and  intelligently  revised ;  and  the  utmost  care  has  been  exercised  in  order  that  the 
information  herein  given  maybe  relied- uiwprsuifl.aifevis  highly  desirable  that  the  most  accurate  knowledge 


iv  INTRODUCTORY. 

with  regard  to  a  community  so  useful  and  progressive  in  trade  and  manufactures  as  Boston  is  should  be  as 
widely  diffused  as  possible.  While  it  is  not  claimed  that  the  work  is  free  from  imperfections  and  shortcom- 
ings, it  is  confidently  asserted  that  no  previous  publication  of  a  like  character  has  contained  so  much  new  and 
valuable  points  for  reference.  The  preparation  of  the  work  has  needed  much  labor,  patience,  and  perseverance ; 
but,  great  as  the  task  has  been,  the  drudgery  of  compilation  has  been  shorn  of  unpleasantness  by  the  universal 
courtesy  extended  to  us,  and  the  cheerful  manner  in  which  information  has  been  afforded  wherever  it  was  ap- 
plied for.  Without  such  help,  this  work  could  not  have  been  issued  in  the  form  in  which  it  now  is.  To  so 
many  are  our  thanks  due,  that  it  would  be  impossible  to  tender  them  individually ;  and  though  we  do  so  col- 
lectively, our  sincerity  of  appreciation  of  favors  received  is  none  the  less. 

Designed  for  distribution  among  persons  residing  in  other  localities,  as  well  as  among  the  citizens  of  Bos- 
ton, and  especially  among  those  who  are  unacquainted  with  the  real  magnitude  of  the  city  and  its  extraordinary 
manufacturing  and  mercantile  facilities,  we  are  assured  that  this  work  will  perform  a  mission  of  the  highest 
utility.  It  is  dedicated  to  the  manufacturer,  the  merchant,  the  household,  and  to  the  libraries  of  the  rich  and  of 
the  poor.  It  is  inscribed  to  the  business  man,  to  the  father,  the  mother,  the  son,  and  the  daughter  of  the  Amer- 
ican family.  If  the  man  of  business,  the  father,  mother,  son,  and  daughter  shall  be  more  proud  of  their  ancient 
city,  the  "Athens  of  the  New  World,"  and  love  it  and  their  country  better,  if  they  shall  understand  more 
clearly  and  appreciate  more  fully  the  founding,  progress,  and  growth  of  liberty  in  the  New  World,  and  be 
brought  to  a  more  perfect  knowledge  of  the  giant  strides  that  are  being  made  in  manufactures  and  commerce 
in  the  capital  of  the  Old  Bay  State,  the  publishers  will  be  abundantly  repaid. 

THE  PUBLISHERS. 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


ABBOTT,  S.  K.  &  Co.,  Book-Binders 148 

Adams,  G.  W. ,  Jeweler,  Waltham 292 

Adams,  A.  L.,  Apothecary 248 

Adams,  &  Ilsley,  Manfrs.  Harness,  etc 223 

Adams,  A.  H.  &  Co.,  Remnant  Leather,  etc 169 

Addison,  H.  J.,  Watches,  etc 248 

Aiken,  G.  C.,  Wholesale  Confectionery 162 

Alden,  D.  G.  &  Co.,  Trimmings,  Laces,  etc 143 

Aldrich,  A.  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants 187 

Allbe,  J.  G.,  Job  Printer '. 138 

Allen  &  Barry,  Painters,  West  Newton   302 

Allen  &  Kenway,  Architects 113 

Allen,  Lane  &  Co.,  Dry  Goods  Commission  Merchants  150 

American  Decorative  Co 235 

American  Gold  Paint  Co 191 

American  ElectricRegisterCo.,W.W.  Montgomery,  Mgr.  176 

American  Bank  Note  Co.,  R.  C.  Leonard,  Agt 158 

Ames,  J.  N.,  Apothecary,  Chelsea 273 

Anderson,  E.  C.,  Pharmacist,  Cambridgeport 283 

Anderson,  J.  F.,  Tailor 206 

Anderson,  W.  L.  &  Co.,  Diamonds,  etc 243 

Anderson  &  Dickey,  Architectural  Wood-Turning,  etc.  209 

Andrews  &  Stevens,  Tremont  Market 148 

Andros,  H.  S.,  Pharmacist,  Cambridgeport 286 

Applegate,  A.  J.,  Jewelry,  Cambridgeport 284 

Appleton,  D.  &  Co.,  Publishers .. . .  159 

Arakelyan,  J.  J.,  Printer 222 

Asbestos  Packing  Co.,  The 186 

Ashton  Valve  Company,    The,  Manfrs.  Safety  Valves.  101 

Aspinwall  &  Lincoln,  Civil  Engineers 139 

Atlantic  Works,  The,  Engineers  and  Builders  of  Steam- 
ships, etc 136 

Atwood  &  Rich,  Ship  Brokers,  etc 251 

Ayer,  Geo.  O.,  Photo.  Artist 243 

BABB  &  STEPHENS,  Printers 171 

Babo,  L.  £  Co.,  Apothecaries 237 

Bacon,  A.  J.  &  Co.,  Groceries,  Provisions,  Chelsea. . . .  272 

Bail,  G.  W.,  Coal  and  Wood 250 

Bailey,  T.  B.  &  Co. ,  Perfumers 178 

Bailey  &  Ayer,  Commission  Merchants 177 

Bailey,  Prof.  F.  H.,  Astronomical  Inventor,  etc 173 

Bailey,  C.  J.  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Patented  Novelties 217 

Bailey,  A.  W.,  Groceries 258 

Baker,  Witherell  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Fresh  Fish 130 

Baker,  F.  P.,  Moulding  Co.,  Manfrs.  Picture  Mouldings  184 

Baker,  A.  M.  Apothecary 232 

Baker,  W.  F.,  Dry  and  Fancy  Goods,  Chelsea 273 


Baldwin,  F.  J.  &  Co.,  Machinists. . 257 

Ballou,  J.  E.,  Printer 207 

Bangs,  C.  H.,  Manfr.  Druggist's  Furniture  164 

Banks,  J.  M.,  Produce 206 

Barber,  Bros.,  Hardware,  etc.,  Newton 301 

Barbour  &  Stockwell,  Bread  and  Cracker  Machinery..  229 

Barnard,  S.,  Jobber  in  Clothing 144 

Barnes,  Z.  S. ,  Beef,  Pork,  etc 233 

Barnes,  G.,  Baker 246 

Barnes,  H.  K.,  Manfr.  Leather  Belting,  etc 154 

Bartley,  G.  W.  &  Son,  Rigger's  Loft,  etc 223 

Barton  &  Co.,  Leather  Splitting  Machinery 125 

Barry,  Thayer  &  Co.,  Cotton  Commission  Merchants.  183 

Bascom,  C.  W.,  Printer 218 

Bassett,  W.  L.,  Butter,  Cheese,  etc 259 

Bassill,  L. ,  Brass  Finisher 199 

Bates,  W.  N.,  Printer 158 

Bay  State  Clean-Towel  Furnishing  Co.,  The 218 

Bay  State  Boot  &  Shoe  Co.,  Manfrs.  Boots  and  Shoes.  112 

Bauckman,  C.,  Dry  Goods,  etc 250 

Beach,   E.,  Tailor...    191 

Beal,  T.  M.  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  of  Tables 223 

Beardsley,  G.  W. ,  Pianos 178 

Bearse,  O.  &  Son,  Lumber 128 

Bedell,  D.  P.,  Silk 217 

Beers,  J.  S.,  Boots  and  Shoes 230 

Bellows,  H.  N.,  Wool  Broker 166 

Benedict  &  Burnham  Manfg.  Co.,  Manfrs.  Rolled  and 

Sheet  Brass,  etc 150 

Benjamin,  W.  W.,  Fruits  and  Vegetables no 

Bethune  &  H  ill,  Fancy  Goods   208 

Bigelow  &  Dowse,  Hardware 151 

Billings,  Clapp  &  Co.,  Manfg.  Chemists 147 

Bingham,  J.,  Forwarding  Agent 119 

Bird,  H.  M.  Foundry,  Cambridgeport 282 

Bird  &  Stevens,  Manfrs.  Slippers,  etc 105 

Birmingham,  S.  T.,  Physician 211 

Birtwell,  J.  &  Co.,  Manfrs.   Iron  Work  for  Buildings.  151 

Bixby,  S.  C. ,  Ales,  Porter,  etc 142 

Blacker  &  Shepard,  Lumber 108 

Blackinton,  F.  H.  &  Co.,  Grocers 255 

Black's,  A.  F.,  House  Furnishing  Warerooms,  Chelsea  273 

Blair,  A.  A.,  Printer 167 

Blake,  E.  H.,  Real  Estate,  East  Cambridge 286 

Blaney,  D.  H.,  Real  Estate 257 

Blaney,  F.   H.,  Insurance 237 

Bolles,  M.  &  Co.,  Bankers  &  Brokers 263 

Boston  Cash  Market,  Hyde  Park 295 


VI 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


PAGE 

121 


Boston   Belting  Co 

Boston  Daily  Globe,  The 125 

Boston  Leather  &  Rubber  Repair  Shop 229 

Boston  Comfort  Corset  Co.,  Manfrs  Corsets  and  Waists  236 

Boston  Chair  Manfg.  Co 251 

Boston  Pork  Store,  Frank  Warner,  Propr 239 

Boston  Sugar-Refining  Co 154 

Boston  Electric  Protective  Assn.,  The 135 

Boston  Fraternal   Accident  Assn.,  The 140 

Boston  Car  Spring  Co.,  Manfrs. India  Rubber  Goods,  for 

Mechanical  and  Manfg.  purposes. .  N 105 

Bow,  L.  E.,  Outfitter 233 

Bowden,  J.  G.,    Bindings,  Tapes,  etc 178 

Bowdlear,  S.  G.  &  Co.,  Flour,  etc 140 

Bovven,  I.  A.,  Dry  Goods  Commission  Merchant 172 

Boyd,  F.  W.,  Wool 174 

Brackett,  A.  &  Son,  Wool,  etc.,  Newton 300 

Brackett,  W.  D.  &  Co.,  Boots  and  Shoes 181 

Bradford,  W.,  Tailor 228 

Bradley  &  Hubbard  Manfg.  Co.,  Gas  Fixtures,  etc 210 

Bray,  W.  C.,  Trucking   201 

Bridgham  &  Co.,  Woolens 256 

Briggs  Bros.,  Stair  Builders 208 

Brigham  &  Spofford,  Architects 196 

Brigham,  J.  W.  &  Co.,  Boots  and  Shoes 211 

Brintnall,  N.  Y.  &  Co.,  Wines,  Cordials,  etc 126 

Broadway  House,  Chelsea 273 

Brogan,  J.  A.,  Groceries,   Cambridgeport 281 

Brooks,  L.  B.,  Designer  and  Engraver 213 

Bromwich,  C.  M.,  Stoves,  etc 240 

Brown  &  Clark,  Printers 128 

Brown,  J.  M.,  Architect 185 

Brown,  W.  E.  Funeral  Undertaker 247 

Brown,  C.  E.,  Photographer,  Chelsea 273 

Brown,  M.,  Horse-shoer 203 

Brown,  J.  T.,  &  Co.,  Druggists  &  Chemists 107 

Bucher,  T.  P.,  Insurance 193 

Buck,  C.  H.,  &  Co.,  Sign-painters 259 

Buckley,  D.,  Plumber 242 

Buff  &  Berger,  Manfrs.,  Surveying  Instruments,  etc..  221 

Bunker  Hill  Furniture  Co 247 

Bunting  &  Emery,  Fish 199 

Burditt  &  White,  Hardware,  Cambridgeport 286 

Burditt  &  Williams,  Builders'  Hardware 216 

Burke,  P.  F.,  Manfr.  Toe  Calks,  etc 112 

Burleigh,  G.  A.,  Boots,  Shoes,  etc 255 

Burley  &  Usher,  Manfrs. ,  Shoes 104 

Burnham  &  Durgan,  Groceries,  etc 240 

Burrell  &  Dennett,  Piano  Cases,  etc 220 

Bush,  A.  P.,&  Co.,  N.  E.  Agts.  for  Bovinine,  Hak-ka 

Cream  &  Ossidine 145 

Buss,  G.  W.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.,  Wooden  Bungs,  etc. .  .  .  251 

Byam,  C.  F.,  &  Co.,  Boots  &  Shoes 243 

CA-BOT,  S.,  Manfr.  Creosote  Shingle  Stains 175 

Cameron,  J.,  Boots  &  Shoes,  Hyde  Park 297 

Campbell,  Wm.   A.,  Apothecary 134 

Campbell,  I.  T.,  Apothecary 143 

Campbell,  A.,  Plumber 242 

Carbee,   M.,  &  Co.,  Machinists 242 


Carey,  J.  H.,  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants 134 

Carey,  H.,  Tailor 180 

Carpenter,  Woodward  &  Morton,  Paints  &  Varnishes.    193 

Carter,  H.  H.,  &  Co.,  Paper,  etc 104 

Carter,  John,  &  Co.,  Paper 104 

Carter,  H.  H.,  Funeral  Director,  Chelsea 271 

Carter,  Rice,  &  Co.,  Paper 205 

Carmichael,  H.,  Chemist 231 

Caro,  S.  M. ,  Gents'  Furnishings 237 

Carroll,  J.,  Harness,  Newton 300 

Carruthers,  H.,  &  Co.,  Plumbers,  etc 133 

Cassell,   Bros.,  Plumbers,  Chelsea 269 

Chamberlain,  Bros.  &  Son,  Chicago  Dressed  Beef 142 

Chapman  &  Soden,  Manfrs.    Roofing,    Materials,  etc..    132 

Chapman,  C.  C. ,  Stoves,  Furnaces,  etc 246 

Charlestown  Five  Cents  Savings  Bank 166 

Chase,  L.  C.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Horse  Clothing,  etc 106 

Chelsea  Suspender  Manfg.  Co 269 

Cherrington,  R.  E.,  Upholsterer,  Hyde  Park 296 

Chessman,  W.  H.,  Potash,  etc 160 

Chickering,  Elmer,  Photographer 150 

Chickering,  S.  G.,  &  Co.,  Pianos 122 

Chickering,  &  Sons,  Piano-Fortes 127 

Christian,  T.,  &  Co.,  Laces,  etc 235 

Chubb  &  Son,   American    Mgrs.   for  Marine  Ins.  Co. 

(limited)  of  England 132 

Church,  F.  T.,  &  Co,,  Manfg.  Chemists,  etc 191 

City  Hotel,  Chelsea 270 

City  Market,  Newton 300 

City  Market,  Cambridgeport 283 

Clark,  E.  E. ,  Tar,  Rosin ,  etc .. 200 

Clark,  E.  S.,  Builder  of  Engines,  Boilers,  etc 159 

Clark,  R.  B.,  Wool  Broker 160 

Clark,  T.  M.,  Architect 165 

Clarke,  W.  B.,  &  Co.,  Booksellers,  etc 172 

Cleveland,  Brown  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Neckwear 179 

Clough,  G.  A.,  Architect 164 

Cloutman,  Dunham  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Boots  &  Shoes...   233 

Cobb,  C.  D...&  Co.,  Grocers 137 

Coburn,  G.  M.,  Boots  &  Shoes 121 

Coburn  &  Whitman,  Manfrs.  Overskirts,  etc 227 

Codman  &  Shurtleff,  Surgical  and  Dental  Instruments.    184 

Coffin,  H.  B.,  Teas  &  Groceries,  Newton 300 

Coffin,  S.  A.,  Tobacco,  etc.,  Hyde  Park 295 

Cohen,  L.,  Tailor,  East  Cambridge 281 

Cohen  &  Sons,  Manfrs.  Hats  &  Caps 174 

Cole,  Mrs.  M.  W.,  Millinery,  etc 239 

Coleman,  G. ,  Manfr.  Blank  Books 190 

Colman,  J.  J.,  Propr.  The  Bazaar,  Cambridgeport 285 

Colorado  Farm  Loan  Co.  The 129 

Colton  Dental  Ass'n 216 

Combination  Auction  &   Sales   Stables,  J.  C.  Richard- 
son, Propr 115 

Combs,  C.  E.,  Pharmacist,  Cambridgeport 283 

Conant,  J.  H.,  &  Co.,  Ship  Brokers 146 

Conant,  C.  A.,  Agent  for  Millers 123 

Connor,  B.,  Groceries,  Hyde  Park 297 

Conroy,  J.  W.,  &  Son,  Painters,  West  Newton 301 

Cook,  J.  A.,  Hardware,  etc 138 

Cook,  C.,  &  Co.,  Auctioneers,  etc 168 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


Vll 


Cooper,  J.,  Plumber 204 

Corbett,  P.  B. ,  Auctioneer,  etc 206 

Cotton,  C.  H.,  Beef,  Pork,  etc 253 

Covvdrey,  E.  T.,  Co.,  Preservers  &  Importers  of  Table 

Delicacies 103,  260  &  261 

Covvles,  L.  E.,  &  Co.,  Printers 194 

Cranitch,  L.  H.,  Painter,  Newton 300 

Cravvley,  G.  E.,  European  Novelties 199 

Creesy  &  Noyes,  Contractors  &  Builders 128 

Cressey  &  Noyes,  Grain  &  Feed 224 

Crocker,  A.  B.,  &  Co.,  Feltings 226 

Crockett  Bros.  &  Sanborn,  Commission  Flour,  etc. .  . .  234 

Crosby,  S.,  &  Son,  Grain,  Meal,  Feed,  etc 163 

Cross,  D.  J.,  Grocer,  etc 255 

Cunningham,  E.  T.,  &  Son,  Paper  Hangings,  etc, 

Chelsea 272 

Currier,  J.  A.  O.,  Printer 259 

Curry  &  Hanmer,  Hardware 167 

Curtis,  O.  &  Son,  Groceries 249 

Cushman,  G.  W.,  Gents'  Furnishing  Goods 186 

Cutler,  E.  H.,  Selling  Agt.  Woonsocket  Rubber  Co. . . .  241 

Cyclorama  of  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill.. 118 

DAILEY,  C.  W.,  Stables,  East  Cambridge 285 

Daily  Free  Press,  Waltham 291 

Daly  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Saddlery,  etc 251 

Dane,  Francis,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  of  Grain,  Kid,  and  Goat 

Boots  and  Shoes 116 

Dana,  Tucker  &  Co.,  Commission  Dry  Goods,  etc 154 

Daniel's  Nonautum  Stables,  Newton 301 

Da  Prato,  A.  &  Co. ,  Florentjne  Statuary,  etc 258 

Darling,  C.  S.jWhips  &  Canes,  Cambridgeport 282 

Dave,  F.  &  Co.,  Boots  and  Shoes 116 

Davis,  C.  S.  &  Co.,  Dry  Goods,  etc.,  Hyde  Park 296 

Davis,  G.  A. ,  Groceries,  Cambridgeport 286 

Davis,  J.  C.  &  Son,  Soap  Manfrs  ,  Cambridgeport 282 

Davis,  T.  S.,  Diamonds,  etc 256 

Davis,  J.  A.  £  Co.,  Sheep  and  Goat  Skins 185 

Davis  Shoe  Co.,  Manfrs.  Ladies  and  Misses  Boots  and 

Shoes 161 

Davis,  W.  H.  &  Co. ,  East  India  House 168 

Dawson,  S.  F.,  Manfr.  "  Essex  Mills  "  Leather  Board. .  256 

Dean,  Chase  &  Co.,  Shoe  Manfrs.'  Goods 216 

Dearborn,  S.  B.  &  Co.,  Engravers  and  Printers 219 

Deehan's  Drug  Store,  Cambridgeport 288 

Dempsey  Bros.,  Beef,  Pork,  Mutton,  etc 249 

Derry,  H.  A.  Horses,  Carriages,  etc 253 

Desmond,  D.  M.,  Pharmacist,  East  Cambridge 285 

Dexter's  Harness  Shop 244 

Dickson,  G.  F.,  Plumbers' Supplies,  Cambridgeport. ...  285 

Doane,  Thos. ,  Civil  Engineer  and  Surveyor 138 

Dodge,  C.  A.,  Mason  and  Builder 245 

Dodge's,  L.  W.,  Pharmacy 249 

Dowley  &  Proctor,  Furniture,  etc 250 

Downing,  A.  W.  &  Co. ,  Leather 125 

Downing  Morocco  Co. ,  Manfrs.  Morocco in 

Drake,  W.  E.,  Restaurant,  Somerville 304 

Drake,  W.  L  ,  Surgeon  Dentist,  Chelsea 271 

Dunham,  C.  H.  &  Co.,  Shoe  Manfrs'.  Goods 220 

Dunmore,  H.  W.,  Kitchen  Furniture 204 


Dunne,  J.  H.  &  Co.,  Cutlery,  etc 251 

Dupee,  F.,  Wool  Broker 221 

Dupee,  G.   H.,  Provisions,  etc 246 

DuPonts  Gun  Powder,  Geo.  E.  Smith  &  Co..  Agts   ...   170 

Dupont  &  Cote,  Hardware,  etc.,  Somerville 304 

Dutton,  H.  &  Co.,  Paper  Manfrs'.  Supplies 188 

Dyer,  U.  H.,  Fish,  etc.,  Newtonville 301 

Dyer,  Geo.,  Livery  and  Sale  Stable,  Chelsea 271 

Dyer,  I.  H.,  Mutton,  Lamb,  etc 234 

EAGLE  Manfg.  Co.,  Makers  of  Wire  Hair  Brushes,  etc.  189 

East  Boston  Savings  Bank 184 

Easterbrook,  F.  W.,  Coal  and  Wood 254 

Eastern  Manufacturing  and  Advertising  Co 226 

Eastern  Fish  Co 208 

Eaton  &  Eustis,  Commission  Merchants 196 

Eberle,  G.  A.,  Manfr.  Clark's  Linen  Fire  Hose,  etc. ...  131 

Edson,  W.,  Expert  in  Patent  Causes 143 

Educational  Supply  Co.,  Microscopes,  etc 129 

Egge,  C.,  Die  Sinker 214 

Eisendrath,  B.  D.  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Racine  Dongola 173 

Elite  Mfg.-  Co.,  The,  Manfrs.  Warner's  Newport  Relish  120 

Ellenville  Tanning  Co.,  Manfis.  Calf  Skins  219 

Elliott  Paper  Box  Company 169 

Ells,  D.  T. ,  Boarding  and  Baiting  Stable 232 

Emerson,  I.  W. ,  Gents'  Furnishings,  Chelsea 270 

Emerson  &  Frye,  Country  Produce 247 

Emerson,  W.,  Upholstery 171 

Emery,  G.  D.,  Lumber,  Chelsea 268 

Emmel,  Chas.,  Wood  Carver 176 

English,  C.  R.,  Cotton,  Woollen,  Worsted,  etc.,  Machin- 
ery     . .    185 

Erlandson,  J.,  Manfr.  Furniture 189 

Erskine,  N.,  Pictures  and  Frames 249 

Essex  Costume  Parlors,  W.  C.  Montgomery,  Propr. ..,  242 

Evans,  T.  B. ,  Produce 233 

Everett  Piano  Co. 231 

FALVEY,  J.  F.  &  W.  H.,  Dry  Goods,  etc 149 

Fansworth,  C.  L.,  Baker,  Hyde  Park 296 

Farrell,  M.   F.,  Plumber 259 

Farwell,  J.  E.  &  Co.,  Printers 166 

Faunce,  C.  H.,  Undertaker,  Chelsea. 272 

Faxon,  O.   J.   &    Co.,  Manfrs.  Piano  Forte  Hardware, 

etc 150 

Ferguson  &  Decker,  Tailors,  Newton 301 

Fenno,  I.  &  Co.,  Clothing 124 

Fenno,  F.  J.,  Tailor ^204 

Fernald,  Geo.  A.,  &  Co.,  Eastern  and  Western  Invest- 
ment Securities 155 

Fera,    Confectioner , 102 

First  Ward  National  Bank  of  Boston,  Mass 137 

Fisk,  Miss  M.  F.,  Gloves 141 

Fitz,  N.  E.,  &  Co.,  Coal  and  Wood,  etc 225 

Flagg  Manfg.  Co.,  Manfrs.  Shoe  Machinery 195 

Flood,  John,  Furniture,  Newton 302 

Floyd,  Pratt  &  Rounds,  'Wholesale  Jewelry,  etc ,    112 

Flynn,  C.  P.,  Pharmacist 260 

Fogg,  C.  B.,  Carpenter  and  Builder 216 

Ford,  H.  M.,  Real  Estate,  etc 209 


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GENERAL     INDEX. 


Fossett  &  Atwood,  Clothing,  Waltham 292 

Foster,  F.  W.,  &  Co.,  Steam   and   Hot  Water  Heating 

Apparatus   197 

Foster,  H.  A  ,  Groceries,  Chelsea 269 

Foyle  Letter  File,  Cabinet,  and  Index  Co.,  The 207 

Frank,  Herman,  &  Co.,  Boots  and  Shoes ...  211 

Frankenstein,  I.,  Dry  and   Fancy  Goods,    Cambridge- 
port 286 

Fraser,  Mrs.  C.  L.,  &  Sons,  Druggists 258 

Fredericks,  L.  N.,  Printer 166 

Freeman,  G.  W.,  Photographer .^ 255 

Freeman,  S.  A.,  Apothecary 239 

Freeman  &  Gray,  Men's  Furnishing  Goods 191 

Freeman  &  Pierce,  Sewing  Machines 171 

French,  S.  E.,  Remnant  Leather,  etc 228 

French,  B.,  &  Co.,  Photographic  Materials 136 

Frost  &  Dearborn,  Restaurant 190 

Fuller,  S.   W.,  Lumber 222 

Fuller,  J.  F. ,  Civil  Engineer  and  Surveyor 160 

Fuller  &  Besse,  Ladies'  Custom  Boots. ...    145 

GANZHORN,  W.,  Dress  &  Cloak  Maker 146 

Gardner,  T.  O.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Infants'  Shirts,  etc 183 

Garrison,  W.  L.,  &  Co.,  Western  Mortgages,  etc 174 

Gates  &  Co.,  Printers 180 

Gay,  E.  T.,  Fish  and  Oysters 232 

Gee,  C.  H.,  Meats,  Poultry,  etc 252 

Geyer,  A. ,  Druggist,  East  Cambridge 281 

Gilman,  J.  D. ,  Dining  and  Sample  Rooms 194 

Gilmore,  E.  S.,  &  Co.,  Grocers,  etc 138 

Givan  Bros.,  Groceries,  etc 254 

Gleason,  F.  W.,  &  Co.,  Stoves,  etc.,  Hyde  Park 296 

Globe  Gas  Light  Co.,  The,  Contractors  for  Street  Light- 
ing   109 

Goldenberg,  S.,  Clothing,  etc 249 

Goodhue,  G.  H.,  &  Co.,  Wool 210 

Goold,  E.  H.,  Bakery,  Hyde  Park 295 

Gould,  W.  M.,  Groceries,  etc.,  Chelsea 267 

Gove,  A.,  &  Son,  Coal,  Wood,  etc 138 

Gowing,  Sawyer  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants 224 

Grand  View   Hotel 229 

Grant,  J.,  Water  Filters 187 

Graves,  A.,  Shoes  and  Slippers 123 

Gray's  Dynamo  Electric  Machine  Co 241 

Great  American  Union  Tea  Co.,  East  Cambridge 283 

Great  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Tea  Co.,  The 254 

Green,  O.,  &  Co.,  Pianos,  etc 170 

Green  &  Co.,  Produce  Commission  Merchants 194 

Greenleaf,  G.,  &  Co.,  Wire  Workers,  etc 246 

Greenough,  W.  A.,  &  Co.,  Publishers  of  Maps,  etc....  227 

Gregory,  Mrs.  N.  J.,  Milliner  and  Dressmaker 154 

Grey,  Clark  &  Engle,  Manfrs.  Calf,  Veal  &  Kip  Skins.  212 

Griffiths,  A.,  Manfr.  Saws,  etc 154 

Grigson,  G.  H.,  Cafe 259 

Grout,  Warren  &  Blanchard,  Woolens 179 

Grueby,  E.  L.,  Watch  and  Clock  Maker 238 

Guild,  F.  O.,  Apothecary 257 

Guild,  H.,  &  Co.,  Jewelers 203 

HADDOCK,  SHONK  &  Co.,  Miners  of  Coal 149 


Hadley,  B.,  &  Sons,  Manfrs.  Milk  Cans,  etc. .    

Hall,  H.  K.  W.,  Paper 

Hall,  A.  E.,  Insurance 

Hall,  J.,  Jr.,  Provisions,  etc 

Hall's  Bee  Hive,  Dry  Goods,  etc 

Hallet  &  Davis  Co.,  Manfrs.  Pianos 

Hallett,  W.  C.,  Watches,  etc 

Hamlin,  E.  S.,  &  Co.,  Coal  and  Wood. 

Hammett,  A.  P.,  Locksmith  and  Bell  Hanger,  Hyde 
Park 

Hammond,  W.  G.,  Lumber 

Handy,  L.  S.,  Stoves,  etc 

Harding,  Dr.  H 

Harrison  &  Renison,  Carriage  Manufacturers 

Hartford  &  Co.,  Commission  Fruits,  etc 

Harkins,  E.,  &  Co.,  Oils  and  Candles. ...    

Hartley,  F.,  Wool  Broker 

Hartwell,  C.  H.,  Meats,  East  Cambridge 

Harvey,  J.  W.,  Machine  Blacksmith 

Haskell,  W.,  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Fresh  Fish,  etc 

Hasty,  J.  A.,  Architect 

Hatch,  H.  N.,  Hardware,  etc 

Hansen,  H.  C.,  Printers'  Materials 

Hawkins  Machine  Co.,  Manfrs.  Boot  and  Shoe  Machin- 
ery, etc 

Hayden,  A.,  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants 

Hayden,  C.,  Photo.  Artist,  Chelsea 

Hayes,  D.  J.,  Harness,  etc 

Haynes,  J.  C.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  of  Guitars 

Hecht  Bros.  &  Co.,  Wool 

Hedger,  H.  D.,  &  Co.,  Makers-  Swiftsure  Bicycles,  etc. 

Hedin,  J.  A.,  &  Co.,  Furniture,  etc.,  East  Cambridge. 

Henry,  J.  J.,  &  Co.,  Boots  and  Shoes 

Henry,  W.  f .,  Provisions,  etc 

Hersey,  I.  G.,  Contractor  and  Builder 

Hersey  Bros.,  Manfrs.  Machinery 

Hickman,  F.  D.  L.,  Rockers,  Lounges,  etc 

Higgins,  S.  C.,  Steam  and  Hot  Water  Heating  Ap- 
paratus, Cambridgeport 

Higgins  &  Thibaudeau,  Machinists,  etc 

Hill,  W.  S.,  Manfr.  Electric  Lamps,  etc 

Hill,  S.  P.,  &  Co.,  West  India  Goods 

Hill  &  Langtry,  Saddlery  Hardware 

Hill,  T.,  &  Sons,  Hardware,  etc 

Hill's  Champion  Cooker,  Leavitt  &  Co.  Genrl.  Agts... 

Hind,  T.  J.,  Roofing 

Hobbs,  J.  W.,  &  Co.,  Importers  of  Foreign  Mangan- 
ese, etc 

Hobbs,  M.  M.,  Furnaces,  Ranges,  etc 

Hodge,  E.,  £  Co.,  Boilers,  etc 

Hodgdon,  D.  M.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Clothing 

Hodnett,  W.,  &  Co.,  Shipping  Agts.  for  the  British 
Consulate 

Hoey,  T.,  Manfr.  Steam  and  Gas-Pipe  Nipples 

Hollis,  N.  E.,  Commission  Merchants 

Hollis,  C.  F.,  Tin  Cans,  etc 

Hollister,  Geo.,  Paints 

Holbrook,  F.  A.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Wood  Mantels,  etc.. 

Holm,  C.  H.,  Paper  Hangings,  etc 

Holmes  &  Co. ,  Underwear 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


IX 


Holmes,  J.  A.  &  Co.,   Groceries,  Cambridgeport 288 

Holway,  A.  H.,  Real  Estate,  etc 233 

Hood,  M.  C.,  &  Co.,  Perfumers 198 

Horgan,  J.  J.,  Monuments,  etc.,  Cambridgeport 287 

Hosford,  O..,  &  Co.,  Meats 125 

Hotel  Warren,  Somerville 304 

Hovey,  H.  N.,  &  Co.,  Groceries,  etc.,  East  Cambridge.  284 

How,  G.  C.,  Manfr.  Ladies'  Slippers 189 

Howe,  W.  G.,  Stock  Broker 230 

Howard,  P.  B.,  Commission  Merchant 221 

Howard,  W.  S.,  Apothecary 252 

Howard,  J.  H.,  Manfr.  Mirrors,  etc 257 

Huber,  H.,  &  Co.,  Sanitary  Specialties    203 

Hubley,  J.  M.,  Manfr.  of  Chamber  Furniture 213 

Hudson,  A.,  Pharmacist,  Newton 301 

Huff,  E.  F.,  Tailor 228 

Hughson,  W.,  Carpenter  and  Builder  238 

Humphrey,   F.   H.,   Agt.   Stoves  and   Furniture,   West 

Newton 302 

Hunt,  H.  H.,  Carpenter,  West  Newton 302 

Hunt  &  Co.,  Leather  Boards '. 203 

Hunt,  E.  S.,  &  Co.,  Leather,  etc '. 219 

Hunt,  H.  C.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Leather  Belting,  etc.    ...  153 

Hunt,  F.  W.,  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Liquor 143 

Huyler's  Bonbons  and  Chocolate 207 

IRWIN  £  Co.,  Cigars 171 

JACKSON,  H.  C.,  ,&  Co.,  Wholesalers  and  Jobbers  of 

Boston  Rubber  Shoe  Company's  Goods 113 

Jackson,  J.  A.,  Hats  and  Furs 210 

Jackson  &  Co.,  Hatters  and  Furriers. 135 

Jacobs,  G.  H..  &  Co.,  Ladies'  Cloaks  and  Suits 120 

Jacobs,  I.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Cigars 228 

James,  G.,  &  Co.,   Sole-cutters 256 

James,  G.  E.,  Bell  Hangers 240 

Jeffers,  H.  W.,  Groceries,  Teas,  etc.,  Chelsea 269 

Jewell,  E.,  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants 179 

Jewett,  W.  M.,  Real  Estate,  etc.,  Chelsea 268 

Johnson,  E.  J.,  &  Co.,  Market,  Hyde  Park 296 

Johnson  &  Smith,  Fish 227 

Jones,  L.,  &  Son,  Undertakers 229 

Jordan's  Famous  Candies  and  Ice  Cream 245 

Jouval,  T.,  Maison  de  Modes 174 

Judkins,  C.  S.,  Insurance 222 

Justice,  Bateman  &  Co., Wool  Commission  Merchants.    232 

KANALY,   M.  E.  &  Co.,  Confectioners,  Cambridgeport  285 

Keay,  D.  C.,  Provisions in 

Keeden,  W.  S.,  Printer 225 

Keeley,  J.  J.    Apothecary 133 

Keith,  E.  H.,  &  F.  A.,  Sheep  Skins 220 

Kellough,  Thos.,  Shipwright  and  Caulker 221 

Kelley  &  Page,  Plasterers,  etc 183 

Kelley,  Jno.  A.,  Undertaker,  etc 238 

Kelton  &  Bruce,  Mill  Supplies   177 

Kendall,  R.  W.,  &  Co.,  Cotton  Fabrics,  etc 108 

Kenison,  Dr.  P.,   Chiropodist 133 

Kent.,  M.  A.,  Manfr.  Gloves  and  Mittens 174 

Ketchum,  G.  B.,  Pharmacist,  Cambridgeport 283 


Keyes,  E.  W.,  Apothecary,  Newton 300 

Kidder  Drug  Store,  S.  S.  Bradford,  Propr -136 

Killilea,  M.,  Manfr.  Boilers 175 

Kimball,  M.  C.,  Manfr.  Leather 256 

Kimpton,  E.  J.,  Apothecary 248 

Kingston  Knitting  Mills 235 

Kinports,  H.  M.,  Watches,  etc 231 

Knapp  &  Kirwin,  Stoves,  etc.,  Waltham 291 

Knight  &  Mclntire,   Meats 114 

Knight,  E.  J.,  &  Co.,  Stock  Brokers 175 

Koopman  &  Co.,  Antique  Furniture,  etc 161 

Krikorian,  H.,  Manfr.  Confectionary 225 

LACING  STUD  Co.,    The.,    Manfrs.   Lacing   Studs  and 

Hooks 230 

Lamb,  H.  A.  Dry  Goods 227 

Lander,  C.  M.,  Pamphlet  Binding,  etc 135 

Lane,  A.  &  E.,  Leather 224 

Lane  &  Hubbard,  Woolen  Drapers 214 

Laws,  G.  A.,  Pianos,  etc 252 

Le  Better,  D.,  Storage  Warehouse 149 

Leighton,  A.,  Tailor  248 

Leland,  Rice  &  Co.,  Clothing 148 

Leman,   N.   R.,  Manfr.  Leather 224 

Leonard,  M.  R.,  Groceries,  etc.,  Waltham, 291 

Lenfert,  G.  B.,  Printer,  East  Cambridge 288 

Leviseur  Bros.  &  Co.,  Leather 199 

Levy,  Ben.,  &  Co.,  French  Perfumers 197 

Lewis,  J.  H.,  Tailor ...  133 

Libby,  S.  H.,  Auctioneer,  Somerville 304 

Litchfield,  H.  D.,  Undertaker,  Cambridgeport 287 

Littlefield,  G.  C.,  Leather  Broker 192 

Lincoln  National  Bank,  The  179 

Livermore,  H.  F.,  Steel  and  Iron  Castings 183 

Locke,  S.  S.,  Produce 234 

Lockwood,  H.  N.,  Watchmaker  and  Jeweler 134 

London  &  Lancashire  Insurance  Company  of  Liverpool, 

Geo.  W.  Taylor,  Genl.  Agt.  for  New  England 180 

Long,  J.  H.,  Machinist 183 

Lothrop,  H.  O.  &  Co.,  Wire  Ferules 208 

Loud  &  Stone,  Bakers,  Chelsea 272 

Low,  W. ,  A.  &  Son,  Builders 119 

Lowney,  W.  M.,  Manfr.  Confectionery 105 

Lownsbro,  Geo.,  Carriage  Builder 141 

Luke,  E.  H.,  &  Son,  Grain  and  Meal,  Cambridgeport. .  287 

Lynde,  J.  &  Co.,  Funeral  Directors,  Chelsea 270 

MACURDLY,  R.  W.,  Furnishings,  Waltham 291 

Mance,  M.  L.  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants 141 

Manhattan   Life   Insurance  Co.  of  New  York,  Nathan 

Cromwell,  Mgr.  Boston   office 126 

Manison  &  Co.,  Real  Estate,  etc 251 

Marks,  H.,  Tailor,  Hyde   Park 295 

Markward  &  Co.,  Upholsterers,  etc 230 

Martin,  T.  &  Bro.,  Loom  and  Garter  Webs,  etc.,  Chel- 
sea   268 

Martin,  A.  A.  &  Son,  Cigar  Manfrs 201 

Martin's  Drug  Store  &  Flower  Mart,  Chelsea 269 

Massachusetts  National  Bank  of  Boston 184 

Massachusetts  Auxiliary  Fire  Alarm  Co 146 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


Massachusetts  Department  Store,  The,  W.  E.  Whipple, 

Propr.,  House  Furnishing  Goods,  etc 258 

Mason  &  Hamlin  Organ  and  Piano  Co 156 

Matthews,  W.  Jr.,  Paper  Hangings,  etc .....   227 

Marvin,  T.  R.  &  Son,  Printers 198 

Maynard,  E.  F.,  Harness 207 

McCann  &  Co.,  Real  Estate  and  Insurance,  Chelsea  —   271 

McCargo,  P.  R.,  &  Co.,  Music  Publishers 104 

McClare,  C.  H.,  Architect,  Cambridgeport 289 

McDonald,  J.  J.,  Carriage  Manfr.,  East  Cambridge. . .  .  287 

McCarter,  J.  G.,  Piping,  etc ." 235 

McGrath,  D.  A..  Boots  and  Shoes 215 

Mclntosh,  J.  L.,  Paging  and  Numbering  207 

McKay  &  Bigelow  Heeling  Machine  Assn 172 

McLaren,  A.,  Carpenter  and  Builder 139 

McLean,  I.,  Builder 125 

McWeeny,  John,  Dry  Goods,  etc 247 

Mead,  A.  &  O.  W.  &  Co.,  Produce  and  Provision  Com- 
mission Merchants 1 77 

Mead,  J.  D.  &  Co.,  Commission  Fruits,  etc 131 

Mead,  A.  G.,  Machinist 187 

Meade,  Dodge  &  Co.,  Artists'  Materials,  etc 241 

Mechanics'  National  Bank 122 

Medina,  John,  Manfr.  Human  Hair  Goods 194 

Meggett,  F.  H.,  Boots,  Shoes,  etc.,  Cambridgeport. . . .   284 

Melvin,  J.  A.,  Meats 177 

Mentzer,  W.  C.  &  A.  F.,  Chicago  Dressed  Beef 160 

Merriam,  M.  H.,  Shoe  Binding,  etc. 229 

Merrill  &  Morrison,  Furniture,  etc.,  Chelsea 268 

Merrimac  Chemical  Co.,  Manfrs.  Oil  of  Vitriol,  etc. . . .   163 

Messenger  Bros.  &  Jones,  Tailors 167 

Meyers.    E.,  Blacking,  etc 191 

Miner,  Beal  &  Co.,  Clothing 162 

Miles  &  Davenport,  Cigars,  etc 206 

Miles,  Geo.,  Groceries,  etc.,  Hyde  Park 295 

Millard,  C.  H.,  &  Co.,  Cigars  and  Tobacco,  Cambridge.  284 

Miller,  W.,  Importer  and  Publisher •. .   218 

Mills,  B.  T.  &  Co.,  Beef,  Pork,  etc 236 

Minor,  G.  S.,  China,  Granite,  etc 159 

Minor,  W.  L.,  Architect : 101 

Mitchell,  W. ,  Harness,  East  Cambridge 287 

Moffatt,  C.  A.,  Cigars,  etc 240 

Moller,  C.  B.,  Furniture,  Cambridgeport 289 

Montgomery,  W.  L.,  Broker  and  Manfrs'.  Agts 209 

Montgomery  &  Kellogg,  Manfrs'.  Agts 171 

Monument  National  Bank  of  Boston 175 

Moor,  J.  C.,  Groceries,  East  Cambridge 283 

Moore,    C.,  &    Co.,   House    Furnishing   Goods,    Cam- 
bridge   . 280 

Morgan,  Miss  Annie,  Millinery 242 

Morrill  Bros.  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Watches,  etc 135 

Morrill,  C.   O.,  Groceries,  Waltham. ...    291 

Morrison,  J  ,  N.  E.  Agt.  for  Glass  Manfrs 224 

Morss,  A.   S.,  Hardware,  etc 170 

Moseley,  T.  E.  &  Co.,  Boots  and  Shoes 222 

Moulton,  C.  H.,  Manfr.  Boots  and  Shoes 180 

Mudge,  B.  C.,    Magr.    N.    E.   Agency    Barr    Pumping 

Engine  Co 200 

Mudge,  A.,  &  Son,  Printers 118 

Muller,  M.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Wood  Mantels 210 


Mullin  &  Co. ,  Coal  and  Wood , 215 

Murray,  J.  &  O.,  Curriers 219- 

NATIONAL  REVERE  BANK  OF  BOSTON,  The., 163 

National  Webster  Bank  of  Boston,  Mass.,  The 168 

Neal,  J.  R.,  &  Co.,  Wholesale  Fresh  and  Frozen  Fish.    180- 

Neal,  Morse  &  Co.,  Woolens 165 

Newell,  G.  F.,  Boot  and  Shoe  Straps 200 

New  England  Drug  Mills,  L.  L.  Harris,  Propr 163 

New  England  Mutual  Accident  Association 124 

Newman,  J.  F. ,  Dry  and  Fancy  Goods,  East  Cambridge  288- 

Nichols,  Dupee  &  Co.,  Wool 119 

Nichols  &  Farns worth,  Shoe  Manufacturers'  Goods. . .  .    106 

Nichols,  Bellamy  &  Co.,  Builders'  Hardware 132 

Nickerson,  W.  A.,  Plumbing,  Chelsea 272 

Norcross,  H.  L.,  Note  Broker 215 

Noonan,  D.  A.,  Grocer,  etc 206 

Norris,  W.  H.,  Soap  Manufacturer,  Chelsea 274 

Norris,  J.  D.,  Groceries,  Cambridge 280 

Nourse,  H.  M.,  Architect 241 

Novelty  Wood  Works 216 

Noyes,  C.  A.,  &  Co.,  Carpenters  and  Builders 154 

OAKES,  G.  T.,  &  Co.,  Coal  and  Wood,  Chelsea 273 

Oakes,  W.  H. ,  Groceries 240 

Ober,  L.  P.,  Restaurant 115 

Obermeyer,  J.  A.,  Groceries 243 

O'Grady,  Thos.,  Jr.,  Architect 181 

O'Keefe,  M.  J.,  Provisions,  Cambridgeport 285 

Olney  Bros.,  Oils 153 

Olsson,  J.  F.,  Frames,  Cambridge 280 

Ordvvay,  C.  H.,  Commission  Fruits,  etc 233 

Oriental  Brass  Foundry,  William  Curley,  Propr 166 

O'Riorden,  P.,  Teamster  and  Contractor 237 

Osgood,  Dr.  J.  M.,  Dentist 165 

Osgood,  W.  H.,  Mutton,  Beef,  etc 234 

PACKARD,  C.  H.,  Pharmacist 255 

Page  Belting  Co.,  N.  E.  Agents  of  the  Gutta  Percha  & 

Rubber  Manfg.  Co 126- 

Paine,  C.  H.,  Carpet  Cleaning  Works 258 

Palen,  Nelson  &  Co. ,  Leather,  etc 181 

Paris  Manfg  Co.,  Manfrs.  Children's  Sleds,  etc 188 

Parker,  J.  P.  E.,  Tobacco,  etc 248 

Parker,  J.  S.,  Hats,  Gloves,  etc 251 

Parker  Bros.,  Fans,  Fancy  Goods,  etc 139 

Parker  House,  Beckman  &  Punchard,  Proprs 102 

Paul,  J.  F.,  &  Co.,  Lumber,  etc 118 

Payne,  J.  R. ,  Office  Fittings 202 

Peabody,  G.  W.,  Painter 201 

People's  Drug  Store 161 

Pearson,  C.  A. ,  Civil  Engineer 203 

Peirce  &  Wayne,  Manufacturers'  Agents 163 

Pelonsky,  N.,  Dry  and  Fancy  Goods,  Cambridgeport..  284 

Penobscott  Bay  Land  Co.,  Stockton,  Me 173 

Perkins,  R.  A.,  &  Co.,  Beef,  Pork,  etc 234 

Perry,  F.  R.,  Butter,  Coffees,  etc.,  Hyde  Park 297 

Perry,  C.  E.,  &  Co.,  Paper  Cutting 178 

Perry,  H.  L.,  Real  Estate,  etc 134 

Peters,  J.  A.,  Manfr.  Cigars 253. 


GENERAL     INDEX. 


XI 


Phillips,  C.,  Plumber,  Newton 300 

Phinney,  H.  A.,  Leather,  etc 227 

Pierce  Steam  Heating  Co.,  Manfrs.  Steam  and  Water 

Heating  Apparatus 141 

Pigeon,  E.  T.,  Boots  and  Shoes 252 

Plummer,  S.  B.,  Boots,  Shoes,  etc 144 

Pluta,  V.  A.,  Provisions,  Auburndale 302 

Polock,  I.  L.,  Cigar  Manufacturer,  Cambridgeport. . . .  288 

Pope,  F.,  Architect 226 

Pope,  A.  W.,  &  Co.,  Shoe  Goods in 

Porter,  T.  C.,  &  Co.,  Commission  Merchants 118 

Potter,  White  &  Bayley,  Manfrs.  Boots,  Shoes,  etc....  109 

Potter,  A.  H.,  &  Co.,  Diamonds,  etc 130 

Potter-Lovell  Company,  Dealers  in  Commercial  Paper  101 

Powell,  J.  D..  Jr.,  Printing,  etc 215 

Power,  J.  H..  &  Co.,  Stencils 198 

Power,  Dr.  W.  A.,  Canine  Specialist 187 

Pratt,  A.  S.,  Manager  Boston  Office,  Clark  Thread 

Works 205 

Pratt's  Son,  D.,  Clocks  and  Clock  Materials 235 

Preston,  H.  J.,  Architect . 164 

Provident  Life  &  Trust  Co.  of  Philadelphia 172 

Pruden,  C.  F.,  Optician,  Chelsea 270 

Puffer  Bros.,  Produce 113 

Purcell,  R.  T.,  Wood  Turning 208 


QUIGLEY,  E.  L.,  Insurance. 


168 


RAND,  C.  F.,  Real  Estate  and  Insurance 117,  262 

Rand,  A. ,  Tailor 259 

Rand  &  Stinehart,  Job  Printers 146 

Ratigan,  T.  H.,   Plumber 239 

Ray,  H.  F.,  Pharmacist 191 

Raymond,  H.  W.,  Hardware,  etc.,  Somerville 304 

Read.  J.  M.,  Manfr.  Check  Dampers,  etc. 232 

Reade,  John,  Funeral  Director,  etc 238 

Redpath  Bros.,  Manfrs.  Boots  and  Shoes 151 

Reinstein  Bros.,  Tailors'  Trimmings. . . .  , 220 

Remick,  T.,  &  Co.,  Cotton  and  Wool 123 

Repauno  Chemical  Co.,  Powder 123 

Reycroft  &  Lord,  Druggists,  Cambridge 280 

Rhoades,  T.,  Groceries  and  Teas,  Cambridgeport 281 

Rich,  A.  F.,  &  Co.,  Commission   Merchants 109 

Richards,  G.  H.,  Jr.,  &  Co.,   Diamonds,  etc 106 

Richards,  W.  C.,  &  Co.,  Stoves,  Ranges,  etc 134 

Richardson,  E.  M.,  Hardware,  Waltham 292 

Richardson,  Howe  &  Lovejoy,  Manfrs.  Ladies'  Under- 
wear, etc 225 

Richardson  &  Dennie,  Importers  of  Hides  and  Skins..  147 

Rich  wood  Hotel,  The 208 

Robbins  &  Rowell,  Tailors 208 

Roby,  H.  W.,  Provisions 177 

Rodday,  R.  J.,  &  Co.,  Furnaces,  Ranges,  etc 250 

Rogers,  W.  C.,  Novelties 201 

Kogers,  A.,  Groceries 247 

Rogers,  A.  D.,  Commission  Merchant  in  Produce,  etc.  186 

Rollins,  E.  H.,  &  Son,  Bankers no 

Rosenberg,  S.,  Boots  and  Shoes,  East  Cambridge 288 

Ross,  F.  W.,  Carpet  Cleaning  Co 217 

Rotch  &  Tilden,  Architects 112 

Ruisseau,  W.  P.,  Restaurateur 235 


Runnells,  E.  A.,  Manfrs'.  agt 207 

Ryan,  J.  H.,  Auctioneer,  etc 255 

SANBORN,  S.  H.,  Bookbinder 194 

Sanders  &  Gibbs,  Paper  Hangers,  etc 137 

Sanderson,  E.  P.,  &  Co.,  Iron,  Steel,  etc 132 

Sanger,  S.  J.,  Currier 221 

Scannell,  J.  F.,  Plumber 180 

Schoellkoph,    Hartford  &  Maclagan   (limited),   Drpgs, 

Chemicals,  etc 218 

Schoenhof,  C. ,  Bookseller 218 

Schrafft,  W.  F.,  Manfr.   Confectioner 198 

Scribner's,  Charles,  Sons,  Publishers 200 

Schwarz,  F.  A.,  Printer,  East  Cambridge 286 

Seaverns,  C.  T.,  &  Co.,  Precious  Stones 116 

Scamman,  C.  E.,  Provisions,  West  Newton 301 

Sears,  A.  P.,  Merchant  Tailor,  East  Cambridge 284 

Sears,  Z.,  Boot  and  Shoe  Manfrs'.  Goods 130 

Searle,  W. ,  &  Co.,  Groceries,  etc,  Chelsea 267 

Seaver  &  Co.,  Groceries 210 

Sehlbach,  E.,  &  Co.,  Importers  of  Artificial  Alizarine 

and  Aniline  Colors 209 

Shawmut  Furniture  Co.,  J.  P.  Atkinson,  Magr 244 

Shedd,  A.  B.  &  J.  H.,  Real  Estate,  etc 137 

Sheehan,  P.  H.,  Provisions 253 

Shepherd,  Norwcli  &  Co.,  Dry  Goods,  etc 107 

Sheppard,  S.  A.  D.s  &  Co. ,  Pharmacists 199 

Shute,  F.,  &  Co.,  Hardware,  etc « 164 

Simons,  Hatch  &  Whitten,  Men's  Furnishing  Goods. . .  185 

Singer  &  Co.,  Bicycles,  etc 117 

Skinner,  F.  H.,  City  and  Town  Loans 200 

Slattery  Bros.,  Tailors 255 

Smith,  C.  A.,  &  Co.,  Tailors 140 

Smith,  W.  H.,  &  Co.,  Real  Estate,  etc  170 

Smith,  Whiting,  Conner  &  Co.,  Clothing 181 

Smith,  D.  L.,  Insurance 212 

Smith,  G.  W.  &  F.,  Iron  Co 212 

Smith,  A.  A.,  Railroad  and  Municipal  Bonds 223 

Smith,  D.,  Wool  Waste,  etc 230 

Smith,  D.,  Carpenter  and  Builder 257 

Smith,  P.  H.,  N.  E.  Agt.  for  the  New  Howe  Manfg.  Co.  257 

Smith,  R.  R.,  &  Son,  Beef,  Mutton,  etc 232 

Snelling,  W.,  Hardware,   etc 215 

Snow  Bros.,  Grocers,   etc 206 

Somes  Shoe  Store,  Hyde  Park 295 

Southwick,  C.  J.,  Broker  in  Hides  and  Skins 256 

Sparklin,  S.  S.,  Millinery,  etc 245 

Sparrow,  E.  C.,  Stationery,   Chelsea 271 

Spear,  B.  P.,  &  Son,  Plumbers 245 

Spelman,  Mrs.  P.  H.,  Millinery 249 

Sprague,  F.,  &  Co.,  Auctioneers 213 

Sprague,  J.  W.,  Undertaker,  etc 204 

Sprague,  Bros.  &  Co.,  Pork,  Beef,  etc 206 

Springer,  Bros,  Manfrs.  Cloaks 152 

S.  S.  White  Dental  Manfg.  Co. ,  The,  Jno.  F.  Davis,  Mgr.  142 

Stacey,  B.  F.,  Pharmacist 190 

Stanion  &  Anderson,  Tobacco,  etc 221 

Star  Manfg.  Co.,  Manfrs.  Clothes-Horses,  etc no 

Steinert,  M.,  &  Sons,  Pianos 147 

Stephenson,  L.,  &  Co,  Manfrs.  Scales,  etc 219 

Stetson,  G.  M.,  Apothecary 259 


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GENERAL     INDEX. 


Stevens,  W.  P.,  Tailor 253 

Stevens,  L.  S. ,  Boots  &  Shoes 244 

Stevens,  F.  M.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Rotary  Trimmers 160 

Stewart,  J.  P.,  &  Co.,  Coal  &  Wood 245 

Stratton,  H.  O.,  Hardware,  etc 188 

Strong,  Geo.  M.,  Saddlery,  etc 209 

Stockton  Mineral  Spring  Company 223 

Stoddard,  J.  B.,  Stables,  Newton 299 

Stone,  Patent  Adjustable  Coat  Collar  Spring,  The 192 

Stone,  J.  W.,  Provision  Broker 131 

Story,  T.  P.,  Provisions,  etc v 228 

Storms,  W.  R.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Shirts 221 

Suffolk  Kindling  Wood  Co 233 

Sullivan,  J.  H.,  Apothecary,  East  Cambridge 283 

Sullivan,  R.,  Boat  Builder 257 

Sullivan,  W.  P.,  Paper  Stock,  etc , 176 

Swallow,  A.  N.,  &  Co.,  West  India  Goods 254 

Swazey,  H.  B.,  &  Co.,  Lumber 189 

TABER,  A.  H.,  Real  Estate,  etc 153 

Taber,  Geo.  R.,  &  Co.,  Law  &  Mercantile  Collections.   108 

Tappen,  E.  M.,  Chicago  Dressed  Beef 186 

Taylor,  W.  A.,  Undertaker,  Cambridgeport 281 

Tenney,  L.  F. ,  Boots  &  Shoes 164 

Tenney,  B.  F.,  Stock  Broker 148 

Teschemacher,  P.  E.,  Solicitor  of  Patents 236 

Thacher,  C.  M.,  Picture  Frames 214 

Thaxter  &  Bro,  Opticians 151 

Thayer,  H.,  &  Co.,  Chemists,  Cambridgeport 282 

The  Great  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Tea  Co 254 

Thomas,  P.  J.,  Merchant  Tailor 271 

Thompson  &  Norris,  Manfrs,  Paper  Boxes,  etc 209 

Thompson,  W.  A.,  Manfr.  Jeweller,  etc 193 

Thompson,  E.  O.,  Tailor 169 

Thompson,  W.  H.,  &  Co.,  Publishers 148 

Thorpe,  S.  A.,  &  Co.,  Beef,  Mutton,  etc 250 

Thwing,  C.  H.,  &  Co.,  Tailors 120 

Tilton,  A.  W.,  Apothecary 242 

Tolman  &  Billings,  Tailors 190 

Townsend,  W.  C.,  Groceries 248 

Townsend,  J.,  &  Son,  Insurance,  etc 169 

Toye  Letter  File-Cabinet  &  Index  Co.,  The 207 

Travelers  Ins.  Co.,  The 200 

Trott  Manfg.  Co.,  The,  Manfrs'.  Horse  Furnishings. . .    189 

Tryon,  J.,  Pork,  Lard,  etc 234 

Tuck,  G.  M.,  Printing 218 

Tukey,  S.  S.,  Hardware,  etc.,  Chelsea 272 

Tully,  D.  H.,  &  Co.,  General  Importers 188 

Turnbull,  G.  L.,  Clothing,  etc 159 

Tutein,  E.  G.,  Forwarder 120 

Tyler,  E.  W.,  Pianos,  etc 122,  223 

Tyler,  L.  W.,  Shoes,  etc 219 

UNION  BOTTON  SEWING  MACHINE  Co 225 

VERY,  A.  O.,  Sewing  Machines 120 

Vialle,  W.  H.,  &  Co.,  Rags  &  Waste 213 

Vickers,  E.,  Groceries,  Auburndale 302 

Vinal,  C.  A.,  Shoe  Manfrs'.  Goods 153 

Vincent,  A. ,  Manfr.  Carriages 258 

Von  der  Heyde,  O.,  German  Pharmacy 237 

Vose,  A.  S.,  Photographer 204 


WACHTER,  C.  H.,  Manfr.  Candy,  etc 239 

Wades'  Detective  Agency 228 

Wales,  J.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs'.  Agts 256 

Walker,  J.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs'.  Boot  &  Shoe  Machinery.  .  142 

Walker,  J.  G.,  Beef,  Mutton,  etc 144 

Waltham  Emery  Wheel  Co 293 

Wall,  W.  H.,  &  Co.,  Provisions,  etc 247 

Warner,  W.  D.,  Cotton-leather  Belting,  etc 230 

Warren,  R.,  &  Sons,  Boots  &  Shoes,  Waltham 292 

Watts,  D.  O. ,  Groceries,  Waltham 291 

Weeks  &  Potter,  Importer  of  Drugs  &  Chemicals 121 

Weilhart  &  Greeley,  Hatters 216 

Weissbein  &  Jones,  Architects 115 

Welch  &  Hall,  Stables 187 

Welch,  E.  C.,  Tailor,  etc 139 

Wentworth,  Howe  &  Marden,  Meats.  . .. 114 

Wescott  Bros.,  Hardware,  etc 139 

Westgate  &  Johnson,  Insurance 217 

Wells,  W.  N.,  Prop.,  Alleviatine 119 

Wells,  H.  W.,  Produce 236 

Wheeler,  A.,  Painters'  Supplies,  etc 165 

Whitall,  Tatum    &    Co.,  Manfrs.  Druggists',  Chemists' 

&  Perfumers'  Glassware 220 

White,  W.  S.,  &  Co.,  Leather,  Oils,  etc 199 

White,  A.  T.,  &  Co.,  Groceries,  etc 250 

White,  J.,  Tailor 238 

White,  S.  S.,  Dental  Mfg.  Co 142 

White,  D.  D.,  &  Co.,  Manfr.  Shoes 170 

White,  Thos.,  &  Co.,  Manfrs.  Boots  &  Shoes 130 

Whitcher,  &  Emery,  Leather,  etc 181 

Whiting  C.  H.,  Flour 244 

Whitney,  N.  D.,  &  Co.,  Knitting  Worsteds,  etc 145 

Whittemore  Mfg.  Co.,  Shoe  Machinery 198 

Whittmore,  S.  D.,  Real  Estate,  etc 159 

Wiggin,  O.  A.,  &  Co.,  Tailoring 220 

Wilder,  L.  B.,  &  Co.,  Printers,  etc 176 

Wildes,  J.  W.,  &  Co.,  Furniture 222 

Wilkins  &  Co.,  Printers 190 

Willard,  F.  H.,  Druggist,  East  Cambridge 284 

Williams,  A.,  Apothecary,  Newtonville 302 

Williams,  J.  D.  &  M.,  Imp.  of  Wines,  etc 113 

Williams,  E.,  &  Co.,  Shipping  Merchants 214 

Williams,  H.  A.,  Manufacturing  Co.,  Manfrs'.  Special- 
ties for  Cotton  &  Woollen  Mills,  etc in 

Williams  &  Magnus,  Riggers 228 

Williams,  F.  J.,  Provisions,  etc 239 

Williams,  A.,  Jr.,  &  Co.,  Wool  Commission  Merchants  162 

Wilson,  A.,  Sailmaker 198 

Wilson,  F.  I.,  Manfr.  Sashes,  Doors,  etc 256 

Winch  Bros.,  Boots  &  Shoes 123 

Wood,  F.,  Hair  Dresser 235 

Wood,  W.  H.,  &  Co.,  Lumber,  Cambridgeport 282 

Wood,  F.,  Printer 175 

Woodbury  &  Leighton,  Building  Contractors 185 

Wright,  Brown  &  Crossley,  Patents 116 

Wyzanski,  L.  J.,  Dry  Goods,  etc 244 

XAVIER,  A.  F.,  &  Co.,  Carriage  Manfs.,  East  Cambridge  288 

YOUNG,  G.  M.,  Glass  . .    . .  201 

Young,  F.  L.,  Oil   205 


,  from  whatever  point  of  the  compass  approached, — 
whether  by  any  of  the  eight  railway  lines  which  radiate  from  it 
as  a  centre ;  or  by  the  numerous  broad,  well-kept  highways  that  cleave 
the  fragrant  gardens  and  verdant  pastures  of  its  vicinage  on  the  land 
sides ;  or  by  the  ocean,  whose  shimmering  waves  dash  and  spend  their 
force  against  the  numerous  wooden  wharves  which  skirt  the  shore, — 
presents  one  object — a  golden  one,  flashing  in  the  rays  of  the  hot 
summer  sun,  or  dully  glimmering  under  the  fleecy  winter  sky — that  arrests  the  attention  of  the  traveller.  It 
is  a  gilded  dome,  towering  above  all  the  thousands  of  buildings  that  cluster  around  it.  It  is  the  pivot  of 
industrial,  cultured,  and  fashionable  Boston  :  in  the  characteristic  language  of  Dr.  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes, 
it  is  "  the  hub  of  the  solar  system," — whence  Boston's  sobriquet,  "  The  Hub."  While  from  every  side  of 
the  city  this  gold-leaf-covered  cupola  is  seen  to  stand  out  prominently  like  a  tall  monarch  overlooking 
ambitious  minions  compactly  crowded  on  gentle  slopes,  its  interior,  which  is  open  to  visitors  at  certain 
seasons  of  the  year,  commands  a  view  of  unsurpassed  grandeur.  It  is  a  vantage-ground  from  which  the 


34  1LLUSTRATEDBOSTON. 

eye  can  encompass  the  outlay  and  form  of  the  city ;  the  deep  blue  sea,  dotted  with  innumerable  islands 
and  sailing  craft  of  every  kind,  and  stretching  out  to  the  level  eastern  horizon,  whence  the  sea  meets 
the  sky;  the  picturesque  Blue  Hills  of  Milton  and  the  rocky  heights  of  Essex;  the  scores  of  white 
villages,  towns,  and  hamlets,  strewn,  as  it  were,  at  random,  and  interlineated  with  tortuous  rivers,  like  so 
many  silvery  .belts  -Wiid^^S  flark,  wide-spreading  forests  which  form  the  background  of  a  beautiful  land- 
scape stretching  to  toe  westward,  ..sky  line. 

This  ';hab  of  tho ->l:i<  -.^tern-"  is  the  dome  of  Massachusetts'  capitol,  which  stands  on  Boston's  highest 
ground,  the  breezy  crest  of  Beacon  Hill,  whereon  for  more  than  fourscore  years  "the  wise  men  and  foolish, 
noble  men  and  petty,"  constituted  by  the  suffrages  of  the  people  "  The  Great  and  General  Court,"  have  man- 
aged and  mismanaged  the  public ,  affairs  of  the  State,  and  influenced  more  or  less  the  greater  and  more  im- 
portant national  councils. 

BEACON    HILL 

and  its  immediate  surroundings  are  rich  in  historic  associations.  Historians  tell  of  a  time  when  there  was 
only  one  solitary  log  hut  nestling  on  the  breast  of  this  far-famed  hill,  and  of  this  being  the  only  habita. 
tion  on  the  whole  of  Boston's  domain.  It  was  the  abode  of  an  eccentric  gospel  minister,  the  Rev.  William 
Blackstone,  who,  after  fleeing  from  the  haunts  of  men  in  old  England,  sought  seclusion  here.  He  it  was  who 
first  purchased  from  the  Indians  the  entire  peninsula  on  which  Boston  now  stands.  At  this  time  there  were 
three  hills  on  the  peninsula,  and  these  had  given  to  them  the  name  of  Trearnount,  while  the  whole  peninsula 
was  designated  Trimountaine,  instead  of  Mushauwomuk,  as  called  .by  the  Indians,  and  since  abbreviated  to 
Shawmut.  Mushauwomuk  is  variously  assumed  to  have  signified  in  the  Indian  tongue  "  living  fountains," 
"  free  land,"  and  "  land  unclaimed."  These  hills  came  to  be  separately  known  as  Beacon,  Copn's,  and  Fort 
Hills.  Beacon  Hill,  however,  had  three  peaks,  and  some  writers  claim  that  the  name  Treamount  was  derived 
from  this  fact.  In  1633,  Wood,  the  voyager,  wrote  of  Beacon  Hill  as  "three  little  hills  on  top  of  a  high  moun- 
tain." Blackstone's  hut  was  situated  near  Pinckney  and  West  Cedar  Streets.  East  of  the  hut  was  the  clergy- 
man's garden;  and  a  spring,  from  which  he  drew  his  water  supply,  and  which  proved  to  be  the  earliest  in- 
ducement to  the  founders  of  New'  England's  metropolis  to  come  and  settle  here,  was  not  far  from  the  centre  of 
the  grass  plat  in  the  present  enclosure  of  Louisburg  Square. 

A  number  of  people  from  Dorchester,  England,  had  in  1628  purchased  the  territory  now  known  as  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  State  Colony.  They  were  one  of  two  parties  of  dissenters — Puritans  and  Separatists — from 
the  Episcopal  Church  of  England,  and  the  laws  of  Britain  made  it  a  crime  to  worship  God  in  any  other  form 
than  that  prescribed  by  this  church,  by  law  established.  The  religious  dissenters,  who  came  to  the  old  Bay 
State  for  conscience'  sake,  were  Puritans,  who  lamented  the  evils  in  the  church,  and  hoped  to  reform  it  from 
within.  The  pilgrims  who  settled  in  the  neighboring  colony  of  Plymouth,  about  thirty  miles  from  Boston,  in 
1620,  were  Separatists,  who,  believing  Episcopalianism  utterly  corrupt,  came  off  from  it.  The  Puritans  were 
a  strait-laced  sect,  and  came  to  the  new  colony  accompanied  by  John  Winthrop  as  their  Governor,  and  by 
Thomas  Dudley  as  lieutenant-governor.  The  colonists  settled  at  Charlestown,  which  for  a  long  time  was  a 
distinct  municipality,  but  is  now  a  part  of  the  city  of  Boston.  Experiencing  at  Charlestown  a  lack  of  whole- 
some water,  a  number  of  the  colonists  crossed  the  stream  in  a  boat  to  Blackstone's  peninsula  to  search  for 
some.  Here  they  found  it  in  abundance,  and  this  discovery  led  to  overtures  between  Blackstone  and  the 
colonists.  The  negotiations  resulted  in  Blackstone  and  many  of  the  Puritans  becoming  close  neighbors^ 
Winthrop  had  at  this  time  built  himself  a  house  at  Charlestown,  and  there  the  headquarters  of  the  colonists  was 
located.  Though  a  few  houses  rapidly  grouped  around  that  of  Blackstone's,  no  thought  had  yet  been  enter- 
tained of  establishing  here  a  city  which  should  one  day  be  the  most  noted  one  in  the  Republic,  and  which 
should  play  an  important  part  in  the  creation  of  the  great  United  States.  It  is  true  the  governor  and  his 
lieutenant  had  decided  upon  looking  up  a  tract  of  country  more  suited  for  the  seat  of  government  than  Charles- 
town  was  believed  to  be ;  but  Boston  had  not  been  considered — if  indeed  any  place  had  been  thought  of — as 
eligible  for  the  distinction.  Accordingly,  one  day  in  1630  the  governor  and  his  lieutenant  mounted  their 
horses  and  started  out  to  explore  the  plains  and  swamps  and  forests  lying  to  the  westward,  and  find  a  suitable 
site  for  a  capital.  The  spot  they  finally  picked  out,  with  the  help  of  some  assistant  magnates,  lay  about  three 
miles  west  of  Charlestown,  on  the  banks  of  the  tortuous  little  river  since  sung  of  by  poets,  and  already  named 


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the  Charles  by  Captain  John  Smith,  who  never  saw  it.  The  location  seemed  to  Winthrop  "a  fit  place  for  a 
beautiful  town  ;"  and  accordingly,  on  the  29th  of  December,  a  goodly  number  of  persons  bound  themselves 
with  Governor  Winthrop  to  build  houses  there  in  the  following  spring.  The  village  they  named  Nevvtown, 
and  this  has  since  developed  into  the  present  Cambridge.  The  town  was  laid  out  regularly  in  squares,  and 
early  in  1631  houses  began  to  arise.  Governor  Winthrop  set  up  the  frame  of  his  dwelling  on  the  very  spot 
where  he  had  first  pitched  his  tent.  But  the  people  who  had  gone  over  from  Charlestown  to  Boston  had  been 
promised  by  Winthrop  that  he  would  never  move  away  anywhere  unless  they  accompanied  him,  and  of  this 


Scollay    Square. 

promise  they  now  reminded  him  in  pretty  strenuous  terms.  Bound  by  two  solemn  agreements,  and  under 
the  necessity  of  breaking  one  of  them,  Winthrop  found  himself  in  a  "fix;"  but  his  conscience  yielded  to  the 
promise  he  had  first  made.  So,  in  the  fall  of  1631,  he  disappointed  his  Newtown  friends  by  taking  down  the 
frame  of  his  unfinished  dwelling  and  by  setting  it  up  in  Boston,  near  Beacon  Hill.  Dudley  had  completed  his 
house  and  installed  his  family  into  it;  and  lie  and  the  rest  of  the  Newtown  colonists  refused  to  accompany 
Winthrop.  This  led  to  an  open  quarrel  between  Winthrop  and  Dudley,  and  a  coolness  existed  between  them 
for  years.  Winthrop's  excuse  for  quitting  Nevvtown  was  somewhat  strengthened  in  his  own  mind  by  the  fact 
that  Chickatabut,  the  chief  of  the  neighboring  Indians,  had  promised  to  be  friendly,  so  that  the  necessity  of 
having  a  fortified  settlement  in  the  colony,  three  miles  west,  was  somewhat  less  urgent.  The  commercial 
prospects  of  Boston,  too,  had  begun  to  look  brighter  than  those  of  Xewtown.  Making  the  best  of  their  oppor- 
tunities, the  remaining  settlers  at  Newtown  proved  thrifty  and  prosperous,  and  in  1632  received  accessions  to 
their  number  from  Braintree,  England.  The  quarrel  between  Winthrop  and  Dudley  continuing,  the  minis- 


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ters  justified  the  lieutenant-governor  by  ordering  Winthrop  to  get  a  clergyman  for  Newtown,  failing  in  which 
he  should  pay  Dudley  £20.  This  sum  Winthrop  had  to  render,  but  the  pacified  Dudley  was  magnanimous 
in  his  triumph,  and  returned  it  with  a  polite  note,  in  which  he  courteously  intimated  that  he  would  rather  lose 
£100  than  Winthrop's  friendship.  Their  difficulties  settled,  the  two  magnates  lived  on  friendly  terms  there- 
after, and 

BOSTON    BECAME   THE    COLONIAL   CAPITAL. 

Of  the  new  State  no  one  could  become  a  citizen  unless  he  was  a  member  of  the  Puritan  Church.     Under 
a  stern,  theocratic  discipline,  the  town  and  colony  grew  steadily  and  surely,  and  sanguinary  edicts  were  issued 

against  the  Baptists,  Episcopalians,  and 
Quakers  who  came  to  reside  here.  Rigid 
sumptuary  laws  were  enforced.  A  high 
official  was  reprimanded  by  the  governor  for 
indulging  in  the  luxury  of  a  wainscot  in  bis 
house ;  a  clergyman  was  reproved  for  the 
vanity  of  painting  his  house  oh  the  outside. 
Fast  riding,  ball-playing  in  the  streets,  ab- 
sence from  church,  speaking  disrespectfully 
of  the  clergy,  using  tobacco  publicly,  charg- 
ing high  prices,  denying  the  Scriptures,  a 
man  kissing  his  wife  on  the  street  or  on  a 
Sunday,  and  sheltering  Quakers  or  Baptists, 
were  all  crimes  in  the  sight  of  the  law- 
makers. Watchmen  patrolled  the  streets 
by  night,  and  walked  "two  by  two  to- 

Post  office.  gether,    a  youth   joined  with    an    elder  and 

more     sober    person."        Their    instructions 

set  forth:  "If  after  ten  o'clock  they  see  lights,  to  inquire  if  there  be  warrantable  cause;  and  if  they 
hear  any  noise  or  disorder,  wisely  to  demand  the  reason.  If  they  find  young  men  and  maidens,  not  of 
known  fidelity,  walking  after  ten  o'clock,  wisely  to  demand  the  cause ;  and  if  they  appear  ill  minded,  to  watch 
them  narrowly,  command  them  to  go  to  their  lodgings,  and  if  they  refuse,  then  to  secure  them  till  morning." 
The  people  were  warned  by  the  ringing  of  public  bells  when  to  go  to  bed,  when  to  rise  in  the  morning,  and 
when  to  eat  and  drink.  The  ringing  of  the  Boston  town  bells,  at  nine  o'clock  in  the  evening,  was  instituted 
in  1649,  and  was  doubtless  originated  from  the  curfew,  a  custom  introduced  in  England  before  the  Norman 
conquest  to  command  the  people  to  put  out  their  fires.  The  ringing  of  the  nine  o'clock  bell  remained  a  custom 
in  the  city  within  living  memory,  and  the  practice  is  still  kept  up  in  some  New  England  villages.  Josselyn, 
describing  the  town  as  it  was  between  1660  and  1670,  says:  "On  the  south  there  is  a  small  but  pleasant 
common,  where  the  Gallants  a  little  before  sunset  walk  with  their  marmalet  madams,  as  we  do  in  Moorfields, 
etc.,  until  the  nine  o'clock  bell  rings  them  home  to  their  respective  habitations,  when  presently  the  Constables 
walk  their  rounds  to  see  good  order  is  kept,  and  to  take  up  loose  people."  The  "  morning  bell,"  in  those 
days  of  early  rising  was  rung  "half  an  hour  after  four."  In  1664  an  "eleven  o'clock  bell"  was  ordered  "for 
the  more  convenient  and  expeditious  dispatch  of  merchants'  affairs."  In  course  of  time  this  bell  became  the 
recognized  signal  for  the  worthy  tradesmen  to  adjourn  from  their  places  of  business  to  the  nearest  tavern, 
there  to  take  a  "nip"  of  rum,  Holland  or  Cognac  (whiskey  was  not  a  beverage  in  those  times).  This  ringing 
of  the  town  bells  at  11  o'clock  continued  until  1835,  when  the  hour  was  changed  to  1  P.M.,  or,  as  it  was  said, 
"  from  the  hour  of  drinking  to  the  hour  of  dining."  Various  bills  in  the  city  clerk's  files,  however,  show  that 
different  hours  were  chosen  in  the  different  neighborhoods.  In  1718,  £3  were  voted  "to  pay  a  Bell  Rino-er  at 
the  New  South  Meeting  House  for  a  year,"  he  to  officiate  at  five  in  the  morning  and  nine  at  night,  "as  other 
Bell  Ringers  did." 

The  religious  bigotry  and  civic  intolcrence  on  the  part  of  his   neighbors   proved   too  much   for  minister 
Blackstone,  the  proprietor  of  the  peninsula,  for,  said   he,  "  I  came  from   England  because  I  did  not  like  the 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 


Lord  Bishops,  but  I  cannot  join  with  you,  because  I  would  not  be  under  the  Lord's  Brethren."  Accordingly, 
about  four  years  after  the  removal  of  the  colonists  to  the  peninsula,  and  being  ill  at  ease  among  them,  he  agreed 
to  sell  to  them  the  whole  of  the  peninsula,  except  six  acres  where  his  house  stood  on  Beacon  Hill,  for  £30 
($150),  and  the  money  was  raised  by  a  rate,  each  householder  paying  six  shillings  (about  $1.50).  Compared 
with  the  price  paid  for  Manhattan  Island,  the  site  of  the  commercial  metropolis  of  the  country,  that  paid  for  the 
peninsula  on  which  New  England's  leading  city  stands  was  six  times  greater ;  but  the  former  was  bought  from 
the  Indians  and  the  latter  from  an  Englishman,  and  a  parson  at  that.  With  the  money  received  from  the  sale, 
Blackstone  bought  cows  and  other  things,  and  travelled  farther  into  the  wilderness,  establishing  a  new  home, 
which  he  called  "  Study  Hill,"  not  far  from  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  on  the  banks  of  the  picturesque  river, 
which  is  now  known  as  the  Blackstone. 

Since  Blackstone  shook  the  dust  of  Boston  off 
his  shoes  forever,  and  looked  for  the  last  time  upon 
the  first  house  his  own  hands  had  reared  on  the  site 
of  the  now  prosperous  city,  Beacon  Hill,  with  its 
three  peaks,  has  undergone  great  transformations. 
The  peaks  have  long  since  disappeared.  One  was 
located  behind  where  the  State  House  now  stands, 
near  Mount  Vernon,  Temple  and  Hancock  Streets 
(where  the  beacon  stood),  and  was  for  a  time  desig- 
nated Gentry  Hill ;  another,  situated  farther  west, 
was  named  Copley's  Hill,  and  subsequently  Mount 
Vernon,  from  which  the  present  Mount  Vernon  Street 
derived  its  name ;  and  the  third,  located  to  the  east 
of  Gentry  Hill,  was  first  known  as  Cotton's  Hill,  and 
then  as  Pemberton's  Hill,  from  which  the  present 
Pemberton  Square  took  its  name.  The  original 
Treamount  stretched  from  the  head  of  the  present 
Hanover  Street  on  the  east  to  near  the  present  Charles 
Street  on  the  west,  and  near  West  Cedar  Street  was 
a  high  bluff  known  as  WTest  Hill.  From  Cambridge 
Street  on  the  north,  the  hill  extended  to  the  Com- 
mon on  the  south,  and  its  highest  point  was  138  feet 
above  sea  level. 

The  beacon — a  fiery  alarm  to  the  surrounding 
country  of  invasion  or  other  danger — was  fixed  on  the 
summit  of  the  hill,  just  below  the  present  Mount  Vernon 
and  Temple  Streets,  in  1634,  by  order  of  the  Gen- 
eral Court,  and  thenceforward  the  eminence  became 
known  as  Beacon  Hill.  The  beacon  consisted  of  an  iron 

skillet,  filled  with  combustibles  always  ready  for  use,  and  was  suspended  from  a  crane  of  iron  at  the  top  of  a 
tall  mast,  into  which  were  driven  tree-nails  that  served  the  purposes  of  a  ladder.  The  times  in  which  this 
beacon  was  erected  were  troublous,  and  the  beacon  had  often  to  render  important  service  to  the  struggling  and 
harassed  colonists,  of  whom  twenty  thousand  came  to  the  colony  in  the  first  ten  years  after  the  settlement  of 
Boston.  When  the  beacon  was  raised  on  the  hill,  a  rude  castle  arose  on  an  island  before  the  town,  and  war 
vessels  were  commissioned,  because  at  various  times  the  port  was  menaced  with  attacks  from  Dutch,  Spanish, 
and  French  fleets.  In  1639  a  thousand  well-armed  men  mustered  on  the  Common,  and  powerful  contingents 
went  out  from  Boston  to  aid  the  British  expeditions  against  Louisburg,  Quebec,  Acadia  and  Havana ;  and  the 
colonists,  marching  side  by  side  with  the  best  troops  in  the  world,  became  veteran  and  skilful  soldiers.  One 
of  the  earliest  colonists  wrote  to  his  folks  in  the  old  country  that  the  new  land  was  "  a  hideous  wilderness, 
possessed  by  barbarous  Indians,  very  cold,  sickly,  rocky,  barren,  unfit  for  culture,  and  like  to  keep  the  people 
miserable." 


Lief   Ericsson— Commonwealth    Avenue. 


38  1LLUSTRATEDBOSTON. 

The  first  beacon  that  was  erected  fell,  through  some  unknown  cause,  and  a  new  one  was  erected  in  1768. 
In  the  dark  days  of  the  Revolution  the  British  troops  tore  down  the  beacon  and  erected  a  small  square  fort 
in  its  stead;  but  as  soon  as  the  English  left  the  town  in  1776  the  inhabitants  again  placed  the  beacon  in  posi- 
tion. During  a  gale  in  1789  it  was  blown  down.  On  its  site,  in  1790-91  was  erected  a  monument  of  brick 
to  commemorate  the  heroic  deeds  of  those  patriots  who  fell  in  the  sanguinary  struggle  on  Bunker  Hill.  The 
monument,  which  was  sixty  feet  high  and  four  wide,  had  a  tablet  on  each  of  its  four  sides,  and  it  was  sur- 
mounted by  a  gilded  eagle  with  outstretched  wings.  The  inscription  on  the  east-side  tablet  read:  "Amer- 
icans: While  from  this  eminence,  scenes  of  luxuriant  fertility,  of  flourishing  commerce,  and  the  abodes  of  social 
happiness  meet  your  view,  forget  not  those  who  have  by  their  exertions  secured  to  you  these  blessings."  That 
on  the  south  side  :  "  To  commemorate  that  train  of  events  which  led  to  the  American  Revolution  and  finally 
secured  liberty  and  independence  to  the  United  States,  this  column  is  erected  by  the  voluntary  contributions 
of  the  citizens  of  Boston.  MDCCXC."  The  west  and  north-side  tablets  contained  lists  of  the  principal  events 
connected  with  the  War  of  the  Revolution. 

This  hill  formed  a  part  of  the  public  lands,  and  in  1811  the  town  sold  off  many  of  these,  including  the 
hill,  to  raise  money  to  reduce  its  debts,  which  were  pressing  heavily  upon  it.  Following  the  sale,  a  spirit  of 
improvement  set  in,  and  the  various  eminences  of  Treamount  were  removed,  much  of  the  soil  being  "used  to 
raise  the  low  land  in  the  neighborhood  of  Charles  Street,  and  to  reclaim  from  the  waters  of  the  ocean  the 
whole  of  the  land  now  lying  west  of  that  thoroughfare.  The  tablets  of  the  monument  were  placed  in  Doric 
Hall  in  the  State  House,  and  the  gilded  eagle  occupies  a  place  over  the  speaker's  chair  in  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives. The  work  of  improvement  lasted  for  about  a  dozen  years,  and  the  whole  aspect  of  Beacon  Hill 
was  changed. 

That  side  of  the  hill,  overlooking  the  Common  and  the  Public  Garden,  lias  for  a  hundred  and  fifty  years 
been  occupied  by  the  most  aristocratic  houses  in  the  city.  Indeed,  Beacon  Street  lias  been  famed  as  the  pa- 
trician street  of  New  England,  and  as  corresponding  with  Fifth  Avenue  in  New  York,  though  much  less  splen- 
did than  that  grand  thoroughfare,  being  lined  with  tall,  sombre,  brown  stone  structures,  with  no  rich  archi- 
tectural grandeur  in  church  edifices  to  relieve  the  monotony  as  in  the  avenue.  Beacon  Street  runs  in  a  straight 
ine  from  Tremont  Street  over  the  crest  of  the  hill,  and  has  been  extended  by  recent  improvements  to  the 
aristocratic  suburb  of  Long-wood,  running  for  a  considerable  distance  close  to  and  parallel  with  the  river 
Charles.  Along  it  and  beyond  it  are  the  finest  driveways  in  the  country.  On  the  hilly  section  of  the  street 
are  the  most  fashionable  and  select  clubs  of  the  city,  and  here  arc  or  were  several  houses  of  interest  to  literary 
men.  One  of  these — now  rebuilt — was  for  twoscore  years  the  abode  of  the  late  George  Ticknor,  the  bosom 
friend  of  Hawthorne,  the  fast  friend  of  Southey  and  Scott,  and  the  historian  of  Spanish  literature.  Another 
•was  the  residence  of  the  famous  blind  scholar,  W.  II.  Prescott,  the  historian  of  the  Spanish  Conquests  of 
Mexico  and  Peru,  etc.  Among  other  residences  may  be  pointed  out  that  of  C.  C.  Perkins,  whose  works  on 
Tuscan  sculptors  and  Italian  art  have  had  a  world-wide  circulation;  that  of  one  of  the  best  poets  of  a  past 
generation,  Richard  II.  Dana;  and  that  of  Charles  Sumner,  the  famous  leader  of  the  anti-slavery  movement, 
also  many  others  too  numerous  to  particularize  in  this  work.  * 

Louisburg  Square,  situated  on  the  western  slope  of  the  hill,  and  between  Mount  Vernon  and  Pinckncy 
Streets,  is  an  historic  spot.  Here  was  Blackstone's  garden  and  spring.  It  is  now  private  property,  and  in 
1834  was  enclosed  and  given  its  present  name  to  commemorate  the  victory  at  Louisburg,  upon  which  the 
French  had  spent  twenty  years  and  30,000,000  livres  in  fortifying,  as  a  menace  to  New  England.  In  1745  an 
army  of  4000  undisciplined  Yankee  farmers  and  artisans  left  Boston  and,  joining  a  powerful  British  squadron, 
overthrew  the  fortress.  The  enclosure  has  many  fine,  noble  trees,  and  two  fine  Italian  statues  of  Aristides  and 
Columbus.  • 

In  late  years,  even  on  the  patrician  Beacon  Street,  trade  has  planted  its  vigorous  foot,  and  the  aristocracy, 
as  it  has  multiplied  its  members,  has  moved  in  a  westerly  direction,  but  under  the  shadow  of  the  time-honored 
Beacon  Hill.  The  sturdier  rank  and  file  of  humanity  and  the  representatives  of  commerce  have  taken  pos- 
session of  the  other  slopes  of  the  hill,  and  among  the  changes  of  recent  years,  a  massive,  gloomy  structure  of 
granite  on  Doane  Street,  built  in  1 849  for  a  distributing  reservoir,  has  been  removed,  and  the  heavy  stone  work 
has  gone  to  form  the  Charles  River  embankment,  and  to  aid  in  constructing  a  wilderness  into  a  beautiful  park 
in  the  Back  Bay  district,  thereby  adding  much  to  the  beauty  of  that  section. 


THE     METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


39 


THE    STATE    HOUSE, 

Whose  gilded  dome  is,  as  we  have  already  said,  the  first  object  that  strikes  the  eye  of  the 
stranger  approaching  Boston  in  any  direction  by  land  or  sea,  stands  majestically  on  the  highest  point  of 
Beacon  Hill,  a  fitting  position  for  the  capitol  of  the  State.  Its  foundations  are  more  than  one  hundred  feet 
above  water  level.  Its  dome,  which  rises  to  an  altitude  of  one  hundred  and  ten  feet,  has,  ever  since  it  was 
reared,  been  a  well-known  land-mark  in  every  direction;  and  since  it  was  covered  with  gold  leaf,  in  1874,  it 
has  been  an  object  prominent  above  all  its  surroundings,  and  an  ornament  to  the  city.  Near  to  the  State 
House  stood  the  old  Hancock  House,  the  residence  of  Governor  Hancock  of  Revolutionary  fame,  and  it  was 
one  of  the  noblest  private  mansions  of  the  colonial  period.  It  was  razed  in  1863,  and  private  residences  now 


"Washington    Street,    Looking    North. 

occupy  its  site.  The  site  of  the  State  House  was  Governor  Hancock's  pasture,  and  over  ninety  years  has 
slipped  by  since  the  town  of  Boston  purchased  it  and  presented  it  to  the  State.  On  July  4,  1795,  there  was 
a  pompous  display  of  Puritan  burghers,  the  Freemasons  marching  to  the  strains  of  bands  of  music  to  lay  the 
corner  stone  of  the  State  House,  under  Grand  Master  Paul  Revere,  and  Governor  Samuel  Adams,  not  long  be- 
fore exiled  for  liberty's  sake,  giving  the  speech  of  dedication.  The  stone  itself  was  drawn  up  the  steep  slope 
of  Beacon  Hill  by  fifteen  white  horses,  representing  the  number  of  States  forming  the  Union.  The  edi- 
fice was  erected  under  the  direction  of  Charles  Bulfinch,  and  in  January,  1798,  the  members  of  the  Legislature 
marched  in  solemn  procession  from  the  Old  State  House,  at  the  head  of  State  Street,  and  took  possession  of 
the  new  capitol,  which  is  a  plain  enough  brick  building,  constructed  massively,  but  at  small  cost,  and  seeking 
ornament  only  in  a  dark  colonnade  of  Corinthian  pillars  and  its  shining  Byzantine  dome.  Lofty  flights  of 


40  ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 

stone  steps  .ead  from  the  street  to  the  main  entrance,  and  the  high  terraces  are  kept  enlivened  by  masses  of 
brilliant  flowers,  in  the  midst  of  which  stand  bronze  statues  of  the  great  orator,  Daniel  Webster,  and  of  the 
famous  educator,  Horace  Mann.  The  steps  lead  into  a  large  hall,  known  as  Doric  Hall,  where,  in  the  recesses, 
protected  by  plates  of  glass,  are  shown  the  tattered  remnants  of  several  scores  of  flags  carried  by  the  Massa- 
chusetts regiments  through  the  fierce  struggles  of  the  war  for  the  Union.  Here  are  also  statues  of  Washing- 
ton and  Governor  Andrew;  busts  of  Samuel  Adams,  Charles  Sumner,  Henry  Wilson,  and  Abraham  Lincoln; 
fac  similes  of  the  tombstones  of  the  ancestors  of  Washington,  from  England;  the  tablets  from  the  Bea- 
con monument,  and  many  rare  remembrances  of  ancient  days  in  the  Old  Bay  State.  The  Hall  of  Repre- 
sentatives has  accommodation  for  five  hundred  legislators.  Over  the  speaker's  chair  is  the  gilded  spread  eagle 
which  once  did  duty  on  the  summit  of  Beacon  monument ;  and  opposite  hangs  suspended  from  the  ceiling 
the  ancient  wooden  codfish  brought  from  the  Old  State  House,  and  typical  of  one  of  the  foremost  industries 
of  the  State.  The  Senate  Chamber,  where  the  Upper  House  meets,  is  adorned  with  notable  trophies,  and 
portraits  of  ancient  worthies  of  Massachusetts;  and  near  it  is  the  State  library,  where  more  than  forty  thou- 
sand volumes  are  kept.  Younger  States — States  that  have  sprung  into  being  since  this  old  edifice  was  built — 
have  reared,  where  a  few  years  ago  were  wildernesses,  capitols  with  marble  walls,  fretted  with  sculpture  and 
carving ;  but  no  State  can  be  prouder  of  its  capitol  than  that  of  Massachusetts,  whose  State  House  is  typical 
of  that  simplicity  and  solidity  which  characterized  the  founders  of  the  government.  Plans  have  been  prepared 
for  enlarging  the  capitol  and  providing  increased  accommodation  therein.  On  the  slope  and  at  the  base  of  the 
hill,  overlooked  by  the  capitol,  is 

THE    COMMON, 

probably  the  most  famous  bit  of  land  on  the  American  Continent.  It  is  an  undulating  natural  park  of  forty- 
eight  acres,  surrounded  by  an  iron  fence  over^a  mile  long,  crossed  by  five  walls,  shaded  by  a  thousand  ancient 
and  graceful  elms.  It  is  located  in  the  heart  of  the  city,  is  surrounded  on  all  sides  by  line  upon  line  of  busy 
and  populous  streets,  and  is  the  admiration  not  only  of  our  own  citizens,  but  of  every  visitor  to  the  city, 
American  and  foreigner.  When  the  early  settlers  purchased,  more  than  two  and  a  half  centuries  ago,  the 
whole  peninsula  from  Blackstone,  they  laid  out  this  place  for  a  "  training  field,"  and  "  for  the  feeding  of 
cattle."  Until  1830  cattle  continued  to  be  grazed  on  the  Common,  which  is  still  sometimes  used  as  a  training 
field.  Originally  the  Common  extended  in  one  direction  as  far  as  Tremont  House,  and  in  another  to  Mason 
Street,  bordering  westerly  on  the  Back  Bay,  then  a  marshy  tract,  the  waters  of  the  ocean  then  flowing  up  to 
Charles  Street  and  to  the  foot  of  the  Roxbury  Hills.  Where  Park  Street  now  is  an  almshouse,  a  bridewell, 
and  a  granary  stood,  and  was  called  Sentry  Field.  Forty-three  and  three  forths  of  the  Common  was  enclosed 
in  1835  at  a  cost  of  $80,000,  and  later  the  remainder  was  enclosed.  The  Common  is  now  surrounded  on  its 
four  sides  by  Tremont,  Boylston,  Beacon  and  Park  Streets,  and  it  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  attractive 
parks  in  the  country,  rich  in  its  greensward,  its  thousands  of  trees  with  umbrageous  boughs,  its  ponds,  monu- 
ments, and  lovely  walks. 

The  Common  is  not  valued  by  Bostonians  alone  for  its  beauties  and  for  the  opportunities  for  out-door 
recreation  it  affords,  but  for  its  historic  associations.  In  the  old  granary  referred  to  were  made  the  sails 
of  the  frigate  "Constitution,"  or  "Old  Ironsides,"  concerning  the  threatened  destruction  of  which  Boston's 
favorite  citizen,  Dr.  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes,  wrote  in  pencil,  in  his  attic  room  in  Cambridge,  in  1829,  and 
when  he  was  but  twenty  years  old  : 

"  And  one  who  listened  to  the  tale  of  shame, 
Whose  heart  still  answered  to  that  sacred  name, 
Whose  eye  still  followed  o'er  his  country's  tides 
Thy  glorious  flag,  our  brave  Old  Ironsides  ! 
From  yon  lone  attic,  on  a  summer's  morn, 
Thus  mocked  the  spoilers  with  his  school-boy  scorn," 

The  troops  who  captured  Louisburg,  the  troops  enlisted  by  Amherst,  and  who  conquered  Quebec,  and 
the  soldiers  whose  fights  brought  about  the  American  Revolution,  mustered  here.  Boston,  as  more  copious 
histories  will  tell  the  reader,  handled  the  torch  that  set  aflame  the  Revolution.  It  had  resisted  the  imposition 
of  taxes  by  England  time  after  time,  and  given  the  mother  country  to  understand  it  was  prepared  to  conduct 
business  on  its  own  account,  if  let  alone.  Its  sons  had  boarded  vessels  in  the  harbor  and  thrown  taxed  tea 


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into  the  sea  rather  than  have  it.  They  had  resented  the  Stamp  Act  and  other  imposts,  and  made  themselves 
so  obnoxious  to  the  English  government  that  the  latter  declared  the  former  rebels,  and  ordered  the  army  of 
soldiers  quartered  on  the  town  to  send  them  to  England  for  trial.  Between  the  soldiery  and  the  citizens  there 
was,  of  course,  no  kindly  feeling,  and  the  dislike  was  intensified  by  an  event  known  as 

THE    "BOSTON    MASSACRE," 

which,  it  is  not  too  much  to  say,  was  one  of  the  most  important  events  which  united  the  interests  and  feelings 
of  the  colonists,  and  brought  on  the  revolutionary  war.  After  the  elapse  of  more  than  a  century  the  event 
has  been  commemorated  by  the  recent  raising  on  the  Common  of  a  monument,  known  as  the  Attucks  Mc- 
imorial,  which  stands  on  the  greensward  near  the  Tremont  Street  Mall.  The  massacre  occurred  toward  even- 
ing,  on  Monday,  March  5,  1770,  in  the  very  centre  of  the  business  part  of  the  town,  in  the  rear  of  the  State 


Boylstori    Street,    from    Copley    Square. 

House,  on  King  Street — known  since,  for  nearly  a  hundred  years,  by  the  more  appropriate  name  of  State 
Street.  Of  the  five  victims  of  the  massacre,  four  of  them,  namely,  Samuel  Gray,  Samuel  Maverick,  James 
Caldwell  and  Crispus  Attucks,  where  buried  on  the  Thursday  following,  March  8,  in  what  is  still  known  as  the 
old  Granary  burying  ground,  on  the  present  Tremont  Street.  On  the  occasion  of  the  funeral  the  bells  of  the 
town  were  rung,  places  of  business  were  closed,  and  vast  numbers  of  all  persons  of  citizens  were  in  attendance. 
Various  accounts  have  been  written  and  published  of  the  Boston  massacre,  not  differing,  however,  much  in 
their  essential  particulars,  and  all  appear  to  agree  in  condemning  the  outrage  as  a  natural  result  from  the  quar- 
tering of  troops  in  the  town.  The  soldiers  belonged  to  the  14th  and  29th  Regiments,  and  it  has  been  well 
said  that  it  was  a  move  highly  criminal  to  quarter  troops  in  such  a  town  as  Boston  then  was.  The  people 
hated  the  soldiers,  and  this  feeling  was  reciprocated  by  the  latter  with  interest.  The  inhabitants  could  not  go 
about  their  ordinary  avocations  without  being  challenged  at  every  corner  by  sentinels,  and  often  insulted  and 
assaulted.  Some  outrage,  it  is  said,  was  complained  of  every  day  ;  and  if  soldiers  in  all  cases  of  misconduct 
and  violence  were  not  the  offending  parties,  their  presence  induced  them,  and  they  generally  had  the  credit  of 
them.  "From  the  time  the  troops  arrived  in  September,  1768,"  says  one  account,  "until  they  left  the  town, 
there  were  complaints  against  them  and  trouble  with  them."  On  the  afternoon  before  the  massacre  the  sol- 
diers posted  the  following  in  writing  as  a  warning  to  the  people: — "Boston,  March  ye  5.  1770.  This  is  to 
Inform  ye  Rebellious  People  in  Boston  that  the  soldjers  in  ye  14th  and  29th  Regiments  are  determined  to 
Joine  together  and  defend  themselves  against  all  who  Oppose  them.  Signed,  Ye  Soldjtrs  of  ye  14th  and  29th 
Regiments." 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


"  The  evening  of  the  5th  came  on.  .  .  .  Parties  of  soldiers  were  driving  about  the. streets,  making  a  pa- 
rade of  valor,  challenging  resistance,  and  striking  the  inhabitants  indiscriminately  with  sticks  or  sheathed  cut- 
lasses. A  band  poured  out  from  Murray's  barracks,  in  Brattle  Street,  armed  with  clubs,  cutlasses  and  bayonets, 
provoked  resistance,  and  a  fray  ensued.  One  soldier  after  another  levelled  a  firelock  and  threatened  to  make 
a  lane  through  a  crowd.  At  about  nine  o'clock,  a  party  of  soldiers  issued  violently  from  the  main  guard,  in 
King  Street,  their  arms  glittering  in  the  moonlight,  hallooing.  '  Where  arc  they  ?  Where  are  they  ?  Let 
them  come  on !'  Presently  twelve  or  fifteen  more,  uttering  the  same  cries,  rushed  from  the  south-side  into 
King  Street,  and  so  by  way  of  Cornhill  (Washington  Street)  toward  Murray's  barracks.  They  knocked  a 
small  boy  down,  and  abused  and  insulted  several  persons  at  their  doors  and  in  the  street,  while  their  outcries 
of  fire  caused  the  bells  to  be  rung.  A  body  of  soldiers  came  up  Royal  Exchange  lane,  crying,  'Where  arc  the 

cowards  ?'  and,  brandishing  their  arms,  passed  through  King 
Street,  a  crowd  of  boys  following  them.  A  parley  oc- 
curred with  the  sentinel,  who  had  previously  knocked  one 
of  the  boys  down,  and  loaded  his  gun  and  threatened  to 
shoot  them.  'Stand  off!'  said  the  sentry.  'They  are 
killing  the  sentinel,'  reported  a  servant,  running  to  the  main 
guard.  '  Turn  out !  why  don't  you  turn  out  ?'  cried 
Preston,  captain  of  the  guard.  A  party  of  six,  two  of 
whom,  Kilroi  and  Montgomery,  had  been  previously  worsted 
in  a  fight  at  the  ropewalk,  formed  with  a  corporal  in  front 
and  Preston  following.  With  bayonets  fixed  they  rushed 
through  the  people  upon  the  trot^cursing  them  and  pushing 
them  as  they  went  along.  They  found  about  ten  persons 
round  the  sentry,  while  about  fifty  or  sixty  came  down  with 
them.  '  For  God's  sake,'  said  Henry  Knox,  who  was  pass- 
ing by,  holding  Preston  by  the  coat,  '  take  your  men  back 
again ;  if  they  fire  your  life  must  answer  for  the  conse- 
quences.' '  1  know  what  I  am  about,'  said  he,  hastily  and 
much  agitated.  None  pressed  on  them  or  provoked  them 
till  they  began  loading,  when  a  party  of  about  twelve  in 
number,  with  sticks  in  their  hands,  moved  from  the  middle 
of  the  street,  where  they  had  been  standing,  gave  three 
cheers,  and  passed  along  in  front  of  the  soldiers,  whose 
muskets  some  of  them  sti-uck  as  they  went  by.  '  You  are 
cowardly  rascals,  they  said,  '  for  bringing  arms  against  naked 
men.  Lay  aside  your  guns  and  we  are  ready  for  you  !' 
.  .  .  Just  then  Montgomery  received  a  blow  from  a  stick 
which  had  hit  his  musket,  and  the  word  'fire!'  being  given 
by  Preston,  he  stepped  a  little  on  one  side  and  shot  Attucks, 
who  at  the  time  was  quietly  leaning  on  a  long  stick. 

The  people  immediately  began  to  move  off.  '  Don't  fire,'  said  Longford,  the  watchman,  to  Kilroi,  looking  him 
full  in  the  face ;  but  yet  he  did  so,  and  Samuel  Gray,  who  was  standing  next  to  Longford,  with  his  hands  in 

his  bosom,  fell   lifeless.     The   rest  fired   slowly  and  in   succession  on   the   people   who   were   dispersing 

Three  persons  were  killed,  eight  were  wounded,  two  of  them  mortally.  Of  all  the  eleven,  not  more  than  one 
had  any  share  in  the  disturbance.  So  infuriated  were  the  soldiers  that  when  the  men  returned  to  take  up  the 
dead  they  prepared  to  fire  again,  but  were  checked  by  Preston,  while  the  29th  regiment  appeared  under  arms 
in  King  Street.  '  This  is  our  time,'  cried  the  soldiers  of  the  14th,  and  dogs  were  never  seen  more  greedy  for 
their  prey. 

"  The  bells  in  all  the  churches  were  rung,  and  the  cry  of  the  people  was  'To  arms  !  To  arms !'  '  Our  hearts,' 
said  Warren,  '  beat  to  arms,  almost  resolved  by  one  stroke  to  avenge  the  death  of  our  slaughtered  brethren.' 
The  people  would  not  be  satisfied  or  retire  till  the  regiment  was  confined  to  the  guard  room  and  the  barracks, 
and  Governor  Hutchinson  gave  the  assurance  that  instant  inquiries  should  be  made  by  the  county  magistrates. 


Statue    of   Gen.    John    Glover. 


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Such,  as  we  have  described,  was  the  Boston  massacre  and  some  of  the  attending  circumstances.  It  was  a  rude 
and  brutal  and  unnecessary  murdering  of  the  people,  in  support  of  unjust  and  wrongful  claims  and  pretensions 
of  the  British  ministry,  Parliament  and  the  King.  It  was  the  first  blood  spilled  by  British  soldiers  upon 
American  soil,  and,  in  fact,  the  initiation  of  the  war  which  followed  between  the  colonies  and  the  mother 
country.  From  this  time  forward  there  was  no  longer  agreement  or  concord  of  action  between  the  govern- 
ment (king,  ministry  and  Parliament)  and  the  people  of  the  American  colonies. 

On  the  morning  following  the  massacre,  the  Sons  of  Liberty  gathered  in  great  numbers  in  Faneuil  Hall, 
and  resolved  that  the  people  and  soldiers  could  no  longer  live  together  in  safety.  In  the  afternoon  over  three 
thousand  persons  assembled  at  the  Old  South  Church  and  appointed  a  committee  to  wait  npon  the  governor 
and  Colonel  Dalrymple,  the  commander  of  the  forces,  and  to  demand  that  the  soldiers  should  be  removed 
from  the  town  if  the  peace  of  the  province  was  to  be  preserved.  The  governor  and  his  council  and 


Clarendon  Street. 

Colonel  Dalrymple  were  in  a  dilemma,  but  seeing  that  the  people  meant  business  unless  their  demand  was 
complied  with,  took  the  responsibility  upon  themselves  of  ordering  the  soldiers  to  remove  to  Castle  Island,  in 
the  Harbor. 

Captain  Preston  and  eight  of  his  men  were  put  on  trial  for  murder.  The  court,  on  a  pretence  of  its  in- 
ability to  determine  whether  it  was  Preston  or  some  one  else  who  gave  the  order  to  fire,  acquitted  him.  Two 
of  the  soldiers,  who  declared  that  they  had  simply  done  their  duty  in  obeying  orders  to  fire,  were  found  guilty 
of  manslaughter  and  sentenced  to  be  'branded  in  the  hand  in  open  court.  For  a  long  time  the  anniversary  of 
the  massacre  was  annually  celebrated  by  Bostonians,  but  it  was  not  until  Wednesday,  November  14,  1888,  that 
a  permanent  memorial  of  the  event  was  completed  and  unveiled  on  the  Common  with  much  ceremony,  to 
immortalize  Crispus  Attucks  and  his  fellow  victims.  Attucks  was  a  negro,  and  the  monument  is  named  aftei 
him.  By  publicly  immortalizing  the  name  of  a  negro  who,  it  is  presumed,  was  a  patriot,  race  distinction  in 
this  country  lias  received  a  blow  that  should  be  fatal.  By  inference  a  man  is  now  declared  a  man,  be  he  white, 
black,  richer  poor.  This  is  undoubtedly  the  highest  thought  suggested  by  the  dedication  ceremonies,  though 
they  were  confined  chiefly  to  eulogy  of  the  victims  of  the  massacre  by  Professor  Fiske  and  other  orators  on 
the  occasion.  The  monument,  while  an  ornament  to  the  Common,  stands  as  a  silent  encouragement  to  the 


44  ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 

valor  of  future  generations.  It  is  the  work  of  Mr.  Robert  Kraus.  It  bears  in  bas-relief,  a  representation  of 
the  event  as  it  occurred  in  King  (State)  Street.  The  soldiers  are  in  the  act  of  firing  upon  the  people,  at  the 
command  of  their  captain,  while  the  victims  are  seen  falling  among  the  crowd  of  people  which  surrounds 
them.  The  work  is  very  vivid,  life-like,  and  a  very  excellent  representation  of  the  scene.  The  sentiments 
which  have  been  inscribed  upon  the  monument,  with  the  names  of  the  authors,  indicate  the  public  estimation 
of  the  event  at  the  present  time  almost  as  emphatically  as  compelling  the  troops  to  leave  the  town  did  more 
than  a  hundred  years  ago.  These  sentiments  are  the  following :  "  From  that  moment  we  may  date  the  sev- 
erance of  the  British  empire." — DANIEL  WEBSTER.  "  On  that  night  the  foundation  of  American  independence 
was  laid." — JOHN  ADAMS. 

After  the  massacre  England  continued  to  tighten  the  screws  of  exaction  and  oppression,  while  the  Bos- 
tonians  grew  more  obstinate.  In  March,  1774,  the  English  Parliament  ordered  the  closing  of  Boston  port, 
and  in  the  following  September  instructed  the  newly  appointed  governor  of  Massachusetts,  General  Gage,  to 
reduce  the  colonists  by  force.  A  fleet  and  an  army  of  ten  thousand  soldiers  were  sent  to  aid  in  the  work  of 
subjugation.  Boston  Neck  was  seized  and  fortified  by  the  governor's  orders  ;  the  military  stores  in  the  ar- 
senals at  Cambridge  and  Charlestown  were  conveyed  to  Boston;  and  the  General  Assembly  was  ordered  to 
disband. 

The  Common  became  the  fortified  camp.  Earthworks  were  thrown  up  on  several  of  its  eminences,  of 
which  all  traces  have  long  since  disappeared.  The  British  artillery  was  stationed  upon  Flagstaff,  or  Powder- 
house  Hill,  where  there  were  intrenchments  and  a  powder  house.  A  battery  was  located  on  Fox  Hill,  which 
stood  near  the  present  Charles  Street.  On  the  Boylston  Street  side,  opposite  the  present  Carver  Street,  was  a 
strong  fortification.  The  marines  were  located  near  the  Tremont  Street  side  of  the  Common,  and  the  infantry 
were  scattered  over  the  old  "  trayning  field."  Deep  trenches  were  cut  near  the  present  Charles  Street  Mall, 
within  a  short  distance  of  which  was  then  the  water  front.  Here  during  the  winter  of  1775-76  over  1 700 
British  warriors  waited  in  expectation  of  being  attacked  by  Washington,  for  the  whole  town  was  in  a  state  of 
siege. 

When  it  became  apparent  what  General  Gage's  instructions  were,  the  Bostonians,  concealing  their  guns 
and  ammunition  in  cartloads  of  rubbish,  conveyed  them  to  Concord,  sixteen  miles  away.  Gage  discovered  the 
movement,  and  on  the  18th  of  April,  1775,  dispatched  a  regiment  of  800  men  to  destroy  the  stores.  Another 
purpose  was  to  capture  John  Hancock  and  Samuel  Adams,  who  were  supposed  to  be  hidden  at  Lexington  or 
Concord.  The  fact  was  that  they  were  not  hidden  anywhere,  but  were  abroad  encouraging  the  people.  The 
plan  of  the  British  general  was  made  with  great  secrecy ;  but  the  patriots  were  on  the  alert,  and  discovered 
the  movement,  and  when  the  regiment,  under  the  command  of  Colonel  Smith  and  Major  Pitcairn  left  the  foot, 
of  the  Common  at  Boston  about  midnight  for  Concord,  under  Gage's  orders,  the  people  of  Boston,  Charles- 
town  and  Cambridge  were  roused  by  the  ringing  of  bells  and  the  firing  of  cannons  by  the  patriots.  Two- 
hours  before,  William  Dawes  and  Paul  Revere  had  started  off  on  horseback  to  spread  the  alarm  through  the 
country,  and  at  two  o'clock  in  the  morning  a  company  of  one  hundred  and  thirty  armed  patriots  had  assem- 
bled on  the  Common  at  Lexington,  with  guns  loaded.  At  five  o'clock  the  English  regiment  hove  in  sight,  and 
Pitcairn  rode  up  and  shouted :  "  Disperse,  ye  villains !  Throw  down  your  arms,  ye  rebels,  and  disperse  !'r 
The  minute  men  stood  still ;  Pitcairn  discharged  his  pistol  at  them  and  cried  "  Fire !"  The  first  volley  of  the 
Revolution  whistled  through  the  air,  and  sixteen  of  the  patriots  fell  dead  or  wounded.  The  rest 
fired  a  few  random  shots  and  then  dispersed.  But  the  end  was  not  yet.  The  British  pushed  on  to 
Concord,  but  the  inhabitants  had  removed  the  greater  part  of  the  stores  to  a  place  of  safety,  and 
there  was  but  little  destruction.  Two  cannons  were  spiked,  some  artillery  carriages  were  destroyed,  and  a 
small  quantity  of  ammunition  thrown  into  a  mill  pond.  While  the  English  were  pillaging  the  town  the  min- 
ute men  gathered  from  all  quarters,  and  came  in  contact  with  a  company  of  soldiers  guarding  the  North 
Bridge,  over  Concord  River.  For  the  first  time  the  Americans  fired  under  the  orders  of  their  officers  and  two- 
English  soldiers  were  killed.  The  bridge  was  taken  by  the  patriots  and  the  enemy  began  a  retreat,  first  into- 
the  town  and  then  through  the  town  on  the  road  to  Lexington.  Then  the  minute  men  attacked  the  enemy 
from  every  side,  and  kept  up  a  terrible  fire  from  behind  rocks,  trees,  fences  and  barns.  Nothing  but  good 
discipline  and  reinforcements  which,  under  the  command  of  Lord  Percy,  met  the  fugitives  just  below  Lexing- 
ton, saved  the  English  from  total  rout  and  destruction.  The  fight  continued  to  the  precincts  of  Charlestown, 
the  patriots  becoming  more  and  more  audacious  in  their  onslaughts.  At  one  time  it  seemed  that  the  whole 


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British  force  would  be  obliged  to  surrender.  Such  a  result  was  prevented  only  by  the  fear  that  the  English 
fleet  would  burn  Boston.  The  American  loss  in  this,  the  first  battle  of  the  war,  was  forty-nine  killed,  thirty- 
four  wounded  and  five  missing  ;  that  of  the  enemy  was  two  hundred  and  seventy-three — a  greater  loss  than 
the  English  army  sustained  on  the  Plains  of  Abraham. 

The  battle  of  Lexington  inspired  the  patriots  everywhere,  and  within  a  few  days  an  army  of  twenty  thous- 
and men  had  gathered  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston.  A  line  of  intrenchments 
encompassing  the  city  was  drawn  from  Roxbury  to  Chelsea,  and  the  talk 
of  the  camp  was  to  drive  Gage  and  his  army  into  the  sea.  On  the  25th 
of  May,  Generals  Howe,  Clinton  and  Burgoyne  arrived  with  more  men, 
and  the  British  army  at  Boston  was  increased  to  10,000  strong.  Gage  issued 
a  proclamation  styling  all  in  arms  as  rebels,  and  offering  pardon  to  all  who 
would  submit  to  the  King's  authority  except  two,  Samuel  Adams  and  John 
Hancock,  who  were  to  be  put  to  death,  if  caught,  as  traitors.  A  well- 
founded  rumor  was  set  on  foot  that  the  English  intended  to  sally  out  of 
Boston  and  burn  the  neighboring  towns  and  devastate  the  country.  The 
Americans  with  a  view  to  preventing  this,  seized  and  fortified  Bunker  Hill, 
but  afterwards  removed  to  a  neighboring  height,  subsequently  called  Breed's 


Park    Street    Church. 


Hill,  which  was  within  easy  cannon  range  of  Boston.     On  the  l7th  of  June  the   British  advanced  against  the 
stronghold,  and  a  fierce  struggle  ensued,  the  patriots  being  only  driven  from  the  trenches  at  the  point  of  the 


46  ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 

bayonet.     It   was,  however,  a   costly  victory  for  the  English,  who  lost  1054    men  in  killed  and  wounded  while 
the  American  loss  was  115  killed,  305  wounded  and  32  prisoners. 

The  Bunker  Hill  fight  showed  that  the  British  army  was  not  invincible,  and  it  was  followed  by  increased 
enthusiasm  among  the  Americans  everywhere;  and  in  all  parts  George  the  Third's  authority  was  set  at  nought. 
Fifteen  days  after  the  Bunker  Hill  engagement  General  Washington  arrived  at  Cambridge  and  took  command 
of  the  patriotic  army,  while  General  Howe  succeeded  General  Gage  in  command  of  the  British  troops  in  Bos- 
ton. Washington  besieged  the  city  all  winter,  and  by  the  middle  of  February  the  American  army  had  in- 
creased to  14,000  men.  Washington  was  frequently  urged  to  force  a  fight  with  the  enemy,  but  until  the 
spring  he  contented  himself  with  narrowing  his  lines,  strengthening  his  works,  and  waiting  his  opportunity. 
On  the  north,  Boston  was  commanded  by  the  peninsula  of  Charlestown,  and  on  the  south  by  Dorchester 
Heights.  Since  the  battle  at  Bunker  Hill  the  former  position  had  been  held  by  the  British;  the  latter  was,  as 


Boston    Museum   of   Fine   Arts,    Art   Square   and    Dartmouth   Street. 


yet,  unoccupied.  Washington  resolved  to  take  advantage,  by  a  strategic  movement,  of  the  enemy's  oversight, 
to  seize  the  Heights  and  drive  Howe  out  of  Boston.  To  distract  the  attention  of  the  British,  heavy  cannon- 
ading was  kept  up  from  the  American  batteries  for  two  days,  and  during  the  night  of  the  4th  of  March  a 
detachment  of  Americans  ascended  the  Heights  and  established  a  line  of  formidable  intrenchmcnts  and  cannon 
frowning  upon  the  city.  Howe  was  astonished  next  morning  when  he  saw  how  he  had  been  out-gencralled, 
and  that  he  must  either  drive  the  Americans  from  the  Heights  or  abandon  the  city.  He  directed  Lord  Percy 
to  place  himself  at  the  head  of  2400  men  and  storm  the  redoubts  before  nightfall.  It  was  the  anniversary  of 
the  "  Boston  Massacre,"  and  the  patriots  were  eager  for  vengeance.  Percy  got  as  far  as  Castle  Island,  when  a 
violent  storm  arose  and  rendered  the  harbor  impassable  all  day,  so  that  the  attack  could  not  be  made.  The 
Americans  continued  to  strengthen  their  position  until  Howe  found  himself  in  the  extremity  of  giving  up  the 
capital  of  New  England  to  the  rebels.  By  an  informal  agreement  between  Washington  and  Howe,  the  latter 
was  allowed  to  retire  from  the  city  unmolested,  on  condition  that  he  did  not  burn  the  place.  On  the  17th  of 
March,  Howe  and  his  army  and  some  1500  loyalist  citizens  left,  and  from  that  date  the  contending  hosts  trans- 
ferred their  struggles  to  other  parts  of  the  country.  Ou  the  20th,  Washington  rode  triumphantly  into  the 
city,  and  the  ten  months'  siege  had  ended.  The  whole  country  was  exultant,  and  Congress  ordered  a  gold 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND.  47 

medal  to  be  struck  in  honor  of  Washington,  who  went  in  pursuit  of  the  enemy  to  Long  Island,  but  not  before 
he  had  strengthened  the  defences  of  Boston. 

The  Common  not  only  played  an  important  part  in  the  Revolutionary  era,  but  in  the  days  of  the  Rebel- 
lion it  was  the  mustering  and  encamping  ground  of  the  Massachusetts  regiments  which  were  sent  to  do  battle 
with  the  armed  hosts  of  the  Southern  Confederacy.  The  Common  is  yet  the  place  on  which  military  bodies 
muster  on  anniversary  days  and  public  events,  and  it  has  been  the  scene  of  celebrations  of  many  military  and 
naval  victories.  In  ante-Revolutionary  times,  on  this  historic  ground  frequent  executions  occurred  under  the 
ancient  trees,  especially  in  1676,  when  the  Narragansett  Indians  had  been  subjugated  in  a  fierce  battle  among 
the  swamps  of  Rhode  Island,  and  when  many  a  valiant  red-skinned  warrior  was  brought  hither  in  chains  and 
suspended  from  the  boughs  of  the  wide-spreading  elms.  Thirty  Indians  were  thus  put  to  death  in  a  single 
day.  Here,  too,  Whitfield  preached  and  Quakers  were  hanged  for  conscience'  sake.  The  famous  old  Common 
has  been  swept  by  shot  and  shell  by  night  and  by  day,  and  nobles,  generals,  and  statesmen  have  plotted  and 
planned,  under  the  leafy  shades,  the  fate  of  dynasties  and  empires ;  and,  within  its  cool  retreats,  lovers  have  for 
ao-es  held  their  trystings,  built  airy  castles,  and  whispered  "sweet  nothings,"  Orators  have  fretted  and  fumed 
on  the  greensward  over  real  and  fancied  public  wrongs ;  youngsters  have,  year  after  year,  made  the  air  ring 
with  their  merry  shouts  and  laughter  as  they  have  swiftly  glided  on  the  winter  ice  on  the  hill-slopes ;  musi- 
cians have  filled,  and  do  fill  in  the  summer  months,  the  balmy  air  with  pleasant  sounds ;  and  on  festival  days 
the  old  Common  is  a  scene  of  jollity,  presenting  many  of  the  sights  of  a  country  fair. 

The  glories  of  statesmen,  warriors,  and  scholars  are  commemorated  on  the  Common  by  monuments  and 
statues.  On  the  highest  point  of  the  Common,  long  known  as  Flagstaff  Hill,  or  Monument  Hill,  as  it  is  now 
called,  is  the  Army  and  Navy  Monument,  which  is  worthy  of  a  city  that  gave  to  the  cause  of  the  Union  in  the 
War  of  the  Rebellion  24,434  soldiers  and  685  officers.  This  magnificent  specimen  of  the  sculptor's  art  was 
the  work  of  the  late  Mr.  Martin  Milmore,  and  cost  $75,000.  The  corner-stone  was  laid  September  18,  1871, 
and  at  its  dedication,  September  17,  1877,  militia,  veterans,  and  civic  societies,  numbering  25,000  men,  marched 
in  procession.  This  monument  bears  this  record :  "  To  the  men  of  Boston,  who  died  for  their  country  on 
land  and  sea  in  the  war  which  kept  the  Union  whole,  destroyed  slavery,  and  maintained  the  constitution,  the 
grateful  city  has  built  this  monument,  that  their  example  may  speak  to  coming  generations."  The  base  is 
cruciform,  three  steps  rising  to  a  pedestal  which  is  faced  with  large  bronze  reliefs,  representing  the  departure 
of  the  State  troops,  battle  scenes  in  which  the  army  and  navy  were  engaged,  the  work  of  the  hospitals  in  the 
field,  and  the  return  of  the  volunteers  to  the  city.  Between  and  above  these  stand  four  heroic  bronze  statues : 
The  Soldier,  fully  equipped,  with  his  musket  and  bayonet  fixed;  the  Sailor,  facing  seaward,  with  drawn 
cutlass;  History,  a  female  figure,  laurel- wreathed,  clad  in  Greek  costume,  and  about  to  write  on  a  tablet;  and 
Peace,  another  classic  female  figure,  seated  and  holding  an  olive-branch  toward  the  South.  Above  these  rises 
a  tall  Roman  Doric  Shaft  of  white  Maine  granite,  with  allegorical  figures  representing  the  North,  South,  East, 
and  West  at  its  base  and  four  marble  eagles  at  the  top.  The  summit  of  the  monument,  seventy  feet  high,  is 
a  colossal  bronze  statue  of  the  Genius  of  America,  crowned  with  thirteen  stars,  holding  a  bare  sword  and  two 
laurel  wreaths  in  one  hand,  and  a  banner  staff  in  the  other,  and  with  her  face  bowed  towards  the  south.  Of 
this  great  and  imposing  memorial  we  give  a  fine  illustration  in  these  pages. 

At  the  foot  of  the  hill,  within  an  iron  inclosure,  stood  an  old  tree,  known  as  the  "  Old  Elm,"  until  the 
winter  of  1876,  when  it  was  destroyed  in  a  gale.  It  was  believed  to  have  been  there  even  before  Blackstone 
set  foot  on  the  peninsula,  and  was  regarded  as  the  oldest  of  its  kind  in  Boston.  It  was  decrepit  even  in  1775, 
and  was  tenderly  cared  for  for  more  than  a  hundred  years.  It  had  been  the  scene  of  many  stirring  events. 
Witches,  Quakers,  murderers,  pirates,  and  others  had  been  hanged  from  its  branches ;  the  "  Sons  of  Liberty  " 
had  illuminated  it  with  lanterns  in  Revolutionary  days ;  duels  had  been  fought  under  its  shadow ;  and  it  had 
been  a  tryst  for  generation  after  generation  of  Bostonians.  A  foot  above  the  ground,  its  circumference  was 
22|  feet,  and  it  rose  to  a  height  of  over  72  feet.  A  shoot  off  the  "  Old  Elm  "  is  now  thriving  on  the  spot 
where  the  old  monarch  of  the  forest  stood. 

THE    PUBLIC    GARDEN 

lies  just  to  the  westward  of  the  Common,  with  which  it  forms  one  of  the  handsomest  parks  in  the  country. 
The  Garden,  which  is  only  separated  from  the  Common  by  Charles  Street,  is  in  form  varying  little  from  a  par- 
allelogram, and  contains  over  twenty-four  acres.  The  site  of  the  Garden  was  formerly  a  dreary  expanse  of 


48  ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 

marshy  flats,  overflowed  by  high  tides,  and  was  known  as  Round  Marsh,  or  "  the  marsh  at  the  bottom  of  the 
Common."  After  a  great  fire  among  some  rope-walks  in  the  present  Congress  Street  in  1794,  the  city,  in  a  fit 
of  generosity,  gave  the  marsh  to  the  burned-out  ropemakers.  In  1819  their  rope-walks  on  the  marsh  were 
burned  out,  but,  as  the  land  round  about  had  increased  much  in  value,  they  determined  that  it  would  pay  them 
better  to  sell  the  marsh  for  building  purposes  than  to  reconstruct  their  rope-walks.  The  citizens  were  indig- 
nant, but  the  ropemakers  were  determined,  and  finally,  in  1824,  the  city  fathers  concluded  to  buy  back  their 
gift  of  thirty  years  before,  for  $54,000  to  make  a  public  garden  out  of  the  marsh.  In  this  they  have  succeeded 
admirably.  In  the  centre  is  an  artificial  lake,  with  fountains,  swan-houses,  pleasure-boats,  etc.  The  Garden 
is  intersected  with  fine,  graveled,  sinuous  walks,  the  velvety  lawns  are  kept  in  splendid  order,  and  the  floral 
displays  are  the  finest  in  America.  .  The  Garden  contains  many  fine  statues,  among  them  being  a  colossal  eques- 
trian one  of  General  Washington,  bronze  statues  of  Charles  Surnner  and  Edward  Everett,  and  a  granite  and 
red  marble  monument  to  commemorate  the  discovery  in  Boston  of  ether  as  an  anaesthetic.  By  night  the 
Garden  is  illuminated  by  electric  lights,  and  the  place  is  a  popular  resort  for  persons  of  all  conditions. 


In  the  preceding  pages  frequent  reference  has  been  made  to  the  first  settlement  of  Bostonians  being  on  a 
peninsula.  When  Blackstone  was  here  "  lord  of  all  he  surveyed,"  his  landed  possessions  formed  a  pear- 
shaped  peninsula,  and  up  to  the  beginning  of  the  last  half  century  the  territorial  area  of  the  city  was  limited 
to  the  land  owned  by  him.  Its  extreme  length  was  less  than  two  miles,  and  its  greatest  breadth  a  little  more 
than  one.  The  peninsula  u  hung  to  the  mainland,  at  Roxbury,"  says  one  writer,  "  by  a  slender  stem,  or  neck 
of  a  mile  in  length,  so  low  and  narrow  between  tide-washed  flats  that  it  was  often  submerged.  Now  the 
original  783  acres  of  solid  land  have  become  1829.  The  broad,  oozy  salt-marshes,  the  estuaries,  coverts,  and 
bays  once  stretching  wide  on  its  northern  and  southern  bounds  have  been  reclaimed ;  and  where  then  the 
area  was  the  narrowest,  it  is  now  the  widest.  The  hills  have  been  cut  down — one,  Fort  Hill,  entirely  removed ; 
the  whole  surface  of  the  original  ground  has  been  levelled  and  graded,  and  every  square  inch  turned  over  and 
over;  new  territory  has  been  added  by  annexing  adjoining  suburban  cities  and  towns,  until  now  the  area  of 
the  city,  with  all  its  districts,  is  23,661  acres  (36^y  square  miles) — more  than  thirty  times  as  great  as  the  original 
area.  The  areas  of  the  districts  are  as  follows:  South  Boston,  1002  acres;  East  Boston,  836;  Roxbury,  2700; 
Dorchester,  5614;  West  Roxbury,  7848;  Brighton,  2277;  Charlestown,  586;  Breed's  Island,  785;  Deer 
Island,  184. 

The  following  islands  in  the  harbor  of  Boston  belong  to  the  city,  viz. :  Deer  Island,  containing  184  acres 
upland,  and  50  acres  flats,  conveyed  to  the  inhabitants  of  Boston,  March  4,  1634-35 ;  Thompson's  Island,  an- 
nexed to  Boston  by  actof  March  15,  1834;  Great  Brewster  Island,  containing  16  acres,  purchased  in  1848 
for  $4000;  Gallop's  Island,  containing  16  acres,  purchased  in  1860  for  $6600 ;  Apple  Island,  containing  9-£ 
acres,  purchased  1867  for  $3750;  Rainsford  Island,  containing  11  acres,  purchased,  together  with  all  hos- 
pital buildings  and  dwellings  thereon,  in  1871,  for  $40,000.  Male  paupers  whose  settlement  is  established 
in  this  city  are  now  located  in  the  large  hospital  building  upon  this  island.  Moon  Island,  containing  about 
30  acres,  was  taken  by  right  of  eminent  domain  from  the  heirs  of  James  Huckins  and  others  in  1879,  and 
constitutes  the  point  of  discharge  of  the  great  sewer  of  the  city  of  Boston.  The  city  has  within  it  123,268,652 
feet  of  marsh-land  flats;  and  the  measurement  of  the  city  from  north  to  south  is  eleven  miles,  and  from  east  to 
west  nine  miles.  The  principal  business  section  of  the  city,  lying  between  the  harbor  and  Charles  River,  is  a 
mile  and  a  quarter  across. 

The  various  annexations  that  have  been  made  to  the  city  have  necessitated  the  building  of  many  bridges 
over  the  water-ways  that  separate  the  city  proper  from  the  districts  annexed.  These  bridges  are :  Broad- 
way Bridge,  over  Fort  Point  Channel  to  South  Boston ;  Cambridge  Bridge.  Western  Avenue  and  North  Har- 
vard Street  bridges,  from  Brighton  to  Cambridge ;  Canal,  or  Craigie's  Bridge,  Leverett  Street  to  East  Cam- 
bridge;  Charles  River  Bridge,  Charlestown  Street  to  Charlestown ;  Chelsea  bridges  (North  and  South),  Charles, 
town  to  Chelsea ;  Chelsea  Street  Bridge,  East  Boston  to  Chelsea ;  Commercial  Point  Bridge ;  Congress  Street 
Bridge,  over  Fort  Point  Channel ;  Dover  Street  Bridge,  to  South  Boston ;  Essex  Street  Bridge,  Brighton  to 
Cambridge ;  Federal  Street  Bridge,  to  South  Boston ;  Granite  Bridge,  Dorchester  to  Milton  ;  Maiden  Bridge, 
Charlestown  to  Everett;  Meridian  Street  Bridge,  East  Boston  to  Chelsea;  Mount  Washington  Avenue  Bridge, 
to  South  Boston ;  Neponset  Bridge,  Dorchester  to  Quincy ;  North  Beacon  Street  Bridge,  Brighton  to  Water- 


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town  ;  Prison  Point  Bridge,  Charlestown  to  East  Cambridge  ;  Warren  Bridge,  Beverly  Street  to  Charlestown ; 
West  Boston  Bridge,  Cambridge  Street  to  Cambridgeport ;  Western  Avenue  Bridge,  to  Watertown ;  Winthrop 
Bridge,  Breed's  Island  to  Winthrop.  A  new  bridge  is  now  in  course  of  construction  from  the  Back  Bay  lands 
across  the  Charles  River  to  Cambridgeport,  and  will  be  of  vast  service  to  the  people  located  in  these  thriving 
sections. 

CREATED    LAND. 

Proudly  as  she   sits  by  the  sea,  majestic   as  she  appears  in  her  thrift  and  grandeur  as  the  metropolis  of 
New  England,  Boston   has  not  acquired   her  present  domain,  her  pre-eminence  among  the  cities  of  the  New 


World,  and  her  prosperity  as  a  great  manufacturing  and  com- 
mercial centre  on  the  Atlantic  seaboard,  without  a  patient  and 
prolonged  struggle  with  natural  obstacles  and  manifold  ad- 
versities in  varied  forms.  From  statistics,  given  in  a  previous 
page,  it  will  be  seen  that  what  are  now  the  most  valuable  sec- 
tions of  the  city  have  been  stolen,  as  it  were,  by  engineering 
skill  from  the  boundless  and  restless  ocean.  Much  of  the 
original  peninsula  was  rocky,  and  what  is  now  the  Common  was 
liberally  strewn  with  boulders  deposited  there  ages  ago.  The 
first  settlers  found  the  peninsula  abounding  in  abrupt  and 
gradual  elevations;  large  inlets  of  sea-water,  that  nearly 
divided  it ;  broad  fringes  of  ooze,  and  mud,  and  extensive  marshes ;  an  inner  bay  and  with  but  a  slender 
neck  connecting  it  with  the  mainland.  The  greatest  breadth  of  the  Neck  was  at  Beach  Street,  and  its  nar- 
rowest at  Dover  Street.  From  the  latter  point,  says  Drake,  "  it  increased  gradually  in  width  to  the  neighbor- 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


hood  of  Dedham  Street,  thence  expanding  in  greater  proportion  to  the  line  at  the  present  car-stables,  nearly 
opposite  Metropolitan  Place."  In  Revolutionary  times  the  Neck  was  known  as  that  part  lying  south  of  Dover 
Street,  and  at  high  tides  the  road  was  in  some  places  covered  with  water  which  reached  to  the  knees  of  horses 
passing  through  it.  A  sea-wall  was  built  on  the  west  side  and  a  dyke  on  the  east.  A  little  south  of  the  pres- 
ent Dover  Street  a  fortification  was  built,  and  here  were  gates  which  were  closed  at  night  and  which  prevented 
any  one  from  coming  into  or  leaving  the  town  on  that  side  after  a  certain  hour  at  night. 

Since  that  time  tiie  city  has  been  enlarging  its  area  on  every  hand  by  making  inroads  upon  the  domain 
of  Old  Neptune,  and  this  at  fabulous  cost,  for  the  materials  with  which  to  do  this  have  had  to  be  carried  from 
a  distance.  Trees  were  not  found  numerous  on  the  peninsula  by  the  first  customers,  though  bushes  \vcre 
abundant;  and  to  what  extent  the  trees  growing  on  the  site  served  for  house-building,  the  records  are  silent. 
But,  when  it  was  found  necessary  to  construct  piers  or  wharves,  or  to  form  solid  borders  to  the  territory  over 
marshlands,  or  to  push  out  to  deep  water,  piles  and  timber  had  to  be  brought  -chiefly  from  the  islands  in  the 
harbor.  For  a  long  time  cargoes  for  sea  going  vessels  had  to  be  carried  in  small  boats  between  the  shore  and 
the  shps.  It  would  be  a  curious  calculation,  were  it  possible,  to  estimate  the  number  of  forest  trees  which, 
from  the  earliest  days  to  the  present,  have  been  driven  into  the  marginal  or  alluvial  soil  of  Boston,  as  solid 
land  has  been  made  over  the  water-flowage.  These  trees,  covered  with  granite  from  the  blowing  up  of  local 
quarries  and  from  Cape  Ann,  and  with  sand  and  gravel  from  hills  a  score  of  miles  inland,  illustrate  the  condi- 
tions by  which  a  foothold  has  been  secured  on  the  peninsula.  It  is  interesting,  however  briefly  done,  to  in- 
quire what  has  been  achieved  in  this  direction  in  the  various 

SECTIONAL    DIVISIONS    OF   THE    CITY 

• 

In  the  early  days  the  "  Old  Canal,''  or  Mill  Creek,  which  ran  on  the  line  of  the  present  Boston  <fe  Maine  Rail- 
road, from  Causeway  Street  to  Hay  market  Square,  thence  through  Blackstone  Street  and  North  to  the  old  town 

dock,  where  North  Market  Street  now  is,  divided  the  city  into  the 
North  and  South  Ends.  At  the  beginning  of  the  present  century 
the  whole  of  what  is  now  Hay  market  Square — the  termination  of 
Union,  Washington,  Sudbury,  Cross,  Meirimack,  Canal,  Haverhill, 
Chariestown,  and  Blackstone  Streets — was  a  pool,  known  as  Mill 
Cove  and  Mill  Pond,  and  this  was  spanned  by  a  bridge.  This 
waterway  was  known  as  the  Middlesex  Canal,  by  which  canal-boats 
came  down  from  the  up-country,  along  the  Merrirnack,  to  the  East- 
Side  wharves  of  Boston.  The  Canal  was  filled  up  and  Blackstone 
Street  opened  as  a  thoroughfare  in  1834.  At  this  time,  and  for 
some  years  afterwards,  Commercial  Street,  from  the  Old  Battery, 
or  Battery  Wharf,  to  Long  Wharf,  was  a  water-front ;  and,  until 
Broad  Street  was  laid  out,  in  1808,  Battery-march,  to  its  junction 
with  Kilby  Street,  marked  the  water-line.  Where  Dock  Square 
now  is,  was  formerly  the  Town  Dock,  which  ran  along  the  foot 
of  the  Market  Place,  about  where  Faneuil  Hall  now  stands ;  and 
near  the  junction  of  North  and  Union  Streets  was  the  "Watch- 
house.''  Near  the  latter  was  a  reservoir  of  water,  raised  in  the 
centre  and  sloping  at  the  sides,  and  was  called  the  "Conduit."  It 
was  about  twelve  feet  square,  and  the  top  was  utilized  as  a  meat- 
market  on  Saturdays.  At  the  foot  of  Merchant's  Row  was  a  swing- 
bridge  over  the  dock.  What  is  now  Atlantic  Avenue  was  at  one 
time  the  site  of  an  ancient  harbor  defence  known  as  the  Barricado, 
but  sometimes  called  the  "  Sea-AVall "  or  "  Out-AVharves."  It 
connected  the  South  Battery,  which  was  on  the  spot  where  Rowe's 
Wharf  now  is,  with  the  North  Battery,  which  was  at  the  North 
It  formed  a  line  of  about  2200  feet  in  length,  about  15  feet  in  height,  and  20 
It  was  erected  in  1673,  and  was  provided  with  openings  to  allow  shipping  to 

It  was  of  little  use,  fell  into 


Odd-Fellows    Monument. 


End,  opposite   Chariestown. 

feet  in  breadth  at  the  top. 

pass  within   its  line,  while  it  was   calculated  to  mount  heavy  guns  en  barbette. 


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decay,  and  finally  gave  way  to  improvements.  It  will  be  seen  that  all  the  present  water-front  extending  to 
a  line  with  Commercial  Street,  and,  in  places  beyond  it,  is  made  land,  and  the  most  valuable  in  the  city. 
Atlantic  Avenue,  extending  from  the  junction  of  Commercial  Street  and  Eastern  Avenue  to  Federal  Street 
was  constructed  by  the  city  at  a  cost  of  $2,404,078,  and  is  100  feet  in  width.  Here  are  immence  wharves 
huge  warehouses,  and  immense  traffic,  which  is  facilitated  by  the  railroad  cars  running  along  the  line  of 

docks.       It  was   at   one    of    these  wharves — the   Liverpool    (formerly   Griffin's)   Wharf where  the  famous 

"  Boston  Tea  Party  "  took  place,  and  to  which  we  shall  revert  hereafter. 

The  term  "  North  End  "  is  usually  applied  to  that  section  of  the  city  lying  towards  Charlestown,  between 
the  Boston  &  Maine  Station  and  Faneuil  Hall.  This  was  the  first  settled  part  of  the  town,  and  it  is  historic 
ground,  and  once  the  residential  quarter  for  Boston's  aristocracy,  and  now  the  abode  of  thousands  of  the 


humb.er  classes.  North  Square,  the  small  triangular 
inclosure  between  North  and  Moon  Streets,  was,  in  the 
early  days,  the  heart  of  the  "  court  end  "  of  the  town. 

In  the  immediate  neighborhood  the  first  families  dwelt.  For  years  the  "  Old 
North,"  the  "  Church  of  the  Mathers,"  occupied  one  side  of  the  Square,  near 
where  the  Mariner's  House  now  is.  This  church  was  torn  down  by  the  British 
during  the  siege  of  the  city,  and  was  used  by  them  for  firewood.  In  1734 
one  of  the  three  town  inarkets  was  located  in  the  Square,  in  which  was 
located  the  residence  of  the  Revolutionary  hero,  Paul  Revere.  Near  the  Square,  on  corner  of  North  and  Rich- 
mond Streets,  was  the  famous  hostelry,  the  Red  Lion  Inn,  kept  by  a  Quaker,  one  Nicholas  Upsall,  who,  in  the 
days  of  religious  persecution,  was  put  to  de.;th  because  of  his  Quakerism.  In  time  this  section  became  a 
"  dangerous  "  quarter,  the  habitation  of  the  immoral  and  vicious,  but  street  improvements  and  electric  lights 
have  done  much  to  take  away  from  the  locality  a  large  measure  of  its  unsavoriness.  Till  within  a  compar- 
atively few  years  the  North  End  retained  the  quaint,  old-fashioned  look  of  the  town  as  it  was  a  hundred  and 
more  years  ago,  Many  of  the  ancient  houses  still  remained,  with  "gambrel  roofs  and  overhanging  stories, 


53  ILLUSTRATEDBOSTON. 

standing  close  upon  the  narrow,  crooked  and  winding-  streets  that  characterize  the  older  portion  of  most  old 
cities."  But  the  hand  of  improvement  has  been  busy  here,  as  elsewhere  for  streets  have  been  straightened 
and  widened,  and  the  old  houses  sliced  off,  set  back,  torn  down,  or  decorated  with  new  fronts.  The  most 
marked  improvement  is  in  Hanorer  Street,  stretching  from  Court  Street,  on  the  slope  of  the  Pemberton  Hill, — 
one  of  the  peaks  of  the  ancient  Treamount, — to  the  water-front  on  Atlantic  Avenue.  This  thoroughfare  was 
opened  out  about  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago,  since  which  time  many  old  store  edifices  have  given  place  to 
fine  business  blocks  of  spacious  character,  and  Hanover  Street  is  to-day  one  of  the  best-known  business  av- 
enues of  the  city.  Salem  Street  (which  runs  off  obliquely  from  Hanover  Street,  and  then  runs  nearly  parallel 
with  it),  and  the  streets  which  cross  it,  offer  to  the  lover  of  the  antique  and  curious  much  to  interest  him. 
Modern  innovations  in  the  building  art  are  here  and  there  apparent,  but  on  Salem  and  the  intersecting  streets 
there  are  still  many  good  examples  of  the  colonial  style  of  building  yet  extant,  with  the  second  story  projecting 
over  the  first.  Salem,  Cross  and  adjacent  streets  are  to-day  chiefly  occupied  by  Jews,  and  their  stores  are 
the  centres  for  trade  in  second-hand  clothing,  jewelry,  and  "  odds  and  ends  "  of  every  description.  From  the 
left  of  Salem  Street,  through  Baldwin  Place,  is  the  Home  for  Little  Wanderers,  where  poor  children,  many  of 
them  orphans,  are  received  and  cared  for,  and  ultimately  given  permanent  homes  in  the  country  and  in  West- 
ern States  on  farms.  Farther  down  Salem  Street,  opposite  Sheafe  Street,  is  the  Industrial  Home,  where  poor 
children  and  adults  are  instructed  to  become  useful  workpeople.  The  most  interesting  part  of  Salem  Street 
is  below  Prince  Street.  The  picturesque  features  are  the  old  Christ  Church,  which  fronts  on  Hull  Street,  and 
the  ancient  Copp's  Hill  Burying-ground  near  by.  Christ  Church  is  associated  with  the  outbreak  of  the  Rev- 
olutionary War.  It  was 

"  Here  the  patriot  hung  his  light 
Which  shone  through  all  that  anxious  night 
To  eager  eyes  of  Paul  Revere." 

An  inscribed  stone  in  the  front  of  the  steeple  declares,  in  spite  of  some  writers  who  have  found  time  to  argue 
to  the  contrary:  "The  signal  lanterns  of  Paul  Revere  displayed  in  the  steeple  of  this  church  April  18,  1775, 
warned  the  country  of  the  march  of  the  British  troops  to  Lexington  and  Concord."  Here,  too,  is  the  oldest 
chime  of  bells  in  America.  The  inscriptions  on  them  tell  their  history.  On  the  first  is,  "This  peal  of 
eight  bells  is  the  gift  of  a  number  of  generous  persons  to  Christ  Church  in  Boston,  New  England,  anno  1744, 
A.  R. ;"  on  the  second,  "This  church  was  founded  in  the  year  1723,  Timothy  Cutler,  doctor  in  divinity,  the 
first  rector,  A.  R.  1744;"  the  third,  "We  are  the  first  ring  of  bells  cast  for  the  British  empire  in  North 
America,  A.  R.  1744;"  the  fourth,  "God  preserve  the  church  of  England,  1744;"  the  fifth,  "William  Shirley, 
Esq.,  Governor  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  N.  E.,  anno  1744  ;"  the  sixth,  "The  subscription  for  these  bells 
was  begun  by  John  Hammock,  Robert  Temple,  Robert  Jenkins,  and  Ino  Gould,  church  wardens,  1744;"  the 
seventh,  "Since  generosity  has  opened  our  mouths,  our  tongues  shall  ring  aloud  its  praise,  1744;"  the  eighth, 
"Abel  Rudhall,  of  Gloucester,  cast  us  all,  anno  1744."  The  aggregate  weight  of  the  eight  bells  is  7272 
pounds;  they  cost  £560;  the  freight  by  ship  from  England  was  given  by  John  Rowe,  and  the  charges  for 
wheels  and  hanging  were  £93. 

These  bells  relate  their  own  story  so  concisely  that  one  wishes  they  could  chronicle  with  equal  clearness 
the  events  which  have  occurred  around  them  since  first  they  rang  their  opening  peal.  What  an  interesting 
tale  it  would  be!  But  they  have  had  their  share  in  making  history,  and  their  voices  have  often  been  lifted  in 
behalf  of  liberty  and  humanity,  as  well  as  for  the  sacred  cause  of  religion.  The  belfry  in  which  the  bells  now 
are  is  not,  however,  the  same  that  first  received  them.  That  was  blown  down  by  a  tempest  early  in  the  pres- 
ent century,  and  the  present  erection,  though  old  as  things  go  in  America,  is  modern  compared  with  the  mam 
edifice.  In  the  times  that  tried  men's  souls  to  the  uttermost^  the  .bells  here  tolled  when  danger  for  Uie  col- 
onists was  at  hand ;  they  called  meetings  of  patriots,  and  rang  merrily  when  the  independence  of  the  United 
States  was  declared. 

Near  by  the  church  is  the  ancient  burial-ground  of  Copp's  Hill,  once  the  site  of  the  homestead  of  Wil- 
liam Copp,  an  industrial  cobbler.  The  hill  was  originally  much  higher  than  it  is  now,  but,  notwithstanding 
changes  affected  in  its  surroundings,  the  old  graveyard,  where  the  bones  of  many  noted  old  Bostonians  have 
been  laid  at  rest,  has  been  carefully  preserved,  aud  is  a  place  of  great  attraction  to  all  who  find  interest  in  old- 
time  associations.  At  one  time  a  small  mill  stood  on  the  summit  of  the  hill,  which  in  1660  was  laid  out  for 


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a  graveyard,  and  this  for  a  Jong  time  was  known  as  the  Old  North  Burying-ground.  In  the  siege  of  Boston 
the  British  established  a  redoubt  on  this  hill,  and  from  the  battery  here  they  fired  upon  the  American  earth- 
works on  Breed's  Hill  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  From  here,  too,  the  English  poured  hot  shot  into  Charles- 
town,  and  destroyed  the  village.  It  is  said  that  the  British,  while  here,  made  targets  of  the  gravestones  of 

the  burying-ground.  When  the  English  evacuated  Boston, 
on  March  17,  1776,  three  of  the  heaviest  guns  of  the  battery 
here  were  found  to  be  spiked  and  clogged  so  as  to  prevent 
their  immediate  use. 

In  late  years  the  whole  of  the  North  End  has  under- 
gone great  transformations.  New  churches  have  arisen, 
streets  have  been  straightened  and  widened,  and  large  ware- 
•  houses,  and  factories,  and  work-shops  have  taken  the  place 
of  what  were  once  habitations  of  the  humblest  and  least 
favored  of  the  population.  Haymarket  Square,  once  a  pond 
with  a  bridge  over  it,  is  now  one  of  the  busiest  centres  in  the 


The    New    Old    South    Church. 


city,  with  streets  branching  off  from  it  to  all  points  of  the  compass.  The  Boston  &  Maine  Railroad  Station  site 
fronting  on  the  Square,  and  all  the  ground  in  the  rear  of  it  is  made  land,  and  now  of  enormous  value.  When  the 
projected  new  Union  Railroad  Depot  shall  have  been  erected  on  Causeway  Street  and  on  the  water's  edge,  the 
whols  of  the  space  now  occupied  by  the  railroad  between  Causeway  Street  and  Haymarket  Square  will  be 
thrown  open  for  improvement  and  new  buildings,  and  as  important  a  change  will  be  effected  as  was  achieved 
in  1873-4  by  the  opening  up  of  Washington  Street  from  Dock  Square  to  Haymarket  Square  at  a  cost  of 
$1,500,000.  But  let  us  for  a  moment  turn  from  the  North  End  (which  is  the  designation  of  that  part  of 
the  city  lying  towards  Charlestown,  between  the  Boston  &  Maine  Station  and  Faneuil  Hall),  to 


54  1LLUSTRATEDBOSTON. 

THE    SOUTH    END. 

This  appellation  now  applies  to  that  part  of  the  city  lying  to  the  south  of  Dover  Street  and  extending  to 
the  Roxbury  district.  All  this  area  is  largely  made  land,  and  the  newer  portion,  towards  the  West,  joins  the 
New  West  End,  or  Back  Bay  district;  but  in  the  early  days  the  canal  which  ran  through  Causeway  Street, 
Hay  market  Square,  and  Blackstone  Street  to  the  old  town  dock,  where  North  Market  Street  now  is,  divided 
the  city  into  the  North  and  South  Ends.  The  Old  South  Church,  on  the  corner  of  Washington  and  Milk 
Streets,  was,  "when  erected,  out  at  the  South  End ;  hence  its  name.  For  many  years  the  South  End  contained 
the  principal  shops,  the  finest  mansion  houses,  and  the  Common.  What  is  now  known  as  the  South  End 
was  then  the  Neck  Field.  At  a  later  date  the  present  Winter  Street  formed  the  down-town  boundary.  Then 
the  boundary  was  extended  to  Boylston  Street,  and  next  to  Dover  Street,  which  is  now  recognized  as  the  line 
between  the  Central  portion  of  the  city  and  the  South  End. 

For  over  thirty  years  subsequent  to  the  settlement  of  Boston  all  that  part  of  the  South  End  embraced  in 
the  territory  included  between  Kneeland  and  Eliot  Streets  north,  and  Castle  Street  south,  was  one  unbroken 
field,  the  property  of  Deacon  William  Colbron.  The  "  highway  to  Roxberrie,"  as  it  was  termed,  leading  from 
North  End,  made  a  detour  at  Kneeland  Street  eastwardly,  following  thence  the  margin  of  the  Old  South  Bay 
to  Castle  Street,  whence  a  return  was  made  to  the  road  leading  over  the  Neck,  which,  a  short  distance  beyond 
the  present  Dover  Street,  had  a  gate  across  it  to  keep  out  marauding  animals,  and  as  a  sort  of  protection  against 
the  incursions  of  Indians.  In  1663,  however,  a  straighter  line  was  made  for  the  highway  by  an  opening- 
through  the  Colbron  field.  When  Washington  Street — now  a  continuous  thoroughfare  from  Haymarket 
Square,  through  the  heart  of  the  city,  to  the  Highlands — existed  under  several  titles,  that  portion  of  it  south- 
ward from  the  intersection  of  Essex  Street  bore  the  name  of  Orange  Street,  and  at  this  point  the  Neck  of 
former  days  actually  commenced.  The  tide  came  up  to  within  a  stone's  throw  of  old  Orange  Street  on  the 
easterly  side  and  to  Pleasant  Street  on  the  westerly  margin.  From  Essex  Street  the  width  gradually  dimin- 
ished, until  there  was  a  mere  thread  of  land,  which  was  often  overflowed  by  the  high  tides.  This  part  of  the 
territory  of  Boston,  a  century  back,  was  practically  in  the  "  country."  There  were  not  more  than  seventy- 
five  families  on  the  whole  of  it,  extending  from  Essex  Street  to  the  Roxbury  line  and  including  all  adjoining 
territory,  and  these-,  families  were  distributed  widely  apart  in  the  manner  common  with  outlying  precincts  of 
villages.  Each  householder  had  and  cultivated  more  or  less  of  a  garden  for  the  growth  of  fruits  and  vegetables. 
Some  of  these  residences  were  the  abodes  of  persons  of  affluence  who  had  retired  from  the  active  channels  of 
trade.  The  district,  too,  was  noted  for  several  prominent  distilleries  a  century  ago.  Following  this  period  the 
town  had  a  healthy  growth,  on  the  recovery  from  the  depression  consequent  upon  the  Revolution,  and  there 
was  excited  and  exploring  spirit  for  new  habitations.  This  led  many  seekers  to  the  Neck  district,  and  to  the 
filling  up  of  the  vacant  places  with  residences.  Streets  were  opened  intersectingly ;  and  those  openings  which 
had  previously  been  simple  places  or  courts  leading  to  single  houses  were  rearranged  for  the  purposes  of  thor- 
oughfares. 

In  1809  the  Boylston  Market  was  erected  on  the  corner  of  Washington  and  Boylston  Street,  and  its  site 
was  then  on  the  outer  margin  of  the  town.  This  building  (removed  during  the  last  three  years)  was  named 
in  honor  of  Ward  Nicholas  Boylston,  a  great  benefactor  of  Harvard  College.  He  it  was  who  presented  the 
clock  that  for  so  long  a  period  did  faithful  duty  in  the  tower  of  the  quaint-looking  old  market,  which  con- 
tained three  floors  and  basement.  The  land  upon  which  the  building  was  erected  cost  75  cents  per  foot  and 
the  building  itself  $20,000.  In  1859  the  building  was  extended  40  feet,  and  in  1870  was  bodily  removed 
back  from  the  street  11  feet.  The  lower  floor  served  as  the  market,  and  the  Boylston  Hall,  above  it,  was  used 
for  church  services,  musical,  theatrical,  and  miscellaneous  entertainments,  drillroom,  armory,  etc.  A  new,  ele- 
gant structure  of  larger  dimensions,  covering  about  15,000  square  feet  and  costing  about  $250,000  to  build, 
has  just  been  erected  on  its  site.  The  'lower  floor  is  a  clothing  store,  and  the  upper  floors  are  divided  into 
offices.  In  its  day  the  old  Boylston  Market  was  a  great  factor  in  promoting  good  living,  and  it  drew  its 
patronage  from  the  elite  of  the  city.  Its  erection  led  to  the  building  in  its  vicinity  of  other  public  edifices  of 
considerable  note,  among  these  being  Mellish  Motto's  Unitarian  Church,  Dr.  Phelp's  Congregational  Church, 
the  Franklin  Schoolhouse,  etc. 

The  work  of  creating  the  area  comprised  within  the  modern  South  End  was  begun,  about  the  year  1853, 
by  widening  the  Neck.  This  was  done  by  reclaiming  the  flats  on  either  side  of  it.  Before  this  time,  how- 


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ever, — in  1844, — Harrison  Avenue  had  been  laid  out,  and  in  1832  Trcmont  Street,  on  the  west  side  of  the 
Neck,  had  been  extended  to  the  Roxbuty  line.  When  in  1856  the  street-railroad  system  was  introduced, — 
the  first  line  of  the  Metropolitan  Company  running  from  the  old  Granary  Burying-ground,  on  Tremont  Street, 
to  Roxbury — the  South  End  at  once  became  the  favorite  residence  portion,  and  building  was  extensively 
begun.  Until  the  building  up  of  the  Back  Bay  district,  the  South  End  was  the  best  residence  section,  and 
large  portions  of  it  still  contain  fine  estates  occupied  by  the  most  substantial  citizens  of  the  city.  Legrange 
Street,  once  known  as  Legrange  Place,  was  formerly  one  of  the  most  charming  spots  in  town,  having  nice 
houses,  in  a  secluded  position,  handy  to  business.  For  some  unexplained  reason,  however,  the  tenants  were 
restless,  and  made  frequent  changes,  but  for  many  years  tenants  were  drawn  from  the  better  class  of  citizens 
engaged  in  mercantile  life.  In  time  "  boarding-places  "  were  opened,  and  later  Langrange  Place  had  become 


Liberty    Square,    showing    Mason    Building'  and    Kilby    Street. 

a  centre  for  residences  of  musical  people.  Since  the  place  was  opened  out  as  a  thoroughfare  from  Washington 
Street  to  Tremont  Street,  it  has  been  a  headquarters  for  the  sporting  fraternity,  besides  being  the  locale  of 
one  of  the  most  lively  police  stations  in  the  city.  In  former  days  the  atmosphere  of  the  South  End  was  per- 
meated with  an  aromatic  and  pungent  odor  derived  from  various  distilleries.  There  were  two  distilleries  in 
the  vicinity  of  Harvard  Street,  one  of  which  was  quite  extensive,  and  was  owned  by  W.  C.  Fay.  Another, 
kept  by  Gardner  Brewer,  was  situated  on  the  corner  of  Washington  Street  and  the  present  Indiana  Street 
(then  known  as  Distill  house  Street).  Luther  and  Artemas  Felton  each  prosecuted  the  distillery  business  a  little 
farther  up-street,  and,  on  Castle  and  Suffolk  Streets,  Alexander  Meldrum  carried  on  an  extensive  brewery,  where 
old-fashioned  ale  was  made,  and  which  was  a  popular  resort  for  all  thirsty  South-Enders. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


While  three  score  years  ago  the  air  was  redolent  with  the  flavor  of  hops  and  the  odor  of  new  rum,  there 
were  three  churches  in  this  region  exerting  a  "  powerful  influence  in  exhibiting  the  religious  tendencies  of  the 
inhabitants.  They  were  all  flourishing  to  their  utmost.  Dr.  John  Pierpont's  society,  in  Hollis  Street,  repre- 
sented the  most  rigid  Unitarians,  and  embraced  in  its  congregation  several  who,  like  Francis  Jackson,  held 
advanced  views  upon  moral  questions,  in  common  with  their  pastor.  He  was  talented,  and  his  independence 
often  took  an  offensive  form.  On  the  corner  of  the  present  Motte  Street  stands  a  relic  of  what  was  one  of 
the  most  fashionable  Unitarian  churches  in  town.  Here  Rev.  Mellish  Motte  preached,  and  here  Charlotte 
Cushman  (before  her  theatrical  days)  sung  in  the  choir,  along  with  several  members  of  the  Handel  and  Haydn 
Society,  including  John  G.  Roberts,  before  alluded  to.  The  immediate  neighborhood  of  this  church  had  then 
recently  been  improved  and  occupied  by  the  residences  of  a  number  of  its  members.  Orange  Street  then  was 
a  charming  place,  and  its  houses  were  eagerly  sought  for  when  erected.  The  houses  are  there  now,  but  the 
street  has  a  forbidding  appearance.  In  placing  the  railroad  bridge  near  by,  it  was  made  necessary  to  raise  the 
grade,  and  the  corners  of  Orange  Street  were  demolished.  On  the  lower  corner  the  building  contained  an 
elegant  hall,  where  fashionable  parties  and  dances  were  held.  Across  the  street,  at  its  entrance,  was  sprung  a 
tasty  iron  arch,  holding  a  handsome  lantern  in  the  centre,  which  threw  its  rays  down  the  street,  giving  a  cheer- 
ful aspect  after  nightfall.  The  other  church  in  allusion  was  known  as  the  Pine  Street  Church.  The  old  shell 
of  this  edifice  still  remains.  The  society  held  a  first-class  position  under  the  ministration  of  Rev.  Amos  A. 
Phelps,  and  is  perpetuated  to-day  by  the  church  corner  of  Berkeley  and  Appleton  Streets,  as  Mr.  Motte's 
society  is  by  that  known  as  Edward  E.  Hale's."  The  site  of  the  Hollis  Street  Church,  which  was  built  in 
1819,  is  now  occupied  by  the  Hollis  Street  Theatre,  and  the  congregation  of  the  old  church  have  now  com- 
fortable quarters  in  a  fine  new  edifice  on  the  corner  of  Exeter  and  Newbury  Streets. 

The  avenues  and  streets  of  the  South  End  section  of  the  city  are  wide  and  handsome.  It  needs  but  little 
discernment  for  one  familiar  with  the  territory  and  its  properties  lying  between  Washington  and  Tremont 

Streets,  and  extending  from  School  to  Dover 
Streets,  to  divine  the  purpose  of  enterprising 
citizens  in  1868  of  laying  out  a  new  thor- 
oughfare to  the  South  End,  midway  between 
the  then  and  now  main  arteries  of  the  city. 
Shawmut  Avenue  did  not  then  exist  except 
as  Suffolk  Street,  and  that  had  not  then  been 
extended  and  widened  to  intersect  with  Tre- 
mont Street.  Washington  Street  was  narrow 
and  crowded  with  traffic  and  stores,  and 
Tremont  Street  was  just  beginning  to  de- 
velop into  a  business  property.  The  im- 
provements made,  of  what  had  been  rear 
property,  valuable  front  building  lots,  and 
new  residences  and  stores  soon  lined  the 
avenue.  Shawmut  Avenue  and  Tremont 
Street  are  of  generous  width,  as  also  is 
Washington  Street  and  likewise  Columbus 
Avenue  on  the  west,  while  on  the  east  side 
the  chief  thoroughfares  are  Albany  Street 
and  Harrison  Avenue.  These  are  the  main 
thoroughfares  running  from  north  to 
south,  and  all,  with  the  exception  of  a 
small  strip  on  Washington  Street,  are  on  made  land.  The  streets  crossing  these  are  very  numerous,  several  of 
them  containing  many  beautiful  residences,  and  the  most  of  them  lined  with  comfortable  dwellings.  The 
principal  cross  streets  include  Canton,  Brookline,  Union  Park,  Newton,  Rutland,  Concord,  Worcester,  Spring- 
field, and  Chesterpark  Streets.  The  "  through  "  streets  are  spoken  of  as  East  or  West,  taking  Washington  Street 
as  the  dividing  line.  Scattered  all  through  the  South  End  are  many  large  public  and  private  buildings,  a 


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lumber  of  noted  church  edifices,  numerous  large  manufactories,  and  some  of  the  finest  apartment  houses  in  the 
city  and  country. 

The  leading  streets  and  avenues  stretching  from  north  to  south  extend  for  miles,  and  are  lined  with  richly 
equipped  marts  of  trade  and  attractive  residences,  sanctuaries,  hospitals,  halls,  and  educational  institutions. 
Building  operations  have  been  actively  prosecuted  in  late  years,  the  entire  region  of  the  South  End  has  been 
changed  in  its  aspect,  and  real  estate  has  increased  immensely  in  value.  The  whole  district  is  intersected  with 
horse  railroads,  and  an  old-time  Bostonian  can  find  much  here  to  interest  him  in  comparing  the  present  with 
the  past.  Let  him  take  a  horse-car  on  Tremont  Street,  and  as  the  vehicle  sweeps  round  the  corner  of  the 
Common  into  Boylston  Street  he  espies  on  the  opposite  corner  the  Hotel  Pelham,  the  first  building  of  the 
"  French  flats,"  or  "  family  hotel "  class  in  Boston.  The  edifice  was  erected  a  little  over  a  quarter  of  a  century 
ago  by  Dr.  John  Dix,  and  has  always  been  regarded  as  the  finest  and  most  popular  of  its  kind.  The  building 
is  valued  at  $120,000  ;  the  whole  is  assessed  at  $134,300,  and  the  tax  paid  by  the  proprietor,  Mr.  J.  L.  Little, 
is  $31,500.  Some  years  ago,  when  Tremont  Street  was  not  as  wide  at  this  point  as  it  is  to-day,  this  hotel 
was  raised  up  bodily  and  moved  about  twenty  feet  down  Boylston  Street,  without  disturbing  the  occupants, 
or  in  the  least  disarranging  the  interior.  This  was  the  greatest  engineering  feat  of  the  age,  being  the  first 
instance  of  the  moving  of  such  a  large  mass  of  masonry  ;  and  it  not  only  excited  the  wonder  of  people  at  home 
but  of  those  in  Europe,  where  the  newspapers  published  full  descriptions  of  the  work  of  removal.  On  the 
opposite  corner  is  the  Hotel  Boylston,  originally  erected  as  an  apartment  house,  with  the  kitchens  in  the  upper 
story.  It  belongs  to  the  estate  of  Charles  Francis  Adams.  The  total  valuation  of  this  house  is  $419,000,  the 
building  being  assessed  at  $180,300,  and  the  tax  paid  by  the  trustees  amounting  to  $30,000.  Adjoining  the 
Pelham  Hotel  is  one  of  the  most  useful  and  most  appreciated  institutions  in  the  city — the  Public  Library.  As 
the  car  sweeps  along  Boylston  Street,  the  traveller  notices  many  changes  that  have  been  made  and  that  are 
being  made  in  the  buildings  fronting  on  the  deer  park  and  the  old  burying-ground  at  the  foot  of  the  Common. 
A  few  years  ago  these  buildings  were  occupied  as  residences  by  noted  wealthy  Bostonians;  now  they  are  being 
utilized  for  business  purposes.  Turning  into  Park  Square,  one  notices  here  many  improvements  which  did  not 
exist  a  few  years  ago.  A  prominent  feature  in  the  Square  is  the  "  Emancipation  Group  "  monument,  repre- 
senting Lincoln  with  the  figure  of  a  slave  kneeling  at  his  feet  in  gratitude  for  the  Emancipation  Proclamation, 
the  broken  fetters  falling  from  his  limbs.  This  group  is  of  bronze,  designed  by  Thomas  Ball.  It  was  pre- 
sented to  the  city  by  Hon.  Moses  Kimball,  proprietor  of  the  Boston  Museum.  On  one  side  of  the  Square  is 
the  station  of  the  Providence  Division  of  the  Old  Colony  Railroad,  built  at  immense  cost,  and  forming  one  of 
the  handsomest  and  best-equipped  railroad  stations  in  the  world.  The  property  in  thia  Square  and  in  the 
streets  branching  off  from  it  has  increased  phenomenally  within  the  past  few  years,  and  vast  improvements  are 
distinguishable  on  every  hand.  This  increase  between  the  Square  and  Church  Street  may  be  said  to  be 
greater  than  in  any  other  section  of  the  city.  Ten  years  ago  this  property  was  held  at  a  very  low  valuation, 
and  some  of  it  could  hardly  be  given  away,  so  to  speak — that  is,  could  not  find  a  purchaser.  Now  some  of  it 
is  immensely  valuable,  and  all  of  it  is  very  desirable,  and  with  a  great  future  before  it.  The  corner  building 
on  the  Square  was  erected  by  William  J.  Rotch  of  New  Bedford,  at  a  cost  of  $75,000.  This  estate  is  so  val- 
uable that  it  is  assessed  at  about  $40  a  foot  for  tax  purposes.  The  Hollander  Building,  adjoining,  another  fine 
business  structure,  cost  $100,000  to  build.  The  Hotel  Thorndike,  on  Church  Street,  extending  from  Boylston 
to  Providence  Street,  cost  about  $75,000.  It  is  owned  by  the  heirs  of  the  late  Dr.  Thorndike.  Many  of  the 
buildings  between  the  hotel  and  the  Square  have  been  altered  over  for  business  purposes,  and  command  high 
rents. 

Let  the  voyager  continue  his  ride,  or  his  walk  along  Columbus  Avenue ;  in  fact,  explore  the  whole  of  the 
South  End,  and  he  will  be  amazed  to  witness  the  transformations  that  have  been  effected  within  a  life- 
time. Where  the  sea  water  once  rolled  unhindered  in  majestic  waves  there  are  beautiful,  wide,  well-shaded 
streets,  lined  with  buildings  varying  from  the  plainest  to  the  most  splendid  in  architecture.  On  two  corners  of 
Columbus  Avenue  and  Berkeley  Street  stand  the  handsome  People's  Church  (Methodist  Episcopal)  and  the 
equally  attractive  First  Presbyterian  Church,  while  to  the  right  and  to  the  left  are  costly  apartment  houses  and 
mansions  betokening  affluence  on  the  part  of  the  occupants.  Passing  over  the  railroad  bridge  one  sees  on  the 
corner  of  Clarendon  Street  the  fine  Columbus  Avenue  Univcrsalist  Church,  the  pastor  of  which  is  the  Rev.  Dr. 
A.  A.  Miner.  Farther  on,  and  located  on  the  corner  of  the  avenue  and  West  Rutland  Square,  is  a  picturesque 
structure  with  ivy-covered  walls.  This  is  the  Union  Church  (Congregational  Trinitarian).  The  visitor  may 


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vary  his  journeyings  as  lie  pleases  and  find  something  to  interest  him  at  every  turn  in  noting  the  improvements 
effected  and  the  air  of  refinement  which  characterizes  this  residential  section.  If  at  Columbus  Square  he 
turns  down  Warren  Avenue  to  reach  the  far-stretching  Tremont  Street,  his  attention  wifl  be  arrested  by  the 
Church  of  the  Disciples  standing  out  prominently  on  the  corner  of  Warren  Avenue  and  West  Brookline  Street, 
where  the  late  Kev.  Dr.  James  Freeman  Clarke  was  for  a  long  period  the  pastor.  Beyond,  on  the  corner  of 


Paine    Memorial    Building,    Appleton*  Street. 

West  Canton  Street,  is  the  Warren  Avenue  Baptist  Church,  and  on  the  corner  of  Warren  Avenue  and  Dart- 
mouth Street  stands  one  of  the  most  noteworthy  structures  of  its  kind  in  the  country— the  building  of  the 
Latin  and  English  High  Schools,  containing  seventy-eight  rooms  and  halls,  drill  hall,  gymnasium,  etc.,  stand- 
ing on  an  area  of  423x220  feet.  Beyond  the  avenue  a  little,  and  to  the  left  on  Dartmouth  Street,  is  the  old 
Bice  School  building,  now  occupied  by  the  Normal  School  for  girls,  and  herein  is  a  training-school.  On  the 


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lot  adjoining  the  site  of  the  Latin  and  English  High  School,  and  forming  the  corner  of  Montgomery  and  Clar- 
endon Streets,  stands  the  Clarendon  Street  Baptist  Church,  of  which  the  Rev.  Dr.  A.  J.  Gordon  is  the  pastor. 

Continuing  the  walk  along  Warren  Avenue  until  Berkeley  Street  is  readied,  there,  standing  on  the  corneiy 
at  the  left,  is  the  handsome  Berkeley  Street  Congregational  Trinitarian  Church,  and  on  the  opposite  corner, 
to  the  right,  the  handsome  Odd  Fellows'  Hall  building,  with  its  marble  front.  Near  the  latter,  on  Berkeley 
Street,  is  the  famous  Parker  Memorial  Building,  with  the  Parker  Memorial  and  Summer  Halls;  while  alongside 
of  this  edifice  is  the  Paine  Memorial  Building,  with  its  Paine  and  Investigator  Halls.  In  the  same  vicinity  are 
two  notable  circular  buildings,  with  fortress-like  entrances, — the  Cyclorarna  of  Gettysburg  and  the  Cyclorama 
of  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  both  of  which  are  worth  visiting. 

Turning  into  Tremont  Strc'et,  and  proceeding  up  it,  the  Clarendon  Hotel  and  the  St.  Cloud  Hotel  are 
reached,  and  opposite  the  latter  is  Union  Park  Street,  with  a  trim,  neat  parkway  in  the  centre.  Through  this 
a  view  is  gained  of  what  was  once  Edward  Everett  Hale's  South  Congregational  (Unitarian)  Church,  but  now 
a  Hebrew  synagogue.  Farther  along  Tremont  Street,  and  at  the  corner  of  West  Brookline  Street,  the  Shaw- 
mut  Congregational  Church  (Congregational  Trinitarian)  stands ;  and  when  the  corner  of  Pembroke  Street  is 
reached  we  get  a  glimpse,  on  looking  down  the  latter  street,  of  the  imposing  school  building  occupied  by  the 
Girl's  Latin  and  the  Girl's  High  School.  Journeying  farther  up  Tremont  Street  the  corner  of  West  Concord 
Street  is  reached,  and  here  stands  one  of  the  most  handsome  churches  of  the  Methodist  denomination  in  the 
city.  On  Springfield  Street,  to  the  left  of  Tremont  Street,  is  the  Home  for  Aged  Men,  a  most  popular  and 
well-managed  institution. 

Reaching  Chester  Square,  a  pleasant  little  park  is  seen,  intersected  with  walks  ;  and  taking  the  centre 
path  we  reach  Washington  Street,  where,  on  the  left,  between  Springfield  and  Worcester  Streets,  looms  up  the 
large  marble  front  building,  the  Commonwealth  Hotel,  recently  remodelled  at  a  cost  of  $100,000.  Near  it,. 
standing  in  the  midst  of  ample  grounds  on  the  corner  of  West  Concord  Street,  is  the  building  long  occupied 
as  the  State  Normal  School  for  the  training  of  teachers  of  drawing  in  the  public  schools  of  the  State.  The 
school  is  now  located  on  Newbury  Street. 

While  here  it  is  worth  while  to  turn  into  East  Concord  Street,  then  into  Harrison  Avenue,  and  inspect 
the  City  Hospital  buildings,  covering  the  entire  block  on  this  avenue,  between  East  Concord  and  Springfield 
Streets.  Near  these  buildings,  on  East  Concord  Street,  are  seen  the  Homoepathic  Hospital  and  the  Massachu- 
setts Medical  School.  In  the  immediate  neighborhood  is  the  Church  of  the  Immaculate  Conception,  possess- 
ing one  of  the  richest  and  most  impressive  interiors  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Churches  in  the  city.  Attached 
to  it  is  the  Boston  College  of  the  Roman  Catholic  body. 

Passing  into  East  Newton  Street  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music — once  the  St.  James  Hotel,, 
and  now  one  of  the  largest  and  most  useful  educational  institutions  in  the  country — presents  itself  for  inspec- 
tion. This,  started  as  a  music  school,  is  now  a  general  college,  with  and  without  boarding  conveniences.  It 
is  proposed  to  enlarge  the  building  by  making  a  large  music  hall,  into  which  is  to  be  placed  the  "Great  Or- 
gan," long  a  noteworthy  feature  of  the  Boston  Music  Hall  on  Winter  Street.  In  the  rear  of  the  Conservatory, 
and  occupying  the  lot  fronting  on  Washington  Street,  is  the  Old  South  Burying-ground,  laid  out  in  1810. 
Here  are  two  small,  but  much  appreciated  parks,  lying  on  either  side  of  Washington  Street,  and  extending 
from  Newton  to  Brookline  Streets.  That  on  the  east  side  of  Washington  Street  is  Franklin  Park,  and  that  on 
the  west  side  Blackstone  Park. 

Walking  along  Washington  Street  in  the  direction  of  Boylston  Street,  one  recognizes  vast  changes  in 
store  and  other  buildings  lining  this  magnificent  thoroughfare  that  have  been  effected  in  recent  years.  Old 
buildings,  of  diminutive  size,  have  given  place  to  high,  towering  structures  that  are  now  busy,  prosperous 
marts  of  trade.  One  of  the  most  noteworthy  edifices  on  this  thoroughfare  is  the  great  Cathedral  of  the  Holy 
Cross,  located  on  the  corner  of  Union  Park  Street.  It  is  the  largest  and  finest  Roman  Catholic  edifice  in  the 
city.  It  covers  more  than  an  acre  of  ground  and  its  style  is  of  the  early  English  Gothic,  cruciform,  with  nave, 
transept,  aisle  and  clerestory,  the  latter  supported  by  two  rows  of  clustered  metal  pillars.  The  total  length  of 
the  building  is  364  feet;  width  at  the  transept,  170  feet;  width  of  nave  and  aisles,  90  feet;  height  to  the 
ridgepole,  120  feet.  The  entire  interior  is  clear  space,  broken  only  by  two  rows  of  columns,  extending  along  the 
nave,  and  supporting  the  central  roof.  The  arch  separating  the  spacious  front  vestibule  from  the  church  is  of 
bricks,  taken  from  the  ruins  of  the  Ursuline  Convent  on  Mt.  Benedict  in  Somerville,  which  was  burned  by  a 
mob  on  the  night  of  August  11,  1834.  The  interior  is  very  rich  in  decoration,  and  has  pew  accommodations 


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for  3,000  persons.  There  are  two  main  towers  in  front,  and  a  turret,  all  of  unequal  height,  and  all  to  be 
eventually  surmounted  by  spires,  that  on  the  southwest  corner  to  the  height  of  300  feet,  and  that  on  the 
opposite  corner  to  200  feet.  At  the  rear  of  the  Cathedral,  on  the  corner  of  Union  Park  Street  and  Harrison 
Avenue,  is  the  residence  of  the  Archbishop. 

Another  notable  edifice,  erected  in  1887,  is  the  Grand  Opera  House,  a  building  of  great  size  on  Washing- 
ton Street,  just  above  Dover  Street.  At  the  corner  of  Washington  and  Dover  Streets  is  the  Grand  Museum, 
opened  in  1888.  This  was  formerly  the  Windsor  Theatre,  and  was  the  first  "  up-town  "  theatre  in  the  city 
proper.  It  was  at  about  this  spot  that  the  old  fortifications  at  the  "  Neck,"  we  have  already  spoken  of,  were 
located.  On  reaching  Hollis  Street  it  is  well  worth  while  paying  a  visit  to  the  handsome  theatre  which  has 
been  erected  on  the  site  of  the  old  Unitarian  Church,  and  by  the  time  Boylston  Street — the  starting  point  for 
the  tour  through  the  South  End — has  been  reached,  a  most  comprehensive  idea  of  the  wonders  which  have 
been  wrought,  and  of  the  vast  wealth  now  centred  in  the  South  End  will  have  been  gained. 

THE    BUSINESS    DISTRICT. 

The  region  between  the  North  End  and  South  End,  the  Common  and  the  Harbor,  is  occupied  by  the 
"  Business  District,"  where  the  chief  wholesale  and  retail  shops  are  grouped,  the  theatres,  the  city  and  national 
buildings,  and  the  older  hotels.  It  is  a  region  bristling  with  old  time  associations,  is  full  of  historic  spots  hal- 
lowed by  the  tread  amd  blood  of  bygone  heroes,  and  was  the  battle-ground  where  the  forefathers  dared  to  risk 
limbs  and  lives  in  resisting  foreign  oppression,  to  throw  before  them  warlike  shields,  and,  a  la  Macbeth,  call  to 
their  political  taskmaster  to  "  Lay  on,  Macduff ;  and  damn'd  be  him  that  first  cries,  '  Hold,  enough !'  "  It  is 
a  region  where  the  "Cradle  of  Liberty"  lias  vigilantly  rocked,  where  justice  has  been  gagged  and  unbound, 
where  fortunes  have  been  won  and  lost,  where  statesmen  have  harangued  and  poets  sung,  where  fire  swept  off 
buildings  of  generations  and  men's  indomitable  pluck  and  busy  hands  reared  edifices  more  majestic  and  beau- 
tiful than  those  which  went  before,  and  where  modern  Bostonians  love  to  point  with  pardonable  pride  to  past 
achievements.  Here  are  "  items  of  interest "  that  would  fill  volumes,  but  the  limits  of  these  pages  necessarily 
enforce  conciseness. 

Let  us,  however,  take  a  hasty  run  through  some  of  the  principal  avenues  of  this  renowned,  busy  centre, 
and  notice  in  brief  some  of  the  relics  that  have  been  preserved  and  link  the  past  with  the  present,  and  jot 
down  such  chief  improvements  and  alterations  in  latter  days  that  catch  the  eye  during  the  journey.  Let  our 
starting  point  be  Scollay  Square,  through 
which  Court  Street  passes,  and  from  which 
Tremont  Street  at  the  south,  and  Cornhill 
at  the  north,  begin.  Here  is  a  puzzle  for 
a  stranger  to  start  with,  for  the  Court 
Street  which  runs  through  the  Square,  and 
off  which  Brattle,  and  Hanover  and  Sud- 
bury  Streets  shoot,  is  only  a  one-sided 
street,  the  other  side  of  the  thoroughfare — 
a  busy  shopping  quarter — being  designated 
Tremont  Row,  the  why  and  wherefore  of 
which  it  is  difficult  to  discover.  Scollay 
Square,  now  a  great  street  railroad  centre, 
takes  its  name  from  Scollay's  Building, 
which  for  a  long  period  stood  in  the  middle 
of  the  Square,  and  had  a  streetway  on  each 
side  of  it.  Scollay's  Building  was  the  last 
of  a  row  of  buildings,  of  wedge  shape,  that 
extended  from  the  line  between  Tremont 
Street  and  Cornhill  to  Hanover  Street.  It  was  owned  by  William  Scollay,  an  apothecary,  hence  its  name. 
It  was  removed  in  1871,  and  the  site  was  then  officially  given  the  name  Scollay  Square,  where,  since  Sep- 
tember 17,  1880,  a  find  bronze  statue  of  Governor  Winthrop  has  stood. 

The  two  main   streets  of  the   city  are  Tremont  and  Washington.     As   we  turn  into  the   former  from  the 


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Square,  we  notice  on  the  left  corner  that  one  of  Boston's  old  landmarks  has  vanished.  This  was  an  old- time- 
mansion,  where  Washington  lodged  on  the  occasion  of  his  visit  to  Boston  in  1789,  but  for  a  long  period  prior 
to  its  demolition  in  1883  was  devoted  to  business.  It  was  originally  a  three-story  building,  and  another  story 
was  added  when  it  ceased  to  be  used  as  a  residence.  On  the  Court  Street  front  of  the  building,  between  the 
second  and  third  stories,  was  a  stone  tablet,  bearing  the  inscription,  "Occupied  by  Washington,  October,  1789." 
For  half  a  century  the  lower  story  was  occupied  by  S.  S.  Pierce  &  Co.,  grocers,  and  in  the  upper  rooms  Daniel 
Webster,  Harrison  Gray  Otis,  Judge  R.  I.  Burbank  and  other  notabilities  had  their  offices.  On  its  site  now 
stands  a  high,  towering  brick  structure  of  many  stories,  named  the  Hemenway  Building,  erected  at  a  cost  of 
$220,000.  The  old  grocery  firm  are  the  occupants  of  the  lower  part  of  the  building,  the  upper  floors  of 
which  are  used  for  offices.  On  tlic  opposite  side  of  the  street,  on  the  corner  of  Tremont  Street  and  Pembcr- 
ton  Square,  a  number  of  old  buildings,  crowded  with  lawyers'  offices,  have  within  the  past  two  or  three  years 
given  place  to  a  most  imposing  brick  edifice  of  many  floors,  built  at  a  cost  of  $75,000  by  the  heirs  of  Eben- 
ezer  Chadwick,  and  named  the  Chad  wick  Building.  Here,  as  of  old,  the  lawyers  still  "  do  most  congregate." 
Adjoining  the  Hemenway  Building  is  the  Boston  Museum,  erected  in  1846  at  a  cost  of  a  quarter  of  a  million 
of  dollars.  It  is  the  oldest  of  the  existing  theatres  in  the  city,  and  on  its  stage  have  appeared  the  most  cele- 
brated actors  and  artistes  of  the  time.  The  granite  building  next  beyond,  at  Nos.  30  and  32,  extends  back- 
ward into  Court  Square.  It  is  jointly  occupied  by  the  Suffolk  County  Probate  Office  and  the  Massachusetts 
Historical  Society,  which  possesses  a  valuable  library,  a  lot  of  rare  relics,  paintings,  busts  and  unique  curi- 
osities. 

Adjoining  this  building  is  the  King's  Chapel  Burial  Ground  and  the  Old  King's  Chapel  itself,  occupying 
the  corner  of  Tremont  and  School  Streets.  These  are  among  the  most  cherished  landmarks  in  the  city,  and  the 
chapel  still  preserves  in  its  name  the  memory  of  the  ancient  time  when  Boston  was  loyal  to  England's  King. 
Now  a  Unitarian  church,  it  was  the  first  Episcopal  church  erected  in  New  England.  In  the  year  1646  a  few 
Episcopalian  citizens  timidly  craved  the  Puritan  authorities  to  allow  them  to  worship  with  the  Book  of  Com- 
mon Prayer  "till  inconveniences  hereby  be  found  prejudicial  to  the  churches  and  colony;"  but  the  stern  old 
Roundheads  would  have  none  of  it.  The  chaplain  of  Charles  Second's  Commission,  however,  introduced  the 
Episcopal  ritual  by  royal  order  twenty  years  later,  and  in  twenty  years  more  a  church  was  erected.  On  the 
same  site  the  present  King's  Chapel  was  built,  in  1749-54,  a  small  and  massive  structure  of  blackish  stone, 
whose  lower  windows,  deep  set  and  square,  gave  point  to  Matthew  Byles's  pun,  that  he  had  heard  of  the 
canons  of  the  church,  but  had  never  seen  the  port-holes  before.  .  The  interior,  with  its  high,  old-fashioned 
pews,  its  tall  pulpit  and  sounding-board,  its  massive  pillars,  stained  glass  window,  mural  tablets  and  monu- 
ments, is  remarkably  attractive,  and  the  organ,  selected  by  Handel,  the  great  composer,  and  sent  hither  from 
England  in  1756,  still  serves  the  church.  When  the  English  army  evacuated  Boston  in  1775,  the  rector  left 
also,  and  carried  with  him  the  vestments  and  registers  and  the  communion  service,  a  gift  of  the  King,  and 
amounting  to  2800  ounces  of  silver.  In  1787  this  parish,  under  the  lead  of  its  rector,  exchanged  Episcopa- 
lianism  for  Unitarianism,  and  King's  Chapel  became  the  first  Unitarian  Church  on  the  American  continent. 
The  old  burial  ground  is  rich  in  coats-of-arms  and  quaint  epitaphs  on  its  monuments,  and  headstones,  and  here 
lie  the  remains  of  Winthrop,  Shirley  and  others  of  the  colonial  governors,  several  of  the  early  Puritan  clergy, 
Isaac  Johnson  and  other  founders  of  Boston.  Johnson's  wife  was  Lady  Arabella,  daughter  of  the  Earl  of 
Lincoln,  and  the  climate  of  New  England  proved  too  severe  for  both  of  them,  for  three  months  after  her 
arrival  she  died  at  Salem,  and  a  month  later  her  husband  was  buried  in  the  King's  Chapel  Burial  Ground.  In 
1878  the  city  discussed  a  proposal  to  utilize  the  sites  of  the  chapel  and  burial  ground  for  a  new  court-house, 
but  old  landmarks  were  permitted  to  remain  untouched. 

In  the  rear  of  the  chapel,  and  fronting  on  School  Street,  is  the  handsome  City  Hall,  a  costly  white  granite 
structure,  in  the  Renaissance  style  of  architecture,  built  in  1862-65.  The  city  government,  on  its  organiza- 
tion in  1822,  was  located  in  Faneuil  Hall.  Later  the  Old  State  House,  at  the  head  of  State  Street,  was  used 
as  the  City  Hall,  and  in  J840,  the  old  Court-House,  which  occupied  the  site  of  the  present  City  Hall,  became 
the  seat  of  the  civic  government.  When  the  present  edifice  was  erected  it  was  thought  to  be  on  a  large  scale, 
and  sufficient  for  the  needs  of  the  city  for  many  years ;  but  it  became  overcrowded  and  for  a  long  time  past 
quite  a  number  of  departments  have  been  located  in  other  buildings  in  the  immediate  neighborhood.  The 
building,  which  cost  over  half  a  million  of  dollars  to  erect,  contains  five  floors  and  an  attic,  above  which  is  a 
high  louvre  dome,  surmounted  by  a  balcony,  from  which  rises  a  flag-staff  200  feet  high.  The  attic  and  the 


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dome  are  utilized  as  the  centre  of  the  fire-alarm  telegraph  system  which  spreads  all  over  the  city,  and  the  rest 
of  the  building  is  utilized  for  the  offices  of  the  municipality.  The  structure  is  handsome  and  substantial,  and 
is  elegant  in  its  appointments  throughout.  In  front  of  the  building  is  a  neatly  kept  lawn,  and  this  is  adorned 
on  one  side  with  a  statue  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  and  on  the  other  with  one  of  Josiah  Quincy,  the  second  mayor 
of  the  city  (in  1823).  Probably  when  the  new  Court-House,  now  being  erected  in  Pemberton  Square,  has 
been  completed,  the  present  Court-House,  on  Court  Square,  in  the  rear  of  the  City  Hall,  will  be  utilized  for 
the  enlargement  of  the  latter. 

O 

School  Street  (so  called  because  of  the  old  Latin  school  having  been  located  here)  is  famous  for  its  an- 
cient corner  bookstore.  It  has  stores  of  a  varied  character,  and  lawvers'  offices  in  considerable  number,  and 
is  noted  as  the  locale  of  the  famous  Parker  House,  which,  before  its  costly  enlargement,  Dickens  called  the  best 
hotel  in  America.  Originally,  it  was  a  spacious  six-story  marble  structure,  and  during  the  past  four  or  five 
years  it  has  been  extended  on  to  the  corner  of  Tremont  Street,  the  front  of  the  addition  being  also  of  marble 
and  towering  higher  than  the  jlder  part  of  the  building.  The  addition  cost  to  construct  over  $100,000,  and 
it  forms  one  of  the  most  imposing  attractions  on  Tremont  Street. 


Revere    House. 


Opposite  King's  Chapel,  and  on  the  corner  of  Tremont  and  Beacon  Street,  Messrs.  Houghton  &  Button 
have,  within  the  past  three  years,  erected,  as  an  addition  to  their  extensive  store,  a  nine-story,  fire  proof  struct- 
ure at  a  cost  of  $190,000.  On  the  opposite  corner  is  the  famous  old  Tremont  House  with  heavy,  dark  granite 
walls,  where  Henry  Clay,  Andrew  Jackson,  the  Prince  of  Wales,  Charles  Dickens  and  other  notables  have  so- 
journed. Dickens  wrote  of  it  —  "  It  has  more  galleries,  colonnades,  piazzas,  and  passages  than  I  can  remem- 
ber, or  the  reader  would  believe."  It  has  been  recently  considerably  modernized.  The  heavy  portico  and 
flight  of  granite  steps  in  front  have  been  removed,  and  the  office,  reading-room,  etc.,  brought  down  -to  the 
street  level.  It  is  said  that  Mr.  Fred.  L.  Ames  has  acquired  this  property  and  purposes  building  upon  its  site 
a  monster  hotel  in  the  near  future.  Adjoining  the  present  building  is  the  famous  Old  Granary  Burying 
Ground,  once  a  part  of  the  Common.  The  title  of  the  Old  Granary  Burying  Ground  was  given  to  it  because 
of  its  proximity  to  the  old  town  granary,  which  stood  where  the  Park  Street  Church  now  stands.  More  dis- 
tinguished persons  have  been  buried  here  than  in  any  other  place  in  the  city.  Here  are  entombed  the  remains 
of  nine  governors  of  Massachusetts,  two  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  six  famous  divines, 


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the  victims  of  the  Boston  Massacre,  John  Hancock,  Samuel  Adams,  Peter  Faneuil,  Paul  Revere,  Samuel 
Sewall,  the  parents  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  and  many  other  notable  Americans.  Until  about  sixteen  years  ago, 
the  crowded  sidewalk  in  front  of  the  burying  ground  was  partly  occupied  by  a  line  of  noble  elms,  which 
were  imported  from  England  in  1672.  To  meet  the  demand  of  the  street  railways  they  were  cut  down  at 
night,  for  the  civic  authorities  feared  the  opposition  of  the  people,  who  were  indignant.  Admission  to  the 
burying  ground  is  by  permit,  obtained  at  the  City  Hall.  On  the  side  of  this  "  God's  Acre,"  is  the  Park  Street 
Church,  built  in  1809.  It  was  the  first  Congregational  Trinitarian  Church  established  after  Unitarianism  had 
won  over  from  orthodox  ranks  its  principal  members.  With  such  persistent  earnestness  was  Calvinism  con- 
tended for  from  its  pulpit  that 
the  "  ungodly "  of  the  other 
sects  nick-named  the  locality 
"Brimstone  Corner."  It  has 
now  a  large  and  wealthy  con- 
gregation. 

Opposite  the  Tremont 
House  is  a  notable  building, 
the  Tremont  Temple,  sand- 
wiched between  marts  of  trade. 
Its  site  was  formerly  occupied 
by  the  Tremont  Theatre,  in 
which  Charlotte  Cushman,  the 
famous  actress  made  her  debut 
on  April  8,  1835.  In  1843  the 
Baptists  bought  the  building 
and  erected  in  its  stead  a  Tem- 
ple, which  was  destroyed  by 
fire,  as  was  also  its  successor, 
.  Hotel  Brunswick,  Boylston  Street  eor.  Clarendon.  t}ie  present  structure  having 

been  erected  in  1870.  It  is  the  place  of  worship  of  the  Union  Temple  Free  Church,  the  headquarters  of  the 
New  England  Baptists,  and  a  popular  place  for  public  meetings.  The  main  hall  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the 
country,  and  contains  an  organ  of  great  power  and  singular  beauty.  The  hall  is  66  feet  high  and  122  x  72  feet 
in  dimensions  and  has  two  galleries.  There  is  seating  accommodation  for  2,600  persons.  Beneath  this  hall  is 
a  smaller  one,  called  Meionaon  Hall,  with  a  seating  capacity  of  nearly  one  thousand.  Farther  along  the  street, 
and  facing  the  Old  Granary  Burying  Ground  is  the  Horticultural  Hall,  a  handsome  granite  edifice,  standing 
between  Montgomery  Place  and  Bromfield  Street.  This  is  the  headquarters  of  the  Massachusetts  Horticultural 
Society.  It  contains  offices  and  large,  handsome  halls  for  meetings,  exhibitions,  etc.  During  a  fire  which 
occurred  on  December  29,  1888,  many  valuable  paintings  of  past  presidents  of  the  society  were  ruined. 

Bromfield  Street  is  one  of  the  many  cross  streets  which  connect  Tremont  and  Washington  Streets.  It 
contains  several  publishing  houses,  offices,  varied  business  stores,  and  a  largely  attended  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  of  which  the  Rev.  G.  A.  Crawford  is  pastor.  Some  of  the  buildings  adjoining  the  church  have  re- 
cently undergone  extensive  alterations  and  effected  a  marked  improvement  in  the  business  aspect  of  the  street. 
At  the  corner  of  Bromfield  and  Tremont  Street  is  a  handsome  edifice,  the  Studio  Building,  devoted  to  offices, 
etc.  It  has  quite  recently  been  reconstructed  to  a  considerable  extent  internally.  Side  by  side  with  this 
building  are  art  and  other  stores  fronting  on  Tremont  Street,  and  extending  to  the  corner  of  Hamilton  Place, 
whence  Tremont  Street  is  built  up  only  on  one  side  as  far  as  where  it  is  crossed  by  Boylston  Street,  the  other 
side  of  the  thoroughfare  being  occupied  by  the  Common.  This  length,  during  shopping  hours,  presents  at 
all  times  an  animated  aspect,  the  broad  sidewalk  being  at  all  times  crowded  with  persons  good-naturedly  el- 
bowing their  way  through  the  moving  throng. 

At  the  corner  of  Hamilton  Place  and  in  the  "  place  "  itself  two  magnificent  buildings  have  been  lately 
erected  at  a  cost  of  about  $225,000  by  the  heirs  of  Jonathan  Phillips,  and  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  "place" 
most  of  the  old  buildings  have  been  rebuilt.  In  the  "  place  "  is  one  of  the  entrances  to  the  great  Music  Hall, 
another  entrance  being  on  Winter  Street.  It  was  built  in  1852,  and  is  almost  entirely  concealed  by  surround- 


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ing  buildings  and  is  devoid  of  architectural  pretensions,  it  contains  two  nails,  one  seating  2600  and  the  other 
800  persons.  The  main  hall  used  to  contain  the  largest  and  finest  organ  in  the  world,  and  it  is  said  it  will 
soon  be  introduced  into  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music  on  East  Newton  Street.  The  Music  Hall 
seems  to  have  outlived  its  usefulness  as  the  home  of  musicians,  and  of  late  years  it  has  been  occupied  for  all 
sorts  of  purposes,  including  fairs,  public  meetings,  balls,  cat  and  dog  shows,  foot  races,  walking  and  wrestling 
matches,  beer  garden,  etc.  More  than  once  the  idea  has  been  entertained  of  demolishing  the  building  to  make 
way  for  business  improvements  and  to  extend  Hamilton  Place  straight  through  to  Washington  Street. 

Near  the  corner  of  Winter  Street  and  fronting  on  Tremont  Street  and  the  Common,  is  St.  Paul's,  a 
church  of  the  Episcopal  Communion,  erected  in  1819-20,  and  built  of  dark  granite,  with  a  fine  Ionic  portico 
and  colonnade  of  sandstone.  The  ceiling  is  panelled  and  cylindrical,  and  the  chancel  contains  modern  frescos 
and  a  brilliant  stained  window.  Winter  Street,  like  Temple  Place  and  West  Street,  is  a  fashionable  retail 
shopping  centre,  filled  with  elegant  stores,  many  of  which  have  been  improved  and  enlarged  in  recent  yeai^s. 
On  the  corner  of  Temple  Place  used  to  stand  the  Masonic  Temple,  always  an  attractive  feature  from  the  time 
of  its  erection  in  1832  owing  to  its  peculiar  formation.  It  was  five  stories  high  and  was  built  of  rough  Quincy 
granite.  The  entrance  was  a  low,  broad  Norman  doorway,  and  the  various  floors  were  lighted  by  long  arched 
windows.  The  building  was  surmounted  by  battlements  and  pinnacles  and  had  two  towers,  each  sixteen  feet 
square  and  ninety-five  feet  high.  The  Masonic  body  held  their  lodges  here  until  they  erected  their  new  Tem- 
ple on  the  corner  of  Boylston  Street,  and  then  it  was  for  years  occupied  as  the  United  States  Circuit  Court. 
Three  or  four  years  ago  the  property  was  purchased  by  R.  H.  Stearns  &  Co.,  and  the  building  was  raised 
bodily  and  two  stories  built  under  it,  while  its  outward  aspect  as  well  as  its  interior  arrangements  was  entirely 
changed.  It  is  now  devoted  to  the  dry-goods  business. 

From  West  Street  to  Boylston  Street  high,  imposing  buildings  have  been  erected  on  the  sites  of  old 
houses,  and  this  quarter  is  now  chiefly  occupied  by  the  Boston  Conservatory  of  Music,  and  by  so  many  pianc 
manufacturing  concerns  as  to  have  earned  the  name  of  "Piano  Row."  The  new  Masonic  Temple,  on  the 
corner  of  Tremont  and  Boylston  Street,  built  in  1867,  is  seven  stories  high,  with  octagonal  towers  rising  120 


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feet.     It  contains  three  magnificent   halls  for  meetings,  one   being  furnished  with   splendor  in  the  Corinthian 
style,  another  in  the  Egyptian,  and  the  third  in  the  Gothic. 

We  now  turn  into  Washington  Street,  and  retrace  our  steps  northward  along  this  busy  thoroughfare, 
filled  at  all  hours  of  the  day  with  a  seething  mass  of  human  beings.  As  we  turn  from  Boylston  Street 
(anciently  called  Frog  Lane)  into  Washington  Street,  a  tablet,  with  a  representation  of  a  spreading  tree, 
will  be  observed  on  the  front  of  the  building  on  the  east  side  of  Washington  Street,  corner  of  Essex. 
Here  stood  the  "Liberty  Tree"  under  which  the  "Sons  of  Liberty"  were  organized  in  1765,  and 
under  which  meetings  were  held  to  give  expression  of  opposition  to  the  revenue  oppressions  of  the  English 
government.  When  a  meeting  was  intended  to  be  held  the  signal  was  given  by  placing  a  flag  in  the  branches 
of  the  tree,  and  the  flag  is  still  preserved  in  the  Old  South  Church.  In  the  siege  of  Boston  the  tree  was  pur- 
posely destroyed  by  the  British,  to  the  grief  of  the  people. 

The  present  Washington  Street  has  always  been  the  chief  artery  of  the  town,  though  it  has  not  always 
been  known  by  the  name  it  now  bears  nor  was  it  formerly  so  far-stretching  in  its  length.  The  name  Wash- 
ington was  given  in  honor  of  General  Washington  on  the  occasion  of  his  visit  to  the  town  in  1789.  At  first 
the  present  Washington  Street  was  a  series  of  streets  from  down-town  to  the  Roxbury  line,  known  as  Cornhill, 
Marl  borough,  New  bury,  Orange  and  Washington;  and  it  was  not  until  1824  that  the  old  names  were  dropped, 
and  the  entire  thoroughfare  named  as  now.  Until  1873-4,  the  down-town  end  of  Washington  Street  was  at 
the  present  Cornhill  and  Old  Dock  Square ,  in  that  year,  as  noted  elsewhere,  the  street  was  extended  through 
to  Haymarket  Square,  from  which  point  it  now  stretches  through  the  city  and  the  Roxbury  district  to  the 
Dedham  boundary.  A  few  doors  north  of  Boylston  Street  corner  we  enter  the  theatre  district,  where  are  the 
Park,  Globe,  Boston  aud  Bijou  theatres,  the  neighborhood  of  which  presents  a  very  brilliant  appearance  at 
evening  or  just  after  matinees.  In  the  bend  of  the  street,  near  the  Boston  Theatre,  is  the  Adams  House,  a 
splendid  hotel  built  in  1883  on  the  site  of  the  old  Adams  House,  which  itself  long  stood  on  the  site  of  the 
Lamb  Tavern,  whence  the  first  stage  to  Providence  started  before  the  days  of  railroads.  Recently  the  pro- 
prietors of  this  house  have  acquired,  on  a  lease  for  fifteen  years  at  a  rental  of  $30,000  a  year,  two  estates  on 
which  they  have  erected  an  extension  of  the  hotel.  In  this  immediate  neighborhood  are  the  great  retail  dry- 
goods  houses  of  the  city,  notably  those  of  R.  II.  White  &  Co.  and  Jordan,  Marsh  &  Co.,  with  their  acres  of 
floorage  space.  Congregated  about  these  are  stores  where  every  variety  of  merchandise  is  to  be  obtained ;  and 
the  sidewalks  are  filled  from  morning  till  night  with  an  ever-moving  throng,  while  the  carriage-way  is  frequent- 
ly choked  with  vehicular  traffic.  Much  of  the  property  here  was  destroyed  in  the  great  fire  of  1872,  of  which 
more  anon.  Most  of  the  buildings  lining  this  thoroughfare  have,  during  the  past  sixteen  or  eighteen  years 
been  greatly  altered  or  entirely  rebuilt  upon  an  expensive  and  ornamental  scale ;  but  the  street  is  too  narrow 
for  these  improvements  to  be  seen  to  advantage  and  also  for  the  accommodation  of  great  traffic  constantly 
found  here. 

Farther  on  we  come  to  the  corner  of  Milk  Street,  where  stands  the  lamous  old  South  Church,  that  relic 
of  revolutionary  times,  that  tells  on  a  tablet  in  its  tower  that  the  church  was  erected,  first,  in  1669,  rebuilt  in 
1729,  and  that  it  was  "desecrated  by  the  British  in  1775,"  by  using  it  as  a  riding  school  and  liquor  saloon. 
In  those  troublous  times,  however,  neither  the  British  nor  the  colonists  hesitated  to  use  the  churches  for  the 
exigencies  of  war,  for  of  the  latter  it  is  said  that  they  took  away  the  lead  pipes  from  the  then  church  at  Cam- 
bridge and  converted  them  into  bullets  with  which  to  kill  the  armed  hosts  of  England.  The  site  of  the  old 
church  was  originally  occupied  by  the  house  of  Governor  Winthrop,  who  lived  and  died  here.  The  property 
-.vas  bequeathed  by  Mrs.  Mary  Norton  (wife  of  Rev.  John  Norton)  for  the  erection  of  a  meeting-house.  In 
the  days  immediately  prior  to  the  Revolution,  meetings  of  citizens  were  held  here  to  discuss  their  grievances, 
and  such  meetings  British  officers  sought  to  repress.  One  such  meeting  was  held  here  when  the  famous  Bos- 
ton Tea  Party,  which  culminated  in  the  Revolution,  occurred  on  December  16,  1773.  Paul  Revere,  Samuel 
Adams  and  about  twenty  other  kindred  patriots,  had  been  concocting  a  plan  for  some  time  to  rid  the  port  of 
some  hateful  tea  chests  that  were  at  the  wharves,  or  soon  to  arrive  there — hateful  because  of  the  obnoxious  tax 
of  the  British  government,  imposed  upon  it  after  the  repeal  of  the  "  odious  Stamp  Act."  It  is  said  that  Sam 
Adams  had  contrived  this  meeting  to  draw  off  the  attention  of  the  English  officers  from  the  scheme  to  destroy 
the  tea  brought  over  by  the  ships  Dartmouth  and  Eleanor  and  the  brig  Beaver,  then  at  Griffin's  (now  Liver- 
pool Wharf).  When  the  meeting  opened,  British  officers,  with  wonted  effrontery,  crowded  the  pulpit,  so  that 
Dr.  Warren,  the  pastor  and  the  orator  on  the  occasion,  had  to  climb  through  a  rear  window  to  get  into  the 


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pulpit,  which  he  did.  During  the  proceedings,  John  Rowe  asked,  "  Who  knows  how  tea  will  mingle  with  salt 
water?"  a  question  which  was  greeted  with  shouts  of  laughter.  About  sunset  an  Indian  yell  was  heard  out- 
side the  church,  and  a  band  of  men,  disguised  as  Mohawk  Indians  filled  the  street.  The  meeting  at  once  broke 
up ;  and  the  Indians  in  disguise  marched  down  to  the  ships,  whence  they  threw  into  the  harbor  342  chests  of 
tea.  After  the  war,  the  church  was  used  for  divine  service  until  the  society  erected  the  New  Old  South 
Church  in  the  Back  Bay  district.  The  old  edifice  just  missed  falling  a  prey  to  the  great  fire  in  1872,  and  was 
then  for  a  time  used  as  a  post-office.  It  is  now  used  for  the  exhibition  of  historic  relics,  lectures,  etc.,  and 
the  basement  is  occupied  as  an  old  bookstore.  In  the  vicinity  of  the  church  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
street,  formerly  stood  the  Old  Province  House,  of 
whose  quaintness  Hawthorne  wrote  so  charmingly. 
It  was  built  in  1679,  and  became  the  vice-regal 
residence  of  Shute,  Burnet,  Shirley,  Powrmll,  Sir 
William  Howe,  and  a  long  line  of  British  govern- 
ors, when  the  court  ceremonies  of  the  province 
were  conducted  within  its  halls,  and  the  royal  pro- 
clamations were  read  from  its  high  balcony.  The 
present  Province  Court  was  the  way  to  the  stables. 
From  its  high  estate  the  vice-regal  residence  de- 
scended to  the  level  of  a  shabby  gin-mill  and 
concert  hall,  and  finally  to  that  of  a  cheap  lodging- 
house,  while  it  became  hidden  almost  from  view 
to  pedestrians  on  Washington  Street  by  the  tall 
buildings  erected  about  it.  Now,  a  handsome 
six-story  hotel,  to  be  named  the  Boston  Tavern,  is 
being  erected  on  its  site.  In  the  same  vicinity, 
too,  is  the  great  publishing  centre,  and  the  oldest 
bookstore  in  the  city.  Book  houses  are  plentiful, 
and  the  leading  newspaper  offices  are  crowded 
into  this  locality.  Opposite  the  church,  in  Milk 
Street,  is  the  Post  building,  occupying  the  site  of 
the  house  in  which  Benjamin  Franklin  was  born. 
Near  too,  on  Washington  Street,  is  the  Transcript 
building,  and  farther  north,  crowded  near  each 
other,  arc  the  offices  of  the  Herald,  Journal,  Globe, 
Advertiser,  and  Record,  all  occupying  tall,  costly, 
well-appointed  buildings,  the  Globe  building  being 
the  latest  accession  and  which  is  a  fitting  monu- 
ment to  its  enterprise.  The  Globe  Newspaper 
Company  is  comprised  of  some  of  Boston's  mcst 
highly  esteemed  and  public-spirited  citizens,with  Mr. 
Ed.  Prescott  as  president  and  cashier,  and  Colonel 
Charles  H.  Taylor  as  manager.  This  represen- 
tative and  progressive  Newspaper  Company  are 

proprietors  of  the  daily,  Sunday,  and  weekly  Globe,  which  are  the  recognized  leading  newspapers  of  New 
England.  The  Globe  Newspaper  Company  was  duly  incorporated  in  1872  under  the  laws  of  Massachusetts. 
It  was  reorganized  in  1878,  with  a  paid-up  capital  of  $125,000,  and  now  its  daily  and  Sunday  issues  of  the 
Globe  have  a  larger  circulation  than  any  other  Boston  newspaper.  The  first  editor  of  the  Globe  was  Maturuv 
M.  Ballon,  and  the  first  paper,  issued  March  4,  1872,  contained  eight  pages  of  seven  columns,  the  price  being 
four  cents.  He  was  succeeded,  in  August,  1873,  by  Colonel  Chas.  H.  Taylor,  who  has  been  the  editor  and 
manager  of  the  Globe  from  that  time  until  the  present.  The  success  achieved  has  been  due  to  his  enterprise 
and  industry.  The  building  is  one  of  the  finest  and  largest  in  Boston,  and  was  built  expressly  for  the  Globe. 
The  building  is  admirably  equipped  with  all  modern  appliances,  including  elevators,  electric  lights,  etc.,  and  no 


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pains  or  expense  have  been  spared  to  make  this  establishment  complete  in  every  detail.  In  the  printing-rooms 
arc  three  splendid  single  and  two  double  Hoe  presses,  which  are  able  to  print  1400  papers  in  a  minute.  The 
machinery  is  driven  by  two  superior  125  horse-power  steam-engines,  and  the  total  number  of  persons  em- 
plpyed  in  the  various  departments  is  about  500  There  are  likewise  two  elevator  and  electric-light  engines  on 
the  premises,  of  the  latest  type.  Eight  editions  of  the  Globe  are  turned  out  daily,  which  consume  fifteen  tons 
of  paper.  The  daily,  Sunday,  and  weekly  Globe  are  got  up  in  the  highest  style  of  the  typographical  art. 
An  able  and  superior  staff  of  editorial  writers,  reporters,  and  correspondents  is  employed.  It  has  regular  letters 
from  its  own  correspondents  abroad,  and  carefully  covers  all  political,  4ocal,  and  foreign  news;  while  at  the  same 
time  it  gives  ample  descriptions  of  races,  base-ball,  and  all  kinds  of  manly  sports  and  pastimes.  Its  editorials 
arc  able,  crisp,  direct  to  the  poii\t,  and  treat  all  matters  of  interest  in^n  impartial  and  fearless  manner.  The 
circulation  of  the  Sunday  Globe  in  November  was  127,023,  and  the  daily  Globe  -148,7_10.  Its  advantages  as  a 

splendid  advertising  medium  have  been  recognized 
very  generally  by  all  classes  of  the  community ;  and 
in  this  line  it  conducts  the  largest  and  most  lucra- 
tive business  i-n  Boston.  In  consequence  of  its 
large  size  and  vast  amount  of  original  and  able  read- 
ing-matter, it  is  not  only  lhes  cheapest,  but  un- 
questionably the  best,  paper  in  the  city.  Colonel 
Chas.  H.  Taylor,  the  manager,  was  born  in  Charles- 
town,  Mass.,  and  during  the  civil  war  was  a  private 
in  the  38th  Mass.  Vol.  Infantry.  He  served  one 
year,  and  was  seriously  wounded  at  the  battle  of 
Port  Hudson,  Miss.,  and  eventually  retired  from  the 
service,  for  disability.  He  was  private  secretary  ta 
Governor  Clafflin,  and  was  also  clerk  of  the  House 
of  Representatives.  Colonel  Taylor  is  a  popular 
member  of  the  Press,  Temple,  Central,  and  Algonquin' 
Clubs,  etc.,  and  is  one  of  Boston's  highly  esteemed 
and  public-spirited  citizens.  The  circulation  of  the 
Globe  is  steadily  increasing,  not  only  in  Boston,  but 
in  all  sections  of  New  England,  and  its  present  pros- 
perous status  augurs  well  for  the  future.  In 
"Printing  House  Square" — and  Dock  Square,  are 
many  old-time  buildings,  relieved  by  but  few  new 
edifices,  prominent  among  which  are  Rogers' 
and  Sears'  Buildings,  magnificent  structures  at 
the  head  of  State  Street.  The  whole  of  the 
buildings,  except  a  few  on  the  east  side  that  line  the  remaining  length  of  Washington  Street  from  Dock 
Square  to  Hay  market  Square,  have  been  built  or  rebuilt  since  this  section  of  the  street  was  opened,  and  no  city 
in  the  country  can  show  a  finer  range  of  business  blocks  than  those  to  be  seen  here.  Dock  Square,  on  the 
site  of  the  old  Town  Dock,  which  was  spanned  by  a  swing  bridge  at  the  foot  of  Merchants'  Row,  is  now  a 
busy  centre,  and  standing  in  the  middle  of  it  is  a  statue  of  Samuel  Adams  erected  in  1880.  From  here  is 
seen  the  front  of  Faneuil  Hall,  and  off  Washington  Street,  at  this  point,  Cornhill  and  Brattle  Street  swing-  round 
to  Scollay  Square.  The  famous  hostelry,  Quincy  House,  stands  on  the  corner  of  Brattle  Street  and  Brattle 
Square ;  and  in  this  square  stood  formerly  a  church  which  the  British  turned  into  a  barrack  during  the  siege 
of  Boston.  Cornhill,  renowned  for  its  old  bookstores  and  up  which  we  must  now  pass  once  more  to  Scollay 
Square,  was  so  named  in  1828,  having  previously  been  called  Market  Street,  because  it  lead  to  the  market,  the 
original  Cornhill  being  at  the  foot  of  Washington  Street  before  its  extension.  Having  returned  to.  Scollay 
Square,  we  must  now  prepare  for  a  journey,  through  the  principal  sections  of  the  great 


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of  the  city.  These  centres  are  confined  between  the  harbor  on  the  one  hand,  and  the  streets  of  Essex,  Wash- 
ington, and  Hanover,  on  the  other,  and  lie  chiefly  south  of  Blackstone  Street.  A  large  portion  of  this  area  is 
frequently 'spoken  of  as  the  "Burnt  District,"  laid  waste  by  the  "Great  Fire  "in  1872.  At  7.15  P.M.  on 
November  9th  in  that  year  a  fire  broke  out  in  a  building  on  the  corner  of  Summer  and  Kingston  Streets,  and 
spread  with  terrible  speed,  in  spite  of  all  the  efforts  that  could  be  brought  from  far  and  near  to  suppress  it, 
and,  before  the  conflagration  was  quenched,  it  had  spread  over  sixty-five  acres,  and  destroyed  about  eighty 
million  dollars'  worth  of  property  and  many  lives,  leaving  the  entire  district  bounded  by  Summer,  Washington, 
Milk,  and  Broad  Streets  a  smoking  chaos  of  ruins.  This  was  a  terrible  blow  to  Boston,  but  the  city  soon  re- 
covered from  it,  and  the  "Burnt  District"  is  to-day  a  section  of  imposing  and  substantial  warehouses,  its 
appearance  greatly  improved-,  and  the  wealth  and  convenience  of  this  part  of  the  city  thereby  increased.  The 
financial  centre  is  circumscribed  by  Washington,  State,  Broad,  and  Milk  Streets.  The  great  dry-goods  and 
clothing  quarter 'covers  a  large  area.  The  wholesale  trade  is  chiefly  centred  in  Devonshire,  between  Milk  and 
Franklin  Streets,  Franklin  and  its  lateral  streets,  Winthrop  Square  and  Otis  Street,  Summer  and  its  lateral 
streets.  The  great  woolhouses  are  located  principally  on  Federal,  Pearl,  and  High  Streets;  the  boot,  shoe, 
and  leather,  and  hardware  trades  on  Pearl,  High,  Purchase,  lower  part  of  Summer,  South,  Bedford,  and  pans 
of  Lincoln  and  contiguous  streets  ;  the  paper  trade,  on  Federal  Street  and  vicinity ;  crockery,  on  Federal  and 
Franklin  Streets ;  drugs,  on  Milk  Street  and  vicinity  ;  grocery  trade  in  neighborhood  of  Broad,  Commercial 
India  streets ;  fish,  on  Commercial  Street  and  Atlantic  Avenue ;  flour  and  grain,  on  Commercial  Street,  near 
the  principal  wharves ;  fruit  and  produce,  Merchants'  Row,  Chatham  and  South  Market,  Commercial,  Com- 
merce, and  Clinton  Streets ;  and  provisions,  Qfi  streets  about  Faneuil  Hall  Market  and  the  new  meat  market  on 
Mercantile  Wharf. 

As  we  start  from  Scollay  Square,  in  the  direction  of  State  Street,  the  County  Court-house,  on  Court  Street 
(called  Queen  Street  in  pre-Revolutioh  days),  claims  attention.  It  is  a  ponderous,  gloomy  granite  building,  with 
a  heavy  Doric  portico  in  front,  and  formerly  had  a  similar  portico  at  the  rear  end  of  the  building,  facing  the 
City  Hall.  Here  numerous  courts  are  held,  and,  as  a  consequence  of  its  inadequacy  to  meet  the  demands  upon 
it,  the  new  court-house  on  Pemberton  Square  is  being  erected.  On  the  old  court-house,  which  was  erected  in 
1836,  an  intense  excitement  centred  many  years  ago,  when  the  fugitive  slave  cases  were  under  trial ;  and  the 
citizens  of  Boston,  indignant  that  men  should  be  carried  from  their  free  soil  into  a  terrible  and  degrading  ser- 
vitude, came  near  rebelling  against  the  United  States  and  rescuing  the  doomed  negroes  by  force  of-  arms.  In 
the  vicinity  of  this  seat  of  justice  are  the  Tudor  Buildings,  on  the  site  of  the  home  of  Colonel  William  Tudor, 
a  statesman  and  jurist  of  many  years  ago.  In  this  neighborhood,  also,  Smibert,  the  canny  Scot,  painted 
"Landskips,"  more  than  a  century  and  a  half  ago;  and  Franklin  printed  his  pioneer  newspaper;  and  Captain 
Kidd,  the  famous  pirate,  was  jailed;  and  Sir  John  Leverett,  the  friend  and  veteran  of  Cromwell,  resided. 
Standing  near  the  Court-house  is  the  famous  Young's  Hotel,  adjoining  which  is  the  splendid  Sears'  Building, 
occupying  the  corner  of  Court  and  Washington  Streets. 

Directly  opposite  this,  occupying  the  head  of  State  (once  King)  Street,  is  the  old  State-house,  occupying 
the  site  of  what  was  originally  the  old  village  market-place.  A  town-house  was  first  erected  here  in  1638,  and  in 
j748  a  new  building  arose  on  the  same  ground,  which  was  used  for  the  Provinci;:!  Council,  and  also  at  differ- 
ent times  for  an  exchange,  a  post-otfice,  an  engine-house,  barracks  for  British  troops,  and  a  capitol  in  which  the 
State  Legislature  met  for  fifteen  years.  Here,  according  to  John  Adams,  "  Independence  was  born ;"  here  the 
death  of  George  II.  and  the  accession  to  the  throne,  of  George  III.  were  proclaimed;  here  Generals 
Howe,  Clinton  and  Gage  held  a  council  of  war  before  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill ;  and  a  year  later  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence  was  read  from  the  balcony  to  the  rejoicing  soldiers  and  people  below ;  and  the  consti- 
tution of  Massachusetts  was  planned ;  and  Governor  Hancock  gave  a  grand  reception  to  the  Count  d'Estaing ; 
and  Washington  reviewed  the  militia  and  was  welcomed  by  the  people.  The  quaint  old  steeple  lost  part  of  its 
height  and  the  lion  and  unicorn  disappeared  from  the  angles  of  the  roof  after  the  Revolution  and  were  burned; 
but  otherwise  the  building  maintained  its  original  aspect.  Some  six  or  seven  years  ago  the  building  was  com- 
pletely restored,  to  preserve  its  historic  features,  even  to  the  fixing  of  the  lion  and  unicorn  on  the  west  front,  a 
fact  which  raised  the  ire  of  Irish  citizens,  who  could  recognize  nothing  even  that  was  good  out  of  the  land  of 
the  hated  Anglo-Saxon.  Attempts  were  made  to  destroy  these  emblems  in  secret,  but  too  strict  a  watch  was  kept 
on  the  toothless  lion  and  blind  unicorn,  and  they  were  permitted  to  remain ;  still  the  grumblers  declined  to  be 


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<juiet  until  something  of  a  counteracting  character  was  put  on  the  Washington  Street  end  of  the  building,  to 
balance  it,  to  hold  it  down,  or  something  of  that  kind.  A  gorgeous  gilt  eagle  was  accordingly  spread  on  the 
outer  wall,  accompanied  with  the  State's  motto  in  gold  characters  on  a  broad  ribbon — "  Ense  Petit  Placidam 
Sub  Libertate  Qnietem."  And  it  did  "  quiet  'em ;"  so  the  old  lion  and  unicorn  are  now  at  peace.  It  was  near 
here — on  the  corner  of  State  and  Exchange  Streets,  where  the  Custom-house  then  stood — that  the  Boston 
Massacre,  described  elsewhere,  occurred.  On  the  building  now  on  the  corner  the  Bostonian  Society,  in  1886 
placed  a  tablet  bearing  this  inscription  :  "  Opposite  this  spot  was  shed  the  first  blood  of  the  American  Rev- 
olution, March  5,  1770."  On  the  opposite  side  of  the  street,  near  the  Old  State-house,  the  first  church  was 
built  in  Boston.  Brazer's  Building  now  occupies  the  site,  and  near  this  is  the  office  of  the  Traveller  news- 
paper. ,. 

On  State  Street  are  numerous  banks  and  insurance  offices,  and  the  headquarters  of  many  mining  and  man- 
ufacturing companies  and  railways,  shipping-offices,  etc.  The 
Merchants'  Exchange,  the  Board  of  Trade,  and  the  Stock 
Exchange  are  in  the  building  No.  53,  opposite  'Change  Avenue. 
Great  changes  are  projected  here.  The  entire  lot  of  buildings 
extending  from  the  Tremont  Bank  Building  to  Kilby  Street 
will  soon  be  torn  down  to  make  room  for  a  new  Stock  Ex- 
change, to  be  erected  at  a  cost  of  millions  of  dollars.  Messrs. 
Pcabody  <fe  Stearns  have  for  some  time  been  engaged  in  making 
designs,  and  the  plans,  sections,  and  elevations  are  completed. 
Builders  will  soon  be  at  work,  and  the  building  they  will 
raise  will  be  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  city.  It  will  be 
ten  stories  high  above  the  basement,  and  in  parts  eleven 
stories  high.  From  the  sidewalk  on  the  State  Street  front  to 
the  cornice  there  will  be  a  height  of  about  160  feet.  It  will 
have  a  frontage  of  171  feet  on  State  Street  from  the  Tremont 
Bank  Building  (which  is  five  stories  high)  to  Kilby  Street, 
about  the  same  on  Kilby  Street,  and  52  feet  on  Exchange 
Place  and  Post-office  Avenue,  the  last  named  leading  from 
Congress  Street,  just  in  the  rear  of  the  Tremont  Bank  building.  Stone  will  be  the  material  for  the  two  lower 
stories,  the  rest  being  of  brick,  with  stone  trimmings.  The  interior  finish  will  be  plain  but  very  serviceable,  in 
marble,  natural  woods,  and  plastered  walls  suitably  tinted.  Steam  heat,  open  fire-places,  electric  lights,  and  all 
the  modern  conveniences,  together  with  six  fast-running  elevators,  will  make  the  building  desirable  in  every 
way  for  the  purposes  to  which  it  is  to  be  put.  The  main  entrance  will  be  on  State  Street.  A  broad  corridor, 
finished  in  marble,  will  lead  direct  to  the  entrance  of  the  Stock  Exchange  Hall,  and  another  corridor,  at  right 
angles  to  it,  will  lead  from  the  Kilby  Street  entrance  to  an  entrance  at  Post-office  Avenue,  a  short  alley  lead- 
ing from  Congress  Street.  Near  the  junction  of  these  corridors  will  be  the  large  main  staircase.  In  the  base- 
ment, at  the  right  of  the  main  entrance  on  State  Street,  will  be  rooms  and  vaults  for  a  safe-deposite  company. 
In  front  is  the  large  banking-room,  50  by  60  feet,  and  in  the  rear  the  vaults  for  about  10,000  boxes  of  varying 
sizes,  as  well  as  "  coupon-rooms  "  for  the  patrons  of  the  company.  A  novelty  here  is  a  number  of  coupon- 
rooms,  eight  feet  square.  At  the  left  of  the  main  entrance,  and  along  the  Kilby  Street  front,  are  half  a  dozen 
offices  of  varying  size,  the  largest  being  the  one  on  the  corner,  and  this  has  a  separate  entrance  at  the  intersec- 
tion of  the  streets.  In  the  wing  of  the  building  extending  to  Exchange  Place  are  a  couple  of  desirable  offices 
fronting  on  that  street,  and  several  smaller  ones.  The  Boston  Stock  Exchange,  as  already  stated,  will  occupy 
a  hall  in  the  first  story  under  a  twenty  years'  lease.  This  hall  will  have  an  area  of  about  5000  feet,  and  will  be 
in  the  Exchange  Place  wing.  Here  also  are  three  large  rooms  for  "puts"  and  "calls,"  and  the  bond  and  tel- 
ephone rooms.  The  Stock  Exchange  will  have  a  private  entrance  on  Exchange  Place.  The  main  portion  of 
this  floor,  with  frontage  on  State  and  Kilby  Streets,  will  be  devoted  to  banking  and  insurance  offices,  which 
will  be  subdivided  to  suit  tenants.  The  arrangement  of  the  second  story  is  very  similar  to  the  first,  the  Ex- 
change Place  wing  being  taken  up  by  the  Stock  Exchange  Hall,  which  is  two  stories  in  height,  and  the  State 
and  Kilby  Street  fronts  being  divided  up  into  banking  and  insurance  offices.  Upon  this  story  begins  the 
light-well,  116x38  feet,  situated  west  of  the  central  stairway  and  over  the  safe-deposit  vaults,  which,  as  well 


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as  the  rear  of  the  offices  on  the  first  story,  are  lighted  by  it.  This  well  extends  from  the  Tremont  Bank  Build- 
ing, parallel  with  State  Street,  and  is  nearly  as  broad  as  Kilby  Street.  By  means  of  it,  an  additional  row  of 
well-lighted  offices  is  obtained  in  the  upper  stories.  Above  the  second  story  the  arrangement  of  the  floors 
will  be  substantially  alike,  as  represented  in  the  third-floor  plan.  The  floors  will  be  devoted  to  offices,  ranging 
in  size  from  12x20  to  20x20  feet,  which  are  reached  by  broad  corridors  following  the  several  frontages  of  the 
building.  The  central  stairway  stops  at  the  second  story,  and  from  thence  upward  there  are  flights  of  stairs 
in  front  and  rear,  directly  opposite  the  elevator-wells.  The  third  and  the  stories  above  have  toilet-rooms  over 
those  in  the  basement,  thus  concentrating  the  plumbing  as  far  as  possible.  There  are  350  office's  in  the  build- 
ing. Changes  in  the  floor  plans  will  be  freely  made  to  suit  tenants.  In  the  interior  finish,  no  elaborate  effects 
will  be  sought,  and  the  exterior  convenience  has  nowhere  been  sacrificed  for  architectural  effect.  Nevertheless, 


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the  building  will  be  an  exceedingly  handsome  addition  to  the  business  blocks  of  Boston.  It  will  be  a  year 
and  a  half  before  the  building  will  be  completed ;  and  the  cost  of  building  and  land  will  probably  be  upwards 
of  $3,000,000. 

On  the  north  side  of  State  Street  the  Hospital-Life  Building  has  just  been  completed  at  a  cost  of  $800,000, 
and  opposite  Merchants'  Row    there  is  now  nearing   completion    a  nine-story  building    erected   by  Mr.  J. 
Fiske  at  a  cost  of  half  a  million  of  dollars.     State  Street  is,  in  fact,  becoming  a  region  of  tall,  costly  buildings, 
and  has  changed  much  of  its  aspect  of  a  dozen  years  or  so  ago. 

Proceeding  through  Merchants'  Row,  the  historic  Faneuil  Hall,  the  «  Cradle  of  Liberty,"  and  the  New 
Faneuil  Hall,  or  Quincy  Market,  are  reached.  The  latter,  built  in  1825-26,  is  a  granite  structure  two  stories 
high,  and  covers  27,000  feet  of  land.  The  centre  part  rises  to  a  height  of  77  feet,  and  is  ornamented  by  a 
graceful  dome.  The  height  of  the  wings  on  either  side  of  the  central  part  is  thirty  feet.  The  market 
lower  floor,  the  stalls  are  "well  arranged,  and  the  place  is  always  a  busy  one  and  worthy  of  a  visit,  The  upper 
floor  is  used  for  offices,  and  a  large^hall  under  the  dome  is  occupied  by  the  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce,  for 
whom  it  is  proposed  to  erect,  at  an  early  date,  a  separate  building.  Faneuil  Hall  was  built  in  1742,  and  pre- 
sented to  the  town  by  Peter  Faneuil,  a  prosperous  Huguenot  merchant,  as  a  market  and  public  hall ;  and  the 


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present  city  charter  contains  a  provision  forbidding  its  sale  or  lease.  The  lower  floor  is  occupied  as  the  market, 
and  the  upper  floor  as  a  hall,  which  contains  no  seats,  and  which  gives  standing  room  to  thousands  of  people. 
In  the  galleries,  however,  there  are  settees.  The  platform  is  spacious,  the  walls  arc  adorned  with  copies  of 
large  .and  valuable  historic  oil-paintings,  the  originals  being  deposited  in  the  Art  Museum  for  safe  keeping;  and 
the  quaint  and  antiquated  architecture  is  very  interesting.  When  any  great  popular  question  takes  definite 
form,  the  people  say,  "  Let's  go  down  and  rock  the  cradle,"  and  assemble  in  the  hall,  to  be  addressed  by  their 
favorite  orators  and  leaders.  It  was  so  before  the  Revolution ;  it  has  been  so  since.  It  has,  in  fact,  during  its 
history,  been  used  for  all  sorts  of  purposes.  The  coronation  of  George  III.  was  celebrated  in  it,  pirates  and 
robbers  have  been  tried  in  it,  and  the  Earl  of  Elgin  was  feasted  there.  "  Every  political  party  in  the  country 
has  had  its  use  at  one  time  or  another.  Anarchists,  Socialists,  Fenians,  and  Land-leaguers  have  spoken  there. 
The  Chinese  have  been  told  to  go,  and  the  poor  Indian  pitied  by  large  audiences.  The  Constitution  of  U.  S. 
has  been  styled  '  a  covenant  with  death  and  a  league  with  hell'  in  this  hall."  In  June,  1887,  the  British 
Charitable  Society  obtained  the  consent  of  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Aldermen  for  its  use  on  the  occasion  of  a 
banquet  on  the  21st  of  that  month  to  celebrate  the  jubilee  of  Queen  Victoria.  It  provoked  a  howl  among  the 
Irish  residents  against  such  a  "  desecration  "  of  the  hall,  the  use  of  which  they  themselves  secured  to  protest 
against  the  "  desecration  "  and  to  say  hard  things  against  Britisher,  generally.  The  Aldermen  reconsidered 
their  resolution  granting  the  use  of  the  hall,  but  without  change,  and  the  Britishers  held  their  banquet,  and 
that  a  lively  one,  for  a  mob  of  about  15,000  persons  gathered  about  the  hall  ready  to  turn  the  "  cradle  "  over. 
The  whole  police  force,  of  over  800  men,  were  called  out,  armed  with  revolvers,  and  400  were  stationed  around 
the  hall.  Several  of  the  military  companies  were  under  arms,  and  Gatling  guns  were  placed  in  position  to  rake 
the  mob  if  necessity  required.  Several  petsons  were  seriously  injured,  and  during  the  night  an  attempt  was 
made  to  pull,  with  ropes,  the  lion  and  unicorn  from  off  the  Old  State-house.  The  occasion  served  as  a  lesson  to 
the  English,  who  had  generally  been  indifferent  to  naturalization  ;  they  formed  the  British-American  Associa- 
tion, with  branches  all  over  the  country,  the  object  of  which  was  to  encourage  Englishmen  to  become  American 
citizens  and  to  vote  against  class  rule. 

North  Market  and  South  Market  Streets,  Chatham,  Clinton,  and  Commerce  Streets,  running  parallel  with 
Faneuil  Hall  and  Quincy  Markets,  and  Blackstone,  Fulton,  and  Commercial,  and  other  neighboring  streets  arc 
great  centres  for  the  wholesale  trade  in  all  kinds  of  food  products.  The  conversion  of  the  so-called  Mercantile 
Wharf  property,  at  the  foo^  of  Clinton  Street  and  on  Atlantic  Avenue,  into  a  country  market,  as  well  as  a  whole- 
sale meat  market,  has  attracted  provision-dealers  aud  grocerymen  to  that  section  of  the  city,  and  naturally  the 
wholesale  grocers  in  that  vicinity,  and  especially  on  Commercial  Street,  have  pushed  their  trade.  Below  this 
market,  on  Atlantic  Avenue,  is  the  Fish  Market,  another  attraction  to  dealers.  Property  between  Richmond 
Street  and  Faneuil  Hall  Market  has  improved  recently  in  value,  in  keeping  with  the  improved  surrounding  con- 
ditions. On  Fulton  Street  the  wholesale  fruit  trade  is  advancing,  and  tall  warehouses  have  been  and  are  being 
erected.  To  meet  the  exigencies  of  the  shipping  trade,  costly  warehouses  have  been  erected  along  Atlantic 
Avenue,  from  near  the  corner  of  which,  and  extending  almost  close  up  to  the  Custom-house,  on  State  Street,  a 
magnificent,  extensive  granite  block  of  spacious  warehouses  of  pleasing  exterior  has  been  put  up. 

The  Custom-house  was  built  between  1837  and  1849,  at  a  cost  of  over  one  million  dollars,  and  rests  on 
ground  reclaimed  from  the  sea,  the  foundation  being  composed  of  a  deep  bed  of  granite  masonry,  laid  in 
hydraulic  cement  on  the  heads  of  three  thousand  piles.  It  is  a  massive  granite  structure,  built  to  stand  for 
generations.  It  is  Doric  in  style,  cruciform  in  shape,  and  fire-proof  in  construction,  with  thirty-two  fluted 
monolithic  columns,  weighing  forty -two  tons  each,  fronting  its  stately  porticoes  and  extending  around  the 
sides,  surmounted  by  classic  cornices  and  pediments,  and  sustaining  a  roof  and  dome  of  granite  slabs.  Under 
the  dome  is  a  handsome  rotunda,  surrounded  by  twelve  tall  Corinthian  columns  of  white  marble.  This  build- 
ing is  one  of  the  principal  attractions  on  State  Street,  which  maintains  its  old-time  supremacy  as  the  financial 
centre,  though  in  some  of  its  off  streets,  notably  Devonshire,  Congress,  and  Kilby  Streets,  banks  and  brokers' 
and  insurance  offices  are  to  be  found  in  great  numbers.  These  are  located  in  buildings  of  large  size  and  of 
great  architectural  beauty.  Congress,  Devonshire,  Milk,  and  Water  Streets,  at  their  crossings,  form  Post-office 
Square,  wherein  stands  the  Government  Building,  an  immense  but  very  ornamental  pile  of  Cape  Ann  granite. 
The  erection  of  the  building  was  begun  in  1871  and  some  fourteen  or  fifteen  years  elapsed  before  it  was  en- 
tirely completed,  the  cost  being  upwards  of  six  millions  of  dollars. 

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both  for  architectural  effect  and  utility.  On  the  south  side  of  the  square  is  a  magnificent  white  marble  build- 
ing, with  a  majestic  clock-tower.  This  is  by  some  considered  the  handsomest  block  in  New  England  and  it 
cost  $900,000  to  build.  It  is  owned  and  occupied  by  the  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  York.  The 
tower  is  surmounted  by  gilded  crests  and  an  iron  flag-staff,  and  the  height  from  the  street  to  the  top  of  the  flag- 
staff is  234  feet.  At  a  height  of  198  feet  from  the  sidewalk  is  a  balcony  on  the  tower;  and  from  this  balcony 
a  charming  view  of  the  city  and  harbor  is  to  be  obtained.  Adjoining,  and  occupying  the  corner  of  Congress 
Street,  is  the  handsome  building  of  the  New  England  Mutual  Life  Company,  erected  at  a  cost  of  $1,000,000. 
In  the  basement  of  the  building  are  the  extensive  fire  and  burglar-proof  vaults  and  the  superb  reading- 
room  of  the  Security  Safe  Vaults  Co.  From  the  roof  of  this  building  a  fine  view  is  to  be  obtained.  A 
few  yards  away,  occupying  the  corner  of  Devonshire  and  Milk  Street,  is  the  splendid  building  of  the  Equitable 

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Boylston    Street    and    Copley    Square. 

Life  Assurance  Society  of  New  York,  built  in  1873  at  a  cost  of  between  one  and  two  millions  of  dollars.  In 
1885-86  the  building  was  extended,  and  its  Milk-street  facade  altered,  at  an  immense  outlay  of  capital.  It 
stands  on  the  site  of  the  house  of  Robert  Treat  Paine,  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 
Within  about  a  stone-throw  from  here,  and  bounded  by  Milk  Street  and  Kilby  Street,  is  Liberty  Square, 
whereon  stands  an  immense,  imposing,  solidly  built  business  structure,  presenting  a  rounding  front  on  Kilby 
Street,  and  possessing  a  peculiar,  dome-like  roof.  This  is  the  Mason  Building,  occupied  by  banks  and  offices. 
Contiguous  thereto  are  the  great  wholesale  trade  thoroughfares, of  Broad  Street  (opened  in  1806  and  originally 
called  Flounder  Lane)  and  India  Street  (opened  in  the  following  year  for  the  East  India  trade). 

Nearly  opposite  the  Milk-street  end  of  Mason  Building,  we  enter  Oliver  Street  and  the  "  Burnt  District," 
and  by  way  of  this  street  attain  Fort  Hill  Square,  where  used  to  stand  Fort  Hill,  one  of  the  three  noted  hills  of 
"Treamount."  Half  a  century  ago  this  was  an  aristocratic  residential  quarter.  The  hill  lias  been  carried  away; 
and  the  work  of  doing  this  was  started  in  1869,  and  continued  for  years.  A  park  occupied  the  summit  of  the 
hill,  on  which  at  one  time  were  fortifications.  Within  the  fort  here  Sir  Edmund  Andros,  in  1689,  sought 
shelter  from,  and  was  subsequently  surrendered  to,  the  enraged  colonists,  whose  rights  he  had  usurped.  A  neat 
circular  grass-plat  occupies  the  centre  of  Fort  Hill  Square,  now  the  highest  point  of  the  hill.  From  here  the 


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entire  area,  stretching  to  Essex  and  Washington  Streets  on  the  one  hand,  and  from  Atlantic  Avenue  to  Milk 
Street  on  the  other,  is  occupied  by  Oliver,  Pearl,  Franklin,  Purchase,  Congress,  Devonshire,  Summer,  Bedford, 
Kingston,  Arch,  Chauncey,  and  Hawley  Streets  and  Winthrop  Square  ;  and  here  are  centred  the  great  wool,  boot, 
shoe  and  leather,  hides,  fur,  oil,  dry-goods,  paper,  hardware,  and  crockery  jobbing-houses.  This  was  the  area  swept 
and  laid  waste  by  the  great  fire  of  1872.  Here  are  now  to  be  found  some  of  the  finest  specimens  of  modern 
architecture ;  and  no  business  section  of  any  of  our  American  cities  presents  more  solid  and  attractive  features 
than  this  one  does.  The  buildings  are  palatial  in  character,  and  new  structures  are  continually  arising  and 
others  being  altered  and  extended.  From  the  corner  of  Congress  Street  down  to  the  property  of  the  New 
York  «fe  New  England  Railroad,  adjoining  its  passenger  station,  there  is  a  row  of  six  magnificent  blocks  of 
business  buildings  of  recent  erectioji  the  equal  of  which  it  would  be  difficult  to  match  in  the  country.  Five  of 
them  are  occupied  by  extensive  wool  firm,  and  the  sixth  for  other  kinds  of  business.  They  are  all  six  stories 
in  height,  of  enough  difference  in  facade  to  break  up  the  monotony  of  equality  in  other  respects.  They  are 
of  solid  and  substantial  construction,  and  have  passageways  on  the  sides  and  rears  for  receiving  and  shipping, 
which  preclude  the  necessity  of  blocking  sidewalks  and  stopping  travel,  as  is  too  frequently  the  case  in  all  cities. 
These  buildings  cost  $411,000  to  erect.  On  one  corner  of  Purchase  and  Pearl  Streets  formerly  stood  a  Pro- 
testant Church,  which  subsequently  became  a  Catholic  Church,  and  now  it  has  been  replaced,  at  a  cost  of  $60,- 
000,  by  a  handsome  six-story  business  building.  On  the  opposite  corner  stand  the  remains  of  an  old  building 
that  escaped  the  fire.  This  lot  and  one  on  the  corner  of  Oliver  .?nd  Purchase  Street,  are  the  only  two  which  re- 
"inain  unimproved  in  the  "  Burnt  District."  The  prospectus  of  the  year  1889  indicates  a  large  increase  in  build- 
ing operations  within  the  city  proper,  as  well  as  the  outlying  districts.  Plans  now  matured  and  presented,  but 
for  which  permits  have  not  yet  been  issued,  are  for  some  of  the  most  palatial  business  structures,  which  will 
rival,  if  not  surpass,  any  now  erected  in  the  Union. 

THE    BRIGHTON    DISTRICT 

constitutes  the  25th  ward  of  the  city,  and  was  annexed  to  Boston  in  1873,  and  increased  the  city's  dimensions 
by  2277  acres.  The  situation  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston.  The  neighborhood  generally  is 
one  of  high  lands,  possessing  fine  facilities  for  drainage,  and  abounding  in  the  finest  locations  for  dwelling  pur- 
poses to  be  found  anywhere.  A  great  feature  of  the  Brighton  District  is  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir  and  the 
parkways  about  it.  The  construction  of  the  reserv.oir  was  begun  in  1865,  and  the  city  of  Boston  became  pos- 
sessed of  212f  acres  of  land,  the  work  costing  about  $120,000  before  it  was  finished.  It  is,  in  fact,  a  double 
reservoir,  divided  by  a  water-tight  dam  into  two  basins  of  irregular  shape.  Their  capacity  is  730,000, 000  gallons, 
and  the  water-surface  is  123^-  acres.  A  magnificent  driveway,  varying  from  60  to  80  feet  in  width,  surrounds 
the  entire  work.  In  some  parts,  the  road  runs  quite  close  to  the  embankment,  separated  from  it  by  only  a 
smooth,  gravelled  walk. 

The  splendid  driveway  around  the  reservoir  is  reached  from  Boston  by  the  Brighton  Road,  which  is  a 
continuation  of  Beacon  Street,  and  a  noted  trotting  and  driving  course  that  at  almost  all  seasons  in  the  year 
is,  especially  on  afternoons,  crowded  with  gay  equippages,  worth  coming  from  afar  to  see.  Brighton  can  also 
be  reached  by  the  Boston  <fe  Albany  Railroad,  and  by  horse  and  electric  cars. 

Originally,  Brighton  formed  a  part  of  Cambridge,  and  was  known  as  Little  Cambridge.  It  became  a 
separate  town  in  1807,  and  remained  so  until  it  was  absorbed  by  Boston,  in  1873.  The  elevated  lands  of 
Brighton  afford  charming  views,  and  the  streets  are  pleasant  and  shady.  Brighton  has  long  been  noted  for  its 
extensive  abbatoirs ;  and  persons  who  know  little  about  the  place  have  pictured  its  streets  as  being  crowded 
with  cattle  and  hogs,  and  as  being  ill-smelling.  The  abbatoirs,  however,  are  situated  near  the  line  of  the  Bos- 
ton &  Albany  Railroad  ;  and  while  thousands  of  cattle,  sheep,  and  pigs  are  slaughtered  here  weekly,  so  retired 
are  the  slaughter-houses  that  the  most  refined  inhabitant  of  Brighton  may  abide  here  in  happy  ignorance  of 
their  presence. 

Brighton  contains  many  beautiful  mansions.  Within  the  last  few  years,  building  operations  have  been 
active,  land  has  increased  in  value,  the  population  has  multiplied;  and  it  is  predicted  that  the  range  of 
hills  in  this  District,  running  southwest  from  Covey  Hill,  and  including  the  latter,  will  in  time  be  the  "  court 
end"  of  Boston.  The  opening  up  of  Commonwealth  Avenue,  from  Arlington  Street  to  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir 
— four  and  three  quarters  miles  in  length, — and  also  of  Beacon  Street,  thus  offering  the  finest  facilities  for  travel, 
brought  much  low-priced  farm  lands  into  the  market  for  building  purposes.  The  route  from  the  city  proper  to 


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this  section  is  a  magnificent  series  of  pai'ks ;  and  in  the  District  itself  are  several  fine  parks,  in  the  improvement 
of  which  considerable  expense  has  been  incurred.  On  Brighton  Square  is  a  splendid  branch  of  the  Boston  Pub- 
,  lie  Library.  This  branch  was  originally  founded  in  1864  as  the  Holton  Library,  by  the  town  of  Brighton  ;  and  on 
the  annexation  of  the  town  the  library  became  a  branch  of  the  now  main  library  of  Boston.  The  building  is  a 
very  convenient  one  and  well-stocked  with  books.  Brighton  was  one  of  the  first  places  in  the  State  to  erect  a 
monument  to  the  soldiers  and  sailors  who  fell  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion.  The  monument,  a  very  handsome 
one,  stands  in  Evergreen  Cemetery, 
and  was  dedicated  July  26,  1866. 
It  is  30  feet  high  and  of  Quincy 
granite.  Brighton  is  assured  a  pro- 
gressive and  prosperous  future. 

SOUTH  BOSTON 
was  set  off  from  Dorchester  and 
joined  to  Boston  in  1804.  The 
district  extends  about  two  miles 
along  the  south  side  of  the  harbor, 
an  arm  of  which,  known  as  Port 
P.oint  Channel,  separates  it  from 
the  city  proper.  This  channel  has 
been  much  narrowed  by  filling  up, 
and  the  "  made  "  land  is  chiefly  oc- 
cupied by  the  railroads.  The  chan- 
nel is  crossed  by  bridges.  When 
South  Boston  was  added  to  Boston, 
the  city  acquired  1002  additional 
acres  of  land ;  but  at  that  time  there 
were  only  ten  families  on  the  terri- 
tory. The  annexation,  it  is  said, 
was  the  outcome  of  a  real-estate 
speculation ;  and  the  most  active 
promoters  of  it  were  actuated  by  a 
belief  that  in  the  near  future  this 
district  would  become  a  very  popu- 
lous and  fashionable  one.  But  their 
expectations  were  not  as  rapidly 
realized  as  they  predicted.  Soon 
after  the  annexation,  a  bridge  was 
built  across  the  channel  at  the 
"  Neck,"  at  Dover  Street,  and  was 
opened  in  March,  1804,  with  a  mili- 
tary display  and  great  civic  "  pomp 
and  circumstance."  It  was  1550  feet  long,  and  cost  $50,000  to  construct  it.  In  recent  years  there 
has  been  substituted  a  fine,  substantial  iron  bridge.  In  1828,  a  second  South  Boston  Bridge  was  built, 
from  the  foot  of  Federal  Street;  and  now  in  the  matter  of  bridges  the  city  proper  and  South 
Boston  are  adequately  connected,  the  latest  important  addition  in  this  respect  being  the  magnificent 
iron  bridge  extending  from  Broadway  to  Harrison  Avenue.  The  building  of  the  earliest  bridges 
led  to  an  increase  of  the  population  of  South  Boston;  and  though  the  district  failed  to  become,  as  had 
been  predicted,  the  "court  end"  of  the  city,  many  fine  residences  were  reared  upon  the  sightly  bluffs 
towards  the  South  Boston  Neck.  South  Boston  experienced  its  most  rapid  growth  after  the  street-railway  sys- 
tem had  been  established,  in  1854.  Then  it  was  that  building  operations  multiplied.  Dwellings  arose  on  every 
hand,  and  several  important  and  notable  public  institutions  were  erected  here,  while  factories,  foundries, 
work-shops,  etc.,  kept  on  increasing,  parks  were  laid  out  and  the  place  in  many  ways  made  attractive.  The 


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76  ILLUSTRATEDBOSTON. 

street  system  of  South  Boston  is  very  regular,  which  is  more  than  can  be  said  for  the  city  proper, 
especially  in  its  most  ancient  parts,  Broadway  is  the  principal  thoroughfare,  and  runs  through  the 
centre  from  Albany  Street,  in  the  city  proper,  to  City  Point,  at  the  extreme  end  of  South  Boston.  The 
parallel  streets  on  either  side  are  generally  numbered,  and  the  cross-streets  lettered.  Broadway,  on  which 
are  located  many  fine  business  blocks,  splendid  church  edifices,  and  neat-looking  mansions,  is  divided  into  West 
and  East,  that  portion  from  Albany  Street  to  Dorchester  Street  being  designated  as  West  Broadway,  and  that 
from  Dorchester  Street  to  City  Point,  East  Broadway.  A  walk  or  ride  up  Broadway  is  interesting,  particularly 
so  bevond  Dorchester  Street.  City  Point  is  the  common  terminus  for  the  horse-car  lines,  and  is  one  of  the  two 
chief  places  of  interest  for  the  mere  spectator,  the  other  being  Dorchester  Heights.  The  Point  is  a  favorite 
resort  in  the  summer  season,  whetj  the  place  presents  a  lively  appearance,  visitors  finding  all  necessary  facilities 
for  fun  and  frolic  and  everything  that  can  contribute  to  their  ehjoyment.  The  Point-  commands  magnificent 
harbor  views,  and  yachting  sights  innumerable.  Indeed,  this  is  the  greatest  rendezvous  on  the  Eastern  Massa- 
chusetts coast  for  yachts,  as  respects  numbers ;  for  there  are  other  places  where  yachts  of  larger  tonnage  than 
those  which  anchor  here  are  more  numerous.  Southerly,  a  fine  view  is  obtained  of  Dorchester,  the  Blue  Hills,, 
and  parts  of  Quincy.  The  Point  abounds  in  seaside  hotels  and  cafes.  Here,  too,  is  the  new  Marine  Park, 
with  its  long  promenade  pier  extending  nearly  to  Fort  Independence  (the  old  Castle  Island)  in  the  harbor. 

In  the  immediate,  neighborhood  is  the  School  for  Idiotic  and  Feeble-minded  Children,  at  No.  723  East 
Eighth  Street;  also  the  City  Asylum  for  the  Insane,  and  the  Suffolk  House  of  Correction  on  First  Street. 
Standing  on  a  high  elevation  on  the  corner  of  Broadway  and  Emerson  Street,  and  commanding  charming  viewte 
over  land  and  water,  is  the  building  of  the  world-renowned  charity,  the  Perkins  Institution  for  the  Blind,  over 
which  the  late  learned  Dr.  S.  G.  Howe  presided  successfully  for  many  years.  Near  by  are  the  historic  Dor- 
chester Heights,  famous  in  Revolutionary  lore.  These  heights  were  included  in  the  territory  annexed  to  Bos- 
ton in  1804,  and  are  sometimes  spoken  of  as  Telegraph  Hill  (though  it  is  many  years  since  it  was  used  for 
marine  telegraphing  purposes)  and  also  as  Mount  Washington.  As  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work,  Wash- 
ington, during  the  siege  of  Boston,  by  a  strategic  movement,  seized  upon  these  heights  and  fortified  them,  to 
the  astonishment  of  the  British,  who  were  in  possession  of  the  city.  All  other  points  of  vantage  were  in  the 
hands  of  the  English ;  and  Washington,  seeing  they  had  neglected  to  hold  the  heights,  determined,  in  March, 
17Y6,  to  seize  them  and  throw  up  formidable  works  with  despatch.  The  ground  was  frozen  and  the  weather 
bad,  and  his  army  was  scattered  over  East  Cambridge  and  Roxbury.  When  night  set  in,  he  caused  a  heavy 
cannonading  to  begin  from  both  East  Cambridge  and  Roxbury  that  should  claim  the  attention  of  the  English 
soldiery  and  prevent  the  work  going  on  on  the  heights  from  being  heard.  To  still  further  deaden  the  noise 
of  the  carts  passing  over  the  frozen  ground,  their  wheels  were  bound  with  whisps  of  straw,  and  straw  was 
strewn  over  the  roads  through  which  they  passed.  When  daylight  dawned  on  the  morning  of  the  4th  of 
March,  the  British  were  not  only  surprised,  but  alarmed,  by  the  fortifications  they  saw  on  the  heights.  Howe, 
the  English  commander,  determined  to  storm  the  fortifications  on  the  following  night,  and  to  this  end  sent 
three  thousand  men  to  Castle  Island  (now  Fort  Independence),  to  make  an  attack  from  that  side.  A  storm,  how- 
ever, arose,  that  prevented  the  carrying  out  of  the  design ;  and  meanwhile  the  Americans  kept  on  vigilantly 
strengthening  their  works  until  the  British  recognized  they  were  too  formidable  to  overthrow,  and  decided  to 
evacuate  the  town.  This  they  did  on  the  l*7th  ;  and  Washington,  to  the  great  delight  of  the  citizens  and  the 
whole  country,  then  marched  with  his  soldiers  into  Boston,  where  he  was  hailed  as  a  deliverer.  This  is  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  greatest  military  achievements  of  the  "  Father  of  the  Country." 

On  the  slope  of  hill  on  Old  Harbor  Street  is  Carney  Hospital,  a  public  institution  of  great  excellence, 
conducted  by  the  Sisters  of  Charity,  and  its  usefulness  is  extended  to  both  Catholics  and  Protestants  alike. 

A  vast  area  of  land  has  been  reclaimed  and  is  being  reclaimed  from  the  Bay  at  South  Boston,  and  the  place 
is  renowned  for  its  numerous  and  varied  foundries,  sugar-refineries,  breweries,  and  other  noteworthy  industries. 
These  are  for  the  most  part  located  along  the  water- sides  of  the  district  and  afford  employment  to  vast  num- 
bers of  workpeople.  Among  the  most  noted  works  here  are  those  of  the  South  Boston  Iron  Company,  on 
Foundry  Street.  The  concern  covers  nearly  seven  acres,  and  is  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  country.  It  was 
founded  by  Cyrus  Alger,  the  famous  mct?Hurgist  and  inventor,  who  constructed  the  first  perfect  bronze  cannon 
for  the  national  and  State  governments.  Here  have  been  produced  the  largest  cannon  ever  made  in  America. 

Handsome  as  South  Boston  is  as  a  residential  section,  noted  as  it  is  for  its  cottages,  and  populous  as  it  is, 
it  has  never  been  very  attractive  to  the  aristocratic  citizens  as  a  place  of  residence ;  and  a  peculiarity  attached  to 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND.  7? 

it  is  the  falling  in  value  of  property  in  what  were  once  the  most  select  sections  and  the  growth  in  value  of 
building-lots  in  others.  The  old-timers  who  owned  the  fine  hill  residences  have  been  attracted  to  more  fash- 
ionable sections  of  the  city,  or  made  homes  in  the  suburbs;  and,  on  putting  their  property  into  the  market,  have 
found  that  they  could  sell  only  at  from  thirty  to  fifty  per  cent  below  the  cost  of  building.  The  consequence  is 
that  there  has  been  considerable  falling  off  in  the  valuation  of  property  in  this  section  of  South  Boston ;  but  it 
has  been  more  than  made  up  by  the  advances  realized  elsewhere  through  the  erection  of  tenement-houses  and 
moderate-priced  dwellings  Since  1883,  about  600  houses  (chiefly  of  the  tenement  class)  have  been  erected  in 
the  district,  most  of  them  in  the  territory  east  of  Dorchester  Street  and  well  toward  the  Point.  These  are 
occupied  mostly  by  mechanics.  Many  single  houses,  too,  have  been  erected,  costing  from  $3000  to  $4000. 
In  Ward  13,  there  is  a  large  co-operative  tenement  building  on  Second  Street,  corner  of  Athens,  near  Dorches- 
ter Avenue.  It  is  a  four-story  building,  and  contains  about  thirty  tenements,  ranging  from  three  rooms  and 
upward  each.  There  have  been  many  improvements  made  at  and  near  the  Boston  wharf  property.  Among 
others  is  the  establishment  at  this  place  of  the  Chace  Confectionery  Works.  To  show  how,  on  the  other  hand, 
land  has  varied  in  value,  it  may  be  stated  that  the  local  gas  company,  some  ten  or  fifteen  years  ago,  paid  $2  a 
foot  for  a  piece  of  land  on  the  corner  of  B  and  Third  Streets,  for  which  a  dollar  a  foot  can  now  be  hardly 
realized.  There  has  been  an  offer  of  7o  cents  a  foot  for  it.  Another  peculiarity  of  land  values  is  that,  while 
vacant  land  on  the  south  of  Broadway  is  taxed  at  from  40  to  50  cents  a  foot,  on  the  north  side  of  that  thor- 
oughfare, it  is  taxed  at  only  from  20  to  25  cents  per  foot.  The  valuation  of  the  three  wards,  13,  14  and  15, 
comprised  in  South  Boston  has  increased  in  the  last  five  years  $2,939,100,  and  the  population,  according  to  the 
number  of  polls,  about  7000. 

EAST    BOSTON. 

This  now  populous  and  busy  centre  little  more  than  half  a  century  ago  was  a  wilderness,  and  was  occupied 
by  only  one  family,  while  to-day  it  has  upon  it  more  than  forty  thousand  people;  is  crossed  and  recrossed 
with  streets  lined  with  stores,  factories,  foundries,  workshops,  dwellings,  churches,  schools,  etc.,  by  the  thous- 
ands; its  thoroughfares  are  kept  lively  with  the  eternal  jingle  of  the  bells  of  railroad-car  horses  and  the  din 
of  the  wheels  of  traffic;  from  its  piers  ferr} -boats  flit  hither  and  thither  by  day  and  by  night;  and  to  and 
from  its  extensive  wharves  ocean  steamers  come  and  go  at  will  burdened  with  merchandize  and  human  freight ; 
while  its  shipyards  turn  into  the  deep  vessels  that  plow  the  billows  from  coast  to  coast.  And  all  this  is  the 
achievement  of  half  a  century  ! 

East  Boston  is  an  island  situated  at  the  confluence  of  the  Mystic  and  Charles  Rivers,  and  is  connected 
with  the  city  proper  by  ferry,  and  with  the  mainland  at  Chelsea  and  "Winthrop  by  bridges.  Its  original  name 
was  Noddle  Island,  and  it  received  this  appellation  on  account  of  having  been  occupied  by  one  William  Nod- 
dle, who,  by  old  writers,  was  designated  "an  honest  man  from  Salem."  Its  "settlement" — if  such  a  term  can 
be  legitimately  used — dates  back  to  the  earliest  accounts  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  and  its  history  includes  many 
interesting  incidents,  both  of  a  local  and  general  character.  From  the  time  of  its  discovery  it  became,  owing 
to  its  close  proximity  to  Boston,  a  favorite  pasture-ground.  In  this  way  both  it  and  the  other  islands  in  the 
harbor  yielded  considerable  revenue,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Revolution  all  the  islands  were  well-stocked  with 
domestic  animals.  Noddle  Island  was  also  a  favorite  fishing-ground. 

On  November  3,  1620,  King  James  I.  granted  the  territory  hereabouts  to  the  council  of  Plymouth,  who, 
on  December,  13,  1622,  gave  to  Robert  Gorges,  youngest  son  of  Ferdinando  Gorges  (who  had  expended  £20,- 
000  in  fruitless  attempts  to  make  settlements  in  various  parts  of  Massachusetts)  various  lands.  This  gift  in- 
cluded Noddle  Island.  Robert  died,  and  his  brother  John,  who  succeeded  him  as  proprietor  in  January,  1628, 
conveyed  the  island  and  other  lands  to  Sir  William  Brereton,  of  Handforth,  Co.  Chester,  England,  who  sent 
over  servants  to  improve  the  lands  and  make  leases;  but  neither  the  Plymouth  council  nor  his  own  own  govern- 
ment seem  to  have  recognized  his  authority,  and  he  does  not  appear  to  have  ever  come  to  the  country  himself. 
But  be  that  as  it  may,  it  seems  that  according  to  the  colony  records,  the  General  Court,  on  April  1,  1633, 
granted  the  island  to  Samuel  Maverick,  and  this  under  the  title  of  Noddle  Island.  This  fact  demonstrates  that 
William  Noddle,  who  is  believed  to  have  been  one  of  Sir  W.  Brercton's  colonists,  and  who  was  made  a  free- 
man in  1631,  occupied  the  island  previously.  Prior  to  Maverick  coming  into  possession  the  General  Court 
seems  to  have  exercised  a  care  over  the  island,  for  in  1631  it  passed  an  order  restraining  persons  from  "putting 
on  Cattell,  felling-  wood  or  raiseing  slate"  on  this  island.  Like  all  the  islands  in  the  harbor,  there  appeared  to 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


be  forests  growing  upon  Noddle's  Island  in  former  times,  ana  apparently  a  similar  fate  befel  them  all  to  be 
bereft  of  this  growth.  In  1632  the  following  order  was  passed:  "  Noe  p'son  wt' soever  shall  shoot  att  fowle 
upon  Pullen  Poynte  or  Noddle's  Ileland,  but  the  sd  places  shalbe  reserved  for  John  Perkins,  to  take  fowlc  with 
netts."  The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  orders  passed  in  favor  of  Mr.  Maverick,  who  acquired  all  John  Per- 
kin's  privileges: 

"  Noddle's  Ileland  is  granted  to  Mr.  Sam'l  Mavack  to  enjoy  to  to  him  and  his  heires  for  ever.  Yielding 
and  <fe  payeing  yearly  att  ye  Generall  Court,  to  ye  Gov'n'r  for  the  time  being,  either  a  fatt  weather,  a  fatt  hogg, 
or  Xls  in  money,  &  shalle  give  leave  to  Boston  and  Charles  Towne  to  fetch  woode  contynually,  as  theire  neede 
requires,  from  ye  southerne  p'ts  of  sd  ilsland."  It  appears  that  the  "neede"  of  Boston  and  Charlestown  re- 


Museum    of    Fine   Arts,    St.    James   Avenue. 

quired  all  the  wood  growing,  and  these  two  enterprising  towns  appear  to  have  used  it  pretty  freely,  for  by  1833 
they  had  removed  all  the  timber  on  the  island  except  two  trees  ! 

Noddle's  Island  was  u  layd  to  Boston,"  as  it  was  termed,  in  1636.  It  originally  contained  about  663 
acres,  together  with  the  contiguous  flats  to  low-water  mark.  Before  any  alterations  in  topography  had  been 
made  the  island  was  fancifully  stated  to  resemble  a  great  bear,  described  as  follows :  "  The  bear's  head,  an 
elevated  tract  of  land,  was  known  as  the  '  middle  farm,'  with  Hog  Island  marsh  at  its  northeast.  The  small, 
round  pond  in  this  part  called  Eye  pond  in  consequence  of  the  loss  there  of  the  eye  of  a  noted  gunner  helps 
out  the  fancied  figure.  The  bear's  back,  fronting  the  mouth  of  Mystic  River,  was  the  most  elevated  part  of 
the  island,  and  was  known  as  Eagle  Hill,  and  its  abrupt  termination  at  the  confluence  of  Mystic  River  and 
Chelsea  Creek  as  West  Head,  and  more  recently  as  Eagle  Point.  The  two  fore  feet  of  the  assumed  bear  were 
called  Eastern  and  Western  Wood  Islands,  being  isolated  from  the  Great  Marsh,  which  also  isolated  Camp 
Hill  and  its  marsh,  the  two  hinder  paws  from  the  same.  The  heel  of  the  hinder  leg  was  called  Smith's  Hill, 
the  site  of  the  old  buildings  which  anciently  stood  on  the  island,  and  was  separated  from  Camp  Hill  by  Great 
Creek,  since  the  canal  of  the  water-power  company,  lyinj,  between  the  present  Bainbridge  and  Decatur  Streets. 
The  old  houses  on  Smith's  Hill  were  destroyed  in  17/5,  durin«-  the  seige  of  Boston,  and  were  rebuilt  soon 


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after  the  British  evacuated  the  town  from  materials  taken  from  the  old  barracks  used  by  Washington's  army 
in  Cambridge.  In  1776  a  fort  was  erected  on  Camp  Hill.  This  or  Smith's  Hill  may  have  been  the  site  of 
Mr.  Maverick's  fort  of  four  guns  erected  in  1630."  In  1814  another  more  substantial  fort  was  placed  on  Camp 
Hill,  called  Fort  Strong,  in  compliment  to  the  governor  then.  This  was  long  ago  removed,  and  Belmont  Square 
now  occupies  its  site. 

Samuel  Maverick,  who  was  the  son  of  the  Rev.  John  Maverick  of  Dorchester  mentioned  in  the  foregoing 
pages,  was  born  in  1602.  He  was  evidently  in  his  day  a  man  of  considerable  importance,  and  exercised  great 
hospitality  at  his  island  home,  where  he  was  frequently  visited  by  Governor  Winthrop  and  other  notabilities. 
When  Mt.  Wollaston  in  Quincy  belonged  to  Boston,  Maverick  was  there  granted  the  use  of  five  hundred  acres 
for  the  pasturing  of  his  cattle.  In  1645  he  made  a  loan  to  the  town  toward  fortifying  Castle  Island,  which  the 

town  guarranteed  should  be  refunded  "  in  case  said  garrison  be  defeated  or 
demolished,  except  by  adversary  power,  within  three  years."  From  the  earliest 
settlement  of  Boston  religious  persecutions  characterized  the  colonists,  though 
they  had  fled  from  their  native  land  on  account  of  similar  intolerance. 
Maverick  was  a  devout  Episcopalian  and  because  of  the  persecutions  to  which 
he  was  subjected  he  gave  up  his  residence,  and,  conjointly  with  his  wife  and 
son,  Nathaniel,  sold  his  property  to  Captain  George  Briggs  of  Barbadocs, 
who,  in  the  same  year  (1650)  conveyed  it  to  Nathaniel,  and  the  latter  on  Oc- 
tober. 2  8,  1650,  conveyed  it  to  Colonel  John  Burch  of  Barbadoes.  In  1656 


Boylston    Street. 


Thomas  Boughton  purchased  the  island  through  Richard 
Leader,  his  attorney,  who  took  the  deed  in  his  own  name  and 
that  of  Richard  Newbold.  On  account  of  financial  embar- 
rassment Boughton,  on  April  19,  1659,  conveyed  the  island 
and  other  property  to  Henry  Shrimpton  and  Richard  Cooke 
of  Boston,  and  Walter  Price  of  Salem,  in  trust  for 
his  creditors  Shrimpton  declined  this  trust,  as  full  pos- 
session of  Noddle  Island  had  been  previously  given  to  Walter  Price.  In  1664  Sir  Thomas  Temple  pur- 
chased Cooke's  interest,  and  in  1657  Newbold's  interest  (as  creditors  of  Boughton)  in  the  island  and  be- 
came sole  owner.  In  1670  Temple  sold  out  to  Samuel  Shrimpton,  who,  in  1682,  by  the  payment  of  £30  to 
the  State,  cleared  the  island  of  all  the  conditions  in  the  grant  to  Maverick,  and  thus  became  the  first  person 
who  held  it  in  his  own  right  in  fee-simple.  The  property  descended  to  his  widow,  Elizabeth,  who  became  the 
wife  of  Richard  Stoddard,  and  by  her  will,  dated  April  11,  1713,  she  devised  the  island  to  her  granddaughter, 
the  daughter  of  her  son,  Samuel  Shrimpton,  Jr.  This  granddaughter  married  into  the  Stoddard  and  Yeamans 
families,  and  her  three  daughters  married  into  the  Chauncy,  Greenleaf  and  Hyslop  families,  one  of  the  Hyslops 
and  a  descendant  of  Shrimpton,  also  becoming  the  wife  of  Governor  Increase  Sumner.  The  representatives  of 
these  families  came  to  have  interests  in  the  island,  and  finally  death  carried  off  some  of  the  owners  and  the 
island  came  to  be  owned  by  David  Stoddard,  who  held,  in  fee,  three-sixths  of  the  island;  David  Hyslop,  who 
held  one  sixth:  and  Elizabeth  (Hyslop)  Sumner,  who  held  two  sixths.  General  W.  II.  Stunner,  son  and  suc- 
(vssor  of  the  latter,  purchased  the  others'  interests,  and  in  1833  formed  the  East  Boston  Company,  to  accom- 


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plish  the  great  object  of  his  life — to  make  Noddle   Island  a  valuable   addition  to  the   metropolis  of  New  Eng- 
land. , 

One  of  the  early  arrangements  made  for  travel  to  and  from  Noddle  Island  appears  in  the  following  order, 
passed  October  30,  1637,  authorizing  Edward  Bendall  to  "  keepe  a  sufficient  feme-boat  to  carry  to  Noddle's 
Island  and  to  the  Shipps  riding  before  the  Towne,  taking  for  a  single  p'son  ijd.  and  for  two  3d."  Prior  to 
1833,  the  island  shores  were  resorted  to  by  pleasure-parties,  to  cook  their  fish  and  to  have  a  jollification,  to 
\vliich  end  they  were  aided  by  the  hospitality  of  the  one  resident,  Mr.  Thomas  Williams,  as  long  as  he  lived. 
This  gentleman  and  his  father,  Mr.  Henry  Howell  Williams,  held  the  lease  of  Noddle  Island  for  seventy  years ; 
and  as  a  consequence  the  place  came  to  be  frequently  spoken  of  as  Williams'  Island.  In  the  war  of  the  Rev- 
olution, the.  island  was  occupied  by^the  British,  who  carried  off  Williams'  flocks  and  herds  and  made  a  bonfire 
of  his  farm  dwelling.  After  the  British  evacuated  Boston,  General  Washington  gave,  as  a  recompense,  the 
building  which  had  been  used  as  barracks  at  Cambridge,  to  Williams,  who  removed  the  structure  to  the 
island. 

After  the  East  Boston  Company  was  incorporated,  on  March  25,  1833,  the  'island  property,  according  to 
the  survey  of  1801,  consisted  of  663  acres  of  upland  and  marsh,  surrounded  by  several  hundred  acres  of  fiats, 
which  were  declared,  by  an  act  of  the  legislature,  "to  belong  to  the  ordinary  cove  water  marke.1'  The  island 
was  separated  from  Boston  by  a  distance  of  132  rods,  which  distance  was  afterwards  diminished  by  the  exten- 
sion of  the  wharves  The  island  and  the  city  of  Boston,  to  which  it  was  annexed  in  1830,  were  originally 
reputed  to  be  of  about  equal  size,  each  being  supposed  to  contain  about  a  thousand  acres,  some  three  hundred 
acres  of  the  island  having  been  washed  or  worn  away  by  the  action  of  the  sea. 

Shares  in  the  company  were  rapidly  taken  up,  lands  reclaimed  and  mapped  out  into  streets,  and  building- 
lots  set  off  and  sold.  In  street  nomenclature,  the  plan  was  of  a  judicious  nature.  The  selection  of  names  of 
American  towns,  commemorative  of  their  services  in  connection  with  struggles  for  liberty,  was  not  only  thought- 
ful, but  comprehensive.  The  names  of  Bennington,  Lexington,  Saratoga,  Princeton,  Eutaw,  Monmouth,  and 
Trenton  were  out  of  commonplace,  and  of  a  sterling  character.  Maverick,  the  early  owner  of  the  island, 
was  not  forgotten ;  nor  were  those  patriots,  Sumner,  Webster,  and  Everett.  These  all  made  good  names  for 
streets.  There  can  be  little  objection,  also,  to  the  names  of  Paris,  London,  Liverpool,  and  Havre,  which  con 
stitute  the  other  principal  street  names. 

A  census  was  made  in  1833,  but  the  numbering  of  the  people  was  an  easy  task,  for  there  were  only  eight 
persons — three  males  and  five  females — on  the  island,  Jtnd  these  comprised  three  families.  From  1833,  to 
1835,  however,  great  progress  was  made,  and  the  tax  valuation  rose  from  $60,000  to  $806,000.  In  1836,  the 
Eastern  Railroad  Company  was  organized  to  construct  a  line  of  railway  from  East  Boston  to  Salem,  and  at 
East  Boston  the  company's  depot  was  located  until  1854,  when  it  was  removed  to  Boston.  In  1839,  the 
Cunard  line  of  ocean  steamships  made  East  Boston  their  entrepot,  and  the  construction  of  railway  and  wharves 
and  the  establishment  here  of  a  sugar-refinery  gave  an  impetus  to  the  settlement  in  that  locality,  of  mechanics 
and  others  engaged  about  the  wharves,  depot,  and  in  building  operations.  Portions  of  the  land  were  laid  out 
in  sections,  comprising  those  known  as  sections  1,  2,  and  3;  lots  were  then  apportioned  and  sold  off  at  auction. 
In  a  short  time,  as  if  by  magic,  a  handsome  edifice  appeared  upon  the  highest  summit  of  the  southerly  portion, 
near  the  remains  of  an  old  fort  which  occupied  that  eminence  in  former  days.  This  mansion  was  for  the  use 
of  one  of  Boston's  affluent  citizens,  Benjamin  Lamson ;  and  a  more  delightful  situation  could  not  be  found  in 
the  vicinity,  as  it  commanded  a  fine  panoramic  view  of  the  city  and  harbor.  This  was  the  pioneer  settler  in 
that  section  of  the  island.  Soon,  however,  others  came  in  his  train.  Elegant  mansions  and  more  terraced  gar- 
dens followed,  until  the  whole  southern  slope,  with  Webster  Street  for  a  foreground,  became  a  blooming  par- 
adise. Mr.  Lamson  also  built  a  block  of  nine  five-storied,  swelled-front  brick  houses  near  his  residence;  and 
these  had  gardens  in  'the  rear.  Beyond  this  block,  and  directly  overlooking  the  fort,  James  Cunningham 
erected  a  princely  mansion.  The  view  from  this  house  was  the  most  extensive  of  any  on  the  island,  it  being 
more  lofty  than  others.  Advancing  to  the  extreme  southerly  point,  passing  several  pretty  cottages,  there  was 
seen  at  the  terminus,  like  a  bird's  nest  overhanging  the  water,  the  unique  and  romantic  residence  of  Dr.  Jef- 
fries. This  point  is  still  known  as  "  Jeffries'  Point,"  in  perpetuation  of  the  doctor. 

The  only  wharves  at  East  Boston  forty  years  back  were  those  known  as  Cunard's  (where  the  British 
steamers  stopped) ;  Locke's,  on  Marginal  Street;  Miller's,  foot  of  Maverick  Street;  and  Tuttle's,  foot  of  London 
Street.  It  remained  for  after-developments  to  form  a  fringe  of  piers  all  along  the  harbor  front.  In  the  early 


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40's,  these  was  considerable  of  a  flow  of  population  to  East  Boston,  and  by  1857  the  residents  numbered  16,618. 
There  were  1879  dwellings,  11  churches,  10  schoolhouses,  24  manufactories  and  mills,  76  warehouses  and 
stores,  109  mechanics'  shops,  several  hotels,  5  fire-engine  houses,  12  counting-rooms,  and  77  stables;  while  17 
miles  of  streets  had  been  laid  out.  The  story  of  the  building  of  bridges,  the  construction  and  operation  of 
ferries,  the  creation  of  manufacturing  enterprises,  the  growth  of  the  ship-building  interest,  and  other  ventures 
would  fill  a  volume.  There  are  two  femes  now — known  as  North  and  South — connecting  East  Boston  with 

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the  city  proper ;  and  these  are  owned  by  the  city.  A  ferry,  owned  by  the  Boston,  Revere  Beach  &  Lynn 
Railroad  (whose  depot  is  at  East  Boston)  is  run  between  the  island  and  Atlantic  Avenue. 

East  Boston  and  the  other  harbor  islands  comprise  the  first  and  second  wards  of  the  city,  the  "  harbor 
islands"  being  included  in  the  second  ward.  It  is  to-day  one  of  the  most  populous  sections  of  Boston;  where 
the  well-to-do  people  of  industrial  callings  principally  have  homes.  It  is  indeed  a  district  of  homes,  and  has 
not  within  its  limits  a  modern  apartment-house,  though  there  are  many  blocks  where  two  or  more  tenements 


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for  family  housekeeping  exist.  It  has  abundant  school  and  church  accommodations.  Its  population  is  now 
computed  at  forty  thousand.  Its  valuation  has  grown  to  $17,961,700,  the  increase  since  1883  having  been 
$1,863,900. 

The  building  improvements  in  East  Boston  during  the  year  1888  have  been  far  in  advance  of  those  made 
within  the  past  twenty  years.  Many  of  the  unsightly  vacant  lots  on  Chelsea,  Paris,  Havre,  Bennington,  and 
other  adjoining  streets  have  been  brought  up  to  the  street  grade,  and  fine  tenement-house  structures  erected 
thereon.  In  the  first  section  the  most  notable  improvements  have  been  made  at  the  foot  of  Everett  Street, 
where  a  long  line  of  houses  have  been  put  up.  On  Maverick  Street,  east  of  Chelsea  Street,  it  is  intended  shortly 
to  make  many  improvements  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  dump,  in  anticipation  of  laying  out  new  streets  and 
giving  citizens  a  straight  road  over  the  marsh  to  the  fourth  section.  The  Atlantic  Works,  which  were  burned 
last  summer,  have  been  fully  rebuilt  at  a  cost  of  over  $50,000,  and  300  men  are  at  work.  The  new  structure 


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is  the  handsomest  machine-shop  in  East  Boston.  The  New  England  Cooperage  Company  recently  vacated  its 
extensive  building  on  Summer  Street,  to  take  up  new  quarters  on  Chelsea  Street,  and  is  employing  a  larger 
number  of  hands  than  ever.  In  the  third  section  the  most  noticeable  building  is  that  of  the  new  Trinity  Bap- 
tist Church.  It  is  an  imposing  structure  and  an  ornament  to  the  hill  upon  which  it  stands.  The  most  ex- 
tensive of  recent  improvements  is  that  of  the  construction  of  the  machine-works  of  the  Boston  Tow-boat 
Company,  on  Border  Street.  They  cover  several  acres.  In  the  fourth  section  over  twenty  houses  and  tene- 
ment blocks  have  been  built.  At  Orient  Heights  and  Wintrop  Junction  a  number  of  new  dwellings  have 
been  erected. 

Among  the  improvements  now  making  in  the  district  are  those  of  the  East  Boston  Company.  This  com- 
pany own  about  110,000  square  feet  of  land,  bounded  by  Meridian,  West  Eagle,  and  Falcon  Streets,  which  is- 
from  25  to  30  feet  above  grade.  The  company  also  own  about  36  acres  of  high  marsh  land,  bounded  by  the 
city  parkway,  the  Boston,  Revere  Beach  <fe  Lynn  Railroad,  Prescott  Street,  and  the  track  of  the  Boston  & 
Albany  Road.  The  material  from  the  high  lands  is  being  carted  on  to  the  marsh  property,  on  which  the  street 
and  cellar  grades  will  be  brought  up  to  the  city  standard,  viz.:  12  feet  for  cellars  and  18  feet  for  streets.  This, 
is  one  of  the  choicest  locations  in  East  Boston,  being  on  the  harbor  front  and  near  the  new  city  park.  Some 
of  the  best  houses  recently  built  in  East  Boston  was  located  in  this  neighborhood. 

CHARLESTOWN. 

The  Charlestown  District,  an  old-fashioned,  quaint  place,  once  a  distinct  city  of  itself,  has  formed  an  im- 
portant section  of  Boston  since  its  annexation  in  J873.  It  now  comprises  the  third,  fourth,  and  fifth  wards 
of  Boston.  It  has  an  interesting  history,  dating  from  the  very  earliest  settlement  of  the  colony,  for  it  was  here 
that  Governor  Winthrop  and  his  associates  landed  from  their  ship  and  established  their  abodes.  Before  they 
came  the  Indians  were  here,  and  the  place  was  called  Mishawun.  Then  it  took  unto  itself  the  name  of  Charles- 
town,  and  as  a  town  it  embraced  the  areas  of  what  are  now  the  town  of  Burlington  and  the  cities  of  Woburn, 
Maiden,  and  Somerville,  as  well  as  parts  of  Reading,  Medford,  Cambridge  and  West  Cambridge  (now  Arling- 
ton). Charlestown  was  a  difficult  place  to  get  to  from  Boston  until  after  the  Revolution,  for  such  ferries  as 
existed  between  the  two  places  were  of  a  very  primitive  character,  and  wagons  from  the  North  End  had  to 
travel  roundabout  by  way  of  Roxbury,  over  the  "  Neck,"  to  reach  Charlestown  or  Cambridge. 

Charlestown,  for  all  that,  was  a  flourishing  place  in  colonial  times.  It  was  founded  in  1629,  and  in  the 
following  year  many  hundreds  of  English  were  trying  to  live  in  huts  and  tents  on  or  around  the  Town  Hill,  at 
the  foot  of  which  was  the  great  house,  sheltering  the  Governor  and  his  chief  officers.  A  part  of  the  inhabi- 
tants went  across  the  water  to  keep  minister  Blackstone  company  and  to  found  the  city  of  Boston.  Charles- 
town,  however,  continued  to  grow,  if  slowly,  and  when  the  revolutionary  era  arrived,  there  were  some  three 
hundred  dwellings  and  from  150  to  200  other  buildings  in  the  place.  There  is  nothing  to  be  found  now  to- 
tell  us  what  the  little  settlement  was  like  then,  but  whatever  there  was  of  it  was  wiped  out  by  fire  started  by 
the  British  forces  then  located  in  Boston.  General  Gage  had  repeatedly  warned  the  people  that  he  would  burn 
their  town  if  they  allowed  it  to  be  used  as  a  basis  of  hostilities  against  his  army,  and  he  kept  his  word,  for  he 
wrote  home  to  his  government  on  June  26th,  1776,  that  the  town  "was  set  on  fire  during  the  engagement,  and 
most  part  of  it  consumed."  The  engagement  referred  to  the  Bunker  Hill  fight,  for  this  is  the  home  of  the  far- 
famed  Bunker  Hill. 

After  the  outbreak  of  the  war  at  Lexington,  armed  colonists  to  the  number  of  twenty  thousand,  formed  an 
encampment  around  Boston  from  Roxbury  to  the  Mystic  River,  and  General  Gage  received  powerful  reinforce- 
ments, accompanied  by  Generals  Howe,  Clinton,  and  Burgoyne  from  England.  Gage  had  the  idea  that  the 
Americans  wanted  to  drive  him  into  the  sea,  and  the  colonists  suspected  that  Gage  and  his  troops  intended  to 
sally  out  into  the  country  and  burn  up  and  destroy  everything  they  could.  The  Americans  determined  to  an- 
ticipate this  movement  by  seizing  and  fortifying  Bunker  Hill,  a  height  which  commanded  the  whole  peninsular 
of  Charlestown.  Orders  were  accordingly  issued  on  the  16th  of  June,  1775,  to  Colonel  Prescott,  father  of  the 
historian  of  the  same  name,  to  proceed  with  a  thousand  men  to  occupy  and  entrench  the  Hill  ;  but  by  some 
mistake,  or  designedly,  as  some  assert,  Breed's  Hill  was  marked  out  instead  of  Bunker  Hill,  seven  hundred 
yards  distant.  Bunker  Hill  was  higher,  but  Breed's  Hill  was  near  Boston,  and  within  common  range  of  the 
city.  Under  cover  of  darkness,  Prescott  and  his  men  reached  the  hill  A^thout  being  observed,  and  on  the 
summit  the  men  labored  from  midnight  to  dawn  in  building  a  redoubt,  which  the  British  viewed  with  consider- 


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able  astonishment  as  soon  as  daylight  appeared,  for  Prescott's  cannon  commanded  the  city.  "  We  must  carry 
those  works  immediately,"  said  General  Gage  to  his  officers,  and  soon  the  ships  in  the  harbor  began  to  can- 
nonade the  new  fortifications.  The  British  battery  on  Copp's  Hill  also  opened  a  heavy  fire.  But  little  damage 
was  done  in  this  way,  and  the. Americans  returned  but  few  shots,  as  their  supply  of  ammunition  was  very 
limited.  Soon  after  noon,  three  thousand  English,  commanded  by  Generals  Howe  and  Pigot,  landed  at 
Morton's  Point  to  carry  the  hill  by  assault.  The  Americans  numbered  only  one  half  of  the  British,  and  were 
wearied  with  their  night's  work  and  hungry  as  well;  but  they  had  a  big  stock  of  courage.  When  the  can- 
nonading was  at  its  hottest,  Prescott  climbed  out  of  the  defences  and  walked  leisurely  around  the  parapet  in  full 
view  of  the  British  officers.  Generals  Putnam  and  Warren  volunteered  as  privates  and  entered  the  trenches. 
At  three  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  Howe  ordered  his  column  to  advance,  and  at  the  same  time  every  gun  in  the 
fleet  and  batteries  was  turned  upon  the  American  redoubt.  Then  it  was  that  Charlestown  was  set  on  fire  and 
destroyed.  The  people  mounted  the  house-tops  in  Boston  to  behold  the  engagement.  On  came  the  British 
with  steady  march,  and  not  until  they  were  within  a  hundred  and  fifty  feet  of  them  did  the  Americans  show  any 
signs  of  their  presence.  "  Fire !"  cried  Prescott,  and  instantly  from  breastwork  and  redoubt  every  gun  was 
fired,  and  the  front  rank  of  the  British  melted  away.  There  was  a  recoil,  and  fifteen  minutes  afterwards  a  pre- 
cipitate retreat.  When  beyond  musket  range,  Howe  rallied  his  men  and  led  them  to  the  second  charge.  Again 
the  American  fire  was  withheld  until  the  enemy  was  but  a  few  rods  distant.  Then,  with  steady  aim,  volley 
after  volley  was  poured  upon  the  charging  column  until  it  was  broken  and  a  second  time  driven  to  flight.  The 
British  officers  grew  desperate,  and  the  vessels  of  the  fleet  changed  position  until  the  guns  were  brought  to 
bear  upon  the  interior  of  the  American  works.  Then  for  the  third  time  the  assaulting  column  was  put  in 
motion,  and  the  men  came  on  with  fixed  bayonets  up  the  hillside  where  were  strewn  the  dead  and  dying.  The 
Americans  had  but  three  or  four  rounds  of  ammunition  left,  and  these  were  fired  into  the  advancing  enemy. 
Then  there  was  a  lull.  The  British  climbed  over  the  ramparts,  and  after  a  fierce  struggle  drove  the  patriots 
out.  Prescott  lived  through  the  fight,  but  Warren  was  numbered  among  the  slain.  In  this  terrible  engagement 
the  English  paid  dearly  for  their  victory,  for  they  lost  1054  men  in  killed  and  wounded.  The  American  loss 
was  115  killed,  305  wounded,  and  32  prisoners.  Prescott  and  Putnam  conducted  the  retreat  to  Prospect  Hill, 
where  a  new  line  of  entrenchments  was  formed,  and  which  still  commanded  the  entrance  to  Boston.  The  fight 
showed  that  the  British  soldiers  were  not  invincible,  and  the  Americans  were  proud  of  their  achievement, 
though  defeated.  The  event  is  yearly  celebrated  at  Charlestown  on  June  l7th,  by  a  holiday,  processions,  etc. 

The  event,  too,  has  been  commemorated  by  the  building  on  the  site  of  the  redoubt  a  great  granite  obelisk, 
rising  to  a  height  of  221^  feet.  It  has  a  base  30  feet  square  and  the  column  tapers  gradually  to  15|-  feet 
at  the  apex.  Inside  the  shaft  is  a  hollow  cone,  surrounding  which  is  a  spiral  flight  of  295  stone  steps,  ascend- 
ing to  a  chamber  11  feet  square  and  17  feet  high,  whence  a  beautiful  view  is  obtained  from  the  four  windows. 
The  capstone  of  the  apex,  above  this  observatory,  is  in  one  piece,  and  weighs  2£  tons.  The  room  contains  two 
small  cannons,  the  inscriptions  upon  which  tell  their  story.  The  corner-stone  was  laid  June  l7th,  1825,  by 
General  Lafayette,  and  it  was  dedicated  June  lYth,  1843.  The  orator  on  both  occasions  was  Daniel  Webster. 
The  monument  cost  over  $150,000,  and  at  the  foot  of  it  is  a  building  containing  a  marble  statue  of  General 
Warren  and  various  memorials  of  the  battle.  The  surroundings  of  the  monument  are  handsomely  laid  out,  and 
in  the  main  path  of  the  grounds,  on  the  spot  where  he  is  supposed  to  have  stood  encouraging  his  men,  is  a 
bronze  statue  of  General  Prescott,  erected  in  1881.  The  celebration  of  the  centennial  of  the  battle  on  June 
17th,  1775,  was  an  event  which  drew  together  military  representatives  and  others  from  all  sections  of  the 
country.  The  real  Bunker  Hill  is  crowned  by  a  Catholic  Church. 

In  1777  the  people  began  to  rebuild  their  town,  and  by  the  end  of  1785  there  were  279  buildings  and  &09- 
inhabitants.  In  1786  the  Charles  River  bridge  to  Charlestown  was  built  at  a  cost  of  $50,000.  It  was  then 
considered  one  of  the  grandest  enterprises  ever  undertaken  in  the  country.  It  was  1503  feet  long,  and  42  feet, 
wide,  with  a  30  foot  draw.  It  was  opened  amid  great  rejoicings  on  the  anniversary  of  the  battle  of  Bunker- 
Hill.  In  the  following  year  (1787),  a  bridge  was  cpened  between  Charlestown  and  Maiden,  another  to  Chelsea 
in  1803,  and  one  to  East  Cambridge  in  1820.  These  established  communications  of  immeasurable  benefit,  and 
in  1793,  when  the  work  of  constructing  the  Middlesex  Canal  was  begun,  it  was  of  immense  advantage  to  the 
town.  It  was  one  of  the  earliest  undertakings  of  the  kind  in  the  country,  and  was  to  connect  tidewater  with 
the  upper  Merrimack.  The  canal  was  completed  in  1  803,  but  was  never  very  profitable.  The  railroads  came 
and  took  away  the  traffic.  The  charter  was  forfeited  in  1860  and  the  canal  destroyed. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


Charlestown  is  adequately  supplied  with  railroad  and  other  transportation  facilities.  Formerly  the  Fitch- 
burg  passenger  and  freight  stations  were  located  here,  but  in  1848  were  removed  to  Boston.  The  district  has 
many  objects  of  interest  to  visitors.  The  "Meek,"  over  which  the  Bunker  Hill  warriors  went  to  give  battle, 
and  over  which  they  retreated  when  worsted,  connects  Charlestown  with  the  mainland  of  Somerville  beyond. 
It  was  washed  by  the  tides  in  the  early  days,  but  has  been  entirely  changed  by  the  filling  up  of  the  marshes  and 
flats  on  its  borders.  The  Neck  properly  begins  near  the  foot  of  Bunker  Hill  and  ends  at  the  boundary  line 
over  the  Maine  &  Eastern  Railroad  Bridge,  between  the  Charlestown  district  and  Somerville.  The  Navy 
Yard  stands  on  what  was  once  Moulton's  Point,  at  the  confluence  of  the  Charles  and  Mystic  Rivers,  and  was 
founded  in  1800.  The  Yard  and  buildings  cover  an  extensive  area,  and  as  they  are  daily  open  to  visitors,  an 
inspection  is  to  be  commended.  Another  object  of  interest  is  the  handsome  Soldiers  and  Sailors'  Monument 


Public    Garden,    showing   the    Lake. 

in  Winthrop  Square,  once  the  military  training-field.  On  Main  Street  is  Edes  House,  the  birthplace  of  S.  F.  B. 
Morse  (the  inventor  of  the  electric  telegraph),  and  the  oldest  house  in  the  district.  On  the  same  thoroughfare 
is  the  oldest  burying-ground,  where  a  granite  monument  surmounts  the  grave  of  John  Harvard,  the  founder  of 
Harvard  College ;  and  near  by  is  the  tomb  of  Thomas  Beecher,  ancestor  of  the  Beecher  family  of  America. 
The  district  also  contains  the  old  state  prison,  a  free  dispensary  and  hospital,  several  other  charitable  institu- 
tions, public  free  library,  and  schools,  churches  of  all  denominations,  and  many  fine  mansions  and  neat  cot- 
tages. The  streets  are  wide  and  well  kept,  and  illumination  is  supplied  by  gas  and  electric  lights,  while  the 
water  supply  is  abundant  in  quantity  and  excellent  in  quality. 

While  Charlestown  has  not  been  what  is  called  a  manufacturing  place,  it  has  numerous  industrial  estab- 
lishments of  a  varied  and  extensive  character,  and  these  are  constantly  being  multiplied.  The  principal 
thoroughfare,  Main  Street,  is  lined  with  stores,  in  which  every  conceivable  class  of  merchandise  is  to  be  secured. 

Charlestown  never  had  a  theatre  or  concert-room,  yet  it  has  occasionally  been  favored  by  visits  of  a  circus. 
Plays  and  concerts,  however,  have  been  given  in  the  old  Town  Hall  (where  the  public  library  now  is),  and  in 
the  Waverley  and  Monument  Halls  and  Navy  Yard,  but  in  no  regular  places.  The  growth  of  population  is  in- 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF    NEW     ENGLAND.  85 

stanced  by  the  following  statistics:  In  1785  the  population  was  999;  in  1800,  2751  ;  in  1805,  2800;  in  1810, 
4736;  in  1834,  10,000;  in  1840,  10,872;  in  1850  15,933;  in  1855,  21,742;  in  1865,  26,398;  in  1870,  28,- 
323  ;  in  1885,  37,673  ;  and  now  it  is  computed  to  be  over  40,000.  Values  of  property,  however,  have  been 
but  little  increased  during  the  past  few  years  by  the  erection  of  new  buildings.  As  in  the  case  of  South  Boston, 
noted  elsewhere, — though  in  a  greater  degree, — much  of  the  former  high-cost  property  in  residences  has  largely 
depreciated  in  value,  owing  to  the  desire  on  the  part  of  owners  to  move  into  more  fashionable  quarters,  and 
other  causes  that  would -induce  vacation  and  sacrifice  of  property.  Houses  worth  $10,000  and  upward  have 
shrunk  in  value,  while  lower-priced  buildings  hold  their  own.  There  have  been  some  dwellings  and  a  few 
apartment-houses  erected  in  Charlestown  in  the  past  five  years,  but  the  decrease  in  residential  property  on  the 
hill — where  the  wealthy  people  of  the  district  mostly  resided — has  so  largely  off-set  the  increase  of  real-estate 
values  thus  acquired  that  in  that  period  the  gain  in  real-estate  valuation  has  been  only  $1,717,300.  The  gain 
in  population  has  not  been  large,  as  would  naturally  be  expected  from  the  fact  that  the  district  is  pretty  thickly 
built  over,  the  only  vacant  land,  and  that  limited  in  extent,  being  on  the  Neck. 

THE    NEW   WEST    END,    OR    BACK    BAY    DISTRICT. 

The  reader  has  seen,  in  the  perusal  of  the  foregoing  pages,  how  the  original  boundaries  of  Boston  have 
been  extended,  not  merely  by  the  annexation  of  out-lying  districts,  but  by  the  reclamation  of  thousands  of  acres, 
of  now  valuable  lands,  from  the  ocean.  He  has,  however,  yet  to  be  told  of  the  greatest  achievement  of  creating 
building  land,  and  that  the  most  attractive  and  valuable  in  the  city.  It  comprises  the  whole  region  of  the  now 
showy  and  fashionable  "New  West  End"  or  "Back  Bay  District/'  the  "Court  End"  of  the  city. 

When  the  present  century  was  ushered  in,  the  appearance  of  Back  Bay  was  like  unto  that  of  Dorchester 
Bay  to-day.  At  that  time  the  waters  of  the  bay  flowed  up  to  the  present  Washington  Street  at  the  "  Neck," 
and  swept  over  the  present  Public  Garden  to  the  coast  now  forming  Charles  Street.  At  flood  tide  the  bay 
was  a  beautiful  sheet  of  water  spreading  out  far  and  wide,  with  the  Brookline  Hills  in  the  distance,  much  as 
the  Blue  Hills  are  observed  from  South  Boston,  with  no  bridge,  dam,  or  causeway  intercepting  the  view  of 
rustic  Cambridge  lying  amid  forest  surroundings  at  the  foot  of  Mount  Auburn,  between  the  West  Boston  and 
Brighton  Bridges.  In  1814,  the  Boston  &  Roxbury  Corporation  was  organized  to  utilize  the  water-power  of 
the  great  basin  by  dams  thrown  across  it,  and  to  use  these  dams  as  causeways  for  communication  between 
Boston  and  Roxbury  and  the  western  suburbs.  The  "Mill-dam,"  now  lower  Beacon  Street;  the  "  Cross-dam," 
now  Parker  Street ;  and  the  causeway,  now  known  as  Brookline  Avenue,  were  made  to  divide  the  waters.  The 
Mill  Dam  was  completed  in  1821,  and  three  years  later  the  business  of  the  corporation  was  divided,  the  Boston 
Water-power  Company  being  then  chartered  to  use  the  water-power  of  the  mill  company,  which  retained  the 
roads  and  the  lands  north  of  the  dam,  while  the  new  company  became  possessed  of  the  mills  and  water-power. 
In  1831,  the  Boston  &  Worcester  and  the  Boston  &  Providence  Railroad  Companies  were  given  authority  to 
construct  lines  across  the  Back  Bay,  and  the  riparian  owners  power  to  fill  up  their  flats — concessions  which 
so  interfered  with  the  water-power  as  to  lead  to  the  Boston  Water-power  Company  converting  itself  into  a  land 
company.  Much  of  the  sewage  of  the  city  was  thrown  into  the  basin,  until  it  became  a  nuisance  and  the  filling 
up  of  the  bay  au  absolutely  necessary  sanitary  act.  Below  the  line  of  riparian  ownership  the  State  had  the 
right  to  the  flats,  and  in  1849  the  State  appointed  a  commission  to  deal  with  the  subject  of  creating  new  land 
here.  A  comprehensive  plan  was  reported  in  1852,  and  it  was  arranged  that  the  mill  corporation  should  fill  up 
the  area  north  of  the  Mill  Dam  ;  that  the  State  should  attend  to  that  north  of  an  east-and-west  line  drawn  from 
near  the  present  Boston  &  Providence  Railroad  Station  ;  and  that  the  water-power  company  should  see  to  all 
south  of  that  line.  The  contractor  for  filling  in  and  making  marketable  the  whole  of  this  section  (in  which 
work  millions  of  piles  were  used)  was  Norman  C.  Munson,  who  received  as  payment  for  his  first  work  260,000 
square  feet  out  of  upwards  of  a  million  square  feet  of  land  reclaimed.  By  continuous  contracts,  the  work  ex- 
tended over  twenty  years,  and  finally  Munson  received  about  seven  million  dollars  as  reward  for  his  enterprise. 
The  work  was  planned  by  the  famous  architect  Arthur  Gilman. 

The  State  filled  in  its  section  at  a  cost  of  $1,750,000,  and  it  has  since  sold  land  for  $4,625,000  and  has  yet  250,- 
000  feet  unsold.  The  water-power  company  found  the  work  alike  profitable.  The  city,  too,  has  for  years  been 
engaged  in  filling  up  swamps,  levelling  lands,  constructing  avenues  driveways,  and  parks,  and  ornamenting  the 
whole  of  this  region,which  for  beauty  and  residential  magnificence  has  no  counterpart  in  either  the  New  or  Old 
Worlds.  Let  the  reader  spread  before  him  a  map  of  the  city  as  it  exists  to-day  and  strike  a  line  through  Charles, 


86  ILLUSTRATEDBOSTON. 

Boylston,  and  Essex  Streets,  running  crookedly  from  Charles  River  on  the  west  to  the  Port  Channel  dividing  the 
city  proper  from  South  Boston.  All  the  area  represented  below  this  line  up  to  the  foot  of  the  Highlands  is 
"created"  land,  save  where  Washington  Street  runs,  and  this  thoroughfare  is  over  the  Neck,  which  was  itself 
frequently  lapped  by  the  waters  of  the  ocean.  All  the  land  lying  to  the  south  of  the  Boston  &  Providence 
Railroad,  including  Columbus  Avenue,  is  now  territorially  identified  with  the  "  South  End,"  already  referred  to 
in  these  pages.  The  "Back  Bay  District"  includes  all  the  "made"  land  on  the  other  side  of  the  railroad. 

In  this  district,  running  from  Arlington  Street  (the  western  border  of  the  Public  Garden),  and  parallel  with 
Beacon  Street,  are  Commonwealth  Avenue,  Newbury,  Maryborough,  and  Boylston  Streets,  with  Huntington 
Avenue  branching  off  the  latter  street  at  the  junction  of  Clarendon  Street.  Parallel  with  Arlington  Street  are 
Berkeley,  Clarendon,  Dartmouth,  "Exeter,  Fail-field,  Gloucester,  and  Hereford  Streets,  West  Chester  Park,  etc. 
As  we  have  said,  vast  improvements  are  now  in  progress  in  this  district,  the  most  prominent  of  which  is  the 
opening  up  of  Boylston  Street  to  public  travel  in  its  entire  length.  This  street,  which  skirts  the  Common  on 
its  southern  end,  as  Beacon  Street  does  on  the  northern  side,  is  in  every  way  a  more  available  and  convenient 
avenue  from  the  business  section  of  .Boston  to  the  Back  Bay ;  but,  owing  to  the  fact  that  it  crossed  the  tracks 
of  the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad  near  its  junction  with  West  Chester  Park,  and  the  difficulty  and  expense  of 
bridging  the  railway,  its  completion  was  delayed,  to  the  great  inconvenience  of  the  public,  as  well  as  to  the 
stagnation  of  values  of  property  on  the  unfinished  line  of  the  street.  This  condition  is  now  in  active  process  of 
being  remedied.  Boylston  Street  had  been  completed  to  Exeter.  From  this  point  down  to  where  the  line 
crossed  the  railway,  the  grade  had  to  be  raised,  the  filling  in  some  places,  viz.,  from  Gloucester  to  Hereford 
Street,  being  from  15  to  18  feet.  The  work  of  filling  in  this  section  of  street,  as  well  as  the  portions  west  of 
the  bridge  and  beyond  to  the  Back  Bay  Park,  was  begun  in  the  fall  of  1887,  and  completed  in  February,  1888. 
The  north  abutment  of  the  bridge,  just  beyond  Hereford  Street,  was  first  built  to  enable  the  filling  in  of  this 
section  of  the  street  to  be  accomplished,  and  to  render  available  the  use  of  the  new  police  station  and  engine 
house  which  had  been  erected  at  the  corner  of  Hereford  and  Boylston  Streets.  The  work  of  grading  and 
macadamizing  is,  at  this  writing,  in  active  operation  on  the  section  of  street  in  question,  in  conjunction  with 
the  construction  of  double  street-railway  tracks  by  the  West  End  Railway  Company.  The  railway  tracks,  it 
may  be  said,  are  now  completed  up  to  Hereford  Street,  and  the  street  department  is  now  macadamizing  the 
driveways  on  each  side  in  the  most  substantial  manner.  Every  part  and  detail  of  this  work  is  done  thoroughly, 
and,  when  the  street  is  opened,  it  will  present  one  of  the  best  driveways  on  the  Back  Bay.  From  the  corner  of 
Hereford  Street  to  the  bridge,  the  roadway  will  be  paved,  for  the  purpose  of  providing  against  the  wear  and 
tear  of  running  in  and  out  of  the  engine-house  the  fire  apparatus ;  and  the  city  will  join  with  the  railway  com- 
pany in  this  work.  Beyond  West  Chester  Park  to  the  new  Back  Bay  Park,  the  roadway  of  Boylston  Street  is 
completed,  and  now  forms  one  of  the  entrance  driveways  to  that  attractive  place.  When  this  latter  improve- 
ment was  undertaken,  it  was  found  that,  in  order  to  conform  to  the  grade  established  by  the  park  commission- 
ers and  that  already  existing  on  West  Chester  Park,  it  would  be  necessary  to  raise  the  grade  of  Boylston  Street 
about  five  feet  near  and  at  the  point  where  Parker  Street  leads  out  from  it.  A  block  of  new  brick  buildings 
on  the  south  side  of  Boylston  Street  at  the  junction  of  Parker  had  to  be  raised  in  consequence  of  this  eleva- 
tion of  the  roadway,  at  ;;n  expense  of  over  $30,000  to  the  owner,  the  city  allowing  but  $5,000  toward  the 
work.  The  cost  to  the  city  of  the  construction  of  the  roadway  of  Boylston  Street  from  Exeter  Street  to  the 
park,  not  including  filling  in,  of  course,  will  be  about  $25,000. 

The  bridge  over  the  tracks  of  the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad  is,  owing  to  the  acute  angle  at  which  the 
street  crosses  it,  a  structure  of  peculiar  form  and  details.  The  width  of  the  railway  road-bed  under  the  street 
is  only  60  feet,  yet  on  the  line  cf  the  street  there  is  a  distance  of  about  210  feet  between  abutments.  The 
north  abutment  has  a  length  of  185  feet,  with  flanking  walls  or  abutments  of  100  feet  in  length  on  the  north 
side  of  the  street  and  122  feet  on  the  south  side.  The  south  abutment  is  1*74  feet  in  length,  with  a  southern 
flank  of  36  feet  and  a  northern  one  of  105  feet.  The  piles  for  the  foundation  are  driven  in  concrete 
to  the  depth  of  3£  and  4  feet  is  filled  in,  on  which  rubble  masonry  is  laid.  Then  succeed  granite  blocks 
on  the  railway  fronts.  The  height  of  the  roadway  above  the  track  of  the  railroad  is  20  feet,  the  distance  from 
track  to  under  side  of  bridge  being  but  34  feet.  The  length  of  the  truss-spans  of  this  bridge  is  each  216  feet, 
being  the  longest  of  any  bridge-truss  span  in  the  eity.  The  total  weight  of  the  bridge — that  is,  of  the  struc- 
ture of  iron  and  steel  composing  it — is  about  400  tons.  The  total  width  of  the  bridge  is  80  feet,  which  is  the 
full  width  of  the  street.  The  width  of  the  roadway  inside  the  trusses  is  44  feet.  The  construction  was  by  the 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND.  87 

Boston  Bridge  Works,  of  Cambridgeport.  The  bridge  cost  about  $50,000,  and  is  one  of  the  best,  as  well  as 
the  most  unique,  of  its  kind  in  the  city.  The  cost  of  the  abutments  of  this  bridge  was  about  $80,000,  which, 
added  to  that  of  the  bridge  superstructure,  would  make  the  total  cost  of  the  bridge  $230,000.  This  is  a  costly 
improvement,  to  be  sure,  but  one  of  great  utility  and  public  importance.  With  the  completion  of  the  bridge, 
the  tracks  of  the  West  End  Railway  will  be  quickly  pushed  forward  and  united  to  those  on  West  Chester 
Park;  and  a  direct  line  of  communication,  not  only  to  the  Back  Bay  residences  south  of  Commonwealth 
Avenue  established,  but  to  the  Back  Bay  Park,  which  can  thus  be  readily  and  quickly  reached,  and  the  round- 
about way  through  Marlboro  Street  avoided.  Altogether  this  work  of  completing  Boylston  Street  is  one  that 


Statue    of  Washington— Public    Garden. 

adds  another  to  the  many  great  improvements  that  the  city  government  is  making  on  the  Back  Bay  district  of 
Boston. 

In  addition  to  these  public  improvements  the  whole  ot  the  Charles  River  embankment,  beginning  at  Lev- 
erett  Street  near  Craigie's  Bridge,  and  extending  to  Cottage  Farms  Bridge,  is  being  enlarged,  fronted  with  a  sea 
wall  and  laid  out  as  a  park,  200  feet  in  width,  and  will  connect  with  a  park  at  Brighton.  Near  West  Chester 
Park  a  bridge — to  be  known  as  Harvard  Bridge — is  in  course  of  construction  across  the  Charles  River  to  Cam- 
bridge, and  will,  when  completed,  be  a  great  boon  to  residents  on  both  sides  of  the  river.  West  Chester  Park 
is  not  a  park  but  a  street  ninety  feet  wide.  It  crosses  Commonwealth  Avenue,  about  five  blocks  west  of  the 
Hotel  Vendome,  and  beginning  at  Charles  River,  and  varying  its  direction  at  Falmouth  Street,  runs  across  the 
city.  Between  Tremont  and  Shawmut  Avenue  it  broadens  into  Chester  Square,  a  modest  park  of  l£  acres. 
East  of  Washington  Street,  it  is  called  East  Chester  Park. 

Back  Bay  has,  or  will  have,  its  park,  however.     It  is   now  being  laid  out   and  will  contain  ponds  fed  by 


88  ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 

the  waters  of  the  Stony  Brook,  promenades,  driveways,  etc.,  connecting  with  Beacon,  Parker,  and  Boylston 
Streets,  and  also  with  Commonwealth,  Westland,  Longwood,  Huntington,  and  Brookline  Avenues.  The  work 
is  a  costly  one,  but  when  the  park  is  completed  it  will,  in  addition  to  its  own  attractions,  have  a  surrounding 
of  beautiful  scenery,  and  will  be  a  connecting  link  in  a  long  splendid  parkway  stretching  from  the  Common 
and  Public  Garden,  through  Commonwealth  Avenue,  along  the  Muddy  River  Improvemennt,  Jamaica  Pond, 
the  Arnold  Arboretum  and  ending  in  the  spacious  and  picturesque  Franklin  Park.  The  Charles  River  embank- 
ment will  be  separated  from  the  Back  Bay  Parkway,  only  by  Beacon  Street,  which  is  itself  a  popular  driveway, 
extending  along  the  Mill  Dam,  the  surrounding  of  Chestnut  Hill  Reservoir  and  the  shady,  rustic  lanes  of 
Brighton. 

Back  Bay  is  the  richest  section  in  the  city,  and  it  takes  the  lead  in  expensive  dwellings  and  in  the  constant 
advance  in  the  value  of  real  estate.  That  portion  of  the  district  which  is  bounded  by  Charles  River,  Arlington 
Street,  the  Boston  &  Providence  railway  tracks  and  West  Chester  Park,  in  1883  had  a  total  valuation  as  fol- 
lows :  Land,  $26,182,600  ;  buildings,  $22,315,200.  In  1888,  land  in  this  section  had  increased  to  $34,056,500, 
and  buildings  to  $30,504,500,  a  total  increase  of  rising  of  $16,000,000.  But  Back  Bay  has,  in  fact,  two  dis- 
tricts. One  is  the  ultra-fashionable  and  aristocratic  section,  and  extends  west  from  Arlington  Street  to  West 
Chester  Park,  and  is  bounded  on  the  south  by  the  line  of  the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad,  and  thence  northward 
to  Charles  River.  South  of  the  railroad  line,  out  to  tjie  Back  Bay  Park  at  least,  the  section  is  less  aristocratic, 
and  land  is  not  much,  if  any,  over  one  half  the  price  that  it  is  on  the  other  side.  No  very  costly  residences  are 
erected.  On  Iluntington  'Avenue  and  on  the  back  streets  large  apartment  houses  are  being  put  up.  West 
Chester  Park,  south  of  the  Boston  &  Albany  Railway  track,  besides  family  hotels,  buildings  with  stores  on 
the  street  level  are  being  occupied  ;  and,  with  the  completion  of  the  bridge  at  this  point  over  the  Charles 
River,  this  street  promises  to  become  an  important  thoroughfare. 

But  what  shall  be  said  of  the  Back  Bay  District  as  a  whole  ?  Volumes  might  be  written  descriptive  of 
its  magnificent  thoroughfares,  its  architectural  splendor,  its  palatial  mansions  and  hostelries,  its  public  institu- 
tions, and  its  creation  from  out  of  the  sea_into  one  of  the  most  attractive  and  beautiful  habited  spots  the  world 
can  show  ;  but  we  are  compelled  to  dismiss  the  whole  in  a  page  or  two. 

Commonwealth  Avenue  is  undoubtedly  the  chief  attraction  in  this  charming  section.  It  is,  in  reality,  two 
streets  in  one,  with  a  fine  park  in  the  centre,  containing  rows  of  ornamental  trees,  neatly  kept  paths,  benches, 
and  several  statues.  The  width  of  the  thoroughfare,  from  house  to  house,  is  250  feet,  and  from  curb  to  curb 
175  feet.  It  extends  through  the  new  Back  Bay  Park  to  Brookline  Avenue,  and  is  lined  with  costly  and 
beautiful  residences,  in  the  erection  of  which  architects  have  had  no  limit  to  the  exercise  of  their  talents,  nor 
had  their  plans  marred  by  lack  of  capital.  Commonwealth  Avenue,  from  Arlington  Street  to  West  Chester 
Park,  may  be  said  to  be  practically  built  up. 

The  cost  of  Mr.  Fred  L.  Ames'  residence,  on  the  corner  of  Dartmouth  Street  and  the  avenue,  was  very 
great.  The  residence  of  Governor  Ames,  corner  of  West  Chester  Park,  is  said  to  have  cost  $180,000,  exclusive 
of  the  land.  Mr.  Nathaniel  Thayer's  house,  on  the  corner  of  Fairfield  Street  cost  about  $135,000  to  build  ;  and 
on  the  corner  of  Gloucester  Street  and  the  avenue,  Mr.  Eugene  V.  R.  Thayer  recently  completed  a  residence 
which  cost  $135,000.  This  is  about  as  sightly  a  dwelling  as  there  is  on  the  avenue.  On  the  corner  opposite,  Mr. 
Charles  Francis  Adams  has  erected  a  very  fine  dwelling  which  cost  about  $80,000.  The  residence  of  Congress- 
man John  F.  Andrew,  on  the  corner  of  Hereford  Street,  cost  about  $100,000  to  build.  One  of  the  hand- 
somest residences  on  the  avenue  is  that  of  Mrs.  William  Powell  Mason,  located  between  Dartmouth  and 
Exeter  Streets,  and  built  at  a  cost  of  $61,000.  It  is  of  the  coming-into-fashion  colonial  style,  and  maintains  the 
dignity  of  its  ancestry  even  amid  the  more  modern  and  artistic  structures  which  are  in  its  vicinity.  Between 
Exeter  and  Fairfield  Streets  Mr.  Alexander  Cochran  has  an  elegant  residence,  which  cost  in  the  neighborhood 
of  $100,000  to  build.  The  above  are  all  on  the  north  side  of  Commonwealth  Avenue.  On  the  south  side  of 
the  avenue  there  are  also  many  fine  and  costly  residences  of  recent  erection,  ranging  all  the  way  from  $30,000 
to  $50,000 

Beacon  Street  (from  the  corner  of  Arlington  Street)  has  in  recent  years  shown  more  activity  in  the  erec- 
tion of  mansions  than  any  other  thoroughfare  in  this  section.  This  is  the  most  noticeable  in  the  vicinity  of  and 
beyond  West  Chester  Park.  It  contains  some  of  the  finest  residences  to  be  found  in  this  section  of  palatial 
homes.  General  Whittier  has  put  up  a  magnificent  building  at  a  cost  of  $145,000,  and  a  number  of  other 
dwellings  have  been  erected  at  a  cost  varying  from  $20,000  to  $125,000.  Beacon  Street  during  the  past  two 


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years,  has   shown  a  marked  advance  in  building  improvements,  and   real  estate   quotations  have   consequently 
been  increased. 

Boylston  Street,  in  that  section  overlooking  the  Common  and  the  Public  Garden — once  a  fashionable 
residential  quarter — is  rapidly  being  given  up  to  business,  but  beyond  the  Public  Garden,  there  are  many 
handsome  residences  and  the  opening  out  of  the  street  in  the  region  of  West  Chester  Park,  will  lead  to  more 
buildings  being  put  up.  The  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad  owns  the  land  on  the  south  side  of  this  thoroughfare, 
west  of  Exeter  Street,  and  may  build  a  passenger  station  there.  Owing  to  these  conditions  and  other  con- 
tingencies, the  north  side  of  the  street  has  not  been  built  upon,  with  two  solitary  exceptions^west  of  Exeter 
Street.  That  section  of  Boylston  Street,  between  the  Old  South  parsonage  and  Exeter  Street,  north  side,  has 
been  built  up  mostly  within  the  last  five  years,  with  a  good  class  of  dwellings,  costing  on  an  average  about  $20,- 
000  each.  The  Hotel  Kensington,  one  of  those  fashionable  family  hotels,  is  located  on  the  corner  of  Boylston 
and  Exeter  Streets.  It  was  erected  by  Mr.  Henry  B. 
Williams,  at  a  cost  of  about  $200,000.  Land  prices 
have  all  along  this  street  increased  amazingly  within 
the  last  few  years,  and  in  many  places  building  lots 
command  from  $12  to  $15  per  square  foot. 

West  Chester  Park  will  soon  be  a  busy  scene  of 
operations  among  builders,  for  the  opening  up  of 
Boylston  Street  and  the  erection  of  the  Harvard  Bridge 
has  brought  this  district  into  the  market,  and  as  both 
the  thoroughfares  just  named  are  the  only  Back  Bay 
Streets  on  which  there  are  no  restrictions  as  to  busi 
ness  structures,  it  is  likely  that  both  will,  ere  long,  be- 
come great  centres  of  trade. 

Almost  everywhere  in  this  section  of  the  city  new 
buildings  are  arising.  In  this  region  are  some  of  the 
finest  hotels  in  the  country,  chief  among  which  are  the 
marble  Vendome,  the  imposing  Brunswick,  and  the 
Victoria  (the  new  "  Delmonico  ").  Then  there  are  nu- 
merous first-class  apartment  houses,  the  Hotel  Berkeley 
being  the  first  erected  in  the  district.  On  Boylston 
Street  is  the  handsome  building  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association,  also  the  Natural  History  Society 
Building,  the  famous  Institute  of  Technology,  Trinity 
Church  (Rev.  Dr.  Phillips  Brooks,  pastor),  one  of  the  finest  and  most  impressive  church  edifices  in  the  country  ; 
and  the  Second  Church  (Congregational  Unitarian)  with  chapel  adjoining  (Rev.  E.  A.  Horton,  pastor).  The 
society  worshipping  here  once  occupied  the  Old  North  Church,  on  North  Square,  torn  down  and  used  for  fire- 
wood by  British  soldiers  during  the  siege  of  Boston.  At  one  time  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson  was  the  pastor 
of  the  present  church.  Near  this  church  is  the  far-famed  Chauncy  School.  Opposite  to  it,  with  entrance  on 
St.  James's  Avenue,  is  the  Museum  of  Fine  Arts,  and  beyond,  on  the  corner  of  Boylston  and  Exeter  Streets,  is 
the  Harvard  Medical  School.  Near  by,  on  the  corner  of  Exeter  and  Newbury  Streets,  is  the  Prince  School 
building,  the  only  public  school  in  the  district.  The  other  corners  of  Exeter  and  Newbury  Streets  are  oc- 
cupied by  the  South  Congregational  Church  (Unitarian)  ;  the  First  Spiritual  Temple,  a  costly,  curious  edifice ; 
and  the  Massachusetts  Normal  School.  Farther  on,  on  the  corner  of  Boylston  and  Hereford  Streets,  is  a  hand- 
some, new  Romanesque  building,  occupied  by  the  Back  Bay  police  and  fire  departments.  On  Dartmouth  Street, 
nearly  opposite  Trinity  Church,  the  immense  new  Public  Library  building  is  being  erected  and  will  take  years 
to  complete.  On  Exeter  Street  and  St.  James  Avenue,  on  December  29th,  1888,  was  opened  the  new  Athletic 
Association  building  (erected  at  a  cost  of  nearly  $300,000),  the  finest  edifice  of  its  kind  in  the  world.  The 
New  Old  South  Church — one  of  the  costliest  church  bnildings  in  the  city — stands  on  the  Dartmouth  Street 
side  of  Copley  Square,  on  the  corner  of  Boylston  Street.  The  society  worshipping  here  formerly  occupied  the 
historic  Old  South,  on  the  corner  of  Washington  and  Milk  Street.  Near  the  New  Old  South,  on  Dartmouth 
Street  is  the  handsome  new  building  of  the  Art  Club.  Located  on  the  corner  of  Commonwealth  Avenue  and 


The   Chauncy    Hall   School,   Boylston    Street. 


90  ILLUSTRATEDBOSTON. 

Clarendon  Street  is  the  massive  stone  edifice  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  (formerly  the  Brattle  Square  Congre- 
gational Unitarian).  The  First  Church  (Congregational  Unitarian)  is  located  on  Marlborough  Street  and 
Berkeley  Street.  It  is  the  direct  descendant  of  the  first  church  established  in  Boston.  The  church  was  first 
formed  in  Charlestown,  and  the  members  of  it,  on  coming  to  Boston,  built  the  first  meeting  house  on  State 
Street,  near  where  tho  Brazer  Building  stands.  The  church  was  afterwards  removed  on  to  Washington  Street 
near  top  of  State  Street,  then  to  Chauncy  Place,  and,  finally  to  its  present  location.  The  Protestant  Episco- 
palians have  a  fine  church,  with  a  very  rich  interior,  on  Newbury  Street,  known  as  the  Emmanuel  Church. 


Boston    Common— Beacon    Street    Mall. 

A  short  distance  from  it,  on  the  corner  of  Newbury  and  Berkeley  Streets  is  the  handsome  Central  Church 
(Congregational  Trinitarian),  which  possesses  the  tallest  spire  in  the  city,  the  height  being  236  feet.  On 
Berkeley  Street  is  the  Notre  Dame  Academy,  and  at  the  corner  of  Boylston  and  Arlington  Streets  is  the  widely 
known  Arlington  (Unitarian)  Church,  of  which  Rev.  Hereford  Brooke  is  pastor.  Huntington  Avenue  has  upon 
it  the  famous  exhibition  building  of  the  charitable  Mechanic  Association,  covering  an  area  of  96,000  square 
feet,  and  erected  in  1881.  A  short  distance  from  it  is  the  Children's  Hospital,  a  useful  and  well-conducted 
institution.  There  are  many  other  notable  residences  and  buildings,  but  space  will  not  allow  us  to  treat  of 
them  separately. 

ROXBURY. 

The  thoroughfares  leading  to  it  are  four,  namely,  Harrison  Avenue,  Washington  Street,  Shawmut  Avenue 
and  Tremont  Street.  This  is  the  order  of  their  succession,  viewed  laterally,  Tremont  Street  being  the  most 
westerly.  Columbus  Avenue,  which  lies  more  to  the  westward,  will  in  the  future  be  extended  through  to  the 
Roxbury  district.  At  present  Washington  Street,  Shawmut  Avenue.  Tremont  Street  and  Huntington  Avenue 


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.are  available  throughout  by  horse-cars,  but  the  Washington  Street  route  is  to  be  preferred  by  the  stranger  and 
sight-seer.  The  Roxbury  district  includes  the  old  city  of  Roxbury,  which  was  annexed  to  Boston  in  186*7.  It 
comprises  wards  19,  20,  21,  and  22,  the  latter  being  bounded  on  the  east  by  West  Chester  Park,  and  includ- 
ing, therefore,  a  portion  of  the  Back  Bay  territory.  When  first  settled  it  was  called  Rocksbury,  or  Rocks- 
borough,  and  was  recognized  as  a  town  on  October  8,  1630.  The  town  originally  included  the  present  West 
Roxbury  district  (set  off  in  1851)  and  annexed  to  Boston  in  1873,  Jamaica  Plain,  and  the  present  town  of 
Brookline,  known  in  the  early  days  as  "  Punch-bowl  Village."  William  Wood,  the  first  historian  of  New 
England,  writing  in  1633,  says,  after  describing  Dorchester : — "A  mile  from  this  Town  (Dorchester)  lyeth 
Roxberry,  which  is  faire  and  handsome  Country-towne :  the  inhabitants  of  it  being  all  rich.  The  Towne  lieth 
upon  the  Maine,  so  that  it  is  well-wooded  and  watered :  having  a  cleare  and  fresh  Brooke  running  through 
the  Towne ;  up  which  although  there  come  no  Alewives,  yet  there  is  great  store  of  Smelts,  and  therefore  it 
is  called  Smelt-brooke.  A  quarter  of  a  mile  to  the  North-side  of  the  Towne  is  another  River  called  Stoney- 
river,  upon  which  is  built  a  water-milne.  Here  is  good  ground  for  Corne  and  Meadow  for  Cattle.  Up  west- 
ward from  the  Towne  it  is  something  rocky,  whence  it  has  the  name  of  Roxberry,"  etc.  Another  writer 
(1654)  describes  the  town  as  "being  filled  with  a  very  laborious  people,  whose  labours  the  Lord  hath  so  blest, 
that  in  the  roome  of  dismall  Swamps  and  tearing  Bushes,  they  have  very  goodlie  Fruit-trees,  fruitfull  Fields 
and  Gardens,  their  Heard  of  Cowes,  Oxen  and  other  young  Cattell  of  that  kind  about  350,  and  dwelling  houses 
neere  upon  120.  Their  streetes  are  large  and  some  Fayre  Houses." 

If  inquiries  were  made  of  a  hundred  persons  resident  in  Boston  as  to  where  the  dividing  line  existed  be- 
tween the  domains  of  the  two  former  municipalities,  no  doubt  99  would  not  pretend  to  guess  at  what  the 
.hundredth  would  be  likely  to  miss,  yet  that  line  is  distinctly  marked  to-day.  One  at  all  curious  in  this  regard 
needs  only  to  bestow  his  glances  when  enjoying  a  horse-car  ride  in  the  direction  of  the  suburbs  over  Wash- 
ington Street,  upon  a  granite  curbstone  post  of  the  horse-hitching  kind,  which  stands  on  the  sidewalk  abut- 
ting the  old  car  station  at  the  extremity  of  the  Neck,  near  Lenox  Street,  where  it  has  stood  so  long  that  it 
may  be  considered  a  landmark.  On  one  side  of  this  stone,  in  deep-engraved  work,  is,  "R.,  A.D.  1823." 
On  the  reverse  is  a  similar  inscription,  save  that  B.  takes  the  place  of  R.  This^  indicates  Roxbury  and  Boston. 
At  present  the  top  of  this  puny  shaft  is  black  and  greasy,  looking  as  though  it  had  received  the  caresses  of 
many  dirty  hands,  which  has  doubtless  been  the  case  during  the  last  66  years  of  its  standing  as  a  monitor. 

What,  in  the  parlance  of  the  inhabitants  of  Roxbury  of  former  days,  was  denoted  as  "the  street,"  or  "  Rox- 
bury Street"  (now  Washington  Street),  commenced  at  this  line  and  terminated  at  Vernon  Street.  Here  were 
concentrated  the  shops ;  and  a  considerable  degree  of  business  was  performed  in  them,  especially  before  omni- 
bus days.  There  were  several  local  inns  on  this  street,  stopping-places  for  stages  plying  to  and  from  Provi- 
dence, as  well  as  for  transient  travel,  and  local  imbibing  and  feasting,  to  which,-  if  rumor  is  to  be  believed,  the 
.ancient  "  gudemcn  "  were  somewhat  devoted.  On  this  "  street "  in  later  days  were  stores  that  prosecuted  a 
large  business ;  and  hereabouts  reside  many  old-timers.  The  "  street "  of  to-day  has  been  considerably  elon- 
gated, and  includes  a  great  number  and  variety  of  stores,  presenting  quite  a  metropolitan  aspect,  both  for  this 
reason  and  for  the  magnitude  of  business  performed  there.  At  no  place  in  the  city,  save  in  the  main  shop- 
ping district,  two  miles  distant,  is  there  more  life  and  activity  noticed,  especially  on  Saturday  evenings,  when 
the  citizens  of  the  neighborhood  turn  out  en  masse,  seemingly  to  do  their  shopping,  thereby  crowding  the 
flarge  clothing,  dry-goods,  boot  and  shoe,  and  furniture  stores,  likewise  the  many  food-providers,  the  vari- 
ety shops,  the  several  gayly  illuminated  tea-stores,  etc.,  to  repletion,  and  forming  kaleidoscopic  throngs  surging 
along  under  the  electric  lights.  There  is  "a  sight"  of  difference  in  this  respect,  compared  with  the  "  fayre  " 
street  views  of  the  forefathers. 

The  territory  now  lying  between  the  Lenox  Street  horse-car  stables  and  the  Roxbury  stables  at  the 
Providence  Railroad  crossing,  and  including  the  contiguous  streets  and  places,  was  formerly  called  Grab 
Village;  and  the  name  is  still  sometimes  applied  to  it.  This  is  a  picturesque  and  unique  locality,  espe- 
cially that  part  lying  towards  Tremont  Street ;  and  the  business  signs  contain,  for  the  most  part,  Teutonic 
names.  It  is,  in  fact,  the  mercantile  portion  of  Germantown  which  is  concentrated  in  this  vicinity  in  conse- 
quence of  the  number  of  breweries  in  Roxbury,  Boylston  Station  and  Jamaica  Plains,  with  which  hundreds  of 
the  inhabitants  are  connected.  AVhere  or  when  the  sobriquet  of  "Grab  Village"  came  to  be  applied  is  a  pro- 
found mystery  to  the  present  generation.  The  oldest  inhabitant  of  the  region  knows  naught  regarding  the 
inception  of  such  a  queer  name. 


92  ILLUSTRATEDBOSTON. 

Sixty  years  ago  this  territory  was  flooded  by  the  tides  of  the  Back  Bay,  and  its  only  inhabitants  were 
fishes  and  birds.  In  1832,  the  Tremont  Road  (now  Tremont  Street)  had  been  filled  in,  laid  out,  and  became 
open  for  travel  from  Pleasant  Street,  South  End,  to  Roxbury.  Both  sides  of  this  roadway  were  marshes  cov- 
ered with  water  when  the  tide  was  in.  Other  land  was  acquired  in  the  vicinity  by  the  process  in  which  most 
of  the  present  South  End  and  all  of  Back  Bay  were  secured.  Lots  were  quickly  taken,  and  houses  sprung  up 
like  magic.  The  outflow  from  South  End — then  a  contracted  and  crowded  region — took  this  direction  nat- 
urally. Practically,  it  amounted  to  an  exodus  from  the  city  to  suburban  homes,  for  there  existed  no  means  of 
public  conveyance ;  and  this  necessitated  the  keeping  of  horses  or  long  walks  with  business  men  who  located 
there.  In  many  respects  it  proved  to  be  a  charming  place  for  residence,  and,  in  fact,  that  portion  of  the  city 
lias  always  borne  a  good  reputation  for  healthfulness.  Gardens  were  planted,  fruit-trees  were  set  out,  and 
shortly  the  locality  gained  credit  for  its  lovely  show  of  flowers  and  the  quality  of  its  fruit.  While  it  has  lost 
much  of  its  former  aspect,  Grab  Village  has  assumed  other  peculiarities  which  make  it  a  very  lively  part  of 
the  city.  The  Tremont  Street  portion,  from  end  to  end  of  its  three-fourths-mile  length,  is  a  busy  mart  of  traffic. 
Stores  of  many  kinds  line  both  sides  of  the  street.  In  no  other  part  of  Boston,  away  from  the  shopping  dis- 
trict, excepting  perhaps  on  Broadway,  South  Boston,  is  such  a  condition  to  be  found.  Some  of  these  stores, 
in  extent  and  appearance,  with  their  large  plate-glass  windows  filled  with  nice  dress  goods,  etc.,  rival  down- 
town concerns,  and  no  doubt  their  patronage  is  commensurate  with  their  spirit  of  enterprise.  Veritably,  Grab 
Village  is  a  city  in  itself,  covering  over  portions  of  several  wards,  and  numbering  a  population  high  up  in 
double  numbers  of  thousands.  Despite  its  seemingly  derisive  title,  it  constitutes  a  portion  of  the  city  that 
bears  a  good  reputation ;  and  that  is  highly  cherished  by  the  residents. 

But  let  us  return  to  the  old  boundary  line  between  Boston  and  Roxbury — at  the  Neck,  near  the  horse- 
railway  stables,  beside  Lenox  Street,  for  this  is  a  historic  spot.  It  was  here  that  the  American  troops  who 
were  engaged  in  the  siege  of  Boston  erected  strong  fortifications  and  planted  heavy  batteries,  to  resist  any 
attempt  of  the  British  troops  to  get  into  the  country  from  the  city.  A  few  rods  beyond  this  point  is  one  of 
Roxbury's  old  landmarks — the  venerable  burying-ground,  corner  of  Eustis  and  Washington  Streets,  where  the 
remains  of  the  Apostle  Eliot  lie.  This  ground  has  been  sadly  neglected  in  the  past,  and  bears  marks  of  dese- 
cration at  present.  In  its  vaults  were  deposited  many  of  the  bodies  of  the  notabilities  in  Roxbury  of  colonial 
times.  A  writer  of  the  olden  time  describes  Eliot  as  "  a  young  man  at  his  coming  thither,  of  a  cheerful  spirit, 
walking  unblameable,  of  a  godly  conversation ;  apt  to  teach,  as  by  his  indefatigable  paines  both  with  his  own 
flock  and  the  poore  Indians  doth  appeare ;  whose  language  he  learned  purposely  to  helpe  them  to  the  knowl- 
edge of  God  in  Christ,"  etc.  His  body,  together  with  those  of  five  other  pastors  of  the  First  Parish,  rests  in 
the  "  parish  tomb,"  and  near  by  it  are  the  graves  of  Governor  Thomas  Dudley,  Governor  Joseph  Dudley,  and 
Chief  Justice  Paul  Dudley. 

Proceeding  a  little  beyond  this  resting-place  of  the  forefathers,  and  still  continuing  on  Washington  Street, 
we  reach  Eustis  Street,  where  the  travel  is  divided  into  three  principal  lines.  To  the  right,  Roxbury  Street 
stretches  to  Eliot  Square,  better  known  as  Norfolk  House  neighborhood,  on  account  of  the  large  hotel  there. 
To  the  left,  Warren  Street  sweeps  away  through  what  were  recently  rural  pastures  toward  Central  Dorchester 
by  the  way  of  Grove  Hall.  At  these  points  of  divergence  the  principal  stores,  banks,  public  institutions,  post- 
office,  public  halls,  etc.,  of  Roxbury  are  located.  Washington  Street  extends  towards  Jamaica  Plains,  sweeps 
past  Forest  Hill  Station  and  the  noted  cemetery  of  that  name ;  and  along  its  course  is  beautiful  scenery  and 
several  old-fashioned  mansions,  each  with  an  interesting  story  of  its  own  of  the  past.  The  old  First  Parish 
Church,  on  Eliot  Square,  is  an  object  of  great  interest  as  a  splendid  specimen  of  Puritan  church  architecture. 
It  stands  on  elevated  land,  which  was  fortified  by  General  Washington  to  command  the  roads  from  Boston. 
About  a  quarter  of  a  mile  to  the  southwest  were  still  stronger  works,  known  as  the  Roxbury  Fort,  whereon  is 
now  located  the  standpipe  of  the  Boston  Water-works,  which,  as  an  architectural  column,  is  an  object  of 
great  beauty. 

Roxbury,  small  as  she  was,  had  a  conspicuous  part  in  the  events  of  the  Revolution.  It  was  the  native 
place  of  the  immortal  Warren,  Heath,  and  Greaton,  and  the  residence  and  burial-place  of  Dearborn — all  generals 
in  the  Continental  Army.  The  old  Roxburyites  have  shown  in  various  ways  that  they  have  not  forgotten  the 
heroes  of  those  trying  times. 

Here  is  the  great  public  pleasure-ground  of  forests  and  fields,  formerly  known  as  Roxbury,  and  now  as 
Franklin  Park,  to  which  thousands  daily  find  their  way  in  the  summer  from  all  parts  of  the  city.  Not  alone 


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is  the  park  an  object  of  beauty,  but  the  whole  region  of  Roxbury,  which   in  late   years  has  become  a  favorite 
residential  quarter,  and  consequently  has  experienced  a  large  growth  in  population. 

As  we  have  already  observed,  Roxbury  compri&es  four  wards  of  the  city.  These  wards  contain  more  than 
one  sixth  of  the  polls  of  the  city  of  Boston,  which  is  a  good  index  of  the  extent  of  their  population.  The 
same  thing  will  show  their  growth  in  population  in  the  past  five  years.  In  1883,  the  number  of  polls  in  them 
was,  in  round  numbers,  19,000;  in  1888,  it  was  23,000— an  increase  of  4000  in  the  five  years.  The  valua- 
tion of  these  four  wards  will  also  show  their  advance  in  material  wealth.  In  1883,  their  total  valuation  was 
$59,324,900  ;  in  1888,  it  was  $74,394,800— an  increase  of  $15,069,900  in  five  years,  a  most  encouraging 
showing.  This  great  advance  in  population  is  due,  in  the  first  place,  to  Roxbury,  with  its  high  lands,  abound- 
ing in  the  finest  sites  for  residence,  and  being  so  situated  that  Boston  seems  to  natually  merge  iiito  it,  and  to 


Boston    Common — Tremont    Street    Mall. 

form  a  part  of  the  city  itself  in  reality,  while  still  retaining  many  rural  features.  Another  important  fact  is 
that  there  are  several  parallel  lines  of  horse-railway  penetrating  every  section  of  the  district,  and  these  led  to 
the  more  convenient  localities  being  seized  upon  for  dwellings,  and  to  the  building  of  apartment-houses  in 
great  numbers.  But  even  these  failed  to  provide  for  all  who  wanted  homes,  and  the  territory  beyond  was 
encroached  upon.  On  one  of  the  main  avenues,  Warren  Street,  as  far  as  Grove  Hall,  the  drift  of  population 
found  a  way,  as  well  as  on  Washington  Street  on  the  west  and  Blue  Hill  Avenue  on  the  east,  which  crosses 
Warren  Street  in  its  course  at  Grove  Hall.  These  streets  and  their  affluents  furnished  land  for  dwelling  pur- 
poses, which  was  utilized  from  time  to  time,  until  to-day  there  is  but  little  land,  comparatively,  left  in  the 
limits  of  old  Roxbury  to  build  on,  the  last  of  the  considerable  farm  properties  (the  Horatio  Harris  estate) 
being  now  in  process  of  arrangement  to  be  put  upon  the  market.  Land  has  consequently  appreciated  in  value ; 
for  lots  which  five  years  ago  or  less  were  bought  for  15  to  20  cents  a  foot  are  now  held  at  from  40  to  60 
cents  per  square  foot.  Walnut  Avenue,  running  in  a  southwesterly  direction  from  Warren  Street,  and  nearly 
parallel  to  Washington  Street,  up  to  Franklin  Park,  opened  up  a  district  for  settlement,  in  which  many  fine 
and  costly  mansions  have  been  constructed  in  the  past  fifteen  years  or  more.  In  the  territory  northwest  and 


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southeast  of  this  avenue,  and  especially  in  the  latter  sections,  there  have  been  built  in  the  past  five  years  a  large 
number  of  very  fine  dwellings.  This  section  is  known  as  Elm  Hill ;  and  on  Elm  Hill  Avenue,  and  between  it 
and  Walnut  Avenue,  some  of  the  best  houses  are  located.  Many  of  these  are  veritable  palaces,  representing 
all  styles  of  architecture  and  varying  in  cost  from  $12,000  to  $60,000.  Many  of  them  are  surrounded  with 
trees,  shrubbery,  flower  gardens,  or  grassy  lawns,  adding  to  the  beauty  and  attraction  of  the  streets  and  av- 
enues as  excellent  driveways.  Walnut  Avenue,  Humboldt  Avenue,  and  Elm  Hill  Avenue  all  lead  up  to  Frank- 
lin Park,  and  the  two  latter  end  at  Seaver  Street,  which  skirts  its  northern  side.  The  park  is  of  vast  extent,, 
and,  as  no  residential  buildings  can  be  put  upon  it,  the  rush  of  settlement  in  that  direction  to  some  extent  has 
been  stopped,  and  the  operations  here  in  the  future  will  be  the  filling  up  of  the  gaps  now  existing,  with  the 
result  in  a  few  years  of  a  compactly  built  district,  though,  compared  with  that  north  of  it,  owing  to  the  nature 
of  its  settlement,  it  will  be  a  great  many  years  before  houses  in  it  are  crowded  so  closely  together.  In  other 
sections  of  the  district,  dwellings  are  rising  rapidly.  On  nearly  every  street,  from  Dudley  Street  to  Grove 
Hall,  new  houses  have  been  erected  in  the  past  five  years,  either  by  those  who  had  them  built  for  their  own 
use  or  to  let  or  for  sale ;  but  there  have  been  but  few  erections  for  business  purposes  in  the  district  in  the 
same  period. 

On  the  northwest  side  of  the  Roxbury  district  is  Parker  Hill,  a  splendid  location,  overlooking  the  city, 
and  on  which  is  located  the  Parker  Hill  Reservoir.  Its  high  and  favorable  location  places  it  in  the  line  of 
future  occupation. 

THE     DORCHESTER    DISTRICT 

which  forms  the  twenty-fourth  ward  of  the  city,  is  delightfully  situated  on  Dorchester  Bay,  an  arm  of  Boston 
Harbor,  and  in  a  healthy,  attractive  and  picturesque  region.  It  is  to-day  one  of  the  most  interesting  of  the 
outlying  districts  of  the  city,  and  is  a  favorite  place  of  suburban  residence.  It  is,  too,  an  historic  place,  and 
was  established  as  a  town  on  the  same  date  as  Boston  itself.  On  the  20th  of  March,  1629-30,  "that  great 
ship  of  400  tons,"  the  Mary  and  John,  set  sail  from  Plymouth,  England,  for  the  New  World,  and  during  the 
ten  weeks  of  the  voyage  the  party  on  board,  including  two  clergyman,  Revs.  Meverick  and  Warham,  spent, 
every  day  "  in  preaching  or  expounding  the  word  of  God."  The  ship,  which  was  commanded  by  Captain- 
Squeb,  landed  on  May  30,  1630,  at  Nantasket  (now  Hull),  where  the  captain  turned  his  passengers  adrift  into- 
the  "  forlorn  wilderness,"  though  his  contract  bound  him  to  carry  them  to  the  Charles  River.  They  found  their 
way  to  Dorchester,  then  called  Mattapan  by  the  Indians,  by  whom  they  were  well  received.  They  at  once 
changed  the  name  to  Dorchester,  after  the  town  of  the  same  name  in  England.  Dorchester  has  its  quaint  old 
town-hall ;  its  ancient  meeting-house  and  magnificent  soldiers'  monument  on  Meeting-House  Hill ;  at  Upham's 
Corner  the  graves  of  several  eminent  public  men  of  the  Colonial  and  Provincial  periods ;  and  Jones's  Hill 
affords  from  its  summit  one  of  the  finest  and  most  extensive  views  in  the  neighborhood  of  Boston.  North- 
ward is  seen  the  old  city  and  the  famous  Dorchester  Heights.  Westward  is  presented  an  amphitheatre  of  hills- 
and  villages.  Southward  is  a  wide  and  deep  intervale,  the  famous  Blue  Hills  of  Milton  showing  up  on  the 
horizon.  Near  at  hand  in  this  direction  is  observed  Meeting-House  Hill,  capped  by  the  First  Parish  Church 
and  by  the  Soldiers'  Monument  of  red  Gloucester  granite,  rising  to  a  height  of  31  feet,  and  erected  in  1867. 
Looking  eastward  the  eye  embraces  within  the  range  of  vision  nearly  all  the  islands  of  the  harbor,  the  harbor 
itself  and  its  shipping,  and  the  ocean  in  the  extreme  distance,  while  near  at  hand  is  Savin  Hill,  rich  in  rustic- 
beauty  and  commanding  charming  views.  An  object  of  special  interest  and  one  meriting  inspection  is  the 
Lyman  Fountain,  which  is  located  on  Eaton  Square,  a  sightly  and  beautiful  spot,  well  chosen  for  its  situation. 
The  fountain  occupies  the  sight  of  a  famous  old  tavern — the  Eaton  Tavern,  kept  by  a  once  equally  famous 
Captain  Eaton. 

Of  this  handsome  fountain  we  give  a  fine  illustration  in  these  pages.  It  was  erected  in  memory  of  one  of 
Boston's  noblest  and  revered  sons,  the  late  Theodore  Lyman,  Jr.,  who  was  mayor  of  the  city  in  1834-35. 
Mr.  Lyman  was  a  descendant  from  one  of  the  pilgrim  fathers  who  came  from  England  to  the  Old  Bay  State  in 
1631  in  the  same  ship  that  brought  John  Eliot.  Mr.  Lyman  was  born  in  Boston  on  February  20,  1792,  and 
his  father  was  one  of  the  city's  merchant  princes.  He  received  his  early  education  at  Phillips  Academy,  Exe- 
ter, N.  H.,  and  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1810.  He  afterwards  became  a  student  in  the  famous  Uni- 
versity of  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  and  then  travelled  extensively  throughout  Europe.  In  1820  he  published  a 
work  of  much  merit  entitled  "  The  Political  State  of  Italy,"  and  in  the  same  year  delivered  the  Fourth  of 


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July  oration  before  the  town  authorities  of  Boston.  In  1826  he  published  an  important  work,  "The  Diplo- 
macy of  the  United  States."  From  1820  to  1823  he  was  aide-de-camp  to  Governor  Brooks,  and  from  1823  to 
1827 -was  commander  of  the  Boston  Brigade.  From  1820  to  1825  he  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
Legislature,  occupying  a  seat  in  the  Senate  in  1824.  In  1834  and  1835  he  was  mayor  of  Boston,  and  gave 
the  city  a  dignified,  fearless,  and  able  administration,  during  a  period  that  called  for  unusual  qualities  in  her 
chief  magistrate.  He  was  a  large  hearted,  generous  man,  and  many  noble  public  institutions  had  their  useful- 
ness developed  by  his  munificence.  One  of  his  most  intimate  friends  spoke  of  him  as  "  a  pure,  loving,  devoted 
man,  of  unusual  grace  of  bearing  and  manly  beauty,"  who  "  used  the  gifts  of  God  as  His  steward,  and  not  for 
his  own  indulgences."  He  died  on  July  18,  1849,  but  he  continued  to  live  in  the  memories  of  his  friends, 
who,  thirty-six  years  after  his  demise,  determined  to  erect  some  tangible  memorial  of  him.  The  leader  in 
this  movement  was  the  Honorable  Nahum  Capen,  and  the  erection  of  a  water  fountain  was  decided  upon.  A 
sum  of  two  thousand  dollars  was  quickly  subscribed,  and  an  application  was  made  for  an  allowance  from  the 
Phillips  Fund,  the  munificent  gift  of  Jonathan  Phillips,  who  gave  by  his  will  to  the  city  of  Boston,  in  1860, 
the  sum  of  $20,000,  as  a  trust  fund,  the  income  of  which  shall  be  annually  expended  to  adorn  and  embellish 


Erected    in    Memory    of  Theo.    Lyman,    Jr.,    in    Eaton    Square,    Dorchester. 

the  streets  and  public  places  in  the  city.     The  authorities  voted  from  this  fund  towards  the  cost  of  the  foun- 
tain $4050,  and  a  further  sum  of  $175  for  incidentals. 

The  site  for  the  fountain  in  Eaton  Square  was  selected  by  Mr.  William  Doogue,  the  city  forester,  and  the 
commission  to  design  and  construct  the  fountain  was  entrusted  to  Mr.  M.  D.  Jones,  of  the  firm  of  M.  D.  Jones 
&  Co.,  No.  76  Washington  Street.  The  design  is  original.  The  structure  is  of  fine  proportions,  rich  in  orna- 
mentation, and  is  believed  to  be  the  highest  and  handsomest  fountain  in  the  New  England  States.  It  rises  to 
an  altitude  of  26  feet.  The  basin  is  of  Monson  granite,  and  33  feet  in  diameter.  The  first  pan  is  12  feet  and 
6  inches  in  diameter ;  the  second  pan  6  feet  and  8  inches.  The  surmounting  groups  of  figures  represent 
Venus,  Cupid  and  swan,  while  the  figures  about  the  pedestal*  stand  for  the  four  seasons.  The  supply  of  water 
is  from  three  pipes  attached  to  a  3-inch  main,  a  sixty-pound  pressure  providing  ample  force.  One  of  these 
pipes  discharges  through  the  swan's  mouth  and  through  four  dragons  on  the  first  pedestal  and  four  griffins, 
between  the  first  and  second  pans.  Another  furnishes  a  supply  for  one  hundred  and  forty-four  jets  in  the  rim 
of  the  first  pan,  and  eighty  in  the  second,  while  the  third  pipe  feeds  the  four  cascades  at  the  base  of  the  ped- 
estal. The  water  from  the  jets  does  not  overflow  the  pan,  but  discharges  through  four  gargoyle  heads.  The 
fountain  proper  is  of  bronzed  iron  and  zinc.  The  whole  reflects  the  highest  credit  upon  Mr.  Jones.  His 


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experience  as  a  designer  and  builder  of  fountains  in  various  parts  of  New  England  has  been  extensive,  but  this 
is  one  of  his  most  ambitious  undertakings  as  well  as  one  of  his  most  successful  achievements.  The  basin  was 
constructed  by  Mr.  John  Kelly,  a  Boston  contractor.  The  fountain,  in  its  playing  power,  has  realized  all 
expectations.  Cut  in  the  granite  basin  is  this  legend: — "In  memory  of  Theodore  Lyman,  Jr.,  mayor  of  Bos- 
ton in  1834-35;"  and  upon  a  bronze  plate  attached  to  the  basin  is  this  inscription. — "This  fountain  as  a 
memorial  was  originated  by  Nahum  Capen,  designed  and  constructed  by  M.  D.  Jones,  Boston,  located  by 
William  Doogue,  city  forester,  accepted  and  dedicated  by  Hugh  O'Brien,  Mayor,  October  24,  1885." 

The  occasion  of  the  dedication  service  was  a  red  letter  day  in  the  annals  of  Dorchester.  Around  the 
fountain  a  large  and  interested  company  of  prominent  persons  gathered,  the  Germania  Band  was  in  attendance, 
the  fountain  was  accepted  by  Mayor  O'Brien  as  a  gift  to  the  city,  and  speeches  were  delivered  appropriate  to 
the  occasion  by  Honorable  Marshall  P.  Wilder,  Honorable  C.  Winthrop,  Rev.  Peter  Ronau,  Honorable  Lever- 
ett  Saltonstall,  and  Honorable  Nahum  Capen. 

Dorchester,  which  was  annexed  to  Boston,  June  22,  1869,  has,  since  it  was  accorded  good  railway  and 
horse-car  accommodation,  enjoyed  a  large  and  steady  growth  in  population  and  in  popularity  as  a  residential 
section.  Hotels,  apartment-houses  and  costly  dwellings  are  more  numerous  than  they  were  a  few  years  ago. 
Farm  lands  are  being  constantly  cut  up  into  streets  and  offered  to  those  who  desire  to  build,  and  as  a  result 
there  is  a  steady  increase  in  the  value  of  property.  Since  1883,  it  is  safe  to  say  that  there  have  been  built  in 
the  Dorchester  district  from  700  to  1000  houses  of  various  styles  and  grades  of  cost,  the  great  majority  of 
them  being  single  dwellings.  In  that  year  the  real  estate  valuation  of  Dorchester  was  $17,797,600.  In  1888, 
it  was  $22,913,300,  being  gain  of  $5,115,700  or  at  the  rate  of  over  $1,000,000  of  gain  in  this  item  of  valua- 
tion per  year.  The  number  of  polls  in  1883  was  4981,  and  in  1888  it  was  6803,  or  nearly  2000  gain.  The 
gain  in  population  has  been  a  substantial  one,  and  is  due  quite  largely  to  the  good  railway  accommodation 
afforded,  as  well  as  to  the  horse-railway  lines  and  low  fares. 

STREETS   AND    AVENUES. 

Boston  is  the  most  like  an  English  city  of  any  place  on  the  American  continent  both,  in  the  peculiarity  of 
its  ancient  buildings  and  in  the  tortuous  windings  of  its  oldest  streets.  The  crookedness  of  the  streets,  formed 
on  the  lines  of  old  cow-paths,  makes  an  unceasing  puzzle  to  strangers  to  find  their  way  about,  and  yet  these 
twists  and  turns  afford  good  opportunity  for  the  display  of  architectural  qualities  of  buildings,  and  add  much 
to  the  picturesque  appearance  of  the  city.  Millions  of  dollars  have  been  expended  in  straightening  old 
thoroughfares  and  in  effecting  improvements,  but  there  are  curves  and  bendings  that  will  ever  remain  unless 
another  conflagration  like  that  of  1872  should  involve  the  old  parts  of  the  city  in  ruins  and  provide  an  op- 
portunity for  remapping  the  section  in  "  square  cuts."  The  modern  wards  of  the  city,  however,  are  laid  out 
in  Babylonian  rectangularity,  with  streets  that  are  broad  and  straight,  and  vistas  ending  on  hills  in  the  suburbs. 
Streets  and  avenues  are  being  increased  in  number  or  length  year  by  year,  for  there  are  thirty-two  more  miles 
of  streets  now,  in  1889,  than  there  were  four  years  ago,  the  total  numbers  now  being  412.  The  streets  are  most 
efficiently  sewered,  for  Boston  has  the  most  perfect  sewerage  system  of  any  city  in  the  country ;  and  this  has 
been  attained  at  immense  cost.  The  thoroughfares  are  sufficiently  illuminated.  At  this  writing  there  are 
within  the  city  limits  the  following  street  lamps  in  use:  Gas,  10,104;  oil,  2994;  electrics,  704;  large  gas- 
lamps,  74;  naptha  lamps,  49  ;  total,  13,925. 

The  streets  are  divided  up  into  twenty-five  wards,  and  there  are  262  miles  of  street-railway  tracks.  For- 
merly there  were  some  six  street-railroad  companies  in  Boston,  and  some  opposition  in  consequence  but  a  year 
or  two  ago  these  corporations  amalgamated,  or  formed  a  "  trust,"  so  that  one  huge  corporation  now  controls 
the  whole  street-railroad  system,  not  only  in  the  city,  but  the  suburbs  also.  The  company  have  in  use  1912 
cars,  and  are  now  introducing  electric  cars  through  the  Back  Bay  district,  Brighton,  Brookline,  etc.  and 
ere  long  it  is  likely  these  cars  will  come  into  general  use.  One  need  not  be  a  prophet,  however,  to  foresee  the 
time  when  the  elevated  railroad  will  be  one  of  the  institutions  of  Boston.  The  Meigs  plan  of  elevated  railroad, 
now  being  introduced  into  Chicago,  has  been  proposed,  and  a  short  experimental  line  built  in  Cambridge.  By 
this  plan  the  use  of  a  ponderous,  smoke-producing  locomotive  is  entirely  done  away  with,  and  in  its  stead  is 
used  the  most  improved  form  of  the  electric  motor,  the  power  of  which  is  transmitted  through  a  third  rail  and 
applied  to  every  third  car  by  a  simple  device  hidden  in  the  bottom  of  the  vehicle,  and  which  is  under  the  im- 
mediate and  perfect  control  of  an  attendant.  The  weight  and  size  of  the  nipporting  posts  are  reduced  to  the 


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minimum  compatible  with  safety ;  and,  as  all  the  structure  is  of  iron  and  steel,  the  obstruction  to  light  and 
traffic  is  almost  inconsiderable.  Every  precaution  has  been  taken  in  regard  to  safety,  and  the  speed  that  can  be 
acquired  is  one  of  the  especial  feature  of  the  system.  The  expense  at  which  the  road  can  be  constructed  is 
marvellously  small,  and  its  operating  expenses  will  also  be  much  less  than  those  of  any  other  road — facts  which 
will  result  immediately  to  the  public  benefit  by  allowing  the  fares  to  be  placed  at  a  very  low  point. 

Of  the  architectural  changes  to  be  noticed  in  a  walk  through  Boston's  streets,  the  following,  written  re- 
cently by  Mr.  A.  VV.  Barrett,  is  apropos  : 

"In  place  of  the  old  buildings  destroyed  by  the  devouring  element,  have  sprung  up  huge  edifices  imposing 
in  their  size  and  extent,  and  in  some  cases  of  architectural  beauty.  It  is  a  fact  easily  proven  that  the  archi- 
tectural styles  of  Boston  have  closely  followed  the  prevailing  ones  of  the  same  period  in  Europe.  Early  in  the 
century  there  was  a  Greek  revival,  the  principal  monuments  of  which  are  the  Court  and  Custom  houses,  the 
Tremont  House,  Quincy  Market  and  St.  Paul's  Church.  In  1838  bega«  the  Gothic  period,  an  example  of 
vvhieh  is  found  in  Old  Trinity  Church.  Then  followed  the  '  French-roof  style.  The  Deacon,  House  on  Wash- 
ington, Concord,  and  Worcester  Streets,  was  probably  the  first  building  of  this  style  in  the  country.  With  the 
increase  of  popular  travel,  the  influence  of  foreign  models  became  more  strongly  felt  in  a  great  variety  of  styles. 
Northern  and  Southern  Gothic,  Romanesque  and  Renaissance,  French  Renaissance,  became  extremely  popular 
and  are  the  styles  of  many  business  and  public  buildings,  including  the  City  Hall  and  Post-office.  Gothic  has 
remained  the  favorite  for  churches.  A  peculiarity  of  Boston  architecture  is  the  richness  and  variety  of  the 
building-material.  The  prevailing  material  is  red  brick,  but  there  is  an  abundance  of  light,  dark,  and  red 
granite  ;  brown,  yellow,  and  buff  sandstones ;  a  variety  of  marble,  Roxbury  pudding-stone,  and  other  material. 
When  a  '  big  building'  is  mentioned,  one  naturally  thinks  of  a  huge  edifice  conspicuous  for  its  size,  and  stand- 
ing alone  like  a  giant  pine  above  the  scrubby  undergrowth.  Examples  of  this  kind  of  buildings  are  not  un- 
common in  Boston  ;  and  yet  it  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  there  are  hundreds  of  '  big  buildings,'  side  by  side 
for  blocks  and  blocks  that  are  worthy  of  the  title,  though  they  do  not  strike  a  spectator  so  forcibly  as  a  build- 
ing like  the  Mason  Building,  which  stands  by  itself." 

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TRANSPORTATION    FACILITIES   AND    COMMERCE. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  Boston  was  the  most  influential  community  in  America,  but 
now  there  are  two  cities  of  greater  importance  and  four  larger  in  population.  Then  she  took  the  lead  in  com- 
merce, now,  although  her  trade  is  immense,  she  occupies  a  second-rate  position.  Her  shipping  interests  are, 
however,  multiplying,  and  she  is  growing  in  popularity  as  the  western  port  of  several  lines  of  British  steamships, 
doing  an  immense  and  increasing  freight  business,  and  favored  by  the  depth  and  security  of  the  harbor  and  by 
the  marginal  railways,  which  allow  freight  vans  to  be  run  directly  out  upon  the  docks.  The  distance  from 
Boston  to  Liverpool  is  shorter  than  from  Philadelphia  to  Liverpool  by  370  miles,  New  York  to  Southampton, 
by  260  miles,  and  New  York  to  Liverpool  by  160  miles.  The  harbor  of  Boston  is  the  most  picturesque  on 
the  coast,  is  of  ample  dimensions,  and  of  sufficient  depth  to  accommodate  the  largest  vessels  afloat.  Her 
wharves  are  extensive,  and  upon  them  are  built  large  warehouses.  The  city,  too,  is  the  starting-point  for  eight 
extensive  railway  lines,  and  the  headquarters  for  numerous  railroad  corporations.  Her  transportation  facilities  are 
therefore  of  the  most  extensive  and  complete  character.  The  Inman  Steamship  Company,  it  is  reported,  in- 
tends to  establish  a  line  of  steamers  between  Boston  and  Europe  to  compete  with  the  Cunard  and  other  lines 
already  located  here.  The  tendency  of  recent  railroad  construction  in  the  Northwest,  and  the  developments  in 
trade  that  are  promised  in  that  quarter,  all  have  the  outlook  of  largely  increasing  the  merits  of  Boston  as  a 
point  of  shipment  for  the  export  and  import  trade  of  this  country.  The  old  combinations  made  by  the  trunk 
lines  have  given  in  the  past  certain  advantages  in  rates  to  New  York  and  Philadelphia ;  but  it  is  questionable 
whether  these  can  be  maintained  in  the  future.  Then,  beside  having  a  large  advantage,  so  far  as  ocean  dis- 
tance is  concerned,  over  Philadelphia,  and  a  considerable  gain  over  New  York,  Boston  has  hitherto  enjoyed 
the  merit,  when  compared  with  the  latter  place,  of  lower  port  charges  for  the  vessels  which  come  here.  Bos- 
ton may  perhaps  never  hope  to  compete  with  New  York  as  the  great  centre  of  the  export  and  import  trade  of 
this  country ;  but,  as  this  trade  is  constantly  increasing,  there  is  no  reason  why  it  should  not  maintain  its  rela- 
tive position ;  and  there  are  some  reasons  for  thinking  that  it  may  in  the  next  few  years  have  a  larger  propor- 
tionate share  of  this  business  than  it  has  enjoyed  in  the  past.  As  an  indication  of  the  extent  of  the  foreign. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


shipping  trade  now  done,  it  may  be  here  stated  that  the   receipts  for   duties  at  the  Custom-house  amounted  in 
1888  to  $21,166,212.31. 

Boston  is  the  great  centre,  too,  for  internal  traffic,  especially  in  food  products,  shoes,  leather,  machinery, 
rubber,  dry  goods,  etc.;  and  in  all  these  groat  commodities  there  is  an  increase  year  by  year,  the  record  for  last 
year  being  largely  in  excess  of  that  of  previous  years.  The  city  has  its  Shoe  and  Leather  Exchange,  Boston 


Faneuil    Hall    Square,  showing    Faneuil    Hall    and    Quiney    Markets. 

Commercial  Exchange,  Produce  Exchange,  Chamber  of  Commerce,  New  England  Furniture  Exchange,  Fish 
Bureau,  Board  of  Trade,  Firemen's  Exchange,  Boston  Board  of  Marine  Underwriters,  Boston  Board  of  Trade, 
Boston  Fire  Underwriter's  Union,  Boston  Grocers'  Association,  Boston  Merchants'  Association,  Master  Build- 
ers' Association,  National  Association  Wool  Manufacturers,  New  England  Cotton  Manufacturers'  Association, 
New  England  Detail  Grocers'  Association,  New  England  Saddlery  Hardware  Association,  Mechanics'  Exchange, 
Merchants'  Exchange  and  Reading-room,  etc. 

Financial  facilities  are  afforded  by  sixty  national  and  several  private  bants,  seven  trust  companies,  and 
thirteen  savings  banks;  and  numerous  home  and  foreign  insurance  companies  afford  protection  against  losses 
by  fire  to  buildings,  merchandise,  and  other  property. 

SCHOOLS  AND   CHURCHES 

Boston  has  always  occupied  a  prominent  position  among  the  American  cities  in  respect  to  literary  and 
scientific  culture.  She  has  been  liberal  in  her  provision  of  public  libraries  and  schools,  which  are  renowned  all 
over  the  country  for  their  number,  affluence,  and  efficiency.  The  public  schools  are  under  the  direction  of  a 
school  committee,  elected  by  the  popular  vote,  a  superintendent,  and  several  supervisors.  There  are  530  regular 
schools  with  1253  teachers  and  over  58,000  pupils,  and  21  special  schools  with  151  teachers  and  4086  pupils. 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND.  99 

In  addition  to  these,  there  are  evening  schools,  attended  by  about  1900  pupils.  On  June  12,'  1888,  the  school 
board  discontinued  Swinton's  "Outlines  of  History"  from  the  textbooks  of  the  English  High-school,  at  Rev 
Theodore  A.  Metcalf  s  instigation,  for  a  harmless  paragraph  about  the  sale  of  indulgences  while  Leo  X  was 
pope.  This  would  not  have  created  any  great  amount  of  popular  feeling,  perhaps,  but,  on  the  19th  of  June, 
the  school  board  accepted  a  report  transferring  Mr.  C.  B.  Travis  from  his  post  as  teacher  of  history  m  the  Eng- 
hsh  High-school,  to  another  duty.  This  action  of  the  board  created  much  public  indignation,  which  was  ex- 
pressed in  various  ways.  A  tremendous  meeting  was  held  at  Faneuil  Hall  on  the  evening  of  July  llth  and  an 
overflow  meeting  at  Tremont  Temple,  to  protest  against  the  displacement  of  Swinton's  «  Outlines"  from  the 
textbooks  of  the  English  High-school  a,,d  transferring  Mr.  Travis  from  the  historical  department  of  that 
This  was  one  of  the  most^neraorable  meetings  held  in  Faneuil  Hall  during  recent  years.  It  took  the 

initial  steps  towards  forming 
a  committee  of  one  hundred 
that  wielded  a  marked  influ- 
ence upon  the  city  election. 
Women  were  enlisted  in  the 
movement  to  reconstruct  the 
school  board  so  that  it  might 
be  freed  from  mischievous 
ecclesiastical  control,  and  sev- 
eral associations  were  formed 
to  promote  the  assessment  and 
registration  of  women  to  vote 
'for  school  committee.  The 
Loyal  Women  of  American 
Liberty,  Independent  Women 
Voters  of  Boston,  School 
Suffrage  Association,  Bunker 
Hill  Educational  Association, 
and  Women's  Christian  Tem- 
perance Union  took  an  active 
part  in  this  work.  The  assess- 
ment of  women  elicited  a 
spirited  trial  of  strength  be- 
tween Protestants  and  Catholics.  The  Republican  city  convention 
to  nominate  mayor  and  school  committee  assembled  on  the  evening 
of  Nov.  16th,  and  on  the  first  ballot  nominated  Thomas  N.  Hart  for  mayor.  A  committee 
was  selected  to  nominate  eleven  members  of  the  school  board.  Subsequently  the  Re- 
publicans nominated  a  ticket  for  school  committee,  which  was  indorsed  by  the  committee  of  one  hundred  and 
the  women's  associations  affiliating  with  them.  A  vigorous  canvass  was  made  in  its  behalf  by  the  committee  of 
one  hundred  and  the  women's  organizations  acting  with  them.  This  ticket  had  no  Catholics  upon  it,  but  a 
women's  ticket  was  sent  to  every  woman  registered,  having  upon  it  the  names  of  Messrs.  Williamson,  Dunn,  and 
Canning,  then  members  of  the  school  board,  who  voted  to  reject  Swinton's  "Outlines"  and  transfer  Mr.  Travis. 
Besides  this,  there  was  a  regular  Democratic  woman's  ticket.  Mr.  Hart  accepted  the  Republican  nomination  on 
a  non-partisan  platform  entirely.  A  citizens'  movement,  into  which  the  British  element  threw  all  its  influence 
and  zeal,  was  started  in  Jus  favor,  and  subsequently  put  a  school  committee  ticket  in  the  field,  embracing,  among 
others,  the  names  of  Caroline  E.  Hastings,  Messrs.  Williamson,  Dunn,  Canning,  and  Collison  of  the  present 
school  board.  The  Republican  canvass  for  the  city  government  was  made  on  the  issue  of  reform  and  the 
necessityof  an  entire  change  in  methods  at  City  Hall.  The  appeal  was  made  to  all  parties,  but  a  potent  factor 
was  the  determination  of  the  women  to  rebuke  the  school  board  for  submitting  to  priestly  control.  Mr.  Hart 
was  elected  mayor  on  the  llth  of  December  by  a  plurality  of  2021.  The  Republicans  elected  two  thirds  of 
the  aldermen,  and  gained  in  the  Common  Council.  It  was  a  rout  of  the  City  Hall  ring.  The  people  em- 
phatically condemned  the  school  board  by  electing  the  entire  Republican  ticket  for  school  committee,  which 


Ne'w  England  Conserva- 
tory   of    Music. 


100  ILLUSTRATEDBOSTON. 

has  been  indorsed  by  the  Committee  of  One  Hundred.  The  city  voted  for  license  fey  a  majority  of  17,651, 
against  8483  last  year.  An  enormous  vote  was  polled,  considering  the  heavy;  penetrating  rain  which  pre- 
vailed. The  total  for  mayor  fell  short  of  the  presidential  vote  only  1550.  Of  the  twenty-one  thousand  woman 
registered,  seventeen  thousand  voted  under  the  most  disagreeable  circumstances  as  regards  the  weather.  But 
this  did  not  appear  to  daunt  them  in  the  least.  They  labored  zealously  and  effectively  from  the  opening  to 
the  closing  of  the  polls,  were  everywhere  treated  with  consideration,  and  had  the  satisfaction  of  having  con- 
tributed very  materially  to  the  election  of  the  Republican  school  committee  ticket,  made  up  wholly  of  Pro- 
testants. The  school  committee,  as  elected,  consists  of:  Caroline  Hastings  (one  year),  W.  A.  Mowry  (two 
years),  Laliah  B.  Pingree,  W.  S.  Allen,  R.  C.  Humphreys,  T.  J.  Emery,  S.  B.  Capen,  Dr.  W.  C.  Green,  Solomon 
Schindler,  J.  P.  G.  Winship,  Dr.  Liberty  Packard. 

There  are  over  220  churches  in  the  city,  representing  all  sects  of  religionists,  and  some  of  these  and  their 
pastors  have  won  fame  both  at  home  and  abroad. 

THE    CITY    GOVERNMENT. 

Boston  received  its  city  charter  in  1822;  and  the  government  comprises  a  mayor,  a  board  of  12  alder- 
men and  a  common  council  consisting  of  73  representatives  of  the  25  wards.  The  executive  power  was  for- 
merly vested  in  the  mayor  and  aldermen,  but  the  law  of  1885  (Stat.  1885,  ch.  266),  amending  the  charter  of 
Boston,  vests  all  executive  power  in  the  mayor,  but  retains,  with  very  few  exceptions,  all  the  boards,  commis- 
sions, trustees,  and  separate  departments  or  offices  existing  at  that  time  or  since  established.  The  number  of 
these  separate  bodies  exceeds  50,  some  of  whom  are  not  even  required  to  publish  regular  reports.  The  election 
takes  place  annually  on  the  Tuesday  after  the  second  Monday  in  December.  From  v.-hat  has  already  been 
stated  in  connection  with  the  election  of  the  school  committee  (conducted  at  the  same  time)  that  of  the  mayor, 
aldermen  and  councilmen  was,  in  December,  1888,  an  excitable  one,  and  resulted  in  arresting  the  executive 
power  so  long  held  by  the  Democrats,  by  the  Republicans,  with  the  aid  of  the  women  and  the  British  citizens. 

The  police  force,  numbering  800  men,  some  three  years  ago  was  taken  from  under  the  control  of  the  civic 
authorities  and  placed  under  that  of  the  State.  Not  including  druggists,  1561  places  were  in  1888  licensed  in 
the  city  for  the  sale  of  intoxicating  drink,  or  one  to  every  263  persons,  the  population  of  the  city  on  January  1, 
1-889,  being  computed  at  410,688.  The  law  of  1888  (chapter  340)  demands  the  reduction  of  these  licenses  to 
781,  or  exactly  one  half.  The  fire  department  is  one  of  the  most  efficient  in  the  country,  and  the  water-supply 
is  of  a  most  adequate  and  excellent  character. 

THE    CLIMATE    AND    HEALTH. 

The  climate  of  Boston  is  severe,  especially  in  winter  and  spring;  but  the  intense  heats  of  summer  are  tem- 
pered by  refreshing  east  winds,  which  fill  the  streets  with  the  salty  smell  of  the  adjacent  ocean.  The  death- 
rate  in  1888  was  24.57  for  each  1000  inhabitants,  against  25.18  per  1000  in  1887. 

THE    SUBURBS. 

No  city  has  more  attractive  and  picturesque  suburbs  than  Boston,  and  it  would  take  volumes  to  consider 
the  traits  and  beauties  of  those  outlying  districts. 

Many  popular  summer  resorts  are  by  the  sea,  and  the  most  charming  and  most  visited  of  these  are  Nan- 
tasket  Beach,  Revere  Beach,  and  Point  of  Pines.  A  sail  down  the  beautiful  harbor  is  one  of  the  special  de- 
lights of  Bostonians,  and  a  pleasure  which  no  visitor  should  forego. 


ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


THE  pages  that  follow  contain  many  of  the  representative  houses  of  this  metropolis,  and  in 
connection  with  the  illustrated  portion  of  the  work  will  be  found  profitable  and  interesting. 


WL.  MINOR,  Architect,  No.  4  Pemberton  Square.— No  feature 
of  a  great  city  is  so  prominently  brought  to  public  atten- 
m  tion  as  that  of  its  architectural  display,  and  no  profes- 
sion is  of  greater  or  more  lasting  importance  to  every 
member  of  the  community  than  that  of  the  architect.  Prominent 
among  the  leading  architects  of  Boston  is  Mr.  W.  L.  Minor,  whose 
offices  are  situated  at  No.  4  Pemberton  Square.  Mr.  Minor  has  also 
a  branch  office  in  Brockton,  Mass.  Mr.  Minor  is  a  native  of  Louisiana, 
and  early  in  life  devoted  himself  to  the  study  of  his  profession  with 
zeal  and  success.  In  1873  he  commenced  practising  as  an  architect 
in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  and  he  has  also  carried  on  business  in  Topeka, 
Kansas ;  Cincinnati,  O. ;  and  Catlettsburg,  Ky.  He  built  up  the  greater 
part  of  Catlettsburg  after  the  great  flre.  Eventually  Mr.  Minor  came 
to  New  Bedford,  and  then  to  Brockton  and  Boston.  Proofs  of  Mr. 
Minor's  skill  and  ability  are  numerous  in  the  various  cities  where  he 
has  resided  in  the  many  substantial  and  splendid  edifices  he  has 
erected  in  the  past  15  years,  which  are  much  admired  for  stability, 
design,  and  elegance,  while  the  elaboration  of  detail  and  care  be- 
stowed on  every  department  of  his  work,  reflect  the  utmost  credit  on 
his  able  and  business-like  methods.  Mr.  Minor  was  architect  and 
supervised  the  construction  the  following  buildings,  viz. :  Home 
Bank,  Brockton,  Mass.,  $100,000  ;  Bixby  Building,  Brockton,  Mass., 
$45,000;  F.  E.  White's  Buildings,  Brockton,  Mass.,  $60.000;  F.  B.  Wash- 
burn's  Building,  Brockton,  $50,000;  G.  J.  Kingman's  Residence,  Brock- 
ton. $£5,000;  High  School,  Middleborough,  $30,000;  J.  W.  Mister's  resi- 
dence, Plymouth,  $60,000;  High  School,  Everett,  Mass., $30,  000,  and 
many  others.  He  is  at  all  times  prepared  to  furnish  estimates,  plans, 
and  specifications,  and  can  always  be  implicitly  relied  on  to  spare 
neither  time  nor  pains  to  fulfil  the  expectations  and  requirements  of 
patrons.  Personally,  he  is  greatly  respected  by  the  community  for 
his  just  methods  and  ability,  and  is  thoroughly  conversant  with  the 
wants  and  growth  of  Boston,  and  is  fully  competent  to  carry  to  suc- 
cessful completion  all  work  pertaining  to  his  profession. 


POTTER  LOVELL  COMPANY,  Dealers  in  Commercial  Paper, 
No.  63  Federal  Street,  Corner  Franklin  Street.— A  most  im- 
portant and  duly  appreciated  financial  factor  in  promoting 
the  commercial  and  industrial  prosperity  of  the  New  England 
and  Middle  States,  is  the  Potter  Lovell  Company,  the  widely  and 
favorably  known  dealers  in  commercial  paper.  The  concern  is  one 
of  ample  resources,  thorough  responsibility,  and  the  highest  stand- 
ing. It  is  a  duly  incorporated  organization,  having  been  so  formed 
under  the  laws  of  Massachusetts  in  the  year  1884,  with  a  cash  capital 
of  $400,000,  devoted  to  the  discounting  of  prime  commercial  paper  of 
all  kinds.  The  company  has,  under  its  able  executive  guidance,  made 
rapid  progress  and  is  the  leading  representative  of  its  kind  in  the 
United  States.  The  officers  are  as  follows:  President,  Mr.  Walter 
Potter,  long  and  favorably  known  as  an  enterprising  capitalist  and 
sound  financier;  treasurer,  Mr.  W.  D.  Lovell,  likewise  a  capitalist  and 
banker  of  the  greatest  ability  and  sound  judgment;  secretary,  Mr. 
George  W.  Terrill,  who  is  widely  and  favorably  known  throughout 
the  community.  The  company  has  made  a  prominent  specialty  of  the 


paper  of  dry  goods  and  grocery  houses  and  boot  and  shoe  manu- 
facturers; likewise  of  other  staple  industries,  as  well  as  city  and  town 
loans,  and  offers  to  capitalists  and  investors  excellent  and  absolutely 
safe  opportunities  for  investment  in  sound,  legitimate  commercial 
paper.  It  has  numerous  customers  in  New  York,  having  an  office  at 
No.  10  Wall  Street,  and  is  the  leading  representative  in  its  line.  The 
best -known  houses  negotiate  their  paper  through  this  honorable, 
responsible  concern,  which  has  achieved  a  most  enviable  reputation 
throughout  the  business  world.  The  officers  are  gentlemen  of  integ- 
rity, and  are  recognized  to  be  vigorous  exponents  of  the  soundest 
principles  governing  banking  and  finance. 


101 


THE  ASHTON  VALVE  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  the  Ash- 
ton  Noiseless  Locomotive  Safety-valve,  etc.;  Office  and 
Works,  No.  271  Franklin  Street;  C.  J.  Bishop,  President;  H. 
G.  Ashton,  Vice-President  and  General  Manager.— We  are  con- 
stantly reading  in  our  newspapers  of  terrible  boiler-explosions,  and 
the  records  for  the  last  ten  years  in  the  United  States  show  that  ten 
thousand  persons  were  killed  or  injured  by  them.  A  large  number  of 
these  calamities  may  be  directly  traced  to  false  economy,  which  is 
satisfied  with  the  cheapest  instead  of  the  best  safety  appliances.  In 
connection  with  these  remarks,  we  desire  to  make  special  reference 
in  this  commercial  review  of  Boston  to  the  reliable  and  representa- 
tive Ashton  Valve  Company,  manufacturers  of  the  famous  Ashton 
Safety-valves  and  Appliances,  whose  office  and  works  are  located  r.t 
271  Franklin  Street.  This  progressive  company  was  duly  incorporat- 
ed in  1877  under  the  laws  of  Massachusetts,  with  a  paid-up  capital 
of  $150,000,  for  the  manufacture  of  everything  in  their  line.  The 
works  are  admirably  equipped  with  special  tools  and  machinery,  and 
they  manufacture  extensively  the  following  first-class  safety  appli- 
ances, etc.,  viz. :  The  Ashton  Noiseless  Locomotive  Blow-back  Safety- 
valve,  Locomotive  Safety-valve  and  Muffler,  Locomotive  Open  "  Pop" 
Safety-valve,  Locomotive  Cam  Lever  Safety-valve,  the  Ashton  "  Pop" 
Safety-valve  for  stationary,  portable,  and  farm  engines;  Car-heater 
"  Pop  "  Valves,  Gas  or  Air  Valves,  the  Ashton  Water  Relief -valve, 
Hydraulic  Valves,  Cylinder  Relief  valves,  Locomotive  Steam-chest 
Relief -valves.  Snifting-valves,  the  Ashton  Marine  "Pop"  Safety- 
valve,  Noiseless  Marine  Blow-back  Valves  for  steamships,  steamboats, 
and  pleasure  yachts.  They  likewise  have  a  specialty  department, 
which  enables  them  to  design  and  furnish,  on  application,  special 
valves  for  special  needs,  which  often  occur  in  steam  or  hydraulic  en* 
gineering.  All  the  safety-valves  and  appliances  manufactured  by  this 
responsible  company  are  absolutely  unrivalled  for  quality  of  mater- 
ials, efficiency,  utility,  safety,  economy,  and  general  excellence,  and 
are  unequalled  in  America  or  Europe,  while  the  prices  quoted  for  all 
goods  are  exceedingly  moderate.  We  know  of  no  explosion  where 
the  Ashton  valves  have  been  in  service  on  a  boiler.  The  following 
gentlemen  are  the  executive  officers:  C.  J  Bishop.  President;  H.  G. 
Ashton,  Vice-President  and  General  Manager;  Wm.  Howell  Reed, 
Treasurer.  The  company's  branch  office  in  Chicago  is  at  218  Lake 
Street,  and  in  New  York  at  92  Liberty  Street. 


102 


!    ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


PARKER  JffO^TSB^  Bectenac  &  ^Puflclfard,  Proprietors,  School 
Streer,  <  "craw  <?f  ':Vt!mont.-TW record  of  the  Parker  House 
is  one  of  a  most  gratifying  character  to  the  people  of  Boston 
and  New  England.  Like  the  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel,  at  New  York, 
or  Willard's,  at  Washington,  the  Parker  House  has  always  been  the 
popular  hotel  for  public  and  political  movements,  aud  is  one  of  the 
points  where  public  opinion  takes  shape  and  through  the  pen  of  the 
reporter  is  made  known  to  a  national  constituency.  This  famous 
hotel  was  established  thirty-three  years  ago  by  Mr.  Harvey  D. 
Parker,  who  was  succeeded  in  the  proprietorship  thirteen  years 
ago  by  Mr.  Joseph  H.  Beckman  and  Mr.  Edward  O.  Punchard,  gen- 
tlemen of  vast  practical  experience  in  the  most  advanced  circles  of 
hotel  life,  and  who  are,  in  fact,  thorough  masters  of  the  difficult  art  of 
modern  hotel-keeping.  The  present  edifice,  with  its  magnificent 
faoade  on  School  Street  corner  of  Tremont  Street  is  a  recent  erection, 
the  original  part  of  the  hotel  being  80x140  feet  in  dimensions  and 
seven  stories  in  height.  As  the  business  of  the  old  house  grew,  its 
facilities  were  taxed  to  the  utmost,  and  the  eligible  corner  of  School  and 
Tremont  Streets  was  purchased,  upon  which  was  erected  a  splendid 
nine-story  marble-front  building,  each  floor  having  an  area  of  2000 
square  feet.  This  is  unquestionably  the  finest  piece  of  hotel  archi- 
tecture in  Boston,  and  is  connected  directly  with  the  older  part  of 
Parker's.  This  is  the  fifth  enlargement  of  this  famous  hostelry,  and 
Messrs.  Beckman  &  Punchard  now  have  300  rooms  to  offer  their 
patrons  of  the  varying  size  and  location  to  suit  cosmopolitan  require- 
ments: Everything  in  the  house  has  been  built  for  comfort,  style, 
and  durability,  and  the  services  of  the  most  advanced  decorators, 
upholsterers,  and  furnishers  have  transformed  the  hotel  into  the  most 
attractive  of  any  in  New  England;  while  the  sound,  judicious  policy 
of  the  proprieties  renders  it  the  popular  resort  of  the  wealthy,  re- 
fined, and  cultured  circles  of  the  public.  The  internal  arrangement 
is  excellent;  the  lofty,  light  basement  is  utilized  for  an  elegant  bar, 
cafe1,  and  lunch-room.  On  the  first  floor  are  office,  reading-room, 
news  stand,  telegraph-office,  caf6,  and  bar;  also  the  ladies  and  gentle- 
men's dining-rooms,  spacious  and  beautifully  fitted  up  and  decorated. 
On  the  second  floor  are  the  parlors— magnificent  apartments,  luxu- 
riously furnished,  and  in  keeping  with  the  known  liberality  and  cor- 
rect taste  of  the  popular  proprietors.  Adjoining  are  the  magnificent 
banquet-halls,  which  are  so  deservedly  popular  and  so  justly  famous, 
where  in  the  course  of  a  twelvemonth  all  the  learned  and  prominent 
of  the  social,  political,  and  commercial  world  gather  to  discuss,  over 
the  bountiful  boards  of  the  Parker  House,  the  live  topics  of  the  day. 
Many  important  clubs  and  associations  regularly  hold  their  banquets 
here;  among  others,  being  the  Boston  Club,  Commercial  Club,  Bird 
Club,  Clover  Club,  Merchants  Club,  Saturday  Club,  Beacon  Club, 
Society  Club,  Agricultural  Club,  etc.  The  cuisine  of  the  Parker 
House  is  deservedly  renowned,  Messrs.  Beckman  &  Punchard  being 
among  the  most  liberal  and  experienced  of  purveyors,  while  their 
roomy  and  well-equipped  kitchens  are  in  charge  of  a  famous  chef  and 
a  competent  staff  of  assistants.  The  service  and  table  outfits  leave 
nothing  to  be  desired,  and  the  table  set  by  the  Parker  House  has  ac- 
quired international  celebrity.  The  house  has  300  rooms,  many  ar- 
ranged en  suite  and  adapted  for  the  requirements  of  families.  All  the 
modern  improvements  are  here,  including  the  electric  light,  electric 
bells  steam  heat,  and  two  safety  passenger-elevators.  The  sanitary 
arrangements  are  perfect,  the  ventilation  is  regulated,  while  the  house 
occupies  a  most  healthful  as  well  as  central  location.  The  following 
experienced  and  courteous  staff  have  charge  of  the  office:  Mr.  F.  W. 
Oilman,  bookkeeper ;  Mr.  W.  H.  Gillette,  chief  clerk,  long  widely 
and  favorably  known  to  the  public;  Mr.  S.  Sommer,  room  clerk, 
genial  and  popular;  Messrs.  George  W.  Doan  and  E.  F.  Lamb,  cashiers; 
and  Mr.  George  A.  Rockwood,  night  clerk.  Mr.  Gillette  and  his  staff 
are  practically  known  to  all  the  prominent  men  of  New  England ;  and 
the  newspaper  men  labor  under  many  obligations  to  them.  Messrs. 
Beckman  &  Punchard  have  here  the  model  hotel  of  the  United  States. 
They  enforce  a  thorough  system  of  organization,  and  understand  how 
to  enforce  good  discipline  among  their  staff  of  200  employees.  Their 
progressive  policy  and  solicitude  to  surround  their  guests  with  all 
the  comforts  of  a  home,  yet  on  the  most  advanced  basis  of  progress, 
are  duly  noted  and  appreciated,  and  the  fame  of  the  Parker  House 
has  been  spread  to  the  ends  of  the  world  by  its  gratified  patrons, 
whose  names,  if  collected  from  the  voluminous  registers  of  the  house, 
would  be  found  to  include  members  of  the  nobility,  statesmen,  rail- 
road magnates,  capitalists,  judges,  merchants,  clergymen,  actors,  and 
those  most  eminent  in  every  walk  of  life. 


FERA,  Confectioner,  No.  162  Tremont  Street. — The  business  of  a 
caterer  is  one  requiring  a  peculiar  tact,  as  well  as  a  hiyh  order 
of  intelligence,  and  he  who  adopts  this  vocation  and  makes  its 
development  a  life-study  must  carry  in  his  mind  the  countless 
combinations  which  enter  into  the  great  variety  of  confections  and  the 
different  kinds  of  luxuries  and  delicacies  that  are  necessary  to  meet 
the  demands  of  the  modern  social  public,  and  be  prepared  to  cater  to 
every  taste  and  satisfy  every  fancy.  These  qualifications  are  pos- 
sessed in  a  marked  degree  by  Mr.  George  Fera,  Boston's  famous  con- 
fectioner and  caterer,  at  No.  1G2  Tremont  Street.  This  gentleman  is 
a  native  of  Germany,  who  acquired  a  thorough  training  in  his  art  in 
the  city  of  Paris.  He  was  then  appointed  confectioner  to  the  Czar 
of  Russia,  which  responsible  position  he  filled  for  some  years.  On 
coming  to  this  country  he  was  for  a  time  in  the  service  of  Mr.  Paran 
Stevens,  the  well-known  hotel  man,  in  New  Orleans,  subsequently  re- 
moving to  New  York,  where  he  became  connected  with  the  famous 
establishment  of  Mr.  Maillard,  for  whom  he  made  the  first  caramels 
produced  in  this  country.  In  1853  he  settled  hi  Boston  and  founded 
his  present  house,  and  has  occupied  his  present  spacious  quarters,  in 
the  rear  of  Boston  Theatre,  since  1877.  His  salesroom  and  restaurant 
front  on  Boston  Common,  and  are  models  of  elegance,  taste,  and  ex- 
pert management.  The  manufacturing  department  is  located  in  the 
basement,  where  confections  and  ice-cream  are  produced  in  vast 
quantities,  and  of  a  quality  seldomed  equalled  and  never  surpassed  in 
this  country.  A  corps  of  fifty  skilled  hands  contribute  to  the  satis- 
factory operations  of  the  house,  and  a  large  and  influential  trade  is 
enjoyed  in  pure  confectionery  products,  wedding-cake,  plain  and 
fancy  cakes,  charlotte  russe,  pastry  and  jellies,  ice-cream,  fancy 
ices  and  sherbets,  including  many  varieties  which  cannot  be  obtained 
elsewhere,  as  well  as  numerous  beautiful  designs,  in  the  artistic 
grouping  of  which  Mr.  Fera  is  acknowledged  to  excel  all  his  contem- 
poraries. The  receipts  used  are  mostly  original  or  were  learned  hi 
Germany,  Paris,  and  St.  Petersburg,  while  the  ornamental  work  of 
the  establishment  is  executed  by  Messrs.  George  H.  and  William  F. 
Fera,  sons  of  the  proprietor,  and  the  house  possesses  hundreds  of 
moulds  for  fancy  ices.  Special  attention  is  given  to  all  orders  for 
serving  wedding  and  reception  parties,  balls  and  picnics,  ana  every 
article  is  furnished  that  can  by  any  reasonable  stretch  of  the  imagi- 
nation be  included  in  a  caterer's  establishment.  Mr.  Fera  includes 
among  his  customers  over  three  thousand  of  the  wealthiest  families 
in  Boston,  New  York,  and  Newport,  while  his  restaurant  is  a  leading 
resort  for  the  elite  of  this  city  and  the  surrounding  country. 

ES.  HAMLIN  &  CO.,  Hard  and  Soft  Coal  and  Wood;  Wharves, 
Nos.  254  and  256  Federal  Street.— An  industry  of  such  im- 
B  portance  as  that  conducted  by  Messrs.  E.  S.  Hamlin  &  Co., 
the  well-known  dealers  in  hard  and  soft  coal  and  wood, 
whose  wharves  are  situated  at  Nos.  254  and  256  Federal  Street,  has 
so  important  a  bearing  upon  the  commerce  and  manufactures  of  this 
city,  and  is  so  directly  conducive  to  the  general  prosperity,  as  to 
demand  more  than  ordinary  consideration  at  our  hands.  Its  claims 
to  attention,  however,  are  not  based  wholly  upon  the  magnitude  of 
the  business  transacted,  but  also  upon  the  fact  that  for  upwards  of 
thirty  years  the  establishment  has  been  closely  identified  with  the 
growth  and  development  of  this  community,  and  is  now  recognized 
as  one  of  the  oldest  and  strongest  business-houses  of  the  kind  in  the 
city.  The  enterprise  was  inaugurated  in  1858  by  Messrs.  Bosworth 
&  Hamlin,  who  were  succeeded  by  the  present  firm  in  1882.  On  the 
death  of  Mr.  E.  S.  Hatrlin,  in  May,  1888,  the  business  came  into  the 
control  of  his  two  sons,  Messrs.  E.  E.  and  Geo.  P.  Hamlin,  who  had 
been  trained  therein  from  their  youth  up,  and  possess  an  intimate 
knowledge  of  every  detail  and  requirement  of  the  trade.  The  prem- 
ises have  a  frontage  of  125  feet  on  Federal  Street,  and  extend  back 
800  feet  to  the  wharf,  provided  with  a  coal  bunker  holding  25,000  tons, 
and  with  steam  hoisting-appliances  and  every  modern  facility  for 
conducting  the  business  upon  the  largest  scale.  There  is  also  a 
large  wood-shed  and  every  convenience  for  handling  and  safely 
storing  supplies.  The  house  has  long  been  headquarters  for  the 
best  products  of  the  anthracite  mines,  and  also  handles  large  quanti- 
ties of  bituminous  and  gas  coals,  as  well  as  hard  and  soft  wood. 
The  connections  of  the  house  with  the  leading  miners  and  producers 
give  it  advantages  which  place  it  upon  the  par,  so  far  as  competi- 
tion is  concerned,  with  its  most  formidable  competitors  in  this  sec- 
tion of  the  country,  whether  dealing  at  wholesale  by  the  carload  or 
at  retail  by  the  ton. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


103 


ET.  COWDREY  CO.,  Preservers  and  Importers  of  Table  Delica- 
cies, Nos.  78,  80,  and  82  Broad  Street.— An  important  adjunct 
m     to  the  canned  goods  trade  of  New  England  is  the  old  estab- 
lished and  representative  house  of  E.  T.  Cowdrey  Co.,  whose 
office  and  warehouse  in  Boston  are  located  at  Nos.  78-82  Broad  Street. 
This  widely  known  and  reliable  house  was  established  in  1855  by  Mr. 
E.  T.  Cowdrey.  who  continued  the  canning  and  preserving  business 
and  importation  of  foreign  table  delicacies  till  within  a  few  years,  when 


of  the  company  now  extends  not  only  throughout  the  entire  United 
States  and  Canada,  but  also  abroad.  The  E.  T.  Cowdrey  Co.  pre- 
serves and  cans  fruits,  vegetables,  meats,  fish,  poultry,  soups, 
preserves,  jellies,  jams,  pickles,  etc.  All  of  their  food  products  are 
prepared  with  scrupulous  care  and  neatness,  and  are  warranted  to  be 
exactly  as  represented;  while  the  prices  quoted  for  all  goods  are  as 
low  as  those  of  any  other  first-class  house  in  the  trade.  Their  factories 
are  eligibly  located  at  the  best  centres  of  supply,  and  are  furnished 


he  retired  from  active  life,  after  a  successful  and  honorable  career. 
In  1888,  the  business  was  duly  incorporated,  under  the  laws  of  Massa- 
chusetts, under  the  style  and  title  of  the  E.  T.  Cowdrey  Co.,  the 
general  manager  and  treasurer  being  Mr.  Cromwell  T.  Schubarth. 
who  for  several  years  had  been  the  managing  partner  of  the  old 
firm.  The  company's  manufactories  and  canneries  —  admirably 
equipped  with  the  latest,  improved  apparatus  and  appliances— are 
situated  at  Boston,  Littleton,  and  Dighton,  Mass.,  and  North  Wayne, 
Me.  Here  250  operatives  are  constantly  employed,  and  the  trade 


with  every  facility  for  preserving  the  freshly  gathered  products  of 
the  farm.  All  the  goods  of  the  E.  T.  Cowdrey  Co.  are  unsurpassed 
for  quality  and  uniform  excellence,  and  are  everywhere  recognized 
and  appreciated  by  the  trade  as  standard  productions;  the  brands 
being  general  favorites  with  the  trade  and  a  critical  public,  always 
commanding  a  rapid  sale.  In  conclusion,  we  would  observe  that  the 
affairs  of  the  E.  T.  Cowdrey  Co.  are  placed  in  able  and  energetic 
hands,  and  it  worthily  maintains  a  leading  position  in  this  useful  and 
valuable  industry,  reflecting  the  greatest  credit  upon  all  concerned. 


104 


ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


BURLEY  &  USHER,  Manufacturers  of  the  Celebrated  Granite 
State  Shoes,  Milton,  N.  H.,  Newburyport,  Mass.,  and  Spring- 
vale,  Me.;  Boston  Office,  No.  !i89  Devonshire  Street.— One  of 
the  great  representative  firms  of  New  England  boot  and  shoe 
manufacturers  is  that  of  Messrs.  Burley  &  Usher,  of  Milton,  N.  H., 
Springvale,  Me.,  Newburyport  and  Boston,  Mass.  Mr.  D.  S.  Burley 
and  Mr.  W.  R.  Usher  formed  the  existing  copartnership  only  seven 
years  ago,  and  yet  have  outstripped  all  competition,  and  within  the 
intervening-period  achieved  a  volume  of  trade  and  perfection  of  fa- 
cilities attained  by  few  houses  in  a  lifetime.  This  is  because  of  the 
push,  energy,  and  ability  of  the  partners,  whose  laudable  ambition  to 
excel  has  resulted  in  their  trade-mark  "  Granite  State  Shoe"  being 
in  universal  demand  throughout  the  United  States.  Their  large  fac- 
tory at  Milton,  N.  H.,  proving  too  small  fpr  their  requirements,  the 
firm  have  now  (January  1889)  just  finished  building  a  splendid  fac- 
tory at  Springvale,  Me.  It  is  four  stories  and  basement  in  height, 
fitted  up  with  the  latest  improved  machinery  and  requirements,  and 
having  a  capacity  of  one  thousand  five  hundred  pairs  per  day. 
Two  hundred  hands  will  be  employed  here  in  the  manufacture  of 
medium  grade  goat  and  kid  shoes,  and  of  a  quality  which  will  at 
once  command  the  attention  of  the  best  class  of  trade.  The  firm's 
factory  at  Milton,  N.  H.,  is  a  four-story  structure,  40  by  360  feet  in 
dimensions,  thoroughly  equipped,  and  having  a  capacity  of  two 
thousand  five  hundred  pairs  per  day,  affording  employment  to  two 
hundred  and  fifty  hands.  The  finest  line  of  grain  shoes  is  produced 
here,  and  the  "Granite  State"  brand,  every  pair  warranted,  is  a 
great  staple  seller  all  over  the  country.  The  firm  have  a  third  fac- 
tory at  Newburyport,  five  floors,  40  by  160  feet  in  dimensions,  having 
a  capacity  of  one  thousand  five  hundred  pairs  per  day,  and  affording 
employment  to  two  hundred  and  fifty  bands  in  the  manufacture  of 
the  best  grade  of  Goodyear  Welts,  and  hand-turned  goods,  which 
have  a  heavy  sale  with  the  best  city  trade.  The  firm  manufacture 
standard  lines  of  women's,  misses',  and  children's  shoes,  also  slip- 
pers and  wool-lined  boots  and  shoes,  all  of  the  finest  class,  and  sell 
direct  to  the  retail  dealers,  to  whom  substantial  inducements  are  of- 
fered. These  enterprising  manufacturers  have  about  two  hundred 
styles  in  stock,  and  the  advantage  of  buying  of  one  good,  reliable 
brand  over  such  a  wide  circle  of  the  trade  is  shown  by  the  fact  that 
Messrs.  Burley  &  Usher  had  over  one  thousand  nine  hundred  cus- 
tomers on  their  books  last  year.  Their  Boston  office  and  salesroom 
are  most  conveniently  located  at  No.  289  Devonshire  Street,  where 
full  sample  lines  are  carried.  The  firm  require  the  services  of  fif- 
teen travelers  on  the  road,  and  are  doing  a  business  of  enormous 
magnitude  all  over  the  west,  south,  and  northwest,  based  strictly 
on  the  merit  of  their  goods,  which  are  noted  for  superiority  of  skins 
and  leather,  correct  cut,  fashionable  styles  of  lasts,  honest  work- 
manship, elegant  finish,  and  moderate  price,  and  Messrs.  Burley  & 
Usher  are  to  be  congratulated  upon  the  large  measure  of  success 
attending  their  ably-directed  efforts. 


PR.  McCARGO  &  CO.,  Music  Publishers,  No.  352  Washington 
Street. — The  name  of  P.  R.  McCargo  has  acquired  an 
B  international  celebrity  as  one  who  has  practically  revolu- 
tionized the  music-publishing  trade,  and  filled  a  long-felt 
want  by  providing  a  full  and  complete  musical  library  at  such 
prices  as  enable  the  poorest  and  humblest  to  possess  themselves 
of  it,  and  yet  so  finely  executed  hi  all  its  details  both  of  art  and 
mechanics,  and  so  expensively  finished,  that  even  the  wealthy  are 
proud  to  give  it  a  place  in  their  portfolio.  Mr.  McCargo  was  born  in 
Virginia,  and  early  in  life  became  actively  identified  with  the  trade 
in  which  he  has  achieved  such  a  marked  success,  and  in  which  that 
peculiar  enterprise  has  developed  itself  that  has  made  him  so  great 
a  benefactor  of  the  people.  He  began  his  career  in  the  music  busi- 
ness in  Philadelphia,  and  for  a  number  of  years  conducted  a  flourish- 
ing and  progressive  business  in  that  city,  becoming  noted  for  the 
wide  variety  and  attractive  character  of  his  musical  publications  and 
developing  a  rare  taste  and  marked  tact  in  his  selections— facts  amply 
evidenced  by  their  wide  popularity.  In  1886,  Mr.  McCargo  became  sole 
proprietor  of  all  the  Copyrights,  Plates  and  Stock  of  the  old  music- 
publishing  house  of  W.  A.  Evans  &  Bro.  Soon  after  this,  the  firm  of 
P.  R.  McCargo  &  Co.  was  formed;  and  then  began  that  career  of 
prosperity  which  has  placed  the  firm  on  so  strong  a  basis,  and  so 
much  enlarged  the  sphere  of  its  operations,  and  at  the  same  time 
been  so  great  a  blessing  to  the  people.  Mr.  McCargo  at  once  greatly 
increased  the  faculties  of  the  old  concern,  and,  by  his  rare  discrimina- 


tion in  selecting,  added  to  the  valuable  catalogue  to  which  he  had  ac- 
ceded, in  a  short  time  made  his  house  one  of  the  foremost  in  the 
country  in  the  variety  of  its  music 'and  the  volume  of  its  business. 
This  house  has  forever  put  an  end  to  the  injustice  of  extortionate 
prices,  and,  with  careful  attention  and  good  judgment,  now  publishes 
the  largest  and  most  desirable  collection  of  the  most  popular  and 
standard  compositions  of  operatic,  classical,  sentimental,  and  re- 
ligious music  in  this  country,  and  is  constantly  adding  to  its  catalogue 
the  best  of  the  latest  compositions,  vocal  and  instrumental,  both 
original  and  reprints.  In  1887,  the  firm  moved  into  its  present  spacious 
warerooms,  so  advantageously  situated  at  No.  352  Washington  Street, 
where  their  trade  has  more  than  trebled  during  the  past  two  years. 
The  publications  of  the  firm  are  sold  all  through  the  United  States, 
and  exported  to  every  quarter  of  the  civilized  globe,  including  Russia, 
the  far  remote  regions  of  Australia  and  South  America.  The  firm  is 
also  agent  for  the  publications  of  the  National  Music  Company,  -which 
possesses  a  most  desirable  catalogue,— this  list  of  publications,  to- 
gether with  the  large  and  attractive  catalogue  of  P.  R.  McCargo  &  Co., 
covering  the  whole  gamut  of  published  music,  should  be  in  every 
dealer's  hand.  In  addition  to  its  vast  business,  the  firm  of  P.  R.  Mc- 
Cargo'&  Co.  makes  a  specialty  of  producing  music  for  composers  and 
dealers,  and  promptly  fills  all  orders  in  the  line  of  publishing  or  stock. 
Personally,  Mr.  McCargo,  the  founder  of  the  firm,  is  a  genial,  whole- 
souled  gentleman,  with  a  most  agreeable  and  engaging  presence,  and 
is  as  much  esteemed  in  private  life  for  his  many  excellent  social 
qualities  as  he  is  admired  in  business  circles  for  his  enterprise  and 
fine  ability. 


JOHN  CARTER  &  CO.,  Paper  Warehouse  Nos.  168  and  170  Con- 
gress Street.— The  paper  trade  of  Boston  is  one  of  much  im- 
portance and  is  a  prime  factor  in  the  business  development  of 
the  city.  There  are  a  number  of  first-class  houses  engaged  in 
this  line,  but  none  which  bear  a  better  reputation  or  command  a 
higher  standing  in  commercial  circles  than  that  of  Messrs.  John  Car- 
ter &  Co.,  whose  establishment  is  located  at  Nos.  168  and  170  Congress 
Street.  The  business  of  this  firm  was  founded  ten  years  ago  by  the 
active  manager  and  proprietor,  Mr.  John  Carter,  who  has  been  fol- 
lowing the  paper  trade  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  was 
formerly  a  member  of  the  firms  of  Carter,  Bros.  &  Co.,  and  Carter, 
Pulsifer  and  Jordan.  He  is  well  known  in  the  paper  trade  and  is 
respected  for  the  honorable  principles  which  he  exercises  in  all  his 
transactions.  For  the  purposes  of  the  business  an  entire  building  is 
occupied,  having  six  floors  each  25x125  feet  in  dimensions,  and  ap- 
pointed throughout  with  every  convenience  to  facilitate  the  operation 
of  trade.  An  extensive  stock  is  carried  of  paper  of  every  description, 
and  a  specialty  is  made  of  Byron's,  Weston,  and  Crane  &  Co's.  papera 
for  which  the  firm  are  agents.  An  active  wholesale  and  jobbing-trade 
is  [supplied,  and  the  house  has  patrons  in  all  parts  of  the  New  Eng- 
land States.  Mr.  Carter  is  a  native  Bostonian,  has  long  been  actively 
identified  with  the  best  interests  of  the  city,  and  his  ability  and  com- 
mendable methods  have  won  him  prominence  in  the  mercantile  world. 


HH.  CARTER  &  CO.,  Paper  and  Paper-mill  Supplies,  No.  3 
Beacon  Street.— In  the  important  line  of  paper  and  paper- 
B  mill  supplies  in  Boston,  a  representative  and  prominent 
house  is  that  of  Messrs.  H.  H.  Carter  &  Co.,  whose  office  and 
salesrooms  are  centrally  located  at  No.  3  Beacon  Street.  The  firm  have 
also  an  extensive  wholesale  house  in  Boston,  at  No.  130  Pearl  Street. 
This  business  was  established  twenty  years  ago.  by  Mr.  H.  H.  Carter, 
who  conducted  it  till  1884,  when  Mr.  James  L.  Carrick  became  a  part- 
ner, and  continued  till  January,  1889.  when  he  retired  on  account  of  ill 
health.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  commodious  store  and 
basement,  with  salesrooms  and  basement  in  the  adjoining  building. 
These  are  admirably  equipped  with  every  convenience  and  facility, 
including  cash-carrier  system,  for  the  systematic  and  successful  pros- 
ecution of  this  growing  business.  Here  thirty  efficient  assistants  are 
employed  in  the  various  departments,  while  several  traveling-sales- 
men represent  the  interests  of  the  firm  in  all  sections  of  New  England 
and  New  York.  Messrs.  Carter  &  Co.  keep  constantly  on  hand  an 
extensive  stock  of  all  kinds,  qualities,  and  sizes  of  paper,  cardboard 
and  paper-mill  supplies.  They  make  a  specialty  of  Christmas  cards 
and  folded  papers ;  also  of  the  finest  note  and  letter  papers.  Only  the 
best  classes  of  paper,  etc.,  are  handled;  and  the  prices  quoted  in  all 
cases  are  as  low  as  those  of  any  other  first-class  house  in  the  trade  in, 
Boston  or  elsewhere. 


THE     METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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WALTER  M.  LOWNEY,  Manufacturer  of  Fine  Confectionery, 
Nos.  97,  99,  101,  and  103  Pearl  Street.— One  of  the  most 
marked  instances,  of  successful  business  development  on 
record  is  that  afforded  by  Mr.  Walter  M.  Lowney,  the 
widely  and  favorably  known  manufacturing  confectioner  of  this 
city,  who  has,  by  reason  of  the  manifest  superiority  and  purity  of 
his  product,  developed  a  trade  of  enormous  magnitude  from  small 
beginnings,  all  within  a  period  of  eight  years.  Mr.  Walter  M.  Lowney 
was  born  in  Bangor,  Me., thirty-four  years  ago,  and  early  learned  thor- 
oughly, in  its  every  detail,  the  trade  of  which  he  is  now  a  leading  repre- 
sentative. About  1880  he  began  in  this  city,  in  a  small  way,  the 
manufacture  of  the  finest  grades  of  chocolate  goods.  They  proved 
a  gratifying  revelation  to  the  trade,  and  immediately  sprang  into 
popularity  and  a  growing  demand.  For  three  years  Mr.  Lowney 
continued  in  business  at  Nos.  89  and  91  South  Street;  and  three  years 
ago,  being  unable  to  cope  with  his  flood  of  orders  there,  he  moved  into 
his  present  spacious  premises,  Nos.  97,  99,  101,  and  103  Pearl  Street, 
comprising  ten  floors  30x135  feet  in  dimensions,  and  fitted  up  in  Mr. 
Lowney's  characteristic  manner,  with  the  best  of  machinery  and  ap- 
pliances, everything  first-class,  while  a  thorough  system  of  organi- 
zation is  enforced  throughout  this  model  factory,  from  200  to 
250  skilled  hands  finding  steady  employment  in  the  various  depart- 
ments, engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  the  best  grades  of  chocolate 
goods,  and  bonbons  including  all  the  rare,  exquisite  flavors,  so  diffi- 
cult to  obtain  in  their  pristine  excellence  elsewhere.  Mr.  Lowney 
has  shown  marked  enterprise  in  widening  the  field  of  his  styles  and 
novelties  in  flavors,  combinations,  etc.,  and  confectioners  handling  his 
goods  can  meet  every  taste  and  fancy  in  pure  and  wholesome  con- 
fectionery. We  can  illustrate  his  facility  to  fill  comprehensive  orders 
by  stating  that  his  new  catalogue  contains  no  less  than  176  separate 
items,  many  original  and  nowhere  else  obtainable.  He  uses  one  to 
two  tons  of  best  chocolate  every  day,  and  turns  out  from  two  to 
three  tons  of  finished  goods  each  day.  Even  then  Mr.  Lowney  can- 
not possibly  fill  all  the  orders  offered.  He  could  sell  one  third  more 
goods  than  his  present  capacity  enables  him  to  manufacture.  In 
1888,  he  sold  $400,000.00  worth  of  goods;  and  his  facilities  are  so 
taxed  that  still  further  enlargement  will  be  necessitated  in  the  near 
future.  His  trade  covers  all  the  great  cities  of  the  United  States, 
and  he  is  directly  represented  by  agents.  His  New  York  agent  is 
Mr.  E.  W.  Dunstan,  of  No.  8  College  Place,  through  whom  his  goods 
reach  the  very  finest  retailers  on  Broadway,  Fifth  and  Sixth  Avenues, 
etc.  Mr.  Lowney,  though  still  a  young  man,  has  won  a  success  that 
old  houses  have  never  approached.  He  is  a  man  of  great  natural 
ability,  coupled  with  sterling  integrity.  He  believes  in  giving  the 
public  the  best  only.  He  consequently  uses  only  the  purest  and 
choicest  of  chocolates,  sugars,  flavors,  extracts,  vegetable  colors, 
etc.,  all  manipulated  in  the  most  cleanly,  scientific  manner,  by  his 
own  processes,  with  the  result  that  purchasers  accept  his  trade-mark 
as  proof  of  quality,  and  demand  it  preferentially  to  any  other.  Mr. 
Lowney  has  recently  become  the  owner  of  the  Bailey  store,  at 
No.  45  West  Street,  which  has  been  thoroughly  refitted  at  great 
expense,  and  which  is  extremely  attractive  by  its  elegant  and  taste- 
ful interior.  He  conducts  this  as  his  only  retail  branch,  and  all  kinds 
of  fine  confectionery  is  made  on  the  premises  in  a  perfectly  ap- 
pointed shop  and  is  made  specially  for  each  day's  sales.  There  is 
also  a  special  mail-order  department,  which  is  now  in  successful  oper- 
ation, where  goods  are  sent  by  mail  in  one-and  two-pound  metal  boxes 
to  any  point  in  the  United  States. 


BIRD  &  STEVENS,  Manufacturers  of  Wigwam  Slippers;  also 
Canvas  Bals,  and  Machine-sewed  Slippers  of  all  Kinds;  Office 
and  Factory,  No.  14  Hamilton  Street,  Corner  Franklin. — 
Probably  the  leading  and  best-known  manufacturers  of  slip- 
pers in  this  country  are  Messrs.  Bird  &  Stevens,  whose  principal 
office  is  at  No.  14  Hamilton  Street,  corner  of  Franklin,  in  this  city. 
This  firm  enjoy  an  international  reputation  as  the  manufacturers  of 
wigwam  slippers;  also  canvas  bals,  and  machine-sewed  slippers  of 
all  kinds.  This  mammoth  enterprise  was  inaugurated  by  the  pressnt 
proprietors  in  1883,  and  has  been  conducted  with  such  energy  and 
ability  that  the  goods  bearing  the  name  of  this  firm  are  as  well 
known  to  the  trade  as  the  flag  that  floats  over  our  country,  and  are  in 
great  and  growing  demand  by  consumers,  not  only  in  all  parts  of  the 
United  States,  but  in  many  foreign  countries.  The  range  of  manu- 
facturer includes  slippers  suited  to  the  requirements  of  both  men, 
women,  misses,  and  children,  and  the  output  is  simply  colossal  in 


proportions  and  magnitude.  Three  distinct  factories  are  constantly 
kept  in  operation.  The  premises  occupied  at  the  address  above 
given  comprise  six  floors,  having  21,000  square  feet  of  floor  space, 
and  a  productive  capacity  of  2.400  pah's  per  day,  giving  steady  em- 
ployment to  one  hundred  and  fifty  hands.  A  factory  at  No.  161 
High  Street,  which  was  opened  in  1887,  gives  constant  employment 
to  one  hundred  hands,  and  turns  out  7,200  pairs  per  week.  Another 
factory,  located  at  No.  416  Atlantic  Avenue,  was  established  in  1888, 
and  employs  fifty  operatives,  who  produce  nine  thousand  pairs  per 
week.  All  these  different  factories  are  fully  supplied  with  the  latest 
improved  machinery  known  to  the  trade,  and  with  ample  steam- 
power,  insuring  rapid  and  perfect  production.  The  enviable  and 
wide-spread  reputation  gained  by  this  house  for  the  extra  quality 
and  fine  finish  of  its  productions,  is  due  in  a  great  measure  to  the 
consistency  and  integrity  of  the  firm,  as  shown  by  their  patience  and 
fidelity  in  adhering  to  the  better  methods  and  processes  of  manu- 
facture, and  by  always  maintaining  a  uniform  high  standard  in  then- 
goods.  Their  trade  is  immense  and  influential  throughout  the 
United  States,  England,  and  the  West  Indies,  and  is  steadily  increas- 
ing in  strength  and  importance  under  enterprising,  progressive,  and 
reliable  management.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm,  Messrs. 
E.  A.  Stevens  and  L.  C.  Bird,  are  experienced  manufacturers, 
closely  identified  with  the  progress  and  prosperity  of  this  great 
metropolis.  Mr.  Bird  is  a  native  of  Braintree,  Mass.,  was  a  soldier 
throughout  the  entire  period  of  the  civil  war,  is  still  hi  the  prime  of 
life,  and  has  been  a  citizen  of  Boston  since  1870.  Mr.  Stevens  was 
born  in  i  his  city  and  has  been  connected  with  the  shoe  trade  from, 
boyhood,  is  a  director  of  the  Homestead  National  Bank,  and  promi- 
nent and  popular  in  business  and  social  lif  e. 


BOSTON  CAR  SPRING  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  India 
Rubber  Goods  for  Mechanical  and  Manufacturing  Purposes; 
Salesrooms,  No.  146  Franklin  Street;  Factory,  Roxbury, 
Mass. — The  leading  concern  in  New  England  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  full  lines  of  India-rubber  goods  for  all  mechanical 
and  manufacturing  purposes  is  the  famous  Boston  Car  Spring  Com- 
pany, with  headquarters  at  No.  146  Franklin  Street.  The  company 
was  duly  organized  in  1867  with  a  paid-up  capital  of  $60,000,  and  at 
first  engaged  solely  in  the  manufacture  of  rubber  car-springs  of  the 
highest  grade,  which  for  many  years  had  such  a  consumption  as 
placed  the  company  in  the  lead  in  that  specialty.  However,  rubber 
kept  coming  into  demand  in  so  many  other  ways  for  mechanical 
purposes,  that  the  company  is  now  manufacturing  a  vast  variety  of 
articles  in  addition  to  rubber  springs.  Its  factory,  which  is  located 
at  Roxbury,  was  erected  in  1868,  and  is  a  spacious  structure,  com- 
pletely equipped  with  the  latest  improved  machinery  and  appli- 
ances, and  affording  employment  to  upwards  of  one  hundred  and 
fifty  hands  in  the  various  departments.  A  specialty  is  made  of  rub- 
ber-covered rolls  for  bleacheries,  tanneries,  laundries,  tobacco- 
wringers,  paper-mills,  clothes-wringers,  etc.,  etc.  The  company  is 
the  largest  manufacturer  of  wringers  and  rolls  in  the  United  States; 
it  selects  and  uses  only  the  very  best  Para  rubber,  manipulated  by 
its  own  perfected  processes.  Other  lines  of  goods  produced  here 
are  rubber  springs  for  machinery,  wagons,  cars,  and  electric  appli- 
ances, pump-valves,  and  numerous  standard  articles,  such  as  pure 
packing,  tubing,  diaphragms,  fire-buckets,  truck-wheel  bands,  cor- 
rugated matting,  saw-bands,  etc.,  etc.  Mould-work  is  a  specialty, 
and  those  in  need  of  special  or  original  shapes  and  applications  in 
rubber  should  get  estimates  and  samples  here.  At  the  company's 
salesrooms  is  carried  a  large  stock  of  goods.  The  trade  has  attained 
proportions  of  enormous  magnitude,  and  the  goods  find  a  market  all 
over  the  United  States  and  Canada,  South  America,  England,  etc. 
All  large  shipments  are  made  direct  from  the  works.  The  compa- 
ny's president  is  Mr.  H.  P.  Dunbar.  He  is  the  founder  of  this  valu- 
able industry,  and  has  ably  filled  the  presidential  chair  since  1869. 
He  is  one  of  the  pioneers  in  rubber  manufacturing,  having  owned  a 
factory  in  New  Jersey  forty  years  ago.  Mr.  Thomas  C.  Lothrop  is 
the  company's  treasurer.  He  was  elected  to  office  in  1875,  and 
brings  to  bear  special  executive  qualifications,  devoting  himself  with 
energy  and  ability  to  the  discharge  of  the  responsible  duties  devolv- 
ing upon  him.  The  company's  prosperity  is  due  to  the  superiority 
of  its  goods,  both  as  to  quality,  accuracy  of  form,  and  durability. 
They  are  the  standards  in  their  respective  lines,  and  the  steady 
growth  of  this  branch  of  skilled  industry  is  highly  creditable  to  the 
company  and  its  executive. 


106 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON 


LC.  CHASE  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Horse-clothing,  Carriage- 
robes,  Mohair  Plushes  and  Velours,  Nos.  125-129  Washington 
B  Street. — No  historical  review  of  the  representative  houses  of 
Boston  would  be  complete  without  special  reference  to  the 
firm  of  L.  C.  Chase  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  horse-clothing,  carriage- 
robes,  mohair  plushes  and  velours,  whose  office  and  >alesroom  are  lo- 
cated at  Nos.  125-129  Washington  Street.  This  extensive  business 
was  originally  established,  under  the  firm-name  of  L.  C.  Chase  &  Co., 
in  1852,  by  L.  C.  and  H.  F.  Chase.  Both  brothers  retired  from  the  firm 
in  1886,  and  up  to  the  time  of  their  retirement  they  had  taken  no  active 
part  in  the  business  for  some  years.  Mr.  L.  C  Chase  died  in  1887, 
and  Mr.  H.  F.  Chase  in  1888,  after  the  completion  of  a  successful  and 
honorable  career.  They  were  succeeded  by  John  Hopewell,  Jr., 
O.  F.  Kendall,  who  were  members  of  the  old  concern,  and  Frank 
Hopewell,  and  are  now  conducting  the  business  under  the  firm-name 
of  L.  C.  Chase  &  Co.  The  firm  is  interested  in  the  Sanford  Mills,  of 


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which  Mr.  John  Hopewell,  Jr..  is  treasurer  These  mills  are  the 
largest  and  best  equipped  of  the  kind  in  the  world,  and  are  located  in 
Sanford,  Maine.  They  are  also  interested  in  the  Troy  Mills,  at  Troy, 
N.  H.  There  are  employed  in  these  mills  and  in  their  manufacturing 
department  at  Boston  over  a  thousand  operatives.  The  firm  also 
have  branch  offices  in  New  York  and  Chicago,  and  have  every 
facility  for  rapid  communication  and  prompt  despatch  of  business 
with  every  portion  of  the  United  States,  Canada,  and  Mexico  in  the 
wholesale  trade.  Their  premises  in  Boston  occupy  four  spacious 
floors,  which  are  admirably  equipped  with  every  appliance  and 
facility  for  the  accommodation  and  display  of  the  samples  of  the 
extensive  and  valuable  stock  which  they  manufacture.  They  make 
extensively  all  kinds  of  horse-clothing,  and  their  carriage-robes, 
velours  and  plushes  are  of  recognized  merit  throughout  the  country, 
and  are  unrivalled  in  this  country  or  Europe  for  quality  and  desira- 
bility. The  partners  are  Massachusetts  men  and  residents  of  Cam- 
bridge. They  are  widely  known  as  representative  and  honest  busi- 
ness men  and  influential  and  public-spirited  citizens. 


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est  estimation  of  those  who  love  jewelry,  while  the  splendor  of  the 
finer  stones  has  certainly  justified  the  preference.  A  leading  head- 
quarters in  this  city  for  diamonds  and  first-class  jewelry  of  all  kinds 
is  the  establishment  of  Messrs.  Geo.  H.  Richards,  Jr.,  &  Co.,  located 
at  No.  383  Washington  Street,  opposite  Franklin  Street.  This  firm 
are  widely  prominent  and  popular  as  jobbers  and  retailers  of  dia- 
monds, watches,  French  clocks,  jewelry,  silverware,  opera-glasses, 
etc.,  and  make  a  leading  specialty  of  engraving  and  repairing.  The 
business  was  originally  established  in  1876  by  Mr.  Geo.  H.  Richards, 
Jr.,  and  in  1887  the  present  firm  was  organized  by  the  admission  of 
Mr.  Charles  E.  Richards  to  partnership.  The  salesrooms  of  the  firm 
are  spacious  in  size,  elegantly  fitted  up  with  handsome  wall  cabinets 
and  heavy  plate-glass  show-cases  for  the  display,  and  large  safes  for 
the  storage  of  the  choice  and  valuable  stock,  and  perfect  in  conve- 
nience of  arrangement  for  inspection  and  sale.  Here  will  be  found 
certain  classes  of  articles  of  novelty,  beauty,  and  merit,  for  decora- 
tion and  personal  adornment,  to  be  obtained  nowhere  else  in  the 
city.  In  gold  and  silver  watches,  French  clocks,  rich  jewelry  and 
charms,  solid  silver  and  plated  ware,  opera-glasses  and  optical 
specialties,  the  assortments  are  rarely  equalled  and  never  excelled 
by  any  contemporary  establishment  here.  In  gems  and  "  stones  of 
worth,"  the  selections  are  among  the  largest  and  choicest  on  this 
side  of  the  Atlantic.  Here  are  diamonds  of  unequalled  whiteness 
and  clearness,  and  of  absolute  faultlessness,  "  gems  of  the  purest 
ray  serene,"  riviere  solitaire,  cluster,  and  pendant,  panache  and 
aigrette,  necklace  and  bracelet,  chains,  earrings  and  chatelaines,  are 
all  fittingly  represented.  In  its  specialties  of  engraving  and  fine 
watch-repairing,  this  house  is  known  to  distance  all  competition,  and 
to  command  the  admiration  and  confidence  of  all  who  inspect  its 
work  in  these  important  branches.  A  corps  of  fourteen  skilled  as- 
sistants contribute  to  the  successful  operations  of  the  house;  and  the 
trade  is  at  all  times  brisk  and  lively,  at  both  wholesale  and  retail, 
inducements  being  constantly  offered  in  reliability  of  goods  and  liber- 
ality of  terms  and  prices  which  challenge  competition.  The  Messrs. 
Richards  are  brothers,  born  in  Keene,  N.  H.,  of  large  experience  in 
the  watch-making  and  jewelry  industry,  both  as  salesmen  and  princi- 
pals, and  highly  esteemed  in  business  and  trade  circles  for  their  en- 
terprise, reliability,  and  solid  personal  worth. 


EO.  H.  RICHARDS,  JR.,  &  CO.,  Diamonds,  Watches.  French 
Clocks,  Jewelry,  Silverware,  Opera-glasses,  fine  Repairing 
and  Engraving,  No.  383  Washington  Street,  opposite  Franklin 
Street.— For  ages  past,  the  diamond  has  been  held  in  the  high- 


NICHOLS  &  FARNSWORTH,  Importers  and  Dealers  in  Shoe- 
manufacturers'  Goods,  No.  98  Summer  Street  — The  promi- 
nent and  prosperous  house  of  Messrs.  Nichols  &  Farnsworth, 
the  well-known  importers  and  dealers  in  shoe-manufac- 
turers' goods,  at  No.  98  Summer  Street,  is  one  which,  devoted  to  a 
given  line  of  trade,  thus  receives  all  the  advantages  to  be  gained 
from  undivided  attention.  The  enterprise  was  inaugurated  in  1864, 
by  Messrs.  N.  Nichols  and  E.  M.  Farnsworth:  and  in  1887,  Mr.  Chas. 
C.  Hoyt  was  admitted  to  partnership  without  change  in  firm  name. 
The  premises  occupied  for  trade  purposes  are  spacious  in  size,  eligi- 
bly located  in  the  heart  of  the  great  shoe  and  leather  district  of  the 
city,  and  are  at  all  times  stocked  to  repletion  with  choice,  desirable, 
and  valuable  specialties  in  this  line,  of  both  domestic  and  foreign 
production.  No  house  in  the  country  is  better  prepared  to  minister 
successfully  and  satisfactorily  to  the  shoe  trade,  or  stands  higher  in 
the  esteem  of  shoe-manufacturers  throughout  all  this  great  centre 
of  the  industry.  The  various  goods  represented  in  stock  are  of  a 
thoroughly  reliable  and  standard  quality,  and  are  selected  with  a 
trained  and  practised  eye  direct  from  the  most  reputable  producing 
sources  in  this  country  and  Europe.  Their  superiority  is  recognized 
by  critical  and  discriminating  buyers,  and  many  of  the  largest  shoe- 
manufacturers  in  Massachusetts  make  their  purchases  in  this  line 
at  this  establishment,  being  attracted  by  the  honorable  methods  in 
force,  the  superior  inducements  offered,  and  the  eminently  satis- 
factory manner  in  which  their  orders  are  fulfilled.  Domestic  goods 
are  chiefly  handled,  while  the  firm  import  in  large  quantities  such 
specialties  as  lastings,  elastic  webs,  buttons,  galloons,  lacing-hooks, 
etc.  Their  line  of  domestie  goods  is  particularly  worthy  of  atten- 
tion in  linings,  stay  webs,  shoe-lacings,  threads,  and  other  indispen- 
sables  suited  to  the  wants  of  manufacturers,  while  the  liberal  terms 
and  prices  which  prevail  are  such  as  add  materially  to  the  popu- 
larity of  the  house  among  all  classes  of  purchasers.  The  copartners 
are  experienced  in  the  needs  and  requirements  of  the  trade,  and  are 
gentlemen  in  whose  integrity  the  utmost  confidence  can  be  safely 
placed.  Messrs.  Nichols  and  Hoyt  are  Massachusetts  men,  while  Mr. 
Farnsworth  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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SHEPARD,  NORWELL  &  CO.,  Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Dress 
Goods,  Silks,  and  Velvets,  Nos.  26  to  42  Winter  Street;  New 
York  Office,  No.  375  Broadway.— A  model  American  wholesale 
and  retail  dry-goods  house  is  that  of  Messrs.  Shepard,  Norwell 
&  Co.,  which  is  to  Boston  what  that  of  Arnold,  Constable  &  Co.  is 
to  New  York  at  the  present  time,  dealing  only  in  the  freshest,  the 
choicest,  and  the  best  of  seasonable  offerings  in  high-grade  im- 
ported and  domestic  silks,  satins,  velvets,  dress  fabrics,  etc  The 
house  has  had  a  long  and  honorable  career.  The  head  of  the  concern 
and  founder  of  the  business,  Mr.  John  Shepard,  early  in  life  entered 
upon  a  mercantile  career,  as  clerk  in  a  Hanover  Street  dry-goods 
store.  He  early  evinced  those  rare  qualifications  of  executive  ca- 
pacity, sound  judgment,  and  force  of  character  which  have  proved 
such  invaluable  factors  in  his  well-earned  success,  and  when  yet  a 
youth  embarked  in  business  upon  his  own  account,  achieving  well- 
merited  prosperity,  and  ever  alert  to  progress,  he  in  1802  bought  out 
the  business  of  Messrs.  Bell,  Thing  &  Co.  The  location  of  a  great 
retail  business  is  an  important  matter,  and  Mr.  Shepard,  needing  en- 
larged premises  and  looking  to  future  growth,  with  sound  discrimina- 
tion, sought  a  location  in  Winter  Street,  at  that  juncture  being  given 
over,to  high-class  mercantile  establishments  by  its  former  fashionable 
residents.  As  the  result  of  his  negotiations  with  the  dry -goods  house 
of  Wilcox,  White  &  Rorabak,  already  established  in  Winter  Street, 
Mr.  Shepard  jointly  with  Mr.  Henry  Norwell,  bought  them  out  and 
entered  into  possession  of  their  premises  on  January  1,  1865.  Mr. 
Norwell  was  also  a  practical  dry-goods  merchant  of  vast  experience, 
who  had  been  engaged  in  business  upon  his  own  account  in  Nashua, 
N.  H.,  previous  to  that  time  having  been  with  the  old  house  of  Hogg, 
Brown  &  Taylor,  achieving  an  enviable  reputation  throughout  the 
trade.  In  18G9,  after  a  steady  enlargement  of  their  trade,  Mr.  Robert 
Ferguson,  who  had  held  a  departmental  position  of  great  responsi- 
bility in  A.  T.  Stewart's  mammoth  dry-goods  store  in  New  York, 
joined  the  firm,  and  subsequently  Mr.  Edward  E.  Cole,  an  able  busi- 
ness man,  was  also  admitted,  rendering  toe  house  the  strongest  in 
ability  as  well  as  resources  in  its  line,  energy,  capacity,  and  perfected 
facilities,  building  up  what  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  repre- 
sentative mercantile  enterprises  of  Boston  and  of  the  United  States 
at  large.  The  rapid  growth  of  their  trade  taxed  the  facilities  of  the 
firm  to  the  utmost  in  their  old  premises,  and  in  1884  they  inaugu- 
rated extensive  enlargements  and  improvements.  The  structure  was 
largely  rebuilt,  elevators  put  in,  and  in  its  modernized  form,  four 
stories  and  basement  in  height,  fronting  on  Winter  Street,  it  ex- 
tended for  a  long  distance  on  Winter  Place,  occupying  the  sites  of 
the  former  mansions  of  Mr.  Frederick  Brown,  Mr.  Albert  Fearing, 
and  Mr.  Henry  Burditt,  names  long  familiar  in  the  world's  com- 
merce. Again  in  1887  were  further  enlargements  necessitated,  the 
premises  now  comprising  six  floors  and  basement,  200x150  feet  in 
dimensions,  most  elaborately  and  elegantly  decorated,  equipped  and 
furnished,  and  arranged  in  a  manner  as  perfect  in  conception  as  ad- 
mirably developed  in  detail.  All  the  modern  improvements  have 
been  introduced,  including  safety  passenger-elevators,  the  automatic 
cash  system,  the  electric  light,  steam  heat,  etc.  A  thorough  system 
of  organization  is  enforced,  and  the  various  departments,  though  dis- 
tinct and  separate,  and  for  which  the  respective  managers  are  re- 
sponsible, form  one  grand  homogeneous  whole — a  mammoth  modern 
dry-goods  emporium  fully  as  large  as  the  best  in  New  York,  and  af- 
fording employment  to  about  600  clerks,  salesmen,  office  staff,  boys, 
and  other  assistants.  The  appearance  of  the  interior  of  this  im- 
mense concern  is  impressive  and  attractive.  There  is  a  large  open 
space  in  the  centre  of  the  store,  60x60  feet  in  diameter,  which  ex- 
tends entirely  through  to  the  roof,  and  where  the  staircases  are 
built.  This  gives  an  unusually  light  and  airy  effect,  while  its  benefit 
is  seen  in  the  splendid  light  at  the  silks,  velvets,  and  dress-goods 
counters,  ladies  being  able  to  examine  and  compare  colors  and  shades 
as  well  as  at  the  doors.  The  firm  are  importers  wholesalers  and 
retailers  of  every  description  of  dry-goods,  and  make  specialties  of 
the  choicest  fabrics  wherever  manufactured  all  over  the  world.  The 
firm  is  one  of  the  most  active  and  extensive  importing  houses  in 
these  lines  in  the  city  and  brings  every  possible  facility  to  bear,  fully 
qualified  buyers  representing  it  in  the  European  rnarkets.'enabling 
it  to  be  the  first  to  secure  choice  novelties  in  the  finest  fabrics  of  the 
loom.  The  bulk  of  its  business  is  in  the  finest  imported  goods;  and 
buying  so  largely  and  possessing'  such  extended  facilities,  they 
are  universally  noted  for  its  splendid  array  of  goods;  and  the 
lowness  of  its  prices.  Polite  and  competent  salesmen  are  here  to 


promptly  wait  upon  customers,  while  the  enormous  stock  contains 
everything  desirable  and  seasonable  in  the  lines  of  silks,  satins,  vel- 
vets, dress  fabrics  in  all  textures  and  shades,  both  imported  and 
domestic;  cloaks,  seal  plushes  and  cloths;  sealskin  garments  and 
other  furs;  housekeeping  goods,  flannels,  blankets,  linens;  domestic 
cottons,  white  goods,  etc.  A  vast  stock  of  underwear,  gloves,  and 
hosiery  is  here;  also  full  lines  of  fancy  goods,  laces,  embroideries, 
ribbons,  etc.  The  establishment  is  daily  thronged  with  customers; 
the  firm's  announcements  hi  the  daily  press  are  eagerly  watched,  and 
both  as  to  prices  and  quality  its  assertions  are  ever  accurate  and 
truthful.  The  fame  and  high  reputation  of  this  house  are  so  familiar 
to  the  general  public  that  further  comment  upon  our  part  would  be 
superfluous.  That  it  is  the  peer  of  any  in  New  York  is  the  general 
opinion.  When  the  great  New  York  dry -goods  house  of  J.  C.  John- 
ston &  Co.  failed  recently,  Messrs.  Shepard,  Norwell  &  Co.  inspected 
it,  intending  to  buy  it  outright  at  a  bargain  if  it  suited  them  and 
their  fine  trade,  but  it  is  understood  that  that  stock  was  not  touched, 
being  entirely  unsuited  to  the  refined  requirements  of  the  ladies  of 
Boston.  This  shows  the  high  plane  of  excellence  maintained  by 
Messrs.  Shepard,  Norwell  &  Co.  Mr.  Shepard,  during  his  lengthy 
and  active  business  career,  has  won  a  measure  of  popularity,  confi- 
dence, and  respect  in  the  mercantile  circles  of  the  country  second  to 
none.  He  enjoys  the  highest  of  reputations  for  exercising  sound 
business  principles,  and  is  one  of  Boston's  most  enterprising  as  he 
is  one  of  her  most  conservative  and  successful  dry-goods  merchants 
and  importers.  He  is  a  popular  citizen,  prominent  in  social  circles, 
and  one  of  the  best  judges  of  blooded  horses  in  the  country,  his  selec- 
tions for  his  own  use  bespeaking  his  knowledge  thereof.  Mr,  Nor- 
well is  an  energetic  business  .man,  with  a  lengthy  practical  connec- 
tion with  the  dry-goods  trade,  and  possessing  superior  executive 
abilities,  while  his  policy  has  ever  been  one  of  equity  and  honor. 
Messrs.  Ferguson  and  Cole  are  valued  and  energetic  copartners, 
prominent  in  the  trade,  and  this  great  establishment  reared  by 
Messrs.  Shepard,  Norwell  &  Co.  is  a  lasting  source  of  credit  to  the 
city,  and  a  monument  to  then-  own  industry  and  enterprise. 


JOSEPH  T.  BROWN  &  CO.,  Druggists  and  Chemists,  No.  504 
Washington  Street,  Corner  Bedford. — A  time-honored  and 
noteworthy  Boston  drug  store  is  the  elegant  and  well-ordered 
pharmacy  of  Joseph  T.  Brown  &  Co..  druggists  and  chemists, 
which  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  finest  in  this  city,  as  well  as  the  most 
reliable  and  popular;  physicians'  prescriptions  and  family  recipes 
being  here  compounded  in  the  most  careful  and  accurate  manner  by 
thoroughly  competent  pharmacists,  from  absolutely  pure  and  fresh 
ingredients;  while  the  prices  prevailing  are  maintained  at  bed-rock 
figures  likewise.  This  handsome  and  flourishing  pharmacy  was  es- 
tablished by  Joseph  T.  Brown,  who,  after  "serving  time'1  with  his 
eldest  brother,  opened  his  present  store  in  1831.  who  erected  the 
present  structure  in  1851,  and  conducted  the  business  alone  up  to 
1869,  when  he  admitted  into  partnership  his  son,  Joseph  T.  Brown, 
Jr.,  and  George  F.  Markoe,  and,  in  1872,  Mr.  Charles  H.  Bassett,  who 
entered  the  store  as  a  boy  in  1864.  Mr.  Markoe  retired  some  years 
ago,  and  in  April,  1888,  Mr.  Brown  died,  leaving  Mr.  Bassett  and  Mr. 
Joseph  T.  Brown,  Jr.,  as  the  surviving  members  of  the  firm.  Mr. 
Brown  retired  on  May  1st  of  this  year,  leaving  Mr.  Bassett  sole  pro- 
prietor, and  who  still  continues  business  under  the  old  firm  name. 
The  firm  occupy  two  floors  and  basement  of  a  fine  4-story  and  base- 
ment brick  building,  with  spacious  and  very  tastefullyappointed  store, 
a  superb  display  being  made,  while  nine  experienced  assistants  are 
employed  on  the  premises.  An  extensive  and  carefully  selected  stock 
is  constantly  kept  on  hand,  including,  besides  pure  and  best  quality 
drugs,  medicines,  and  chemicals  of  every  description,  at  wholesale 
prices,  also  all  American,  French,  and  English  proprietary  reme- 
dies of  merit,  at  warehouse  rates,  and  an  Al  assortment  of  tooth, 
hair,  and  nail  brushes  direct  from  the  manufacturers.  The  stock  also 
embraces  pure  medicinal  wines  and  liquors,  mineral  waters  of  all 
kinds,  acids,  extracts,  flavors,  essences,  spirits,  alcohol,  pharmaceu- 
tical preparations  in  great  variety,  sanitary  specialties,  herbs,  barks, 
roots,  etc.,  and  a  first-class  line  of  toilet  articles,  perfumery,  fancy 
soaps,  sponges,  chamois,  and  everything  comprehended  under  the 
general  head  of  druggists'  sundries;  special  attention  being  given  to 
the  prescription  department;  and.  altogether,  an  exceedingly  fine 
business  is  done.  Mr.  Bassett,  who  is  a  comparatively  young  man, 
is  a  gentlemen  of  courteous  manners  and  a  skilful  and  reliable 
chemist. 


108 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


RW.  KENDALL  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Selling  Agents, 
No.  99  Bedford  Street. — Among  Boston's  stanch  and  rep- 
B  resentative  business  houses  may  be  mentioned  that  of  R. 
W.  Kendall  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  and  commission  dealers 
in  cotton  fabrics  (Canton  velvet  draperies  a  specialty),  whose  ca- 
pacious and  well-ordered  establishment  is  located  at  No.  99  Bedford 
Street,  with  branches  at  Nos.  54  and  56  Worth  Street,  New  York, 
and  No.  622  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia.  No  firm  engaged  in  this 
important  line  of  mercantile  activity  in  the  city  maintains  a  higher 
standing  in  the  trade,  and  few,  if  any  at  all,  enjoy  a  larger  measure 
of  recognition,  the  total  annual  sales  reaching  a  very  handsome 
figure.  This  widely-known  and  responsible  firm  was  established  in 
1873,  and  was  originally  located  on  Chauncy  Street,  whence  the  bus- 
iness was  moved,  a  few  years  later,  to  Lincoln  Street,  and  finally,  in 
1879,  to  the  present  elegant  warehouse  known  as  the  Lee  Building. 
The  house  is  conducted  on  strict  business  principles,  and  its  man- 
agement characterized  by  sagacity,  energy,  and  judicious  enter- 
prise, coupled  with  strict  integrity ;  and  all  persons  having  dealings 
with  the  firm  are  certain  to  find  the  same  of  a  very  satisfactory 
character.  They  occupy  the  whole  of  the  chambers  of  No.  99  and 
the  third  floor  of  No.  102,  with  spacious  and  elegant  offices  and  sales- 
rooms, carrying  always  on  hand  an  extensive  and  varied  assortment 
of  cotton  fabrics  in  every  pattern,  variety,  and  grade,  having  special 
reference  to  their  line  of  goods,  in  which  they  are  pioneers.  An  ef- 
ficient force  of  clerks  and  salesmen  are  employed,  and  the  trade  of 
the  house,  which  extends  all  over  the  United  States  and  the  Canadas, 
is  exceedingly  large.  Their  goods,  are  to  be  found  in  all  the  leading 
wholesale  houses  of  the  country,  particularly  in  upholstery  depart- 
ments. The  firm  is  composed  of  Messrs.  R.  W.  Kendall  and  J.  W. 
Alline,  both  gentlemen  of  middle  age,  and  natives  of  this  state. 
They  are  men  of  many  years'  experience  in  this  line,  thoroughly 
conversant  with  the  trade,  and  enjoy  an  excellent  reputation  in 
mercantile  life. 


BLACKER  &  SHEPARD,- Lumber,  No.  350  Albany  Street.— The 
rapid  growth  and  development  of  the  lumber  trade  in  Boston 
has  been  largely  brought  about  by  the  enterprise  and  ability 
of  such  houses  as  that  of  Messrs.  Blacker  &  Shepard,  who  are 
located  at  No.  350  Albany  Street.  This  firm  have  long  been  an  im- 
portant factor  in  supplying  New  England  with  lumber  from  the 
pineries  and  forests  of  the  west  and  south.  The  business  was  es- 
tablished in  1875  by  Messrs.  James  E.  Blacker  &  H.  B.  Shepard, 
under  the  still  existing  firm  name,  the  only  change  in  the  firm  hav- 
ing been  six  years  ago,  when  Mr.  H.  B.  Shepard  sold  his  interest  in 
the  concern  to  his  brother,  Mr.  O.  A.  Shepard.  From  the  inception 
of  the  business  the  house  has  carried  on  an  extensive  trade  through- 
out the  New  England  States,  which  has  steadily  increased,  owing  to 
the  uniform  excellence  and  reliability  of  all  goods  handled,  and  the 
prompt  and  honorable  manner  in  which  all  their  dealings  are  charac- 
terized. The  yards  are  extensive,  covering  an  area  of  over  two  acres, 
which  is  covered  with  sheds  for  the  protection  and  storage  of  the 
large  stock.  The  transportation  facilities  are  unexcelled  either  by 
water  or  rail,  the  yards  having  a  wharf  frontage  of  350  feet,  also  a 
frontage  on  Albany  Street  of  350  feet  and  running  through  100  feet 
deep,  affording  ample  space  for  handling  and  piling,  and  always  con- 
tains over  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  worth  of  lumber  of  the 
choicest  kind,  specially  adopted  to  the  requirements  of  builders, 
manufacturers,  and  contractors.  This  includes  quartered  and  all 
kinds  of  oak,  walnut,  cherry,  pine,  white  spruce,  white  birch,  and  all 
kinds  of  building  lumber,  hard  woods,  etc.,  of  which  they  sell  $250,000 
worth  per  annum.  From  twenty-five  to  thirty  men  are  constantly 
employed,  and  seven  single  and  three  double  teams  are  kept  busy. 
The  trade  extends  to  all  parts  of  the  eastern  states  and  the  west, 
and  the  connections  of  the  house  with  producers  are  influential. 
All  orders  are  carefully  and  promptly  filled  at  the  lowest  market 
prices.  Messrs.  Blacker  &  Shepard  have  had  many  years'  experi- 
ence in  the  lumber  business,  and  no  one  has  a  more  comprehensive 
knowledge  of  the  wants  of  the  trade,  and  can  offer  inducements  in 
prices  very  difficult  to  be  secured  elsewhere  in  Boston. 


DM.  HODGDON  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Jobbers  of  Men's 
and  Boys'  Clothing,  No.  33  Otis  Street,  and  No.  114  Arch 
B     Street. — A  representative  wholesale  clothing-house,  and  one 
of  the  most  ably  conducted  in  the  whole  United  States,  is 
that  of  Messrs.  D.  M.  Hodgdon  &  Co.,  whose  extensive  factory  and 


warerooms  are  at  No.  33  Otis  Street,  extending  entirely  through  the 
block  to  No.  114  Arch  Street.  The  immense  business  conducted  here 
was  founded  in  1856,  by  the  firm  of  Knowles,  Leland  &  Hodgdon. 
In  1859  the  firm  separated,  and  Mr.  D.  M.  Hodgdon  became  sole  pro- 
prietor, and  has  since  carried  on  the  business  under  the  existing  name 
and  style.  A  native  of  the  state  of  Maine,  he  came  to  Boston  on  May 
1,  1850,  and  early  in  life  became  actively  identified  with  the  trade  in 
which  he  has  achieved  such  marked  success.  His  business  has  grown 
at  a  rapid  ratio,  necessitating  repeated  enlargement  of  facilities,  and 
his  establishment  now  comprises  four  floors.  This  vast  area  is  de- 
voted to  carrying  the  enormous  stock,  and  to  cutters',  examiners', 
packers'  and  shippers'  departments.  Mr.  Hodgdon  selects  his  wool- 
ens and  materials  with  the  utmost  care,  and  employs  only  the  most 
skilful  cutters.  He  strictly  follows  the  latest  fashions,  and  as  regards 
quality,  style,  and  workmanship,  his  clothing  compares  favorably 
with  anything  seen  or  obtainable  by  the  trade  elsewhere.  A  large 
force  of  cutters'  and  salesmen  are  employed  here,  while  several  hun- 
dred hand?  are  employed  outside  in  the  work  of  manufacturing. 
This  is  Boston's  leading  industry  hi  the  line,  and  has  grown  at  such  a 
progressive  ratio  as  to  indicate  how  popular  are  those  lines  of  men's 
and  boys'  clothing.  The  stock  covers  every  grade,  and  Mr.  Hodgdon 
sells  to  the  jobbing  and  retail  trade  generally  of  New  England,  the 
middle  states,  and  the  west.  Mr.  Hodgdon  is  a  merchant  of  integ- 
rity and  great  energy  of  character,  and  a  worthy  exponent  of  the 
staple  branch  of  trade  in  which  he  has  been  so  long  and  so  success- 
fully engaged. 

GEO.  R.  TABER  &  CO.,  Law  and  Mercantile  Collections,  No. 
31  Milk  Street,  Room  10,  Bowdoin  Building.— There  is  no 
subject  of  more  vital  importance  to  the  business  community 
than  that  of  a  highly-perfected  system  for  the  proper  collec- 
tion of  accounts.  The  more  perfect  the  system  the  greater  the  pro- 
tection; the  more  extended  the  territory  embraced,  the  greater  the 
number  of  people  who  can  be  benefited  thereby.  Among  the  few  re- 
liable organizations  that  have  been  established  with  the  above  object 
in  view,  there  are  none  having  a  higher  reputation  than  that  known 
as  the  National  Law  Association,  which  has  enjoyed  an  uninterrupted 
successful  career  since  1874,  and  has  from  that  date  had  a  vital  in- 
fluence in  securing  to  the  business  community  all  the  benefits 
which  arise  from  comparative  certainty  in  the  prosecution  of  its 
various  transactions.  The  association  has  correspondents  in  all  the 
principal  cities  in  the  United  States  and  the  British  Provinces,  and 
offers  unrivalled  facilities  for  the  faithful  and  quick  collection  of 
past-due  claims  through  reliable  attorneys,  and  is  highly  endorsed 
and  recommended  by  merchants  and  business  men  generally. 
Prompt  and  vigorous  attention  is  given  to  all  business,  and  every 
possible  remedy  is  applied  in  the  interest  of  clients  without  incur- 
ring useless  expense,  and  no  commissions  are  charged  unless  settle- 
ment is  made.  The  operations  are  conducted  under  the  immediate 
supervision  of  Messrs.  Geo.  R.  Taber  &  Co.,  whose  methods,  imme- 
diate action,  quick  reports,  prompt  returns,  and  moderate  rates 
have  always  insured  the  approval  of  patrons,  and  won  for  the  asso- 
ciation the  unbounded  confidence  of  all  who  have  business  with  it. 
Mr.  Geo.  R.  Taber,  the  head  and  founder  of  this  association,  has  re- 
sided in  Boston  twenty-eight  years,  and  is  an  old,  esteemed  business 
man.  He  has  devoted  with  great  energy  many  years  to  perfecting 
a  system  for  the  collection  of  accounts,  and  that  he  has  been  suc- 
cessful it  is  only  necessary  to  look  over  the  names  and  note  the 
character  and  standing  of  those  who  are  pleased  to  endorse  the  sys- 
tem, and  the  straightforward,  liberal  methods  of  conducting  the 
business.  References  by  permission :  Hon.  Edward  H.  Dunn  (Dunn, 
Green  &  Co. 'dealers  in  leather),  No.  30  South  Street,  Boston;  D.  C. 
Griswold  &  Co.,  commission  merchants,  No.  63  Chauncy  Street,  Bos- 
ton; George  Dunbar,  railroad  supplies,  No.  76  Pearl  Street,  Boston  -r 
Wm.  P.  Hunt,  president  and  treasurer  South  Boston  Iron  Works, 
No.  57  Foundry  Street,  Boston;  Hon.  Jacob  Sleeper,  No.  31  Milk 
Street,  Boston;  Swain,  Fuller  &  Co.,  boot  and  shoe  machinery,  No. 
61  Lincoln  Street;  Wm.  Basset  (Basset,  Whitney  &  Co.,  bankers  and 
brokers),  No.  72  Devonshire  Street,  Boston ;  Boston  Transcript  Co. ; 
Charles  Buffum,  shoe  manufacturer,  Lynn,  Mass.  Mr.  Taber  is  well 
fitted  to  conduct  this  enterprise,  inspiring  at  the  same  time  the  con- 
fidence, consideration,  and  regard  of  that  public  whose  interests 
are  so  greatly  enhanced  by  his  labors.  He  is  popularly  known 
throughout  this  vicinity,  and  is  held  in  high  esteem  by  a  wide  circle 
of  friends  and  acquaintances. 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 


109 


THE  GLOBE  GAS-LIGHT  COMPANY,  Contractors  for  Street 
Lighting.  Headquarters  for  Lamp-posts,  Lanterns  and  all 
Street-lighting  Supplies,  etc.,  Nos.  77  and  79  Union  Street. 
—The  Globe  Gas-light  Company  ably  and  energetically  fills 
a  most  important  and  useful  field,  viz.,  the  lighting  of  cities,  towns, 
and  villages,  in  the  most  brilliant  and  economical  manner,  by  their 
safe  and  reliable  gasoline  process.  The  company  was  duly  incor- 
porated about  fifteen  years  ago,  under  the  state  laws,  with  a  capital 
of  $350,000;  and  during  the  intervening  period,  by  wise  and  equitable 
management,  as  practical  demonstration  of  the  superiority  of  the 
"Globe"  method  of  street-lighting,  it  has  been  contracted  with  by 
many  of  the  leading  cities  and  towns  of  New  England  to  furnish 
light  on  their  streets  and  avenues,  which  far  exceeds  coal-gas  for 
brilliancy  and  economy  in  use.  The  company's  officers  are  as 
follows:  President,  Mr.  Francis  W.  Lawrence;  Treasurer,  Mr. 
Sumner  Wheeler;  Agent,  Mr.  D.  W.  Lee.  They  are  able,  practical 
business  men,  energetic  and  enterprising,  and  enforce  a  thorough 


system  of  organization,  promptly  and  faithfully  carrying  out  all 
contracts  entered  upon.  They  are  the  leading  manufacturers  and 
dealers  in  New  England  of  the  famous  and  popular  vapor-burners ; 
likewise  street-lanterns  and  lamp-posts,  etc.,  of  the  most  improved 
and  substantial  character.  They  are  also  refiners  and  manufac- 
turers of  the  celebrated  "  Globe"  naphtha,  an  absolutely  pure,  high 
fire-test  and  safe-burning  fluid,  in  use  all  over  Boston  and  New  Eng- 
land; also  throughout  the  west.  The  company  is  now  under  con- 
tract for  and  supplying  lights,  lamps,  etc.,  throughout  New  England; 
and  ably  and  faithfully  carry  out  all  undertakings  in  which  they  en- 
gage. First-class  work  at  lowest  prices  is  guaranteed,  and  town 
councils  and  committees  on  lighting  should  by  all  means  investi- 
gate the  superior  inducements  afforded  by  the  Globe  Gas-light  Com- 
pany before  placing  contracts  elsewhere  or  entering  into  the  ex- 
pensive and  so  often  unsatisfactory  coal-gas  or  electric  lighting.  The 
officers  are  all  natives  of  New  England,  popular  and  respected,  and 
have  become  the  leading  authorities  on  and  representatives  of  eco- 
nomical, efficient,  and  satisfactory  municipal  street-lighting  on  a 
scale  of  the  greatest  magnitude. 


POTTER,  WHITE  &  BAYLEY,  Manufacturers  of  Boots,  Shoes, 
and  Brogans,  Nos.128  and  130  Summer  Street;  Factories :  Cochit- 
uate,  Farmington,  and  North  Abington.— One  of  the  oldest-es- 
tablished and  leading  firms  of  boot  and  shoe  manufacturers  of 
New  England  is  that  of  Messrs.Potter, White  &  Bayley,whose  extensive 
salesrooms  and  warehouse  are  so  centrally  located  at  Nos.  128  and  130 
Summer  Street.  The  business  was  established  in  1839  by  Mr.  Amasa 
Walker,  succeeded  in  1843  by  the  firm  of  Emerson,  Harris  &  Potter, 
in  1847  it  became  that  of  Allen,  Harris  &  Potter,  succeeded  by  Potter, 
Elder  &  Nute  in  1853,  and  they,  again,  in  1856  by  the  firm  of  Potter, 
Nute,  White  &  Bayley.  In  1862,  Mr.  Nute  retired,  and  Mr.  John  C, 
Potter,  Mr.  Franklin  B.  White,  and  Mr.  James  C.  Bayley  organized 
the  well-known  firm  of  Potter,  White  &  Bayley,  and  who  did  so  much 
to  advance  their  quality  of  product,  and  introduce  fine  hand-made 
and  machine-sewed  goods  that  are  fully  the  equal  of  custom  work. 
The  decease  of  Mr.  Bayley  occurred  in  1873,  and  of  Mr.  White  in  1885; 
since  which  date  Mr.  Potter  has  actively  conducted  this  immense  busi- 
ness in  copartnership  with  his  son,  Mr.  F.  C.  Potter,  a  young  man 
of  great  executive  ability  and  sterling  integrity,  and  Mr.  H.  M. 


Stephens,  a  popular;  salesman.  The  honored  old  name  and  style, 
a  veritable  trade-mark,  has  been  permanently  retained,  and  the 
house  maintains  its  lead  in  the  van  of  progress,  with  perfected  facul- 
ties and  ample  resources  at  command.  Their  factories  are  three  in 
number,  and  situated  respectively  at  Cochituate,  Farmington,  and 
North  Abington.  They  are  unusually  extensive,  substantial  struc- 
tures, fitted  up  with  the  latest  improved  machinery  and  appliances, 
and  afford  employment  to  upwards  of  fifteen  hundred  hands,  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  the  finest  and  medium  grades  of  men's 
and  youth's  boots,  shoes,  and  brogans.  The  proprietors  exercise  the 
closest  personal  supervision  over  their  large  concern,  and  are  recog- 
nized authorities  in  their  line,  exercising  the  soundest  judgment  and 
the  utmost  care  in  the  selection  of  leather  and  findings,  and  being 
noted  for  the  elegance  of  cut  and  perfection  of  finish,  as  well  as  the 
essentials  of  strength  and  durability.  These  are  the  handsomest  and 
most  popular  lines  of  men's  fine  and  medium  wear  on  the  market  to- 
day, and  the  firm's  trade  therein  has  attained  proportions  of  great 
magnitude.  They  have  three  floors  at  Nos.  128  and  130  Summer 
Street,  devoted  to  salesroom  and  carrying  of  a  heavy  stock.  The 
importance  of  this  to  buyers  is  evident.  These  are  not  special  sample 
lines,  but  the  goods  as  will  be  shipped,  every  box  subject  to  inspec- 
tion, while,  as  regards  price  and  quality,  the  firm  challenge  competi- 
tion. Their  goods  are  in  growing  demand  throughout  the  entire 
United  States,  and  the  interests  developed  are  of  appreciated  value 
in  maintaining  Boston's  supremacy  in  this  important  branch  of  trade. 

AF.  RICH  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants  and  Wholesale 
Dealers  in  Fresh  Fish,  No.  13  T  Wharf.— Among  the  old- 
u  established  and  reliable  wholesale  fish-commission  houses 
of  the  city  of  Boston,  a  prominent  one  is  that  of  Messrs.  A. 
F.  Rich  &  Co.,  whose  office  and  salesrooms  are  situated  at  No.  13  T 
Wharf.  This  business  was  established  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century 
ago  by  Mr.  Rich,  who,  after  having  several  partners,  became  sole 
proprietor  in  1881.  The  premises  occupied  are  commodious,  and  are 
fitted  up  with  every  appliance  and  convenience  for  the  handling  and 
storing  of  fish.  Mr.  Rich  handles  in  large  quantities  all  kinds  of 
ocean  and  fresh-water  fish,  including  mackerel,  cod,  herring,  had- 
dock, salmon,  trout,  halibut,  white-fish,  lobsters,  etc.:  and  the  trade 
extends  all  over  the  United  States.  Only  carefully  selected  stock  is 
dealt  in,  and  Mr.  Rich  is  prepared  to  fill  the  largest  orders  at  the  low- 
est ruling  market  prices.  He  makes  liberal  advances  on  consignments 
of  first-class  fish,  and  his  facilities  and  connections  are'such  that  "quick 
sales  are  always  secured,  while  his  house  has  ever  obtained  an  excel- 
lent reputation  with  shippers  and  the  trade,  for  promptness  in  mak- 
ing returns.  Mr.  Rich  is  highly  regarded  hi  trade  circles  for  his  just 
methods  and  enterprise.  He  is  a  member  of  the  T  Wharf  Fish  Asso- 
ciation, Massachusetts  Fish  Exchange,  N.  E.  Halibut  Company.  Mr. 
Rich  was  one  of  the  first  to  answer  the  call  to  arms  for  the  defence 
of  the  Union  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion;  and  served  four  years  in 
the  Navy  during  the  hardest  fighting,  with  honor  to  himself. 

HK.  W.  HALL,  Paper,  No.  165  Devonshire  Street.— An  old-es- 
tablished house  engaged  in  extensive  operations  in  the  paper 
B  trade  is  that  of  Mr.  Henry  K.  W.  Hall,  of  No.  165  Devon- 
shire Street  —Mr.  Hall  founded  his  enterprise  in  1865,  and 
had  several  partners  up  to  1872,  when  he  was  burned  out  in  the  great 
Boston  fire  of  that  year,  since  which  time  he  has  been  alone  in  the 
management,  and  through  his  energy  and  equitable  methods,  he  has 
long  since  built  up  a  large,  permanent,  and  most  desirable  patronage, 
extending  over  all  sections  of  the  New  England  States.  The  spacious 
store  occupied  is  25x100  feet  in  area,  and  contains  at  all  times  a  heavy 
stock  of  matiilla  and  wrapping  papers  and  twines  of  every  variety ; 
also  sizing,  chemicals,  and  mill  supplies  of  all  kinds  for  paper-manu- 
facturers. Mr.  Hall's  long-established  connections  with  the  leading 
and  most  reliable  sources  of  supply  enable  him  to  procure  his  goods 
at  the  lowest  obtainable  rates,  and  to  sell  the  same  at  the  same 
favorable  terms.  Tho  complete  stock  carried  allows  all  orders  to  be 
filled  without  delay,  and  goods  are  promptly  shipped  in  every  in- 
stance. Mr.  Hall  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  and  has  been  a  resi- 
dent of  this  city  for  the  past  thirty  years,  during  which  period  he 
has  become  favorably  known  hi  mercantile  circles.  The  growth  and 
prosperity  of  his  responsible  house  are  only  commensurate  with  the 
enterprise  which  has  been  displayed  in  its  management,  and  in  the 
satisfactory  manner  in  which  all  the  wants  oi  the  trade  have  been 
met. 


110 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


STAB  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  John  W.  Fletcher,  Treas- 
urer and  Manager;  Office,  No.  3  Pemberton  Square. — Promi- 
nent among1  the  manufacturers  of  specialties  peculiar  to  their 
respective   establishments  in   Boston   none  is   more   widely 
known  or  deserving  of  more  extended  mention  than  the  Star  Manu- 
facturing Company,  whose  office  is  situated  at  No.  3  Pemberton 
Square.    This  company  enjoys  a  national  reputation  for  introducing 
and  manufacturing  the  Star  clothes-horse,  an  invention  of  so  useful 
and  valuable  character  as  to  command  universal  attention  and  gen- 
eral patronage.    The  company  was  incorporated  in  1887,  under  the 


laws  of  the  State  of  New  Hampshire,  and  is  represented  by  Mr.  John 
W.  Fletcher,  as  treasurer  and  manager.  The  clothes-horses  are 
manufactured  by  contract,  and  are  shipped  in  large  quantities  to  all 
parts  of  the  United  States,  being  acknowledged,  wherever  introduced 
and  tested,  as  the  best  thing  ever  offered  for  the  purpose  designed. 
All  objections  usually  found  in  oth^r  clothes-horses  are  completely 
overcome  in  the  Star.  The  material  and  workmanship  are  superior 
to  anything  ever  seen  in  this  line  of  goods.  It  is  easily  adjusted  for 
use.  After  the  clothes  are  properly  aired  and  put  away,  it  folds  up 
in  a  neat,  compact  shape,  and,  when  hung  up,  occupies  no  more 
space  than  a  broom.  They  are  sold  at  retail  at  $2  each.  Both 
male  and  female  agents  are  wanted  in  every  city  and  town  in  the 
United  States,  to  whom  liberal  terms  and  steady  employment  will  be 
given.  Mr.  Fletcher  is  now  introducing  to  the  public  an  extension 
ladder  of  a  new  design,  which  is  bound  to  revolutionize  the  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  this  class  of  articles  in  this  country,  and  which 
should  be  seen  by  all  who  are  interested  in  the  useful,  utilitarian,  and 
novel  inventions  of  the  day.  Mr.  Fletcher  is  a  native  of  the  state  of 
Maine,  a  resident  of  Massachusetts  for  the  past  thirty  years,  and  a 
prominent  citizen  of  Chelsea.  He  was  mayor  of  that  city  in  1871-2, 
represented  his  ward  in  the  State  Legislature  in  187SM,  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Chelsea  Water  Board  for  some  years,  and  is  honored  and 
esteemed  by  his  fellow-men  in  all  the  various  walks  of  life  as  a 
staunch  Republican,  a  public-spirited  citizen,  and  a  thorough,  reliable 
and  clear-headed  man  of  business. 


EH.  ROLLINS  &  SON.  Bankers.  No.  244  Washington  Street, 
Globe  Building  and  No.  26  Main  Street,  Concord,  N.  H.  ana 
B     No.  1655  Curtis  Street,  Denver,  Col.— Boston  is  the  recognized 
leauing  centre  of  the  United  States  for  the  marketing  of 
strictly  A 1.  sound  investment  securities  of  all  kinds.    The  New  York 
is  more  of  a  speculative  one,  and  for  many  years  past  the  best  classes 
of   western  bonds  and  stocks,  have    been    sold   in  the  New  Eng- 
land States.    The  leading  representative  banking  house  in  many 
respects,  engaged  in  this  branch  of  business,  is  unquestionably  that 
of  Messrs.  E.  H.  Rollins  &  Son  of  Globe  Building,  No.  244  Washing- 


ton Street,  with  branch  houses  in  Concord,  N.  H.,  and  Denver,  Col. 
They  are  the  largest  firm  of  bankers  in  the  state  of  New  Hampshire, 
and  have  developed  influential  connections  of  the  most  wide-spread 
character.  They  opened  their  Boston  office  about  two  years  ago, 
and  which  is  in  charge  of  Mr.  Louis  G.  Hoyt,  a  young  man  of  wide 
practical  experience  in  financial  circles,  and  who  has  full  charge  of 
the  bank  stock  department.  The  business  was  established  in  Con- 
cord in  1878  by  Mr.  F.  W.  Rollins,  a  recognized  able  authority  in 
banking  and  finance.  The  success  attending  him  resulted  in  the 
formation  of  the  present  firm  in  1883,  his  father.  Hon.  E.  H.  Rollins, 

ex-senator  and  ex-con- 
gressman of  the  United 
States  coining  in  as  senior 
partner.  There  is  no  need 
in  this  review  to  more 
than  refer  to  Hon.  Mr- 
Rollins'  record  of  public 

.,.„/...„  service    in     the    national 

halls.  He  was  ever  a 
steadfast  and  able  expo- 
nent of  a  sound,  political, 
and  patriotic  policy,  one 
far  removed  above  the 
clamor  of  faction,  or  the 
short-sighted  aims  of 
those  whose  motives 
might  not  be  disinter- 
ested. Mr.  Rollins  intro- 
duced many  measures  of 
practical  value  to  the 
country,  during  his  terms 
of  service,  and  his  sound 
financial  views  have  had 
great  weight  and  influ- 
ence in  shaping  the  gov- 
ernment's fiscal  policy. 
He  is  a  capitalist  of  enter, 
prise  and  sound  judgment 
largely  interested  in  New 
England  industries,  and  is  the  able  president  of  the  Boston,  Concord 
and  Montreal  R.  R.  The  copartners  are  active  members  of  the 
Denver  Stock  Exchange,  and  are  the  principal  stockholders  in  the 
Rollins'  Investment,  Company  incerporated  under  the  laws  of  Colo- 
rado, with  a  paid-up  catntal  of  $200,000,  being  the  successor  of  the 
long  established  fin*,  of  Rollins  &  Young,  who  for  the  part  seventeen 
years  have  handled  substantially  the  entire  county  and  municipal 
issues  of  bonds  and  warrants  in  the  state  of  Colorado.  The  firm  do 
an  enormous  business  in  western  municipal  and  county  bonds  of 
the  soundest  and  most  renumerative  description.  They  last  year 
sold  upward  of  four  million  dollars  worth,  and  leading  capitalists 
corporations  of  New  England  are  found  among  their  permanent 
customers.  They  are  also  leading  dealers  in  national  bank  stocks 
and  other  desirable  investments,  and  those  seeking  renumerative 
and  absolutely  safe  uses  for  their  capital,  should  investigate  the 
desirable  channels  presented  by  this  eminent  honorable  and  respon- 
sible firm  of  bankers. 

WW.  BENJAMIN,  Fruits  and  Vegetables  of  all  kinds, 
No.  14  Mercantile  Street.— A  successful  and  prominent 
m  house  in  Boston  engaged  in  the  wholesale  commission 
trade  in  Cape  Cod  cranberries,  Florida  oranges,  and 
fruits  and  vegetables  of  all  kinds  is  that  of  Mr.  W.  W.  Benjamin, 
whose  office  and  salesrooms  are  located  at  No.  14  Mercantile  Street. 
This  business  was  estabished  15  years  ago  by  Mr.  Benjamin,  who  has 
since  built  up  a  liberal  and  permanent  patronage  in  all  sections  of 
New  England.  The  premises  occupied  are  commodious  and  well 
kept,  and  a  heavy  and  first-class  assortment  is  constantly  carried, 
including  apples,  oranges,  onions,  potatoes,  tomatoes,  squashes, 
melons,  berries,  nuts,  and  choice  fruits  and  vegetables  of  every 
variety  in  their  season.  Dealers  and  retailers  are  supplied  at  the 
lowest  ruling  market  prices.  All  orders  are  attended  to  in  a  prompt 
and  satisfactory  manner,  and  the  trade,  which  is  strictly  wholesale, 
is  prosperous  and  permanent.  Mr.  Benjamin  makes  liberal  ad- 
vances on  consignments  of  first-class  fruits  and  vegetables,  and 
guarantees  quick  sales  and  immediate  returns. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


Ill 


HA.  WILLIAMS  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Patent 
Specialties  for  Cotton  and  Woolen  Mills,  Boot  and  Shoe 
B  Manufacturers,  etc.,  No.  32  Milk  Street.— The  H.  A.  Will- 
iams Manufacturing  Company,  of  No.  22  Milk  Street, 
Boston,  having  its  factory  at  Taunton,  Mass.,  was  organized  in 
1886,  and  purchased  the  plant,  business,  and  good-will  of  the 
Williams  Manufacturing  Corporation  of  Taunton.  The  company 
is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Massachusetts,  and  has  a 
paid-up  capital  of  $60,000,  and  an  authorized  capital  of  $150,000; 
J.  W.  Hobart  is  treasurer  and  H.  A.  Williams  is  agent.  The  com- 
pany is  the  owner  of  the  only  successful  machinery  in  the  world 
for  the  cold  rolling  of  small  tapered  pins  or  tubing,  of  accurate 
size  and  perfectly  round;  and  it  is  engaged  in  the  manufacture 
of  patented  specialties  for  cotton  and  woolen  mills,  boot  and  shoe 
manufacturers,  plumbers  and  hardware  trade.  Its  factory  at  Taun- 
ton is  commodious,  and  well  equipped  with  special  machinery  and 
tools  invented  and  built  by  H.  A.  Williams,  who  has  charge  of  the 
works,  and  who  is  one  of  the  ablest  inventors  and  mechanics  in  New 
England.  About  fifty  hands  are  constantly  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  Williams'  excelsior  crimping  and  sole  tacks,  sewing,  peg- 
ging, stitching,  stabbing,  harness,  chair  and  belt  awls,  cotton  gin, 
hackle  and  picker  pins  and  lumbermen's  calks,  shoe  rivets  and  lac- 
ing-hooks. These  goods  are  sold  to  the  leather  and  shoe-finding 
houses,  and  to  the  hardware  trade  all  over  the  country.  The  com- 
pany raanufactuers  the  "Patent  Siphon  Oiler,"  the  best  oil-can  in 
the  market  for  cotton  and  woolen  mills;  also  a  large  line  of  machin- 
ist's and  locomotive  oilers  and  cold-rolled  wrought-iron  and  steel 
tubes,  from  three  to  eighteen  inches  in  length,  for  oil-cans.  It  is 
also  the  sole  manufacturer  of  the  patent  "  Perfection"  self-closing 
water  faucets,  which  are  now  being  largely  introduced  into  public 
buildings  and  hotels  throughout  the  country;  these  faucets  are  of  a 
very  ornamental  appearance;  and  as  the  handle  is  attached  by  a  ball 
and  socket  joint,  the  wear  is  so  evenly  distributed  that  they  are  the 
most  durable,  and  consequently  the  most  economical,  faucets  in  use; 
they  are  sold  by  plumbers  and  dealers  everywhere.  All  kinds 
of  small  tapered  shapes  are  made  to  order,  such  as  button 
hooks,  crochet  hooks,  printer's  blanket  pins,  fibre-machine  pins,  etc. 
As  an  outgrowth  of  the  cold-rolling  work  which  Mr.  Williams  has 
been  engaged  in  for  the  past  eighteen  years,  the  company  are  now 
engaged  in  building  some  of  the  new  wire-reducing  machines  recently 
invented  by  Mr.  Williams,  which  it  is  expected  will  revolutionize  the 
method  of  reducing  wire, — inasmuch  as  the  cost  of  annealing,  pick- 
ling, cleaning,  and  coating  of  the  wire,  now  absolutely  necessary  by 
the  present  method  of  drawing,  will  be  entirely  saved.  The  Williams 
wire-reducing  machine  covers  a  new  method  for  the  cold  rolling  of 
wire,  without  the  necessity  of  any  annealing,  pickling,  coating,  or 
cleaning  at  any  stage  of  the  work;  and  the  quality  of  wire  produced 
by  cold  rolling  has  been  ascertained  to  be  far  superior  to  drawn 
wire — a  recent  test  at  the  U.  S.  Government  Arsenal  at  Watertown 
showing  an  increase  of  nearly  100  per  cent  in  tensile  strength.  This 
wire  also  possesses  a  better  conductivity  for  telegraph  and  telephone 
work  than  anything  heretofore  produced.  It  is  a  singular  fact  that 
the  Williams  wire-rolling  machine  is  the  first  important  improve- 
ment in  the  method  of  reducing  wire  that  has  been  made  since  the 
15th  century,  when  the  present  manner  of  drawing  wire  was  invented 
by  Ludolf  of  Nuremberg;  but  the  drawing  of  wire  was  not  intro- 
duced into  England  to  any  extent  until  the  latter  part  of  the  17th 
century.  The  able  and  progressive  business  management  of  treas- 
urer J.  W.  Hobart  has  done  much  toward  establishing  the  large  and 
constantly  increasing  business  of  this  company.  Mr.  Hobart  is  also 
largely  interested  in  Nantasket  Beach  real  estate,  and  was  formeriy 
treasurer  and  general  passenger  agent  cf  the  Boston  &  Hingham 
Steamboat  Company. 


ARTHUR  W.  POPE  &  CO.,  Shoe  Goods,  No.  45  High  Street.— 
This  extensive  business  was  founded  in  1865  by  Colonel  Albert 
A.  Pope,  under  the  style  of  Albert  A.  Pope  &  Co.    From  its 
inception,  the  colonel  manifested  marked  ability  and  early 
developed  a  large  and  growing  trade.    In  1868,  his  brother,  Mr.  A. 
W.  Pope,  and  Mr.  C.  A.  Vinal  were  admitted  into  copartnership. 
The  retirement  of  Mr.  Vinal  occurred  later,  and  in  18S3  Mr.  William 
H.  Bond  came  into  the  firm,  at  the  same  time  that  Mr.  Arthur  W. 
Pope  became  senior  partner,  Colonel  Albert  A.  Pope,  at  that  juncture 
retiring  to  found  the  Pope  Manufacturing  Company,  whose  bicycles 
are  internationally  famous  as  the  most  perfect  embodiment  of  every 


feature  of  excellence,  pre-eminently  in  the  lead  as  the  finest  "  wheel " 
for  all  purposes.  The  decease  of  Mr.  Bond  occurred  in  1888,  since 
which  date  Mr.  Pope  has  remained  sole  proprietor  of  a  business 
which  is  unquestionably  the  most  thoroughly  representative  of  any 
in  its  line.  He  is  a  direct  importer  of  the  finest  French  calf  and  all 
other  high-class  foreign  shoe  goods;  likewise  of  glove  calf:  and  to 
insure  to  his  customers  the  widest  range  of  selection,  Mr.  Pope  per- 
sonally visits  the  markets  of  Europe  annually,  buying  direct  from  the 
most  famous  tanners  and  curriers  of  Great  Britain,  France,  Germany, 
etc.  He  has  just  returned  (Jan'y,  1889)  from  a  tour  round  the  world, 
combining  business  and  pleasure,  and  has  been  eminently  successful 
in  securing  desirable  new  goods  and  novelties  in  his  line.  Here  are 
three  entire  floors,  each  35x100  feet  in  dimensions,  devoted  to  the  dis- 
play and  storage  of  this  big  stock.  For  custom  work  and  fine,  high- 
class  manufacturing,  it  has  no  equal  in  the  United  States,  and  Mr. 
Pope  sells  to  leading  concerns  all  over  the  country.  He  is  also  largely 
interested  in  important  manufacturing  enterprises,  and  is  treasurer  of 
the  Shawmut  Manufacturing  Company,  and  a  director  of  the  New 
England  Shoe  and  Leather  Association,  his  fine  executive  abilities  and 
wide  experience  rendering  him  specially  qualified  to  discharge  the 
onerous  duties  thus  devolving  upon  him. 

DOWNING  MOROCCO  COMPANY,  No.  97  High  Street.— Among 
the  important  and  ably  conducted  manufacturing  enterpris- 
es of  New  England  is  the  Downing  Morocco  Company,  which 
was  duly  established  and  incorporated  on  January  1, 1888,  to 
engage  in  the  manufacture  of  highest  grades  of  morocco .  The  com- 
pany have  abundant  capital  and  magnificent  facilities.  The  president 
and  general  manager  is  Mr.  Charles  H.  Downing,  a  native  of  this 
state,  and  who  has  all  his  active  business  life  been  identified  with 
this  branch  of  trade,  becoming  a  recognized  authority  therein. 
The  treasurer  is  Mr.  Charles  J.  Green,  also  an  experienced  member 
of  the  trade,  and  an  able  executive  officer.  The  board  of  directors 
comprises  the  above  gentlemen  and  Mr.  Henry  W.  Bragg,  a  well  and 
favorably  known  citizen  of  Charlestown,  and  under  their  guidance, 
the  company  is  making  rapid  and  substantial  progress.  Their  prin- 
cipal factory  is  situated  at  Haverhill,  and  affords  employment  to 
125  hands,  with  a  capacity  of  700  dozen  skins  per  week.  The  other 
factory  is  at  Peabody,  having  75  hands  employed,  with  a  capacity  of 
400  dozen  skins  a  week.  The  most  approved  methods  of  manufac- 
ture are  followed,  and  the  utmost  care  is  given  to  secure  the  highest 
standard  of  excellence.  These  skins  command  the  attention  of  the 
best  classes  of  trade,  and  the  company's  facilities  are  being  taxed  to 
the  utmost  to  supply  the  ever-increasing  demand.  On  February  1, 
1889,  the  company  removed  its  offices  and  salesrooms  from  Nos.  101 
High  and  219  and  221  Congress  Streets  to  97  High  Street,  where  it  has 
desirable  premises  25x80  feet  in  dimensions.  The  company  ship 
from  here  to  all  sections  of  the  United  States,  and  the  trade  is  one 
of  the  utmost  value  to  Boston.  Messrs.  Downing,  Green  and  Bragg 
are  active  and  esteemed  members  of  the  Shoe  and  Leather  Exchange, 
and  are  among  the  leading  representatives  in  their  line. 


DC.  KEAY,  Dealer  in  Provisions,  Stalls  Nos.  1  and  19  Black- 
stone  Market. —There  is  probably  not  one  among  the 
many  prosperous  provision-dealers  doing  business  in  Black 
stone  Market  that  are  better  known,  as  few,  if  any,  re- 
ceive a  more  substantial  patronage  than  D.  C.  Keay,  who  conducts 
stalls  Nos.  1  and  19,  and  than  whom  none  maintaining  a  better 
reputation  for  excellent  stock  or  honorable  dealing.  Mr.  Keay,  who 
is  a  man  of  middle  age  and  a  native  of  Maiden,  is  a  gentleman  of 
pleasing  manner  and  strict  integrity,  with  long  and  thorough  expe- 
rience in  the  handling  of  meats.  He  established  himself  in  business 
here  some  twenty  years  ago,  and  during  this  entire  period  he  has 
steadily  increased  his  hold  on  popular  favor  and  confidence,  building 
up  an  extensive  city  and  suburban  trade,  both  wholesale  and  retail. 
Mr.  Keay  conducts  two  neat  and  well-kept  stalls,  and  carries  on  hand 
at  all  times  a  large  and  very  fine  stock,  which  includes  choice  fresh 
beef,  mutton,  lamb,  veal,  and  pork;  prime  corned,  salt,  and  smoked 
meats  of  every  description;  country  sausages,  tripe,  smoked  and 
pickled  tongues,  lard.— and  everything  comprehended  under  the  gen- 
eral head  of  "provisions."  Nothing  but  first-class  stock  is  handled, 
and  patrons  can  always  rely  upon  getting  a  very  superior  article  and 
full  weight,  as  well  as  prompt  and  polite  attention,  here,  while  all 
orders  likewise  are  promptly  and  catisf actor ily  attended  to,  eight  or 
more  efficient  assistants  being  employed. 


112 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


BAY  STATE  BOOT  AND  SHOE  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of 
all  kinds  of  Ladies,'  Misses,'  and  Children's  Fine  Boots  and 
Shoes,  Foxboro,  Mass. ;  Boston  Salesroom,  No.  106  Summer 
Street.— In  reviewing  the  various  enterprises  that  have  made 
Boston  a  leading  centre  of  business  in  the  country,  it  is  interesting 
and  instructive  to  note  the  advances  that  have  been  made  in  each  of 
the  representative  industries,  and  to  ascertain  as  far  as  possible 
what  has  been  achieved  by  energy  and  capital.  In  looking  over  the 
field,  it  is  easy  to  see  that  the  manufacture  of  boots  and  shoes  has 
exercised  a  commanding  influence  upon  the  growth  and  prosperity 
of  our  commerce.  Among  the  prominent  representatives  of  this 
branch  of  industry  should  be  named  the  Bay  State  Boot  and  Shoe 
Company,  manufacturers  of  misses'  and  children's  fine  boots  and 
shoes,  whose  factory  is  situated  at  Foxboro,  Mass ,  with  main  office 
and  salesrooms  at  No.  106  Summer  Street,  in  this  city.  The  founda- 
tion of  this  enterprise  was  laid  in  August,  1884,  by  the  Bay  State  Boot 
and  Shoe  Company;  and  in  October,  1886,  the  present  company  was 
organized,  with  the  following  board  of  officers,  viz.:  President,  C.  A. 
Parks;  Vice-President.  C.  B.  Rogers;  Secretary,  E.  C.  Spinney; 
Treasurer,  E.  B.  Rogers.  The  president  is  a  well-known  business 
man  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  while  the  other  officers  are  Massachusetts 
men  long  identified  with  the  boot  and  shoe  trade.  The  factory  of 
this  company  furnishes  steady  employment  to  two  hundred  and  fifty 
hands,  and  from  twenty-five  hundred  to  three  thousand  pairs  of 
boots  and  shoes  are  produced  daily.  The  misses'  and  children's 
fine  shoes  made  by  this  house  are  unexcelled  for  beauty  of  design, 
superiority  of  finish,  and  artistic  workmanship,  and  combine  all  the 
elements  of  durability  with  easy  fit  and  attractive  appearance. 
They  are  fast  becoming  popular  with  leading  retailers  throughout 
the  United  States,  and  a  permanent  and  increasing  demand  is 
created  wherever  they  are  once  introduced,  on  account  of  their 
great  salability  and  intrinsic  merits.  The  Boston  house  carries  a 
full  and  complete  stock  at  all  times,  and  is  prepared  to  execute  the 
largest  orders  in  the  promptest  and  most  reliable  manner,  while 
terms  and  prices  are  placed  upon  the  most  liberal  and  equitable 
basis.  The  management  of  this  company  is  intrusted  to  gentlemen 
of  ample  experience  and  sound  practical  judgment,  who  are  very 
popular  in  mercantile  and  trade  circles  everywhere,  and  who  have 
won  for  this  company  an  influential  position  in  the  shoe  trade  by  the 
exercise  of  intelligent  enterprise  strict  commercial  honor,  and 
thoroughly  reliable  methods.  The  company's  enormous  business  is 
one  of  legitimate  growth,  developing  in  response  to  the  direct  de- 
mands of  the  trade  of  a  continent,  and  its  financial  standing  is  cor- 
respondingly solid.  All  sales  are  for  cash,  and  the  corporation  seeks 
no  credit;  its  ample  resources  enabling  it  to  discount  all  its  pur- 
chases of  leather  and  materials  in  from  ten  to  thirty  days.  The 
financial  and  commercial  management  is  sound  and  conservative, 
and  its  guidance  in  the  manufacturing  departments  of  the  most 
skilled  character.  Its  goods  are  in  ever-growing  demand,  because 
they  give  the  best  satisfaction  to  the  public ;  and  the  company  sells 
to  the  best  trade— jobbing  and  wholesale— exclusively  in1  case  lots 
and  often  by  the  car-load  at  a  time. 


ROTCH  &  TILDEN,  Architects,  No.  85  Devonshire  Street  —The 
rapid  development  of  the  material  resources  and  wealth  of 
Boston  has  created  a  demand  for  architectural  talents  of  the 
highest  order,  and  for  the  introduction  of  systems  of  construc- 
tion that  may  be  termed  distinctively  American.  Prominent  amnog 
the  successful  and  reliable  architects  of  this  city  is  the  popular  firm 
of  Messrs.  Rotch  &  Tilden,  whose  offices  are  centrally  located  at  No. 
85  Devonshire  Street.  The  partners,  Messrs.  Arthur  Rotch  and  Geo.  T. 
Tilden,  are  both  thoroughly  qualified  and  able  architects,  who,  after 
years  of  foreign  training,  have  evinced  great  skill  and  ability  in  the 
practice  of  their  profession,  not  only  in  Boston,  but  also  in  the  prin- 
cipal cities  of  the  country.  They  have  executed  some  important 
commissions,  designing  and  superintending  the  construction  of  many 
prominent  buildings  in  the  city  and  elsewhere.  Their  many  buildings 
are  much  admired  by  experts  for  their  beauty  and  stability,  while  the 
elaboration  of  detail  and  care  bestowed  upon  every  department  of 
their  work  reflect  the  utmost  credit  on  the  skill  of  this  reliable  firm. 
The  firm  transact  a  general  business,  including  all  branches  of  the 
profession,  and  cheerfully  furnish  plans,  specifications,  and  estimates 
to  meet  the  views  of  those  intending  to  build.  The  partners  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Massachusetts  Association  of  Architects.  They  are  highly 


regarded  by  the  community  for  their  just  methods,  promptness,  and 
energy-'  while  they  are  personally  conversant  with  the  growth  and 
wants  of  Boston,  and  possess  every  facility  for  the  successful  comple- 
tion of  all  work  pertaining  to  their  profession. 

FLOYD,  PRATT  &  ROUNDS,  Wholesale  Watches  and  Jewelry, 
No.  408  Washington  Street. — It  is  a  pleasure  to  record  the 
|  'character  and  enterprise  of  those  business-houses  whose  very 
existence  is  emphatic  evidence  of  the  honorable  position  they 
occupy,  and  the  long  course  of  just  dealing  which  they  have  pur- 
sued. Such  a  house  is  that  of  Messrs.  Floyd,  Pratt  &  Rounds,  the 
well-known  wholesale  dealers  in  watches  and  jewelry,  located  at  No. 
408  Washington  Street.  The  business  of  this  house  was  originally 
established  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  in  1872,  by  Messrs.  H.  F.  Salisbury 
&  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  by  the  present  firm  in  1878.  The  busi- 
ness was  removed  to  this  city  in  May,  1886,  and  has  here  been  de- 
veloped to  proportions  of  gratifying  magnitude  and  importance. 
The  salesrooms  of  the  firm  are  spacious  in  size,  attractive  in  all 
their  appointments,  and  perfect  in  convenience  of  arrangement  for 
display,  inspection,  and  sale.  The  firm  are  heavy  importers  of 
jewelry  and  watches  from  the  leading  capitals  of  Europe,  and  also 
handle  extensively  all  kinds  of  American  goods  of  the  best  makes 
in  this  line.  The  large  experience  and  influential  connections  pos- 
sessed by  the  proprietors  give  them  advantages  in  obtaining  their 
supplies  that  are  not  excelled  by  any  of  their  contemporaries  in 
the  trade;  while  their  activity  in  exacting  tribute  from  every  source 
that  promises  increased  usefulness  and  popularity  renders  their  es- 
tablishment a  desirable  headquarters  for  dealers  in  quest  of  the 
latest  novelties,  and  the  most  reliable  goods.  A  corps  of  talented 
salesmen  represent  the  interests  of  the  house  at  the  principal  cen- 
tres of  trade  throughout  New  England;  and  orders  are  filled  in  all 
cases  with  the  utmost  promptness  and  dispatch.  The  rarest  in- 
ducements are  constantly  extended  to  the  trade,  as  regards  relia- 
bility and  excellence  of  goods  and  liberality  of  terms  and  prices; 
and  business  relations  once  entered  into  with  this  firm  are  sure  to 
prove  both  profitable  and  permanent.  The  copartners,  Messrs  E. 
B.  Floyd,  W.  H.  Pratt,  and  A.  W.  Rounds,  are  all  experienced  jewel- 
ers and  accomplished  exponents  of  the  trade.  Mr.  Floyd  is  a  native 
of  Hillsborough  County,  N.  H.,  and  was  a  member  of  the  old  firm  of 
H.  F.  Salisbury  &  Co.  Mr.  Pratt  was  born  in  Norfolk,  Mass.,  and  is 
a  member  of  the  Jewelers  League,  while  Mr.  Rounds  is  a  native  of 
Rehoboth,  Mass.,  and  all  combines  to  form  a  firm  of  wide  popularity 
and  solid  worth. 


PF.  BURKE,  Manufacturer  of  Patent  Steel  Toe-calks:  Cold- 
iron  Punching,  Chain  Links,  Washers,  etc.,  No.  360  Dor- 
B  Chester  Avenue,  South  Boston.— Among  the  many  and  va- 
ried industrial  enterprises  that  contribute  to  the  sum  of 
activity  in  South  Boston,  none  is  more  worthy  of  notice  in  this  re- 
view than  the  well-known  concern  of  P.  F.  Burke  (successor  to  C.  F. 
Dewick  &  Co.),  manufacturer  of  patent  steel  toe-calks  and  horse- 
shoer's  supplies,  No.  360  Dorchester  Avenue,  whose  productions  are 
in  extensive  and  growing  demand  in  the  trade  throughout  the 
country,  owing  to  their  general  excellence  The  toe-calks  manufac- 
tured by  him  (which  received  the  premium  and  medal  at  the  four- 
teenth exhibition  of  the  Massachusetts  Charitable  Mechanic  As- 
sociation, held  in  1881)  are  articles  of  exceptional  merit,  and  for 
the  purpose  intended  are  unequalled  by  anything  of  the  kind  pro- 
duced in  the  United  States  to-day.  This  flourishing  enterprise  was 
established  in  1868  by  Messrs.  C.  F.  Dewick  and  P.  F.  Burke,  and 
under  the  firm  name  of  C.  F.  Dewick  &  Co.,  was  conducted  up  to 
1886,  when  Mr.  Burke  (who  is  the  inventor  of  the  toe-calk)  assumed 
sole  control,  and  has  since  continued  the  business  alone  with  unin- 
terrupted success.  The  factory  occupies  a  commodious  two-story 
structure  with  blacksmith  shop,  and  is  completely  equipped  with 
steam-power  and  all  necessary  facilities,  including  special  ma- 
chinery, while  a  dozen  or  more  expert  workmen  are  employed.  Be- 
sides patent  steel  toe-calks,  Mr.  Burke  also  manufactures  chain  links, 
washers,  and  kindred  devices,  while  cold-iron  punching  is  attended  to 
likewise, — all  orders  receiving  immediate  attention;  and,  altogether  a 
very  large  and  constantly  increasing  business  is  done.  Mr.  Burke, 
who  is  a  comparatively  young  man,  spent  his  younger  days  in 
Worcester,  Mass.,  where  he  learned  the  machinist's  art,  and  wae  a 
member  of  the  Worcester  County  Mechanics  Association. 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF    NEW     ENGLAND. 


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JOHN  D.  &  M.  WILLIAMS,  Importers  of  Wines,  Spirits,  Teas, 
and  Cigars,  Nos.  185  and  187  Stats  Street.— No  historic  review 
of  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  mercantile  interests  of  Boston 
would  be  complete  without  special  mention  being  made  of  the 
eminent  house  of  Messrs.  John  D.  and  M.  Williams,  which,  for  up- 
wards of  80  years  has  been  prominent  hi  the  front  rank  of  importers 
and  wholesale  dealers  in  fine  wines,  spirits,  teas,  and  cigars.  The 
business  was  founded  in  the  year  1812  by  Mr.  J.  D.  Williams  and  Mr. 
M.  Williams,  brothers  who  had  previously  been  in  business  f  cr  a  num- 
ber of  years.  They  were  at  first  engaged  in  the  importation  of  sugar 
as  well  as  wines  and  liquors,  and  continued  to  do  a  steadily  enlarg- 
ing business,  and  of  the  highest  character.  Mr.  J.  D.  Williams,  who 
was  born  in  1770,  died  in  1848,  while  Mr.  M.  Williams,  whose  birth 
•was  in  1790,  actively  continued  the  business  for  many  years  after  the 
decease  of  the  senior  partner,  his  own  death  occurring  in  1882.  For 
many  years  before  this  his  sons,  Messrs.  Moses  B.  Williams,  and  Thos. 
B.  Williams,  had  been  associated  in  partnership  with  him.  They 
were  business  men  of  signal  ability,  enterprise,  and  push,  and  were 
accounted  among  Boston's  foremost  and  most  progressive  merchants. 
In  1866  Mr.  Otis  E.  Weld,  a  native  Bostonian,  was  admitted  to  the  firm. 
Mr.  Barney  Cory  who  was  born  in  1818  in  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  and 
who  had  been  first  associated  with  the  Messrs.  Williams  as  a  boy  and 
then  as  a  clerk,  was  also  afterward  admitted  as  a  partner,  and  he  and 
Mr.  Weld  continued  the  business  until  Mr.  Cory's  death  in  1882,  when 
Mr.  Weld  succeeded  to  the  sole  control;  since  which  date  he  has  con- 
tinued the  enterprise  with  uninterupted  success.  He  has  ever  retained 
the  old  and  honored  firm  name  and  style,  which  has  become  a  veritable 
trade  mark  as  regards  the  exceptional  quality  and  purity  of  all  goods 
dealt  in.  Mr.  Weld's  fine  establishment  is  most  advantageously  located 
at  Nos.  185  and  187  State  Street,  comprising  five  floors  and  basement, 
30x125  feet  in  dimensions,  and  where  he  carries  a  very  heavy  stock 
of  choice  old  wines  and  liquors  of  his  own  direct  importation,  includ- 
ing famous  vintages  of  sherries,  ports,  Madeiras,  Burgundies,  clarets, 
etc.  He  is  also  the  importer  of  the  famous  Roderer's  and  Schreider's 
champagnes,  the  most  perfect  brands  on  the  market,  and  of  a  quality 
that  commends  them  to  all  judges  of  champagne  wines.  Mr.  Weld 
also  deals  in  the  most  famous  vintages  of  French  brandies,  in  Scotch 
and  Irish  whiskies,  gins,  rums  and  liqueurs.  He  also  deals  in  the 
choicest  old  and  mellowed  brands  of  rye  and  bourbon  whiskies; 
while  his  stock  of  choice  Havana  cigars  are  goods  far  superior 
to  what  is  termed  the  best  elsewhere.  To  those  seeking  strictly 
the  best  and  purest  for  table  or  medicinal  use,  the  stock  of  this 
famous  and  honorable  old  house  presents  opportunities  nowhere 
else  duplicated,  and  the  trade  developed  is  of  a  correspondingly 
high  character.  Mr.  Weld  is  a  respected  and  influential  mer- 
chant who  has  ever  accorded  a  hearty  support  to  all  measures  best 
calculated  to  advance  the  commercial  interests  of  Boston.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  National  Liquor  Dealers'  Association,  and  occupies 
various  positions  of  trust  as  director  of  banks  and  insurance  com- 
panies, and  both  socially  and  commercially  is  a  prominent  factor  in 
Boston's  progress. 

HC.  JACKSON  &  CO.,  Wholesalers  and  Jobbers  of  Bos- 
ton Rubber  Shoe  Company's  Goods,  No.  115  Federal 
B  Street.— The  leading  headquarters  for  retailers  of  rub- 
ber boots  and  shoes  throughout  New  England  is  the 
establishment  of  Messrs.  H.  C.  Jackson  &  Co.,  the  well-known 
wholesalers  and  jobbers  of  the  Boston  Rubber  Shoe  Company's 
Goods,  located  at  No.  115  Federal  Street  in  this  city.  The  business 
of  this  house  was  originally  established  in  1886  by  Messrs.  Jackson 
&  Durkee,  who  were  succeeded  by  the  present  firm  in  1887.  The 
premises  occupied  for  trade  purposes  are  spacious  in  size,  eligibly 
located,  and  perfect  in  convenience  of  arrangement  for  inspection 
and  sale.  The  Boston  Rubber  Shoe  Company  are  making  a  quality  of 
goods  that  are  rapidly  winning  their  way  to  the  favor  of  the  boot 
and  shoe  trade  of  the  country,  and  are  widely  preferred  by  dealers 
over  all  other  makes  on  account  of  their  great  salability  and  solid 
merits.  They  are  now  being  made  in  such  attractive  styles  and  in  so 
durable  a  manner  that  they  are  having  an  extensive  sale  in  the 
rubber-using  sections  of  the  country,  and  are  fast  working  their  way 
into  the  south,  where,  until  recently,  rubbers  have  been  practically 
tabooed.  The  industry  carried  on  by  this  representative  company  is 
growing  to  great  proportions  in  this  country,  and  each  year  is  gain- 
ing in  volume,  as  the  quality  of  the  goods  are  improved.  The  spe- 
cialties bearing  the  name  of  this  corporation  are  strictly  first-class, 


while  the  styles  are  novel  and  original.  Notwithstanding  the  very 
extensive  rubber  interests  at  this  point,  the  goods  of  the  Boston  Rub- 
ber Shoe  Company  occupy  the  foremost  position,  and  the  facilities 
possessed  by  Messrs.  Jackson  &  Co.  for  supplying  the  great  and 
growing  demand  of  the  trade  are  of  the  most  complete  and  perfect 
character.  Then:  stock  is  the  largest  and  finest  of  its  kind  in  the  city, 
and  the  business  of  the  firm  has  reached  enormous  and  gratifying 
proportions  throughout  all  the  New  England  States.  Inducements  are 
offered  to  the  trade,  as  regards  both  reliability  of  goods  and  liberality 
of  terms  and  prices,  which  challenge  comparison  and  defy  successful 
competition.  Mr.  Jackson,  the  active  member  of  the  firm,  is  a  Mas- 
sachusetts man  by  birth  and  training,  a  well-known  resident  of  West 
Medford,  and  a  gentleman  of  large  and  intimate  acquaintance  with 
the  trade,  and  a  most  worthy  and  capable  representative  of  its  grow- 
ing interests  in  this  busy  metropolis. 


ALLEN  &  KENWAY,  Architects,  No.  220  Devonshire  Street.— 
The  profession  of  an  architect  is  one  which  is  deservedly 
popular  in  Boston,  and  embraces  within  it  many  prominent 
names,  among  which  that  of  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Allen  & 
Kenway  deserves  special  mention  in  this  commercial  review  of 
the  city.  The  firm's  offices,  which  are  fully  supplied  with  every 
facility  and  convenience,  are  located  at  No.  220  Devonshire  Street. 
The  copartners,  Messrs.  Francis  R.  Allen  and  Herbert  P.  Kenway, 
are  talented  and  capable  architects,  thoroughly  accomplished  in  the 
arduous  details  of  their  profession,  and  at  the  same  tune  have  given 
many  proofs  of  their  skill  and  ability  in  the  erection  of  a  large  num- 
ber of  handsome  and  substantial  edifices,  not  only  in  Boston,  but  in 
other  cities.  The  firm  make  a  specialty  of  the  designing  and  erection 
of  fine  private  residences.  They  have  built  residences  on  Common- 
wealth Avenue  for  Alex.  Moseley,  Wm.  H.  Allen,  Chas.  A.  Kidder,  M. 
B.  Mason,  Henry  C.  Jackson,  Charles  L.  Stratton,  and  J.  J.  French, 
and  many  other  superior  buildings  on  Beacon  Street  (notably  C.  C. 
Converse,  R.  D.  Evans,  and  D.  C.  Knowlton),  and  many  others  in 
various  parts  of  the  city  and  elsewhere.  The  firm  have  also  latterly 
erected  St.  Andrew's  Church  and  parish  chambers,  Boston;  extensive 
buildings  hi  Kansas  City;"  Public  Library,  Newton;  Homeopathic  Hos- 
pital, East  Concord  Street,  Boston ;  Bromley  Hall,  at  Wellesley ;  "The 
Library  Building,  Amherst  College,  etc.  Their  buildings  are  greatly 
admired  by  experts,  for  their  stability  and  elegance  of  design,'while 
the  elaboration  of  detail  and  care  bestowed  upon  every  department 
of  their  work  reflect  the  utmost'  credit  on  their  able  and  honorable 
methods.  Messrs.  Allen  &  Kenway  are  assisted  by  a  number  of 
trained  draughtsmen  and  are  fully  prepared  to  furnish  plans  and 
estimates  for  all  classes  of  work,  and  spare  neither  time  or  pains  to 
satisfy  the  requirements  of  patrons.  Mr.  Allen  is  a  native  of  Boston, 
•while  Mr.  Kenway  was  born  in  England.  They  are  widely  known  as 
able  business  and  professional  men,  fully  meriting  the  influential 
patronage  secured  by  their  industry  and  energy. 


PUFFER  BROTHERS,  Country  Produce,  No.  25  Concord  Ave- 
nue and  Nos.  16  and  18  Richmond  Street.— Messrs.  Puffer 
Brothers,  wholesale  dealers  in  and  growers  of  country  prod- 
uce, and  receivers  of  Long  Island  and  Southern  truck,  are  to 
be  reckoned  among  the  most  noted  and  successful  merchants  in  their 
line  in  Boston.  The  trade  of  this  house  has  been  one  of  steady  growth, 
and  it  has  increased  every  year  since  its  beginning,  till  now  it  is,  and 
has  been  for  several  years,  one  of  the  leading  houses  of  the  kind  in  the 
east.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  R.  P.,  D.,  and 
Charles  Puffer,  aged  respectively  thirty-six,  twenty-nine,  and  thirty 
one  years.  They  are  natives  of  Arlington.  They  were  born  on  a  farm, 
which  their  father  cultivates  to  this  day,  and  they  are  all  practical 
farmers  of  long  experience,  with  a  thorough  knowledge  of  produce 
that  well  qualifies  them  for  the  important  business  in  which  they  are 
now  engaged.  They  organized  their  partnership  in  1880,  and  they 
have  since  built  up  a  trade  of  great  magnitude,  that  extends  through- 
out the  whole  of  the  New  England  States.  Their  business  premises  are 
commodious,  and  are  provided  with  every  accommodation  and  con- 
venience for  carrying  on  trade  on  a  large  scale.  In  addition  to  the 
stocks  drawn  from  their  own  farm  at  Arlington,  they  are  in  receipt 
of  large  consignments  from  the  best  producing  sections  of  the  country, 
and  are  in  a  position  to  fill  the  largest  as  well  as  the  smallest  orders 
with  despatch  and  satisfaction.  Their  premises  are  connected  by 
telephone,  the  call  being  2470.  The  copartners  are  members  of  the 
Produce  Exchange,  and,  are  energetic,  reliable  merchants. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


E    HODGE  &   CO.,  Manufacturers  of    Marine  and  Stationary 
Boilers,  Standpipes,   Oil  and  Ship  Tanks,  etc.,  Liverpool 
B     Street,  East  Boston.— For  strictly  first-class  work  in  the  line 
of  boiler  construction  and  plate-iron  work,  and  for  prompt- 
ness and  reliability  in  the  execution  of  all  orders,  no  house  in  the 
country  enjoys  a  higher  reputation  than  that  of  Messrs.  E.  Hodge  & 
Co.,  whose  works  are  situated  on  Liverpool  Street,  East  Boston,  and 
Boston  office  at  No.  70  Kilby  street,  in  this  city.    This  firm  possess  an 
international  reputation  as  manufacturers  of  marine  and  stationary 


Cuba,  and  other  foreign  countries,  and  are  preferred  over  all  similar 
productions,  wherever  introduced  and  tested,  by  reason  of  their  in- 
trinsic merits  and  solid  worth.  They  are  placed  to  customers  and 
the  trade  at  terms  and  prices  which  are  safe  from  successful  compe- 
tition, while  orders  are  always  promptly  and  carefully  filled.  The 
co-partners  are  both  practical,  reliable,  and  accomplished  manufac- 
turers, combining  ripe  experience  with  youthful  vigor  to  form  a  busi- 
ness firm  of  commanding  ability  and  wide  popularity. 


WENT  WORTH,  HOWE  &  MARDEN,  Pork, 
Lard,  Hams,  Side  Meats,  Sausages,  Pigs' 
Feet,  etc.,  Nos.  23  and  25  North  Street, 
and  Nos.  470  and  472  Harrison  Avenue. — A 
representative  and  reliable  house  in  Boston,  actively 
engaged  in  the  wholesale  and  retail  provision  trade 
is  that  of  Messrs.  Wentworth,  Howe  &  Marden, 
whose  office  and  salesrooms  are  located  at  Nos.  25 
and  25  North  Street,  and  packing -house,  etc.,  is  Nos. 
470  and  472  Harrison  Avenue.  This  business  was 
established  thirty  years  ago  by  L.  P.  Wiggin  &  Co., 
who  conducted  it  till  1888,  when  the  present  firm 
succeeded  to  the  management.  The  copartners, 
Messrs.  Thomas  Wentworth,  T.  Horace  Howe  and 
Frank  Marden,  have  had  long  experience  in  the 
packing  and  curing  of  provisions,  and  are  fully  con- 
versant with  every  detail  of  this  important  business 
and  the  requirements  of  the  trade  and  public.  They 
deal  largely,  both  at  wholesale  and  retail,  in  pork, 
lard,  hams,  side  meats,  sausages,  pigs'  feet,  bacon, 
tripe,  sausage  casings,  bologna,  etc.  Only  the  best 
stock  it  handled,  and  the  greatest  care  and  attention 
are  given  to  the  meat  in  its  various  stages  of  packing, 
curing,  smoking,  etc.  The  firm's  harrs,  provisions, 
etc.,  are  unsurpassed  for  quality  and  flavor,  and  are 
everywhere  recognized  and  appreciated  by  consum- 
ers as  standard  productions,  while  the  prices  in  all 
cases  are  always  regulated  by  the  market.  The  trade 
of  the  house  extends  throughout  New  England,  the 
south  and  west,  and  they  likewise  export  large  quan- 
tities of  their  famous  hams  and  side  meats  to  Liver- 
pool, England,  and  Antwerp,  Holland.  Messrs.  Went- 
worth and  Marden  are  natives  of  New  Hampshire, 
while  Mr.  Howe  was  born  in  Boxford,  Mass.  They 
are  popular  members  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce^ 
where  they  are  highly  esteemed  for  their  enterprise, 
energy,  and  integrity.  This  prominent  provision- 
house  gives  every  promise  of  a  long  and  prosperous 
future,  which  a  continuance  of  its  present  able  man- 
agement will  certainly  insure  it. 


K 


BOSTON  PHOTOGRAVURE  Co.  j) 


boilers,  standpipes,  oil  and  ship  tanks,  and  all  kinds  of  plate-iron 
work.  The  business  was  originally  established  in  3864,  by  Messrs. 
Ebenezer  and  James  Hodge,  the  latter  of  whom  died  in  1876.  The 
surviving  partner  continued  the  business  as  sole  proprietor  until  1883, 
when  the  present  firm  was  organized  by  the  admission  of  Mr.  J.  E. 
Lynch  to  partnership.  The  works,  which  were  erected  for  the  pur- 
pese  by  the  original  firm  in  1864,  were  destroyed  by  fire  in  1870,  but 
were  rebuilt  the  folio  whig  year,  and  are  ample  and  well-equipped, 
every  modern  convenience  and  appliance  being  at  hand  tending  to 
facilitate  rapid  and  perfect  production,  while  a  suitable  force  of 
skilled  and  expert  workmen  contribute  to  the  satisfactory  operations 
of  the  house.  Steam  boilers  of  every  size,  style,[and  variety  are  con- 
structed in  the  most  expeditious  manner  and  of  a  character  for  re- 
liability, utility,  and  uniform  excellence  that,  commands  universal 
admiration  and  wins  the  confidence  and  patronage  of  close  and  criti- 
cal buyers.  These  boilers  have  given  this  house  a  prestige  and  a 
popularity  both  at  home  and  abroad,  which  place  it  in  the  very 
front  rank  of  enterprise  and  success,  and  of  which  the  proprietors 
have  every  reason  to  be  proud.  The  output  is  in  heavy  and  influen- 
tial demand,  not  only  in  this  country,  but  throughout  South  America, 


NIGHT  &  McINTIRE,  Beef,  Pork,  Lard,  Hamsv 
Tallow,  etc.,  No.  52  Chatham  Street.— Not 
perhaps  in  any  feature  of  progress  has  en- 
terprise been  more  forcibly  displayed  of 
late  years  as  in  the  construction  and  application  Of 
devices  for  preserving  fresh  meat.  In  this  connection  the  attention 
of  our  readers  is  directed  to  the  popular  house  of  Messrs.  Knight  & 
Mclntire,  No.  52  Chatham  Street.  This  flourishing  enterprise  was 
founded  in  1855,  and  from  its  inception  has  proved  a  positive  and 
permanent  success;  the  general  excellence  and  reliability  of  the 
stock  handled  and  the  energy  and  ability  displayed  in  the  manage- 
ment of  the  concern  being  the  chief  elements  contributing  to  this 
gratifying  result.  The  premises  occupied  for  trade  purposes  are 
spacious  in  size,  thoroughly  equipped  for  the  handling  and  perfect 
preservation  of  supplies,  and  every  appurtenance  and  facility  is  at 
hand  to  expedite  the  business  and  render  satisfaction  to  customers. 
Consignments  are  received  from  the  west  in  refrigerator  cars,  also 
from  the  British  provinces,  and  reliable  producers  and  shippers  in 
this  and  ad  joining  states;  and  a  splendid  stock  is  by  this  means  con- 
stantly kept  on  hand,  which  recommends  its  own  peculiar  merits  to 
the  confidence  and  patronage  of  discriminating  buyers  and  first-class 
dealers.  The  trade  is  exclusively  wholesale,  and  is  broadly  distrib- 
uted throughout  all  the  New  England  States.  The  members  of  this 
firm,  Messrs.  Elbridge  G.  Knight  and  Joseph  Mclntire,  are  among 
the  best-known  merchants  at  "  the  Hub." 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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COMBINATION  AUCTION  AND  SALES  STABLES,  Nos.  243  and 
I  245  Friend  Street,  and  No.  155  Canal  Street.  J.  C.  Richardson, 
\J  Proprietor.— Prominent  among  the  prosperous  houses  of  the 
city  of  Boston  in  the  stable  business  is  that  of  Mr.  J.  C.  Rich- 
ardson, whose  famous  Combination  Auction  and  Sales  Stables  are 
located  at  Nos.  243  and  245  Friend,  and  No.  155  Canal  Streets.  This 
extensive  business  was  established  fifteen  years  ago  by  Mr.  Richard- 
son, who  has  since  built  up  a  liberal  and  influential  patronage  in  all 
sections  of  the  United  States  and  Canada.  This  establishment  is 
recognized  as  the  headquarters  for  the  sale  of  horses  in  New  Eng- 
land, and  from  this  concern  most  of  the  finest  horses  seen  in  this 
section  have  been  purchased.  The  Combination  Auction  and  Sales 
Stables  are  among  the  most  desirable  buildings  of  the  kind  in  the  city 
near  the  Lowell,  Eastern,  and  Fitchburg  depots,  and  are  fitted  up 
with  all  modern  conveniences  and  improvements.  The  building 
is  a  fine  brick  structure  three  stories  high  and  60x150  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, having  accommodations  for  200  horses.  On  the  first  floor  to 
the  left  is  located  the  office;  back  of  this  is  a  wide  horse  run,  at 
which  point  begin  the  stalls.  These  extend  on  both  sides  the  whole 
length  of  the  building.  They  are  large,  double  stalls,  strong  and  well 
made  of  hard  wood  and  iron.  On  the  second  floor  on  both  sides,  and 
down  the  centre,  are  rows  of  single  stalls  painted,  like  those  below,  a 
dark  red.  The  third  flat  is  devoted  to  hay,  grain,  etc.,  except  a 
room  in  the  front  used  for  harnesses.  The  ventilation  is  perfect, 
while  the  constant  work  of  the  stable  hands  in  cleaning  obviates 
all  disagreeable  odors.  In  connection  with  this  establishment, 
Mr.  Richardson  occupies  the  fine  sales  stable  located  at  No.  30 
Chardon  Street,  where  he  has  a  fine  lot  of  horses  and  every  conven- 
ience for  carrying  on  this  line  of  business.  He  can  accommodate 
200  horses  here,  making  the  capacity  of  both  stables  400,  to  say  noth- 
ing of  his  livery  and  boarding  stable  at  Crescent  Beach,  Revere, 
Mass.,  where  he  has  a  number  of  very  fine  turnouts.  His  regular 
auction  sales  occur  every  Wednesday  and  Saturday  at  10.30  A.  M., 
while  a  large  variety  of  horses  are  on  hand  at  private  sale.  The 
sales  stable  at  No.  30  Chardon  Street  has  lately  been  entirely  refitted, 
and  is  one  of  the  finest  in  Boston.  It  comprises  four  floors,  50x160 
feet  in  size,  each  floor  accommodating  50  horses.  Mr.  Richard- 
son employs  20  buyers  in  the  west,  who  are  authorities  on  the  value 
of  horses,  and  understand  the  points  that  constituted  valuable  animal. 
Horse  palor  cars  are  used  by  Mr.  Richardson,  which  contain  20  horses, 
and  are  fitted  up  with  every  luxury  for  the  comfort,  convenience, 
and  safe  transportation  of  the  animal.  Last  year  Mr.  Richard- 
son sold  7,000  horses,  and  the  business  done  amounted  to  $1,500,- 
000.  During  the  year  1888  he  has  sold  to  the  Providence  and  Boston 
street  railroadcos.  $130,000  worth  of  horses,  and  his  trade  is  steadily 
increasing.  Among  the  horse-dealers  he  is  known  as  "  Big  Rich," 
principally  because  he  is  a  "  son  of  Anak"  in  size,  but  also,  because 
he  has  a  way  of  doing  things  on  a  big  scale.  When  he  first  came  to 
Boston  to  establish  himself  as  a  horse  dealer,  he  put  his  "little  all"  en- 
tirely intoa  carload  of  horses,  anddetermined  to  make  the  bestof  it,and 
it  is  precisely  the  boldness  and  persistence  of  his  ventures  which  have 
given  him  the  title  of  the  "  Horse  Merchant"  of  Boston.  Others  have 
done  well,  and  made  fortunes,  but  this  man  in  his  line  has  become 
famous.  Not  a  man  in  Chicago  inquires  for  a  reputable  horse  dealer 
in  the  east  who  is  not  referred  to  J.  C.  Richardson.  He  has  the  first 
chance  among  buyers,  and  has  established  such  a  reputation  for  tak- 
ing ventures,  and  making  them  turn  out  well,  that  confidence  is  ex- 
pressed in  his  judgment  and  in  his  capacity  to  an  unusual  degree. 
Mr.  Richardson  is  eminently  at  home  with  a  horse.  It  is  seldom  that 
he  is  seen  without  a  whip  in  his  hand,  the  tip  of  which  rises  above  his 
soft  felt  hat,  which  is  something  more  than  six  feet  from  the  ground, 
and  never  did  a  man  like  to  crack  it  in  the  air,  or  on  something  more 
substantial,  if  need  be,  better  than  he.  It  is  worth  a  visit  to  his  new 
and  elegant  stable,  where  300  horses  can  be  sheltered  at  one  time, 
and  where  the  appointments  for  the  holding  of  auctions,  and  the  ex- 
change of  horses  are  thoroughly  first-class,  to  see  this  man  in  his  ele- 
ment. Horsemen  pay  him  deference  as  to  a  superior,  but  never,  un- 
less there  is  some  sudden  disturbance  requiring  the  strong  band  of 
authority,  is  his  good  nature  ruffled.  He  is  at  once  the  inspiration 
and  the  "big  boy"  of  the  place.  He  is  never  alone.  Horse  buyers 
are  always  with  him,  and  he  is  one  who  revels  in  the  atmosphere 
from  morning  till  night.  The  whole  bearing  of  the  man  indicates  his 
interest  in  his  occupation.  He  is  aided  by  employees,  who  are  as 
able  in  their  several  lines  as  he  is  in  the  administration  of  his  business 
as  a  whole.  This  man  is  full  of  rough,  strong  elements,  and  there  is 


no  more  unique  figure  in  all  the  horse  marts  of  New  England.  Mr. 
Richardson  is  ably  assisted  in  his  extensive  business  by  Mr.  F.  P. 
Bruce,  the  widely-known  and  reliable  horse  auctioneer,  whose  cour- 
teous manners  put  him  in  the  front  rank,  and  make  him  deservedly 
popular  with  all  classes  of  horse-buyers.  Mr.  Bruce  has  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  business,  and  is  considered  one  of  the  best  judges 
of  horses  in  America.  Mr.  Richardson  was  born  in  Illinois,  but  has 
resided  hi  Boston  for  the  last  twenty  years,  where  he  is  highly  es- 
teemed by  the  community  for  his  enterprise,  sound  business  princi- 
ples, and  sterling  integrity.  He  makes  liberal  advances  when  re- 
quired on  consignments  of  horses,  guaranteeing  always  quick  sales 
and  prompt  returns,  and  is  making  steady  advancement  with  the 
ideas  of  the  tunes. 


LOUIS  P.  OBER,  Restaurant  Parisienne,  Importer  of  Wines, 
Nos.  3  and  4  Winter  Place.— The  city  of  Boston  has  long 
been  recognized  as  the  centre  where  unlimited  capital, 
vast  practical  experience,  and  boundless  enterprise  have 
combined  to  make  its  cafes  and  restaurants  superior  to  any  in 
the  country.  As  the  leading  contributor  to  the  reputation  of  the 
city  in  this  regard,  and  as  a  model  establishment  of  its  kind, 
the  Restaurant  Parisienne,  conducted  by  Mr.  Louis  P.  Ober,  at 
Nos.  3  and  4  Winter  Place,  stands  pre-eminent.  It  was  opened  to 
the  public  in  1868  by  its  present  proprietor,  a  native  of  sunny 
France,  who  came  to  this  city  twenty-five  years  ago,  and  who 
brought  to  bear  a  thorough  knowledge  of  all  the  wants  and  require- 
ments of  the  business,  and  quickly  acquired  a  reputation  and  a  pat- 
ronage that  placed  his  establishment  in  the  foremost  ranks  of  en- 
terprise, popularity  and  success.  Three  spacious  floors  are  occupied 
— the  first  as  an  elegant  caf6  and  lunch-room  for  gentlemen,  the  sec- 
ond containing  three  public  lunch-rooms,  and  the  third  for  private 
supper-rooms,  all  arranged  and  appointed  in  the  most  appropriate 
and  recherche  style,  reflecting  the  utmost  credit  upon  the  good  taste 
and  sound  judgment  of  the  proprietor,  and  insuring  the  convenience 
and  comfort  of  all  patrons.  The  cuisine  is  in  charge  of  chefs  of 
marked  ability  and  national  reputation.  The  management  secures 
its  table  supplies  from  the  most  reputable  and  varied  sources,  all 
the  important  markets  of  the  country  paying  tribute  to  its  enter- 
prise. All  the  delicacies  that  can  possibly  be  obtained  are  served  in 
liberal  abundance,  while  the  perfect  manner  in  which  the  viands  are 
served  make  a  meal  at  Ober's  a  most  agreeable  experience.  While 
there  are  larger  restaurants  in  the  country  than  Ober's,  there  are 
none  which  possess  such  well-founded  claims  upon  public  favor  or 
enjoy  a  more  deserved  popularity.  Any  dish  is  cooked  to  order  in 
the  best  manner,  and  at  moderate  prices,  while  the  finest  Bordeaux, 
Burgundy,  Champagne,  Rhine,  and  Moselle  wines,  sherry,  port,  Ma- 
deira, and  claret,  brandies  and  liquors,  beers  and  ales,  are  served  of 
the  best  quality  and  imported  direct  from  the  most  celebrated 
sources  by  the  proprietor.  Attentive  and  courteous  European  wait- 
ers are  in  attendance,  and  the  patronage  is  large,  first-class,  and  in- 
fluential at  all  seasons.  Mr.  Ober  is  a  gentleman  of  tried  ability  as  a 
caterer  and  restaurateur,  and  is  held  in  universal  esteem  as  an  ac- 
complished, reliable,  and  representative  exponent  of  this  important 
branch  of  mercantile  activity. 


WEISSBEIN  &  JONES,  Architects,  No.  41  Tremont  Street— 
Prominent  among  the  talented  architects  of  this  city  is  the 
representative  and  reliable  firm  of  Messrs.  Louis  Weissbein 
and  W.  H.  Jones.  Mr.  Louis  Weissbein  commenced  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  Boston  30  yearslago,  and  eventually,  in 
1883,  admitted  Mr.  W.  H.  Jones  into  partnership.  They  have  executed 
many  important  architectual  commissions,  designing  and  superintend- 
ing the  construction  of  many  prominent  buildings,  among  which  may 
be  mentioned  the  following,  viz.,  Dudley  Street  School,  Boston  Jewish 
Temple,  Columbus  Avenue,  Adelphia,  Comfort,  and  Dudley  apart- 
ment-houses, Boston  Highlands;  Court-house,  Jail,  and  Opera-house 
in  Pittsfleld,  Mass.;  Boessler's  Brewery  and  Store-houses  and  Mc- 
Connack's  Brewery,  Boston;  Hecht  Bros.  Wool-house  on  Federal 
Street;  Morse  Block,  South  Street;  Prang's  establishment  and  dwell- 
ing-house; and  many  other  stores  and  residences.  These  buildings  are 
much  admired  by  experts  for  their  stability,  finish,  and  elegance,  all 
details  being  carried  out  with  thoroughness  and  accuracy.  They 
employ  several  skilful  daughtsmen,  and  all  plans,  specifications,  and 
estimates  are  promptly  and  carefully  furnished. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


WEIGHT,  BROWN  &   CROSSLEY,  Solicitors  of  American 
and  Foreign  Patents,  No.  31  Pemberton  Square.— The  firm 
of  Wright,  Brown  &   Crossley,  solicitors  of  U.  S.  and 
foreign  patents,  at  No.  31  Pemberton  Square,  are  the  suc- 
cessors of  Carroll  D.  Wright,  the  present  Commissioner  of  Labor, 
whose  name  will  ever  bear  an  honored  and  prominent  association 
with  the  mechanical  and  scientific  development  of  the  United  States. 
Mr.  Wright  originally  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  patent 
law  in  this  city  in  1866,  subsequently  forming  a  partnership  with  Mr. 
Charles  F.  Brown,  a  well-known  mechanical  expert,  under  the  name 
and  style  of  Carroll  D.  Wright  &  Brown.    Mr.  Wright  retired  from 
the  business  in  1878,  and  it  was  continued  by  .Mr.  Brown  until  Novem- 
ber, 1885,  when  the  present  firm  was  organized  by  the  admission  of 
Mr.  Arthur  W.  Crossley,  late  examiner  in  the  United  States  Patent 
Office,  to  partnership.    As  thus  constituted,  the  firm  of  Wright, 


Brown  &  Crossley  have  established  a  national  reputation  as  able, 
scientific,  and  successful  solicitors,  and  experienced,  clear-headed, 
and  reliable  counsellors  in  patent  cases.  Then-  practice  comprises 
close  and  careful  attention  to  the  preparation  and  prosecution  of  ap- 
plications for  patents  and  the  registration  of  trade-marks,  including 
the  making  out  of  specifications,  drawings,  caveats,  assignments,  and 
all  papers  required  for  designs,  reissues,  trade-marks,  labels,  and 
copyrights  ;  the  making  of  preliminary  examinations  as  to  the 
patentability  of  inventions,  and  also  as  to  the  scope  and  validity  of 
patents;  attending  to  cases  in  interference,  upon  appeal  and  before 
the  courts,  and  to  every  other  item  of  service  necessary  to  the  com- 
plete success  of  the  application,  up  <o  the  time  the  patent  is  granted 
and  issued  by  the  office.  No  attorneys  are  better  known  at  the 
Patent  Office  in  Washington,  and  none  can  secure  fairer  treatment  or 
more  prompt  consideration  of  their  cases.  Their  papers  filed  in  the 
nterest  of  their  clients  are  models  of  accuracy,  wisdom,  and  perfect 
understanding  of  the  case  in  hand,  while  their  facilities  for  securing 
both  American  and  foreign  patents  are  not  surpassed,  and  rarely 
equalled,  by  any  practitioners  in  the  country.  Their  clients  come 
from  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  Canada,  Great  Britain,  and 
Europe,  and  bear  testimony  to  the  zeal  and  success  that  characterize 
all  transactions  of  this  firm.  Fees  are  moderate  and  uniform,  and  the 
interests  of  every  patron  are  skilfully  guarded  and  intelligently  pro- 
moted. A  branch  office  has  been  opened  by  the  firm  in  Washington, 
and  another  office  is  also  operated  at  Manchester,  N.  H.  Mr.  Brown 
is  a  native  of  Maine,  and  resides  in  the  neighboring  town  of  Reading. 
His  qualifications  as  a  mechanical  expert  thoroughly  fit  him  for  suc- 
cessful practice  in  his  chosen  profession,  and  have  served  to  place 
him  in  a  position  far  beyond  the  requirements  of  any  praise  which 
these  pages  could  bestow.  Mr.  Crossley  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by 
birth  and  education,  and  during  his  connection  with  the  administra- 
tion of  the  Patent  Office,  as  chief  of  the  issue  division  and  subsequently 
as  a  member  of  the  examining  corps,  no  officer  in  that  bureau  was 
more  generally  popular  or  more  thorough  and  accurate  in  his  work. 
They  are  developing  a  trade  of  "wide  extensions  by  reason  of  their 
honorable  and  just  methods,  and  able  and  prompt  manner  in  which 
they  attend  to  all  matters  placed  in  their  hands. 


FRANCIS  DANE  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Grain,  Kid,  and  Goat 
Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  112  Summer  Street.— The  success  of 
Messrs.  Francis  Dane  &  Co.,  as  manufacturers  of  misses'  and 
children's  low-priced  grain  shoes,  furnishes  a  strong  illustra- 
tion of  what  can  be  secured  by  straightforward  and  enterprising  busi. 
ness  methods.  This  business  was  established  in  Boston  at  No.  112 
Summer  Street,  in  1886,  by  Mr.  Francis  Dane,  who  is  sole  proprietor. 
Mr.  Dane's  factories, which  are  fully  supplied  with  the  latest  improved 
machinery  and  appliances  furnish  constant  employment  to  250  skilled 
operatives,  and  are  situated  at  Salem  and  Marblehead.  Mr.  Dane 
manufactures  extensively  grain,  kid,  and  goat  boots  and  shoes,  and 
makes  a  specialty  of  turning  out  misses'  and  children's  low-priced 
grain  shoes.  He  sells  for  cash  only,  and  at  the  same  time  pays  cash 
for  all  his  manufactured  stock."  His  boots  and  shoes,  according  to 
their  grade,  are  unrivalled  for  quality,  elegance,  finish,  fit,  and  work- 
manship, and  have  no  superiors  in  this  or  any  other  market,  while 
with  regard  to  prices  his  goods  defy  competition.  He  keeps  always 
a  large  stock  in  Boston,  and  his  trade  extends  throughout  the  entire 
United  States  and  Canada.  All  orders  are  promptly  filled,  and  his 
goods  are  recognized  by  the  trade  as  standards  in  the  market.  Mr. 
Dane  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  and  a  resident  of  Hamilton,  Mass. 
He  commenced  life  eight  years  ago  in  a  small  country  store  with  his 
brother,  working  for  fifty  cents  a  day,  and  continued  one  and  a  half 
years,  when  he  went  to  work  for  his  uncle,  J.  F.  Dane,  in  a  large 
wholesale  boot  and  shoe  house,  at  a  rate  of  salary  of  $400  for  the 
first  six  months,  and  continued  for  five  years,  when  he  started  in 
business  for  himself.  Mr.  Dane  buys  and  sells  for  cash  only,  and 
during  a  period  of  several  years  has  always  conducted  his  business 
on  a  net  cash  basis.  The  daily  tranactions  for  leather  and  merchan- 
dise are  settled  every  night,  he  being  the  only  merchant  in  the 
shoe  trade  doing  business  in  that  way.  Mr.  Dane  is  a  nephew  of 
the  late  Francis  Dane,  who  died  in  1875,  leaving  a  property  of  about 
one  million  dollars,  the  result  of  twenty-five  years'  work.  Mr.  Dane's 
business  has  increased  steadily  for  the  last  two  years,  and  he  has 
ever  retained  the  confidence  'of  the  entire  trade,  and  has  achieved  a 
record  accorded  only  to  those  whose  transactions  are  based  on  the 
strict  principles  of  equity  and  just  dealing. 


CT.  SEAVERNS  &  CO.,  Importers  of  Precious  Stones,  No.  403 
Washington  Street.— The  steady  and  substantial  growth 
B  of  material  wealth  in  the  United  States  during  the  past 
quarter  of  a  century  has,  in  the  nature  of  things,  developed 
a  corresponding  demand  for  rich  and  rare  gems  and  the  articles 
that  beautify  and  adorn  the  person,  as  well  as  those  that  minister  to 
the  comforts  and  pleasures  of  mankind.  The  display  made  in  a  lead- 
ing establishment  in  Boston  devoted  to  the  sale  of  precious  stones 
to  day  is  truly  magnificent.  Notably  is  this  the  case  at  the  sales- 
rooms of  Messrs.  C.  T.  Seaverns  &  Co.,  located  at  No.  403  Washing- 
ton Street.  Mr.  Seaverns,  the  active  member  of  the  firm,  is  a  con- 
noisseur and  expert  of  celebrity,  and,  as  an  extensive  importer  of 
precious  stones,  is  a  recognized  authority  as  to  all  the  details  and  in- 
tricacies of  the  business.  The  house  was  originally  established  in 
1885  by  Messrs.  Wyman  &  Seaverns,  the  present  firm  succeeding  to 
the  control  in  October,  1886.  In  gems  and  stones  of  worth,  in  which 
this  house  may  be  said  to  be  second  to  none  on  this  side  the  Atlantic, 
the  selections  are  the  largest  and  choicest  tj  be  found  in  the  city. 
Diamond  and  emerald,  ruby  and  beryl,  opal  and  pearl,  sard  and  peri- 
dot, jacinth  and  spinel,  topaz  and  turquoise,  sapphires  and  cameos, 
intaglios  and  sardonyx,  agates  and  crocidolite,  rock  crystal  and  ame- 
thyst— all  these  and  more.  "  Captain  jewels  in  the  carcanet "  are  fit- 
tingly represented.  Here  are  displayed  diamonds  in  all  conceivable 
shapes  and  of  unequalled  whiteness,  clearness,  and  absolute  faultless- 
ness,  "gems  of  purest  ray  serene;"  riviere  solitaire,  cluster  and 
pendant,  panache  and  aigrette,  necklace  and  bracelet,  chains,  ear- 
rings and  chatelaines — in  fact,  every  article  esteemed  for  its  genuine- 
ness and  suitable  for  personal  adornment  here  greets  the  eye  and 
deh'ghts  the  senses.  Only  the  finest  and  most  reliable  goods  are 
handled,  while  the  matching  and  cutting  of  stones  find  here  the  most 
expert  and  accomplished  exemplars.  The  constant  aim  and  ambition 
of  Mr.  Seaverns  is  the  selection  and  purchase  of  articles  of  novelty, 
beauty,  and  merit;  and  his  trade  is  very  large  and  influential  with  the 
elite  of  this  city,  and  with  the  most  critical  and  discriminating  of  buy- 
ers here  and  elsewhere.  Mr.  Seaverns  is  a  native  Bostonian,  an  ex- 
pert in  gems,  and  a  solid,  reliable,  and  successful  business  man. 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF    NEW     ENGLAND. 


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SINGER  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Bicycles,  Tricycles,  and  Multi- 
cycles, Coventry,  Eng. ;  United  States  Branch  (W.  L.  Ross, 
Manager),  Nos.  6  and  8  Berkeley  Street.— The  most  noted 
and  representative  house,,  not  only  in  England,  but  also 
in  the  United  States  extensively  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and 
sale  of  bicycles,  tricycles,  and  multicycles,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Singer  & 
Co.,  whose  factories  and  headquarters  are  located  in  Coventry,  Eng. 
The  United  States  branch  of  the  firm,  which  is  under  the  able 
and  careful  management  of  Mr.  W.  L.  Ross,  is  situated  in  Boston  at 
Nos.  6  and  8  Berkeley  Street.  Messrs.  Singer  &  Co. ,  are  now  running 
three  extensive  and  admirably  equipped  factories  for  the  production 
of  the  celebrated  "  Singer"  cycles.  The  patterns  adopted  by  Singer 
&  Co.  have  been  selected  by  them  after  having  been  personally 
tested,  and  being  satisfactory  to  the  proprietors,  they  have  great  con- 
fidence that  they  will  meet  with  the  approval  of  those  who  require  a 
comfortable,  easy  -running,  and  thoroughly  reliable  mount  which  will 
always  be  a  pleasure  to  ride  upon.  Messrs.  Singer  &  Co.  rely  upon 
the  intrinsic  merits  of  their  goods;  they  have  no  intention  of  manu- 
facturing cycles  merely  to  sell,  and  have  even  declined  to  sacrifice 
quality  in  order  to  secure  imaginary  cheapness.  In  fact,  their  cycles 
are  absolutely  unrivalled  in  America  or  Europe  for  quality,  finish, 
comfort,  and  elegance  of  design,  and  are  the  embodiments  of  me- 
chanical workmanship  of  the  highest  order  of  perfection,  while  the 
prices  quoted  for  them  in  all  cases  are  exceedingly  moderate.  The 
patterns  offered  by  them  are  all  thoroughly  adapted  to  the  require- 
ments of  the  American  roads,  and  the  parts  of  these  superior,  cycles 
are  nearly  all  interchangeable.  In  bicycles,  Singer-&  Co.  have  been 
able  to  make  very  little  change,  having  practically  perfected  them 
last  season.  The  "  Challenge"  and  "  Apollo"  are  really  as  good  as 
can  be  produced,  the  former  being  a  first-class  bicycle  at  a  low  price, 
and  the  latter  containing  everything  that  the  most  exacting  cyclist 
could  require.  In  Safeties  important  improvements  have  been 
made,  and  the  "  Singer"  Safety,  of  which  thousands  have  been  now 
made,  is  a  thorough  success.  The  firm  also  have  the  "  Miniature" 
Safety,  a  perfect  little  cycle  for  youths.  In  tricycles  a  cheaper  form 
of  "  S.S.S."  and  a  new  pattern,  the  "  Special  S.S.S.,"  are  added,  the 
latter  a  light  roadster,  with  brakes  to  all  three  wheels,  and  other 
special  points.  A  new  "Miniature"  has  also  been  added.  In  tan- 
dems the  "  S.S.S."  is  considerably  altered,  and  is  greatly. improved. 
Many  special  fittings  are  now  offered,  chief  among  which  are  lug- 
gage holders  and  bags,  lamps,  the  "  Singer"  Gong  (a  really  good 
thing),  and  other  items.  The  tires  on  all  these  cycles  are  now  fixed 
by  patent  spring  wire,  no  cement  being  used.  Tires  so  fixed  cannot 
accidentally  come  off.  This  principle  was  so  perfectly  successful 
during  1888  that  the  firm  have  adopted  it  for  this  season.  Ball  pedals 
of  superior  make  are  included  in  the  price  of  nearly  all  cycles. 
Singer  &  Co.  also  manufacture  war  cycles  (being  contractors  to  the 
English  Government)  and  other  special  designs,  particulars  of  which 
may  be  obtained  in  their  general  catalogue.  The  "  Singer' '  Safety  for 
ladies  is  a  fine  machine,  the  construction  of  the  framework  insur- 
ing necessary  strength,  while  it  also  assists  in  keeping  the  dress 
away  from  the  chain,  while  it  is  light,  strong,  neat,  and  easy -running. 
Singer's  "  Straight  Steerer"  is  capable  of  reduction  in  width  from 
36  in.  to  22  in.  in  a  few  se3onds.  It  is  often  a  great  inconvenience  not 
to  be  able  to  pass  a  tricycle  through  the  doorway  of  a  house,  and 
they  have  therefore  designed  an  axle  by  means  of  which  the  width 
of  the  tricycle  is  reduced,  not  by  telescoping,  but  by  dividing  the 
axle.  The  arrangement  used  is  very  simple,  and  the  strength  of  the 
axle  is  not  affected.  The  driving  mechanism,  brake,  gear,  etc.,  are 
contained  in  one  part  of  the  axle,  and  this  part  is  not  disturbed  in  the 
operation  of  division.  The  detachable  part  is  separated  from  the 
other  by  removing  one  nut.  By  a  simple  mechanical  operation  a 
tapering  spindle  is  then  loosened,  and  the  part  is  removed  in  a  few 
seconds.  The  repair  shop  is  fitted  with  machinery  and  appliances  for 
all  kinds  of  repairs  to  bicycles  and  tricycles,  and  they  carry  in  stock  a 
full  line  of  parts  of  all  their  machines.  They  can  procure  at  lowest 
market  rates  parts  and  fittings  for  all  the  present  styles  of  ma- 
chines, and  they  do  the  very  best  work  in  every  instance,  and  guar- 
antee satisfaction,  the  prices  being  as  low  as  is  possible  for  good  ma- 
terial and  good  work.  Every  job  is  thoroughly  inspected  by  the 
head  machinist,  who  has  had  years  of  experience  with  bicycle  re- 
pairs. They  also  carry  a  large  line  of  the  leading  sundries,  both 
English  and  American,  and  will  supply  lamps,  saddles,  bags,  etc.,  at 
lowest  market  prices;  the  "Invincible"  head-lamp  for  "Safeties" 
and  tricycles  being  highly  recommended.  Messrs.  Singer  &  Co.  are 


also  sole  agents  in  the  United  States  for  Ardilis  Liquid  Enamel  for 
bicycles,  tricycles,  stoves,  furniture,  etc..  which  imparts  a  rich, 
smooth,  black  surface  of  lasting  brilliancy  with  a  total  absence  of  all 
smell  or  stickiness.  They  are  also  sole  agents  for  the  world-re- 
nowned Louden's  Cement,  which  is  used  by  all  the  largest  bicycle 
manufacturers  in  England  and  America.  Many  of  their  fine  ma- 
chines are  being  offered  at  a  great  reduction  to  effect  a  clearance,  in- 
cluding the  "  Apollo,"  "  Challenge,"  "  Xtraordinary,"  "  British  Chal- 
lenge," "Safety,"  "Singer  Straight  Steerer,"  "Traveller,"  Tan 
dem,  Tandem  •'  Attachment,"  and  Carrier  bicycle.  Mr.  W.  L.  Ross 
keeps  constantly  on  hand  full  supplies  of  Singer  &  Co.'s  cycles  and 
specialties,  which  are  guaranteed  to  give  entire  satisfaction  to 
patrons.  The  best  proof  of  the  merit  of  Singer  &  Co.'s  cycles  is  the 
steadily  increasing  demand  for  them  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  While 
no  attempts  have  been  made  by  the  firm  to  gain  a  reputation  by  the 
employment  of  racing  men,  neither  have  they  trusted  to  advertising 
their  trade.  The  wide-spread  reputation  they  have  attained  they  ex- 
pect to  maintain  solely  by  continuing  to  supply  cycles  which  will  be 
satisfactory  to  the  purchaser  and  a  credit  to  themselves. 

CHARLES  F.  RAND,  Auctioneer,  Appraiser,  Insurance  and 
Real-estate  Agent;  Boston  Office,  Room  23,  No.  113  Devon- 
shire Street;  Newton  Office,  No.  417  Centre  Street.— The  real 
estate  agent  in  Boston  and  its  suburban  towns  has,  at  the  pres- 
ent day,  opened  before  him  an  ample  field  for  enterprise  and  useful- 
ness, and  many  of  the  most  influential  and  energetic  citizens  are  en- 
gaged in  this  important  business.  Prominent  among  the  number 
thus  referred  to  is  Mr.  Charles  F.  Rand,  the  well-known  auctioneer, 
appraiser,  and  real-estate  agent,  who  makes  a  specialty  of  Newton 
property,  and  whose  Boston  office  is  located  at  No.  118  Devonshire 
Street,  Room  23,  where  he  is  to  be  found  from  10  to  11.30  a.m.  This 
gentleman  has  been  established  in  the  business  since  1852,  and  by 
faithful,  conscientious  zeal  for  the  best  interest  of  his  customers  has 
long  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  the  community  and  secured  a  very 
superior  clientele.  He  is  familiar  with  both  present  and  prospective 
values  of  realty  in  and  around  the  city,  and  has  always  on  his  books 
many  desirable  bargains,  including  business,  residential,  and  manu- 
facturing sites,  for  sale,  to  let,  or  exchange.  The  large  line  of  prop- 
erty in  Newton  which  he  handles  is  absolutely  perfect  as  regards 
its  title,  and  all  realty  dealt  in  through  him  may  be  relied  upon  as  a 
safe  investment.  Both  Boston  and  suburban  property  is  offered  for 
cash  or  on  instalments  to  suit  the  purchaser.  Mr.  Rand  possesses 
unsurpassed  facilities  for  the  prompt  negotiation  of  loans  on  bond  or 
mortgage,  and  is,  in  this  branch  of  his  business,  of  the  utmost  service 
to  both  borrower  and  lender,  securing  to  the  one  ample  funds  with 
which  to  extend  his  enterprise,  and  to  the  other  a  profitable  and  per- 
fectly safe  investment.  His  Newton  office  at  No.  417  Centre  Street, 
opposite  the  Public  Library,  is  one  of  the  finest  in  New  England.  It 
is  supplied  with  all  modern  appliances  for  the  prosecution  of  his  bus- 
iness,:including  a  stenographer  and  type-writer;  also  has  telephone 
connections  with  Boston  and  suburban  places.  His  telephone  call  is, 
Newton  28-3. 

JOHN  J.  HENRY  &  CO.,  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  82  Summer  and 
No.  295  Devonshire  Streets.— An  old  established  and  representa- 
tive house  in  Boston,  actively  engaged  in  handling  boots,  shoes, 
and  rubbers,  is  that  of  Messrs.  John  J.  Henry  &  Co.,  whose  of- 
fice and  salesroom  are  situated  at  No.  82  Summer  and  No.  295  Devon- 
shire Streets.  This  business  was  established  20  years  ago  by  Henry 
&  Hatch,  who  were  succeeded  by  John  J.  Henry  &.  Co.  Mr.  Henry 
deals  extensively  at  wholesale  in  boots,  shoes,  and  rubbers,  and  con- 
trols the  production  of  several  factories  at  Haverhill,  Lynn,  Brockton, 
and  Marblehead.  The  premises  occupied  in  Boston  comprise  a  spa- 
cious first  floor  and  basement  35x90  feet  in  dimensions,  fully  equipped 
with  every  convenience  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  this  growing 
business  The  stock  of  shoes,  boots,  and  rubbers  is  extensive  and 
well  selected  and  the  prices  quoted  necessarily  attract  the  attentic 
of  close  and  prudent  buyers.  Mr.  Henry  holds  auction  sales  every 
Tuesday  at  10.30  A.M.  All  goods  sold  by  him  are  guaranteed  tc 
exactly  as  represented,  and  his  patronage  now  extends  throughout 
all  sections  of  the  United  States.  Mr.  Henry  is  a  native  of  Massachu- 
setts, and  a  resident  of  Longwood.  He  is  treasurer  of  the  Bost< 
Merchants'  Association,  and  president  of  the  Boston  Boot  and  Shoe 
Club,  and  is  highly  esteemed  in  trade  circles  for  his  enterprise, 
promptness,  and  just  methods,  and  fully  merits  the  liberal  patronage 
secured  in  this  important  business. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


CYCLORAMA  OF  THE  BATTLE  OF  BUNKER  HILL,  No.  401 
.  Tremont  Street.— The  seventeenth  day  of  June,  1775,  was  one  of 
^^  the  most  memorable  days  in  the  annals  of  the  world,  and  espe- 
cially in  the  history  of  the  United  States ;  and  the  Battle  of 
Bunker  Hill  is  one  of  the  most  important  battles  of  all  time.  On  that 
day  a  volunteer  handful  of  farmers,  without  much  organization  or 
coherence,  resisted  to  the  death— and  with  considerable  success— the 
repeated  assaults  of  a  large,  well-organized,  and  perfectly  disciplined 
army,  bravely  led,  and  determined  to  conquer  or  die.  It  is  this  won- 
derful battle  which  is  illustrated  in  the  Cyclorama  now  exhibited  in  a 
building  erected  for  the  purpose,  and  painted  by  the  best  living  artists, 
who  have  made  a  life-long  study  of  paintings  of  this  character.  The 
chief  artists  engaged  in  this  work  are  Messrs.  L.  Kowalsky,  G.  Picard, 
Georges  Bellenger,  and  V.  Coppenolle.  They  are  all  graduates  of  the 
Ecole  des  Beaux  Arts  in  Paris.  The  canvas  upon  which  this  picture 
is  painted  is  400  feet  in  circumference  and  50  feet  in  height,  thus  con- 
taining an  area  of  20,000  square  feet,  or  nearly  one  half  acre.  Not 
only  does  this  picture  give  the  beholder  a  vivid  and  lifelike  view  of 
America's  greatest  battle,  but  also.enables  him  to  view  the  territory  in 
and  around  Boston  as  it  appeared  120  years  ago.  Boston  when  con- 
taining only1 16,000  inhabitants;  East  Boston,  or,  as  it  was  formerly 
called,  Noddles  Island;  South  Boston,  formerly  Dorchester  Heights; 


purposes,  run  by  steam-power.  The  composing-room  is  elaborately 
fitted-up,  and  has  one  of  the  largest  outfits  of  type,  cuts,  borders,  and 
material  in  Boston,  Mr.  Mudge  constantly  adding  new  fonts  of  plain 
and  fancy  type  specially  adapted  to  his  high  class  of  typographical 
execution.  From  150  to  175  compositors,  printers,  etc.,  are  employed, 
and  large  quantities  of  fine  book  and  magazine  work  are  turned  out 
here  for  leading  publishers ;  also  job  work  of  all  descriptions  and  in  the 
highest  style  of  the  art.  This  is  the  best  place  in  Boston  to  get  flue 
printing  done  at  moderate  prices.  Mr.  Mudge  was  born  hi  Boston 
and  has  here  worthily  succeeded  his  father  and  grandfather  in  the 
unbroken  chain  of  conducting  a  business  thoroughly  representative 
year  by  year  of  typographic  progress.  Mr.  Mudge  is  a  member  of  the 
Master  Printer's  Club,  of  the  National  Printer's  Association  and  of 
various  social  clubs  and  associations.  He  is  universally  popular  and 
respected,  and  though  young  in  years,  is  old  in  experience  in  his  im- 
portant branch  of  trade. 


Chelsea,  formerly  "Wmnisimmet;  Cambridge,  Roxbury,  Medford,  Mai- 
den, and  all  the  adjacent  towns,— are  represented  in  this  immense  pic- 
ture. In  connection  with  the  Cyclorama  is  shown  the  Diorama  of  the 
"  Boston  Tea  Party,"  which  is  as  faithful  a  representation  as  can 
now  be  made  of  that  startling  episode.  The  vessels,  as  here  shown, 
are  copied  from  contemporaneous  pictures,  and  are  believed  to  give 
a  correct  idea  of  the  style  of  ships  in  use  a  hundred  years  ago.  It  is 
needless  to  give  any  description— the  pictures  tell  their  own  story. 
These  pictures  have  been  on  exhibition  for  more  than  a  year,  and  have 
now  become  a  fixture,  being  daily  visited  by  hundreds,  and  when  you 
visit  Boston  do  not  fail  to  visit  it.  The  building  containing  these 
pictures  was  built  by  the  Bunker  Hill  Cyclorama  Company  for  the 
express  purpose;  it  covers  an  area  of  23,000  square  feet,  and  is  situated 
at  No.  401  Tremont  Street,  only  a  short  distance  from  Boston  Com- 
mon. 


ALFRED  MUDGE  &  SON,  Printers  No.  24  Franklin  Street.— The 
oldest  established  general  printing-house  in  this  city  is  that  of 
Messrs.  Alfred  Mudge  &  Son,  whose  spacious  premises  are  so 
centrally  located  hi  Franklin  Street.  The  business  was  es- 
tablished hi  1830  by  Mr.  Alfred  Mudge,  grandfather  of  the  present 
proprietor.  In  1853  his  son,  Mr.  Alfred  A.  Mudge,  came  into  copart- 
nership under  the  now  familiar  name  and  style.  The  concern  early 
achieved  an  enviable  reputation  for  the  superiority  of  its  work,  and 
its  patronage  has  ever  grown  at  a  rapid  ratio.  In  1874,  Mr.  F.  H. 
Mudge,  became  connected  with  the  business,  and  in  1880  was  admitted 
into  copartnership  and  eventually  succeeded  to  the  sole  propretorship 
in  1885,  permanently  retaining  the  old  firm  name,  a  veritable  trade- 
mark in  its  line.  He  is  a  recognized  master  of  every  detail  of  the  busi- 
ness. His  establishment  has  few  its  equal  hi  the  United  States  and  is 
a  model  in  all  departments.  They  moved  here  five  years  ago,  and  oc- 
cupy three  floors,  each  50x125  feet  in  dimensions,  completely  equipped 
with  presses,  type  and  fixtures  of  the  most  modern  style  and  best 
quality,  there  are  here  fully  20  presses  of  various  sizes  and  for  various 


THOMAS   C.    PORTER    &    CO.,    Commission   Merchants   and 
Brokers  in  Dye-Stuff,  Chemicals  and  Tanners'  Supplies,  No. 
165  Milk  Street.— One  of  the  oldest  established  and  most  re- 
sponsible commission-houses  in  the  city  of  Boston,  extensively 
engaged  in  handling  dye-stuffs,  chemicals  etc.,  is  that  of   Messrs. 
Thomas  C.  Porter  &  Co.,  whose  office  and 
salesrooms  are  situated  at  No.  165  Milk  Street. 
This   business    was    established    in  1860,  by 
Cushing  &  Porter,  who  were  succeeded  by 
Cushing,  Porter  &  Cades.    Eventually  in  1881 
Mr.    Thomas  C.    Porter   became    sole   pro- 
prietor, and  is  now  carrying  on  the  business 
under  the  firm   name   of  Thomas  C.  Porter 
&  Co.    Mr.  Porter  has  been  in  the  dye-stuff 
and  chemical  trade  for  the  last  55  years,  and 
is  the   oldest  broker  and  commission   mer- 
chant in  this  line  in  New  England.    He  brings 
superior  faculties  connections,  and  resources 
to  bear,  and  is  constantly  receiving  consign- 
ments of  dye-stuffs,  chemicals,  and  tanners' 
supplies  from  Great  Britain,  Germany,  Nor- 
way, Sweden,etc.,  enabling  him  to  offer  advan- 
tages in  quality  of  goods  and  prices,  very  dif- 
ficult to  be  secured  elsewhere.    He  occupies 
two  spacious  floors,  each  being  25x100  feet  hi 
area.  These  are  fully  stocked  with  a  superior  assortment  of  chemicals 
tanners'  supplies,  etc.,  which  are  guaranteed  to  be  equal  to  any  in  the 
market.    Mr.  Porter  was  born  in  Maine,  but  has  resided  hi  Boston  the 
greater  part  of  his  lif  e  and  where  he  is  highly  regarded  in  trade  circles 
for  his  enterprise,  promptness  and  just  methods.    He  is  a  popular 
member  of  the  Dry  Salters'  Club.    His  trade  extends  throughout  all 
sections  of  New  England  and  New  York,  and  is  steadily  increasing. 

JF.  PAUL  &  CO.,  Lumber  Dealers,  Corner  Albany  and  Dover 
Streets.— As  a  factor  in  the  general  sum  of  industrial  and 
B  commercial  activity  in  this  city,  the  lumber  interests  are  of 
surpassing  importance,  as  it  is  needless  to  remark.  En- 
gaged in  the  line  of  business  indicated,  Boston  contains,  in  the  very 
nature  of  things,  some  notable  concerns,  among  which  may  be 
named  that  of  J.  F.  Paul  &  Co.  (Bay  State  Mills),  lumber  and  timber 
dealers,  also  manufacturerers  of  mouldings,  doors,  veneers,  etc., 
whose  capacious  establishment  is  situated  at  the  corner  of  Albany  and 
Dover  Streets.  This  flourishing  enterprise  was  established  in  1857, 
by  Paul  &  McNut,  who  were  succeeded  by  J.  F.  Paul  &  Sons,  the 
style  finally  changing  to  J.  F.  Paul  &  Co.  The  mills  occupy  two 
floors,  each  277x60  feet  in  area,  and  are  supplied  with  ample  steam- 
power  and  completely  equipped  throughout  with  all  the  latest  im- 
proved machinery  and  appliances,  including  sawing,  turning,  and 
kindred  devices,  while  employment  is  here  furnished  to  from  seventy 
to  one  hundred  hands.  A  heavy  and  carefully  assorted  stock  is  con- 
stantly carried,  comprising  hard  pine  and  spruce  timber,  walnut, 
ash,  oak,  butternut,  chestnut,  pine,  cherry,  etc.,  flooring,  sheathing, 
base,  etc.,  worked  and  kiln-dried;  also  rosewood  and  mahogany 
mouldings,  doors,  frames,  veneers,  shingles,  posts,  laths,  and  building 
materials  generally.  Ample  and  complete  facilities  are  at  hand  for 
sawing  the  heaviest  timber  any  desired  dimensions  and  shape,  and 
also  for  planing  the  same,  while  jig-sawing,  turning,  etc..  are  done  to 
order  likewise  in  the  most  expeditious  and  excellent  manner,  and 
carpenter  and  building  work  also  of  all  kinds  is  executed. 


THE     METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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NICHOLS,  DUPEE  &  CO.,  Wool  Dealers,  No.  590  Atlantic  Ave- 
nue.—One  of  the  most  difficult  branches  of  trade,  and  that 
requiring  the  highest  qualifications  of  ability  and  experience, 
is  that  of  the  wool  business.    None  can  achieve  success  and 
develop  permanent  widespread  connections  who  cannot  meet  the 
most  exacting  requirements  of  manufacturers  as  to  grades  and  qual- 
ities, and  there  is  no  house  in  the  United  States  which  has  achieved 
such  an  enviable  reputation  in  this  direction  as  thatpf  Messrs.  Nichols, 
Dupee  &  Co.  of  Boston.    The  present  business  was  established  by  Mr. 
George  B.  Nichols  and  Mr.  William  R.  Dupee  in  1863,  under  the  ex- 
isting name  and  style.    Steady  enlargement  of  business,  perfected 
facilities,  and  influential  connections  have  characterized  their  mer- 
cantile career,  and  repeated  enlargements  of  premises  have  been  ne- 
cessitated.   Two  years  ago  they  removed  into  their  present  building, 
No.  590  Atlantic  Avenue,  built  purposely  for  the  wool  trade,  and  which 


is  a  substantial  structure,  six  stories  and  basement  in  height,  75  feet 
front  by  150  feet  in  depth.  Messrs.  Nichols,  Dupee  &  Co.  are  direct 
importers  of  scoured  and  grease  wool  from  South  Africa,  Australia, 
Europe,  Canada,  etc.,  and  are  also  leading  dealers  in  all  grades  and 
qualities  of  domestic  growths  from  California'and  Oregon  eastward. 
The  copartners  exercise  sound  judgment  and  careful  methods  in  sort- 
ing and  grading,  and  all  bales  of  wool  sold  by  them  can  be  relied  on 
to  tally  with  sample.  This  honorable  old  house  supplies  many  of  the 
leading  mills  in  New  England  and  elsewhere,  and  does  a  trade  of  ex- 
tended proportions.  Mr.  Nichols  is  a  native  of  Vermont,  and  has  long 
been  an  influential  and  respected  resident  of  Boston.  He  is  a  director 
of  the  Manufacturer's  National  Bank  of  Boston,  and  a  trustee  of  the 
city  hospital,  faithfully  discharging  every  obligation  devolving  upon 
him.  Mr.  Dupee  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  and  has  long  been  prom- 
inently identified  with  Boston's  leading  commercial  and  financial  cir- 
cles. He  is  the  president  of  the  National  City  Bank,  which  has  been 
uniformly  prosperous,  while  the  same  can  be  said  of  the  Boston  Five 
Cent  Savings  Bank,  of  which  Mr.  Dupee  is  a  trustee. 


out  saying.  And  these  remarks  apply  in  an  especial  manner  to  the 
grain  trade,  enormous  quantities  of  cereals  being  purchased  and 
shipped  abroad  through  the  agency  referred  to  from  this  port  annu- 
ally. Among  those  engaged  in  this  line  in  Boston  there  are  few  who 
are  better  known  or  enjoy  a  larger  measure  of  favor  and  confidence 
than  Mr.  John  Bingham,  the  well-known  and  responsible  general 
gram  and  freight  broker  and  forwarding  agent,  whose  office  is  lo- 
cated at  No.  5  Chatham  Row,  with  branch  houses  in  Liverpool  and 
New  York.  He  is  a  native  of  England,  but  has  resided  in  this  country 
for  quite  some  tune,  and  is  a  man  of  the  highest  personal  integrity, 
and  thorough  experience  in  all  that  appertains  to  the  purchase  and 
forwarding  of  grain,  etc.,  and  sustains  an  excellent  reputation  in  com- 
mercial life.  Mr.  Bingham,  is  a  well-known  member  of  the  Boston 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  transacts  a  general  grain  and  freight 
brokerage,  attending  also  to  the  forwarding  of  general  merchandise. 
He  has  been  engaged  in  business  in  this  city  some  eight  years  or 
more,  and  has  built  up  a  substantial  and  gratifying  connection;  all 
orders  entrusted  to  this  gentleman  being  executed  in  the  most  expedi- 
tious and  reliable  manner. 


DR.  WM.  N.  WELLS'  Alleviatine,  No.  663  East  Broadway,  South 
Boston. — One  of  the  most  popular  of  the  standard  valuable 
proprietary  preparations  of  merit  on  the  market  is  that  known 
as  "  Alleviatine,"  which  has  attained  so  much  celebrity  all  over 
the  United  States  as  a  sure  and  immediate  cure  for  rheumatism, 
neuralgia,  pleurodynia,  sciatica,  lumbago,  cramps  in  muscles  of  legs, 
neck,  sides,  fingers,  and  bowels,  also  an  excellent  and  speedy  cure  of 
toothache  and  headache,  as  well  as  an  indispensable  palliation  in 
throat  and  lung  diseases.  In  pneumonia  it  also  is  highly  recommended 
as  it  has  been  used  in  several  thousand  cases  and  has  given  universal 
satisfaction.  This  valuable  compound  has  been  before  the  public  for 
over  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  thousands  of  testimonials  have  been 
received  from  physicians  and  citizens.  Hundreds  of  shipmasters, 
also,  appreciate  its  merits  and  request  its  use  on  shipboard  as  an  in- 
dispensable requisite.  Dr.  William  Nelson  Wells  was  born  on  Long 
Island,  New  York,  and  was  educated  at  New  York's  celebrated  univer- 
sities. He  came  to  Boston,  Mass.,  after.an  honorable  and  very  active 
service  throughout  our  Civil  War,  as  is  attested  by  many  eminent 
journalists,  foreign  and  domestic,  who  are  still  citing  his  thrilling 
official  reports.  Dr.  Wells  has  devoted  many  years  of  his  life  to  per- 
fecting and  introducing  to  the  world  at  large  his  celebrated  "  Alle- 
viatine;" and  in  offering  his  valuable  remedy  to  the  public  he  does  so 
with  perfect  confidence,  as  it  has  and  does  accomplish  all  that  he 
claims,  and  is  a  medicinal  blessing  to  mankind.  Druggists  and  the 
trade  east  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  are  supplied  from  Boston,  Mass., 
direct,  and  west  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  by  special  representatives. 
Dr.  Wells,  during  his  long  and  successful  professional  career  has  made 
his  medicine  highly  popular;  and  it  has  attained  a  celebrity  and  repu- 
tation only  equalled  by  the  most  sterling  manufacturers  of  our  coun- 
try. The  doctor  is  well  known  and  is  popular  in  professional  circles. 


JOHN  BINGHAM,  General  Grain  and  Freight  Broker  and  For- 
warding Agent,  No.  5  Chatham  Row.— Under  the  vast  and 
complex  business  system  that  prevails  in  the  great  department 
of  trade  and  commerce  in  our  chief  centres  of  commercial  ac- 
tivity the  broker  fills  a  niche  of  peculiar  importance,  as  it  goes  with- 


WM.  A.  LOW  &  SON.ICarpentere  and  Builders,  No.  130  Har- 
rison Avenue.— The  inception  of  this  extensive  business 
dates  back  to  the  year  1848,  Mr.  W.  A.  Low,  the  founder, 
continuing  its  sole  conductor  until  1862,  when  his  elder 
brother,  S.  G.  Low,'became  a  partner  and  continued  so  until  1871,  when 
he  retired  from  business.  In  1873  W.  A.  took  into  copartnership  his 
son  C.  A.  Low,  who  had  learned  his  trade  and  been  identified  with 
the  house  for  some  time  previous.  The  premises  at  No.  130  Harrison 
Avenue  consist  of  a  shop  and  storeroom  of  spacious  dimensions,  the 
former  equipped  with  all  requisite  tools,  machinery  etc.,  for  getting 
out  the  material  used  to  the  building  operations  of  the  firm,  while  the 
latter  contains  a  full  stock  of  general  supplies  for  the  some  purpose. 
Orders  by  mail  receive  prompt  attention,  estimates  for  all  kinds  of 
work  are  cheerf ully  furnished  on  application,  and  everything  pertain- 
ing to  this  branch  of  skilled  industry  is  executed  to  the  highest  degree 
of  artistic  and  mechanical  excellence.  Messrs  Low  &  Son  employ  a 
large  force  of  experienced  and  skilful  artisans  and  are  prepared  to 
execute  promptly  all  'contracts  for  work  to  their  line,  satisfaction 
being  guaranteed  in  every  instance.  The  work  done  by  the  firm  is 
invariably  of  the  highest  degree  of  artistic  and  mechanical  excellence, 
much  of  the  finest  building  work  of  the  city  and  vicinity  bearing  evi- 
dence to  the  superior  handicraft  of  the  house. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


AO.  VEKY,  Agent  for  the  "Standard"  Rotary  Sewing  Ma- 
chine, No.  173  Tremont  Street. — Mr.  Very  has  been  long 
B  identified  with  the  trade  in  sewing-machines,  and  is  inti- 
mately conversant  with  all  its  details  and  requirements, 
and  is  eminently  popular  and  successful  in  meeting  its  demands.  He 
occupies  spacious  and  desirable  quarters,  and  is  in  a  position  to  con- 
duct the  business  under  the  most  favorable  conditions.  The  "  Stand- 
ard" Rotary  Shuttle  is  the  most  wonderful  invention  in  sewing- 
machines  since  the  first.  It  is,  in  fact,  acknowledged  by  all  unprej- 
udiced mechanics  and  sewing-machine  experts  to  be  superior  to  any- 
thing else  in  the  world  in  its  line,  both  for  durability,  power,  speed, 
ease  of  operation,  elegance  of  finish,  and  beauty.  The  "  Standard  " 
shuttle  is  wheel -shaped,  and  revolves  upon  its  own  centre.  It  does 
not  cease  its  motion  while  the  machine  is  in  operation.  The  old-style 
shuttles  start  and  stop  twice  at  every  stitch.  This  causes  great 
friction,  strain,  noise,  and  unsteadiness  when  rapidly  run.  The 
"  Standard  "  runs  as  easy,  smooth,  and  quiet  at  1500  stitches  per 
minute  as  most  others  do  at  700.  It  is  self-threading  throughout 
except  the  needle,  which  is  the  shortest  used  in  lockstitch  machines, 
and  is  self -setting.  No  change  of  tension  is  required  for  different 
thicknesses  of  goods,  nor  for  different  lengths  of  stitch.  The  tension 
is  entirely  released  when  taking  out  the  goods  by  a  simple  device 
peculiar  to  the  "Standard."  The  manufacturing  machine  is  con- 
structed with  special  reference  to  the  following  points,  viz. :  great 
strength  in  the  feed  mechanism,  the  usual  long  levers  being  done 
away  with;  great  speed;  an  easy  movement  by  which  friction  is  re- 
duced to  the  minimum,  and  wear  and  strain  correspondingly  reduced; 
great  simplicity  in  construction.  To  sum  up  the  matter,  the  "  Stand- 
ard "  is  the  simplest,  most  easily  operated,  best  made  sewing-machine 
hi  the  world.  It  is  the  perfection  of  mechanism  for  hemming, 
felling,  trimming,  binding,  cording,  seaming,  braiding,  embroidering, 
and  other  purposes  too  numerous  to  particularize,  while  the  price  is 
lower  than  is  oftenl  demanded  for  inferior  machines.  Mr.  Very  is 
the  inventor  of  a  two-needle  machine  specially  adapted  to  vamp- 
ing and  staying  shoes;  also  a  two-needle  zigzag  machine  for  shoe, 
glove,  suspender,  and  other  work.  These  machines  are  in  the  "  Stand- 
ard "  list  and  are  made  hi  two  sizes  called  No.  9  and  No.  10.  They 
are  meeting  with  a  ready  sale.  Mr.  Very  is  prepared  to  furnish  the 
trade  and  the  public  throughout  this  important  territory  with  the 
"  Standard  "  promptly,  and  to  grant  patrons  every  advantage  and 
benefit  known  to  the  trade.  He  employs  a  large  number  of  agents, 
and  is  transacting  an  active  and  influential  business. 

EG.  TUTEIN,  formerly  Government  Truckman,  Port  of  Bos- 
ton, and  Forwarder  of  all  kinds  of  Merchandise,  No.  77 
m  Central  Street.— An  important  factor  in  the  mercantile 
activity  of  Boston  is  the  enterprise  so  successfully  conducted 
by  Mr.  E.  G.  Tutein,  as  a  truckman  and  forwarder  of  all  kinds 
of  merchandise,  at  No,  77  Central  Street,  opposite  United  States 
Appraisers'.  This  gentleman  was  for  four  years  the  government 
truckman  for  the  port  of  Boston,  and  established  his  business  here  in 
1876.  He  also  operates  an  office  in  East  Boston,  at  the  corner  of 
Webster  and  Lewis  Streets.  He  purchased  Cheney  &  Son's  express  in 
January,  1889,  and  is  prepared  to  move  and  freight  all  kinds  of  mer- 
chandise, and  for  that  purpose  gives  steady  employment  to  twenty- 
five  men  and  sixty  horses.  The  express  runs  between  Boston,  Chelsea, 
Revere,  Crescent  Beach,  and  Beachmont.  From  the  start  Mr.  Tutein 
developed  a  large  and  permanent  patronage,  and  his  house  quickly 
earned  for  itself  the  reputation  of  being  thoroughly  reliable  and 
trustworthy  in  all  its  transactions.  He  enjoys  a  deserved  popularity 
for  handling  all  goods  committed  to  his  care  with  the  utmost  skill  and 
circumspection,  always  makes  it  a  rule  to  meet  all  engagements  ex- 
actly on  time,  and  places  his  charges  at  the  lowest  point  of  modera- 
tion. The  offices  in  Boston  for  Chelsea  are  at  No.  32  Court  Square, 
No.  174  Washington  Street,  No.  15  Devonshire  Street,  No.  67  Franklin 
Street,  No.  77  Central  Street.  Offices  in  Boston  for  Revere,  Crescent 
Beach,  and  Beachmont,  No.  32  Court  Square,  No.  67  Franklin  Street, 
No.  77  Central  Street.  Office  hi  Chelsea,  No.  205  Broadway.  Order 
boxes  in  Revere,  Warren  Fenno's,  Frank  R.  Patch's,  S.  K.  Hard- 
ing's,  Eastern  R.  R.  Depot,  McKay's  store,  and  Beachmont  Depot. 
Baggage  is  checked  to  all  railroads  and  steamboats,  and  the  telephone 
connection  is  Boston,  1517.  Mr.  Tutein  was  born  in  Boston  in  1841, 
served  in  the  army  five  and  one  half  years,  and  is  a  captain  in  the 
First  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Militia,  a  member  of  the  Loyal  Legion 
and  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  a  Knight  Templar. 


THE  ELITE  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Sole  Manufac- 
turers Warner's  Newport  Relish,  No.  40  Oliver  Street.— The 
manufacture  of  sauces  and  relishes  of  an  appetizing  nature 
for  the  table  is  an  important  department  of  industry.  Com- 
petition in  this  line  is  of  the  keenest  character,  and  genuine  merit  is 
a  positively  necessary  agent  in  order  that  success  may  be  achieved. 
A  production  of  this  kind  which  has  been  before  the  public  for  about 
a  year  and  which  has  met  with  a  high  degree  of  popular  favor  is 
that  known  as  Warner's  Newport  Relish,  manufactured  only  by  the 
Elite  Manufacturing  Company  of  this  city,  whose  office  and  factory 
are  located  at  No.  40  Oliver  Street.  This  company  was  duly  incor- 
porated under  the  laws  of  New  Hampshire  in  January,  1888,  the  capi- 
tal being  placed  at  8100,000.  The  officers  of  the  organization  are  men 
of  well-known  reputation  in  business  circles,  and  the  energy  and 
push  brought  to  exercise  in  the  management  has  resulted  in  plac- 
ing their  specialty  prominently  on  the  market,  and  secured  for  it  a 
recognition  from  the  most  desirable  class  of  trade.  The  factory  has 
an  area  of  25x100  feet,  and  is  equipped  with  all  necessary  conven- 
iences for  the  prosecution  of  the  industry.  Warner's  Newport  Relish 
is  designed  for  use  with  soups,  fish,  meats,  game,  etc.,  is  made  of  the 
purest  ingredients,  has  an  excellent  flavor,  and  as  an  appetizer  has 
no  superior.  A  large  stock  is  carried  to  meet  the  demand,  and  deal- 
ers will  do  well  to  secure  a  supply,  as  it  cannot  fail  to  become  popu- 
lar among  their  customers.  Warner's  Newport  relish  is  guaranteed 
to  aid  and  strengthen  digestion  and  cure  dyspepsia. 


GEO.  H.  JACOBS  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Ladies'  Cloaks  and 
Suits,  No.  535  Washington  Street.— One  of  the  leading  and 
most  popular  houses  in  the  city  of  Boston  engaged  in  this  use- 
ful industry  is  that  of  Messrs  Geo.  H.  Jacobs  &  Co.,  whose 
office,  salesroom,  etc.,  are  situated  at  No.  535  Washington  Street. 
This  business  was  established  in  May,  1887,  by  Mr.  Geo.  H.  Jacobs, 
who  is  sole  proprietor.  Mr.  Jacobs  has  had  great  experience,  and  is 
fully  conversant  with  every  detail  and  feature  of  this  useful  business, 
and  the  requirements  of  jobbers  and  retailers  in  all  sections  of  the 
county.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  two  spacious  floors  30x100 
feet  in  area,  which  are  fully  supplied  with  every  appliance  and  facility 
for  the  successful  prosecution  of  this  growing  business.  In  the 
workrooms  125  operatives  are  employed.  Mr.  Jacobs  manufactures 
extensively  ladies'  cloaks  and  suits,  which  are  manufactured  from 
the  most  reliable  imported  and  domestic  fabrices,  while  every  atten- 
tion is  paid  to  the  latest  and  most  fashionable  styles  and  designs.  A 
specialty  is  made  of  ladies'  suits,  which  are  general  favorites  with 
the  trade  and  public  wherever  introduced.  These  superior  goods 
find  a  ready  sale  in  all  sections  of  New  England  and  New  York, 
several  salesmen  being  constantly  on  the  road,  while  the  local  trade 
is  always  brisk  and  active.  Mr.  Jacobs  was  born  in  Boston.  He  is  a 
just  and  able  business  man,  and  the  extensive  and  influential  patron- 
age he  has  secured  is  but  a  fitting  tribute  to  his  enterprise. 


CH.  THWING  &  CO.,  Tailors,  No.  410  Washington  Street— 
This  business  was  established  in  1860  by  the  firm  of  Thwing 
m  &  Collins,  succeeded  by  Messrs.  C.  H.  Thwing  &  Co.  in  1873. 
The  lamented  decease  of  Mr.  C.  H.  Thwing  occurred  in 
1881,  after  a  long  and  honored  career  in  this  branch  of  artistic 
industry.  The  important  business  existent,  with  its  influential  con- 
nections and  celebrity,  was  continued  by  Mr.  Orville  A.  Atkinson, 
who  as  proprietor  and  active  director  of  every  detail  of  the  business,  is 
one  of  the  best  and  most  favorably  known  members  of  the  merchant- 
tailoring  trade  of  Boston.  He  is  a  native  of  Laconia,  New  Hampshire, 
and  from  early  boyhood  has  been  actively  identified  with  this  branch 
of  trade.  His  abilities  and  critical  estimate  of  each  separate  figure 
recognizing  contour,  defects,  and  necessities  are  joined  to  remarka- 
ble skill  and  accuracy  in  cutting  and  fitting.  All  garments  leaving 
his  establishment  are  perfect  examples  of  the  tailor's  art,  both  as  re- 
gards materials,  cut,  workmanship,  finish  and  the  admirable  manner 
in  which  they  fit  the  form.  Messrs.  Thwing  &  Co.  do  a  very  large 
and  growing  trade,  including  among  their  permanent  patrons  many 
of  the  leading  bankers,  brokers,  merchants,  professional  and  social 
leaders  of  Boston  and  New  England.  No  pains  is  spared  to  suit  the 
most  fastidious,  and  the  concern  is  in  every  way  representative  of  the 
most  advanced  progress,  and  a  credit  to  and  valued  factor  in  pro- 
moting Boston's  mercantile  supremacy.  Mr.  Atkinson  is  an  active 
member  of  the  Merchant  Tailors'  Exchange,  and  a  deservedly  popu- 
lar and  respected  business  man. 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 


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kOSTON  BELTING  COMPANY,  Original  Manufacturers  and 
Dealers  in  Vulcanized  Rubber  Belting,  Hose,  Packing,  and 
Mechanical  Rubber  Goods  of  Every  Description,  E.  S.  Con- 
verse, President;  J.  H.  D.  Smith,  Treasurer,  and  James  Ben- 
nett Forsyth,  Manufacturing  Agent  and  General  Manager,  Ware- 
rooms,  Nos.  256  to  260  Devonshire  Street,  Boston;  No.  100  Chambers 
Street,  New  York  City;  and  agencies  in  all  the  principal  cities 
in  the  United  States  and  Europe.  The  Boston  Belting  Company, 
established  in  1828,  is  the  oldest  company  and  has  the  largest  works 
in  the  world  devoted  to  the  manufacture  of  rubber  goods  for 
manufacturing  and  mechanical  purposes.  It  has  a  paid-up  capital  of 


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$700,000.00.  The  factory  buildings  covering  two  acres  of  ground  with 
upwards  of  half  a  million  feet  of  floor  surface,  are  supplied  with  pow- 
erful engines  and  a  boiler  capacity  of  JOOO  horse-power.  The  com- 
pany employ  400  men,  and  consume  daily  ten  tons  of  raw  material. 


EEKS  &  POTTER,  Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Drugs  and 
Druggists'  Sundries,  Chemicals,  Essential  Oils,  etc.,  No.  360 
Washington  Street.— The  firm  name  of  Messrs.  Weeks  & 
Potter,  when  placed  upon  drugs,  medicinal,  pharmaceutical 
preparations,  is  a  veritable  trade-mark.    For  40  years  it  has  stood 
test  for  all  that  is  excellent  in  the  wholesale  drug  trade,  and  the  re- 
sults of  their  honorable  and  capable  endeavors  are  seen  to-day  in  a 
trade  of  enormous  magnitude,  and  a  reputation  of  the  most  enviable 
character.    The  firm  are  direct  importers  and  wholesale  buyers  of 
all  drugs,  chemicals,  essential  oils,  etc.,  known  to  the  pharmacopoeia, 
and  have  perfected  facilities  and  most  influential  connections  at  com- 
mand.   Mr.  A.  G.  Weeks  was  born  in 
Portland,  Me.,  and  early  hi  life  came 
to  Boston,  where  he  became  connect- 
ed with  the  old  drug-house  of  S.  W. 
Fowle.    Mr.  W.  B.  Potter  was  born  in 
New  Bedford,  and  also  has  had  a  di- 
rect connection   with    this   business 
from  youth.    They  early  achieved  an 
enviable  reputation  for  the  superiority 
of  their  stock;  and  the  growing  de- 
mands of  the  trade  necessitated  re- 
peated enlargements,  resulting  in  their 
occupying     their    present    premises 
twenty-eight  years  ago.     These   are 
most  desirably  located  on  Washington 
Street,  50x100  feet  in  dimensions,  and 
fully  equipped  with  every  convenience. 
Here  is  carried  the  finest  and  most 
comprehensive  stock   hi  Boston,    of 
drugs  and  druggists'  sundries,  foreign 
chemicals  and  essential  oils,  pharma- 
ceutical preparations,  extracts,  etc., — 
all  of  the  highest  standard  of  excel- 
lence, strength,  and  purity.  The  trade 
developed  is  national  in  extent  and 
annually  enlarging.    Messrs.  Weeks  &  Potter  are  prominent  in  the 
circles  of  their  trade,  being  active  members  of  the  Massachusetts 
Wholesale  Druggists'  Association,  and  of  the  National  Wholesale 
Druggists'  Association.    They  are  public-spirited  citizens,  and  secure 
to  Boston  a  most  valued  commercial  factor.    Mr.  Potter  is  a 
director  of  the  Home  Savings  Bank;    also  of  the  Central 
National  Bank,  and  of  the  International  Trust  Company, 
faithfully  and  ably  discharging  the  onerous  duties  thus  devolv- 
ing upon  him.    The  firm  is  a  representative  exponent  of  the 
wholesale  drug  trade,  and  is  progressive  and  enterprising, 
ever  pursuing  an  enlightened,  judicious  policy,  based  on  the 
principles  of  equity  and  integrity. 


Then-  great  capacity  is  the  patent  stretched,  smooth-surface  belting, 
which  stands  unrivalled  throughout  the  world  as  a  transmitter  of 
power.  Belts  of  any  length  and  thickness  up  to  six  feet  wide  can  be 
successfully  made.  The  company  annually  turn  out  4,000,000  feet  of 
rubber  hose  for  steam  flre-engines,  steam  rock-drills,  brewers,  oil, 
water,  and  garden  purposes;  also  large  quantities  of  cotton  and  linen 
hose  with  or  without  rubber  lining.  Other  specialties  manufactured, 
are  all  kinds  of  packing,  deckle  straps  for  paper -maker's  use;  blan- 
kets for  book,  newspaper,  lithograph,  calico,  satinet,  and  other 
printing  ;  valves  for  steam-engines  and  pumps;  gaskets  and  rings  for 
steam,  air,  and  water  joints;  springs,  washers,  tubing,  and  rubber- 
covered  rollers  for  cotton,  woolen  and  paper  mills,  print  and  dye 
works;  leather-splitting,  unhairing,  and  tobacco-squeezing  machines, 
and  every  variety  of  mechanical  rubber  goods.  This  company  has 
received  the  highest  diplomas  and  medals  from  the  Massachusetts 
Charitable  Mechanics'  Association;  the  American  Institute  of  New 
York;  and  the  Cincinnati,  St.  Louis,  and  New  Orleans  Expositions. 
The  salesrooms  are  located  at  No.  256  to  260  Devonshire  Street,  Bos- 
ton, and  No.  100  Chambers  Street,  New  York,  with  agencies  in  all  the 
principal  cities  of  the  United  States  and  Europe. 


GEORGE  M.  COBURN,  Manufacturer  of  Boots,  Shoes, 
and  Brogans,  No.  22  High  Street.— Prominent  among 
the  representative  and  most  extensive  houses  suc- 
cessfully engaged  in  the  trade  is  that  of  Mr.  George  M. 
Coburn,  whose  office  and  salesrooms  are  located  at  No.  22 
High  Street.  This  business  was  established  in  1872  by  Ames 
&  Coburn,  who  conducted  it  till  1881,  when  Mr.  Ames  retired 
and  Mr.  George  M.  Coburn  became  sole  proprietor.  Eventually,  in 
1886,  Mr.  W.  B.  Lewis  became  a  partner.  The  busness,  however,  is 
still'conducted  under  the  old  name  of  George  M.  Coburn.  The  fac- 
tories of  the  house,  which  are  fully  supplied  with  the  latest  im- 
proved machinery,  tools,  etc.,  are  situated  at  Alton,  N.  H. ;  West 
Medway,  Abingdon,  Reading,  and  Marblehead,  Mass.  Here  1000 
skilled  operatives  are  employed,  and  the  trade  of  the  house  is  by  no 
means  confined  to  the  United  States,  but  extends  to  Canada,  Mexico, 
the  Sandwich  Islands,  Central  and  South  America.  Mr.  G.  M. 
Coburn  manufactures  in  vast  quantities  all  kinds  of  men's  and  chil- 
dren's boots,  shoes,  and  brogans.  These  goods  are  general  favorities 
with  jobbers,  retailers,  and  the  public  wherever  introduced,  always 
commanding  a  ready  sale,  while  at  the  same  time  they  are  unsur- 
passed, according  to  their  grades,  for  quality,  finish,  durabilty,  com- 
fort and  uniform  excellence.  The  salesrooms  of  this  enterprising 
and  reliable  house  in  Boston  comprise  two  spacious  floors,  that  are 
fully  stocked  with  the  firm's  goods,  which  are  offered  to  the  trade  at 
prices  thut  necessarily  attract  the  attention  of  'close  and  careful 
buyers.  Both  Messrs.  Coburn  and  Lewis  are  natives  of  Massachusetts 
and  residents  of  Boston,  and  are  highly  esteemed  in  business  circles. 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


SG.  CHICKERING  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  the  "S.  G. 
Chickering"  Upright  Pianos;  Warerooms,  No.  158  Tre- 
mont Street,  Factory,  No.  134  Hampden  Street.— The  S.  G. 
Chickering  upright  pianos  are  recognized,  by  mechanical 
experts  and  the  most  eminent  amateur  and  professional  musicians, 
as  the  best  embodiment  of  materials,  workmanship,  design,  tone, 
power,  and  excellence  of  action,  coupled  with  elegance  of  finish. 
Mr.  S.  G.  Chiakering,  who  is  the  proprietor  of  the  manufacture 
of  these  deservedly  famous  instruments,  was  born  in  Massachusetts, 
and  here,  at  an  early  age,  began  to  learn  the  trade  of  a  piano-maker. 
He  early  became  proficient  therein,  and  worked  at  the  bench  for  fully 
20  years  before  starting  in  business  on  his  own  account.  In  1885,  he 
established  the  presenfconcern,  and  his  instruments,  from  their  first 
introduction  to  the  trade  and  the  public,  met  with  a  hearty  reception 
and  have  had  a  large  and  steadily  increasing  sale.  The  factory  is  a 
substantial  three-story  building  80x150  feet  in  dimensions,  and  fully 
equipped  throughout  with  the  latest  improved  machinery  and  appli- 
ances. Upwards  of  60  hands  are  here  employed,  under  the  direct 
supervision  of  Mr.  Chickering,  whose  brilliant  record  as  an  expert  in- 
sures the  superiority  of  his  own  instruments.  The  true  merits  of  an 
instrument  lie  in  its  purity  of  tone,  power,  and  durability,  and  to 
secure  these  at  their  utmost  perfection,  has  been  Mr.  Chickering's 
life-study.  The  sound-boards  are  selected  by  him  personally,  great 
care  being  taken  that  the  grain  of  the  wood  is  such  that  the  greatest 
amount  of  tone  possible  will  be  produced.  The  same  personal  super- 
vision enters  into  all  departments.  Merit  and  excellence  are  the  first 
considerations.  The  late  Mr.  Irving  I.  Harwood,  who  together  with 
Mr.  S.  G.  Chickering  drew  the  scales  and  perfected  the  S.  G.  Chicker- 
ing piano,  was  without  doubt  the  best  expert  on  piano  tone  and  the 
general  construction  of  the  pianoforte  to  be  found  in  this  country,  and 
has  been  acknowledged  as  such  for  the  past  25  years,  as  numerous 
testimonials  will  show.  They  do  not  aim  or  desire  to  compete  with 
any  of  the  so-called  cheap  pianos,  which  are  dear  at  any  price  because 
of  their  inferiority,  but  have  conscientiously  applied  all  their  knowl- 
edge and  resources  to  the  perfection  of  their  instruments,  and  are  to- 
day turning  out  instruments  which,  for  elegance  of  design,  tone, 
finish,  durability,  and  general  workmanship,  cannot  be  excelled  in 
the  United  States.  Mr.  Geo.  G.  Beardsley  and  Mr.  Charles  P. 
Cummings  have  charge  of  the  warerooms  and  of  the  wholesale  and 
financial  departments  respectively.  Mr.  George  W.  Beardsley,  whose 
long,  intimate  identification  with  the  piano  trade  has  rendered  him 
second  to  none  in  practical  knowledge,  while  he  has  personal  knowl- 
edge of  all  the  leading  factories  of  Europe  and  America.  Mr.  Chas. 
P.  Cummings  is  widely  and  favorably  known  in  the  business  circles  of 
Boston  and  New  York,  having  carried  on  a  large  business  in  the 
fancy-goods  line  previous  to  his  connection  with  Mr.  Chickering  and 
Mr.  Beardsley.  The  "  S.  G.  Chickering"  upright  gives  the  best  satis- 
faction of  any  piano  in  the  market.  See  catalogue,  where  no  new- 
fangled alleged  improvement  injures  and  mars  the  harmonious  sym- 
metry of  an  instrument,  mystifies  the  public,  or  bothers  the  tuner— hi 
a  word,  a  splendid,  practical  instrument,  unquestionably ;the  leader  in 
its  line.  The  cases  are  of  the  finest  cabinet  woods,  beautifully  de- 
signed in  panels,  fretwork  and  mouldings,  with  trusses  of  the  latest 
London  pattern,  and  patent  pedal  guard.  All  veneers  are  double, 
with  the  grain  running  crosswise,  and  bearing  the  highest  finish.  All 
these  pianos  are  triple  strung,  have  French  repeating  action,  and  full 
agraffe  throughout,  with  overstrung  bass  and  full  iron  frame.  The 
rapidly  enlarging  sales  right  here  in  Boston  and  New  England  indi- 
cate their  manifest  superiority.  They  are  popular  favorites  with  the 
trade  all  over  the  United  States. 

'ECHANICS'  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  BOSTON,  No.  378  Wash- 
ington Street;  C.  O.  L.  Dillaway,  President;  S.  G.  Merrill, 
Cashier.— Prominent  among  the  principal  fiscal  corporations 
of  the  city  is  the  Mechanics'  National  Bank,  whose  banking 
rooms  are  centrally  located  at  378  Washington  Street.  This  veteran 
organization  has  had  a  very  successful  career,  and  is  to-day  a  vigor- 
ous exponent  of  the  soundest  principles  governing  banking  and 
finance.  It  was  established  originally  in  1836  as  the'Mechanics'  Bank, 
and  eventually  in  1865  was  reorganized  under  the  national  banking 
laws  under  the  style  and  title  of  the  Mechanics'  National  Bank. 
The  bank's  paid  up  capital  is  $250,000,  which  has  been  further  aug- 
mented by  a  surplus  of  $50,000.  It  receives  upon  favorable  terms  the 
accounts  of  banks,  bankers,  manufacturing  firms,  corporations,  and 
others.  Special  attention  is  given  to  collections,  the  bank  having 


active  correspondents  in  the  principal  cities  of  the  United  States, 
Canada.  The  bank  makes  discount  on  first-class  commercial  paper, 
makes  telegraphic  transfers  of  money,  deals  in  United  States  and 
other  bonds,  and  offers  every  possible  convenience  to  customers. 
The  following  gentlemen  are  the  officers  and  directors :  C.  O.  L. 
Dillaway,  President;  S.A.Merrill  Cashier;  Francis  James,  Vice- Presi- 
dent; Directors,  W.  E.  L.  Dillaway,  C.  V.  Whitten,  G.  B.  Clapp,  E.  H. 
Clapp,  Zenas  Sears,  M.  M.  Cunniff ,  J.  E.  Addicks,  B.  F.  Sherman,  W.  M. 
Buish.  The  directors  are  prominent  merchants,  manufacturers,  and 
capitalists,  men  whose  names  are  noted  for  integrity  and  stability. 
Mr.  C.  O.  L.  Dillaway,  the  president,  has  been  connected  with  the 
bank  for  the  last  28  years.  He  was  cashier  for  years,  and  was  elected 
president  in  1887.  The  Mechanics'  National  Bank  through  an  hon- 
orable conservative  course  has  secured  a  leading  position  among 
the|  responsible  [institutions  of  New  England,  and  fully  merits  the 
entire  confidence  of  the  community.  The  report  to  the  Comptroller 
of  the  Currency  of  the  condition  of  The  Mechanics'  National  Bank,  at 
the  close  of  business,  February  26,  1889,  shows  the  flourishing  condi- 
tion of  the  bank's  resources.  United  States  bonds,  $50,000.00;  loans 
and  discounts,  $979,878.37;  due  from  reserve  agent,  $141,779.71;  due 
from  other  banks,  $138,332.76;  furniture  and  fixtures,  $11,828.17;  ex- 
penses, $15,095.84;  bills  of  other  banks,  $16,549.00;  specie,  $40,519.11; 
legal-tender  notes,  $78,800.00;  redemption  fund,  $2,250.00;  overdrafts, 
$5,308.49;  total,  $1,480,340.45.  Liabilities,  capital  stock,  ,$250,000.00; 
surplus  fund,  $50,000.00 ;  undivided  profits,  $54,789.06  ;  circulation, 
$45,000.00;  deposits- individual,  $969,583.98;  banks,  $110,967.41;  $1,- 
080,551.39;  total,  $1,480,340.45. 


EW.  TYLER,  Agent,  Grand,  Square,  and  Upright  Pianofortes, 
No.  178  Tremont  Street.— One  of  the  leading  representative 
m  dealers  in  pianos  in  Boston  is  Mr.  E.  W.  Tyler,  the  agent  of 
the  famous  Knabe  pianos,  which  are  the  equal  in  every  way 
of  any  instrument  manufactured,  and  in  many  respects  the  superior. 
The  late  Mr.  William  Knabe,  founder  of  the  house,  once  worked  at 
the  bench;  when  yet  a  young  man,  he  conceived  the  idea  of  a  model 
piano  factory,  and  chose  Baltimore  to  locate  in.  This  was  52  years 
ago.  So  marked  was  the  popular  reception  of  his  first  instruments, 
the  true  type  of  the  American  pianoforte,  that  immediate  enlarge- 
ment of  facilities  became  necessary;  find  this  rapid  growth  continued, 
until  now  there  is  no  factory  in  the  United  States  that  surpasses  it  as 
regards  system  and  perfection  of  work  and  extent  and  completeness 
of  departments.  Each  instrument  is  a  special  care,  receiving  the 
best  work  of  eye,  hand,  and  ear  to  bring  it  to  the  highest  point  of  re- 
sonance, sympathetic  quality,  and  purity  of  tone.  The  standard  to 
which  every  piano  must  attain  is  the  highest  ever  fixed,  and  thus  it  is 
that  the  Knabe  instruments  so  uniformly  merit  the  highest  antici- 
pations of  the  great  celebrities  of  the  musical  world.  These  state- 
ments are  proved  by  the  many  strong  recommendations  that  have 
been  received;  among  them  being  the  following  from  the  famous  Dr. 
Hans  von  Billow:  "  The  Knabe  pianos,  which  I  did  not  know  before, 
have  been  chosen  for  my  present  concert  tour  in  the  United  States 
by  my  Impressario  and  accepted  by  me  on  the  recommendation  of 
my  friend  Bechstein,  acquainted  with  their  merits.  Had  I  known 
these  pianos  as  now  I  do,  I  would  have  chosen  them  by  myself,  as 
their  sound  and  touch  are  more  sympathetic  to  my  ears  and  hands 
than  all  others  of  the  country.  Dr.  Hans  von  Biilow.  New  York, 
April  6, 1889.  To  Messrs.  Wm.  Knabe  &  Co."  In  the  artistic  sense 
the  Knabe  pianos  are  the  best  adapted  of  any  to  meet  the  demands, 
and  in  the  decorative  field  nothing  exceeds  them.  Mr.  Tyler  carries  a 
full  assortment  of  these  admirable  instruments  in  his  most  centrally 
located  warerooms.  No.  178  Tremont  Street.  The  sale  of  these  in- 
struments to  the  public  of  Boston  and  New  England  has  steadily 
increased,  until  the  Knabe  has  become  recognized  as  a  standard  and 
leading  piano.  Mr.  Tyler  also  keeps  in  stock  a  full  line  of  the  popular 
Bacon  piano,  which  has  achieved  a  national  reputation  for  purity  of 
tone,  perfect  action  and  touch,  volume  of  power,  durability,  and 
beauty.  The  Bacon  uprights  are  preferable  to  any  other  moderate- 
priced  instrument  for  the  household,  and  Mr.  Tyler  is  prepared  to 
sell  on  easy  terms.  He  also  always  has  superior  second-hand  pianos 
to  rent;  and  those  contemplating  the  purchase  or  hiring  of  an  instru- 
ment should  call  and  inspect  for  themselves  or  send  for  his  elaborate, 
illustrated,  descriptive  catalogue,  from  which  a  selection  can  readily 
be  made.  Mr.  Tyler  sells  every  instrument  on  its  merits,  and  is  always 
enabled  to  offer  substantial  inducements  as  to  price  and  quality. 


THE     METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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REPAUNO  CHEMICAL  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  "Atlas 
Powder,"  and  Blasting  Apparatus,  No.  13  Broad  Street;  H. 
B.  Temby,  Agent.— There  is  a  dispute  among  chroniclers  as 
to  how  long  explosive  powder  has  been  in  use  in  the  world, 
and  there  are  some  writers  who  aver  that  the  knowledge  of  it  ap- 
pears to  be  coeval  with  the  most  distant  historic  events  relating  to 
China  and  India.  It  is  not  our  purpose  to  endeavor  to  settle  the  dis- 
pute in  these  pages  once  and  for  all,  nor  to  enter  into  a  detailed  de- 
scription of  the  various  ingredients  in  the  composition  of  powder 
necessary  to  attain  the  greatest  purity.  Our  purpose  is  to  record 
things  as  we  find  them,  and  we  find  this:  that  the  manufacture  of 
powder  has  become  one  of  the  verily  "  great  industries"  of  the  United 
States,  the  business  amounting  to  many  millions  of  dollars  a  year. 
What  is  more,  the  powder,  of  whatever  kind,  made  in  America, 
•whether  it  be  of  the  blasting,  mammoth,  cannon-mortar,  musket, 
diamond  grains  cage,  canister,  sporting,  shipping,  or  fuse  descrip- 
tion, is  not  excelled  anywhere  on  the  habitable  globe.  In  blasting 
and  mining  powders,  the  Repauno  Chemical  Company,  which  has 
gained  a  world-wide  reputation,  have  over  and  over  again  proved 
this.  They  are  the  manufacturers  of  the  celebrated  "  Atlas  Powder." 
Those  whose  occupation  it  is  to  quarry  rocks  and  mines,  know 
from  experience  that  when  the  blasting  apparatus  and  the  "  Atlas 
Powder"  of  the  Repauno  Chemical  Company  get  their  best  work  in, 
there  is  an  effective  displacement  of  something.  It  is  because  of 
their  efficacy  that  they  are  so  much  in  demand  both  at  home  and 
abroad,  and  that  their  sale  has  become  enormous.  The  Company's 
works,  which  are  very  extensive,  are  located  at  Repauno,  N.  J. ; 
their  main  office  is  at  Wilmington,  Del.;  and  they  have  branch 
offices  at  Boston,  New  York,  Chicago,  Atlanta,  Denver,  and  other 
great  commercial  centres.  The  Boston  office,  located  at  No.  13  Broad 
Street,  was  founded  ten  years  ago,  and  for  the  past  four  years  it  has 
been  under  the  management  of  Mr.  H.  B.  Temby,  who  is  a  native  of 
New  Jersey,  and  who  has  been  connected  with  the  powder  business 
from  his  youth  up.  He  has  an  extensive  stock  in  his  keeping  and  a 
fine,  brisk  trade  throughout  the  whole  of  New  England.  In  all  his 
transactions,  he  is  decisive,  prompt,  and  reliable,  and  courteous  to  all. 


CA.  CONANT,  Eastern  Agent  for  Millers  and  Grain-shippers, 
No.  5  Chatham  Row.— The  growth  of  the  trade  in  flour,  grain, 
B  feed,  hay,  etc.,  of  New  England's  metropolis  is  one  of  the 
most  important  features  of  its  commercial  development, 
and  gives  evidence  of  the  zeal,  energy,  and.well-directed  efforts  of  the 
leading  members  of  the  trade.  In  this  line  the  house  of  Mr.  C.  A. 
Conant,  has  for  the  past  seven  years  had  an  active  and  honored 
career,  and  now  occupies  a  front-rank  position  in  the  trade.  Mr. 
Conant  who  founded  his  enterprise  in  1881  and  brought  to  it  a  long 
experience  and  first-class  business  ability,  is  the  eastern  agent  for 
numerous  western  millers  and  shippers  of  grain,  and  a  general  com- 
mission agent  for  the  finest  grades  of  flour,  feed,  hay,  and  all  kinds 
of  cereals.  The  business  was  started  at  No.  144  State  Street,  on  the 
corner  of  Chatham  Row,  and  was  subsequently  removed  to  its 
present  location,  No.  5  Chatham  Row,  where  Mr.  Conant  is  in  pos- 
session of  suitable  premises  for  the  successful  carrying  on  of  his  im- 
portant and  extensive  trade.  The  business,  which  is  exclusively  of  a 
wholesale  character,  is  a  scattering  one,  and  extends  to  all  parts  of 
the  United  States.  A  specialty  is  made  of  cargo  and  car-load  lots, 
and  orders  are  shipped,  when  desired,  direct  from  the  sources  of 
production.  All  transactions  are  characterized  by  promptitude, 
liberality,  and  honorable  dealing,  and  the  trade  of  the  house  shows  a 
large  annual  increase.  Mr.  Conant  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts.  He 
is  an  active  and  popular  member  of  the  Boston  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, and  has  taken  a  warm  interest  in  its  permanent  welfare  and 
prosperity.  He  stands  high  in  the  esteem  of  his  fellow-members  and 
the  community  generally. 


WINCH  BROTHERS,  Manufacturers  and  Wholesale  Dealers 
in  Boots,  Shoes,  and  Rubbers,  Nos.  130,  134,  and  136  Fed- 
eral Street.— This  representative  and  widely  known  firm 
commenced  business  in  1860  under  the  style  and  title  of 
Hosmer  &  Winch  Brothers.    Eventually,  in  1870,  Mr.  Geo.  L.  Hos- 
mer  retired,  when  Messrs.  J.  R.  and  J.  F.  Winch  succeeded  to  the 
management.    Last  January,  Geo.  F.   Winch  and  John  H.  Gibbs 
were   admitted  into     partnership,  the     business,   however,  being 
still  conducted  under  the  firm  name  of  "  Winch  Brothers."    Th« 
firm  are  the  largest  wholesale  dealers  and  jobbers  of  boots,  shoes, 


and  rubbers  in  this  country,  and  control  the  production  of  four  ex- 
tensive factories  in  Massachusetts  and  one  in  Maine.  They  occupy 
three  spacious  connecting  stores,  having  a  frontage  of  80  feet  by  a 
depth  of  120  feet.  The  various  departments  are  fully  supplied  with 
every  appliance  and  facility  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  this 
steadily  growing  business.  Messrs.  Winch  Brothers  are  the  only 
firm  in  the  United  States  that  sell  goods  at  the  prices  they  pay  for 
them.  They  always  receive  five  per  cent  discount  net  on  all  their 
purchases,  and  this  forms  their  profit.  During  the  past  year  their 
sales  amounted  to  upwards  of  $3,000,000,  and  their  trade  extends 
not  only  throughout  all  sections  of  the  United  States  and  Canada, 
but  also  toiMexico  and  Central  and  South  America.  They  deal  in  all 
grades  of  boots,  shoes,  and  rubbers,  and  quote  prices  impossible  to 
be  duplicated  elsewhere  in  this  country.  Messrs.  Winch  Brothers 
promptly  and  carefully  fill  orders  for  one  or  a  thousand  cases,  and 
fully  warrant  all  goods  to  be  exactly  as  represented  in  every  partic- 
ular. They  employ  in  their  warehouses  80  clerks,  assistants,  etc.,  and 
six  traveling  salesmen  on  the  road.  The  partners  are  all  natives  of 
Boston,  where  they  are  highly  esteemed  in  trade  circles  for  their  en- 
terprise, sound  business  principles,  and^integrity.  The  influence  ex- 
ercised by  this  responsible  firm  on  the  wholesale  boot  and  shoe 
trade  has  been  of  the  most  useful  character,  and  those  interested 
establishing  a  connection  with  this  popular  house  may  always  de- 
pend upon  receiving  just  and  liberal  treatment  and  marked  advan- 


TREMICK  &  CO.,  Dealers  in  Cotton  and  Wool,  etc..  Nos. 
483  to  489  Atlantic  Avenue.— A  leading  representative  house 
m  engaged  in  the  cotton  and  wool  trade  is  that  of  Messrs.  T. 
Remick  &  Co.,  with  headquarters  at  Nos.  485  to  489  Atlantic 
Avenue.  The  business  was  established  over  25  years  ago  by  Mr.  T. 
Remick,  a  recognized  authority  hi  all  branches  of  the  trade  in  wool 
waste  and  cotton  and  wool  stock  generally.  He  early  developed  a  busi- 
ness of  great  magnitude  with  important  foreign  connections.  In  1882, 
Mr.  A.  Davidson  and  Mr.  B.  H.  Davidson  were  admitted  into  copart- 
nership, and  bring  to  bear  a  wide  range  of  practical  experience  and 
perfected  facilities.  The  firm  have  moved  into  very  commodious  ware- 
houses, Nos.  485  to  489  Atlantic  Avenue,  being  two  connecting  buildings 
of  four  stories  each,  and  35x140  feet  in  dimensions.  Here  is  a  large 
area  of  floor  space  devoted  to  the  storage  of  stock,  but  not  enough  to 
meet  the  growing  requirements  of  the  firm's  business,  as  it  has  another 
four-story  warehouse  at  No.  363  Atlantic  Avenue.  Here  they  deal  in 
and  carry  the  largest  stock  of  cotton  waste  in  Boston,  as  also  full 
lines  of  foreign  and  domestic  wools,  all  of  exceptional  high  quality 
and  offered  at  lowest  current  market  rates.  The  firm  sell  to  con- 
sumers and  manufacturers  all  over  the  United  States,  and  are  like- 
wise heavy  exporters  of  cotton  waste  to  Germany  and  England,  where 
it  is  deservedly  popular  as  the  best  in  those  important  markets.  A 
prompt  and  equitable  policy  has  ever  characterized  this  honorable 
old  house,  and  its  operations  are  of  direct  value  to  Boston's  commerce. 
Messrs.  Remick  and  Davidson  are  natives  of  Massachusetts,  merchants 
of  ability  and  integrity,  and  worthy  of  the  large  measure  of  success 
achieved. 

AVALON  GRAVES,  Manufacturer  of  Shoes  and  Slippers,  No.  161 
High  Street;  Office,  118  Summer  Street.— Mr.  Avalon  Graves, 
the  widely  celebrated  manufacturer  of  fine  and  soft  shoes, 
and  full  lines  of  slippers,  began  in  business  eighteen 
months  ago,  and  has  secured  the  favorable  recognition  of  the  trade 
of  the  country  at  large  for  his  fine  goods.  His  factory  is  situated  at 
No.  161  High  Street,  comprising  the  four  upper  floors,  each  one 
having  an  area  of  3000  square  feet,  giving  him  fully  12,000  square 
feet  of  floor  space  in  all,  and  all  needed  to  meet  his  growing  require- 
ments. He  has  put  in  the  latest  improved  machinery  and  appli- 
ances, run  by  steam-power,  and  employs  upwards  of  80  hands  in  the 
manufacture  of  men's  fancy  slippers  in  all  materials;  mens',  boys', 
and  youths'  canvas  bals;  mens'  fine  buff  low  shoes;  and  ladies'  don- 
gola  and  grain  bals  and  buskins.  Quality  has  ever  been  the  first  con- 
sideration with  Mr.  Graves,  who  selects  his  skins,  leather  findings, 
etc.,  with  the  utmost  care;  his  styles  are  the  latest  fashionable  ones, 
cut,  workmanship,  and  finish  are  all  perfect,  and  the  prices  quoted 
will  be  found  difficult  to  duplicate  elsewhere  for  similar  grades  of 
goods.  Mr.  Graves  was  born  in  New  York  State,  and  has  long  been 
identified  with  the  branch  of  skilled  industry  in  which  he  is  achiev- 
ing such  success. 


124 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


NEW   ENGLAND   MUTUAL   ACCIDENT  ASSOCIATION,  No. 
85  Water  Street,  Hon.  A.  P.  Martin,  President;  B.  F.  Dyer, 
Secretary.— Having  come  to  recognize  the  necessity  of  pro- 
viding against  loss  of  time  by  insuring  against  accident,  we 
desire  in  this  connection  to  make,  special  reference  in  this  com- 
mercial review  of  Boston  to  the  progressive  and  reliable  New  Eng- 
land Mutual  Accident  Association,  whose  offices  are  centrally  located 
at  No.  85  Water  Street.    This  association  was  organized  under  the 
laws  of  Massachusetts  in  1884,  since  which  period  it  has  obtained  a 
liberal  and  influential  patronage.    It  has  ever  been  the  aim  of  the 
management  to  hold  the  cost  of  insurance  in  this  association  at  a  point 
as  low  as  is  consistent  with  the  prompt  and  equitable  adjustment 
and  payment  of  all  valid  claims.    The  business  of  the  "  New  Eng- 


land  "  has  steadily  increased  from  date  of  organization.  Certificates 
issued  year  ending  Dec.  31,  1884, 1969;  year  ending  Dec.  31, 1885,  3911 ; 
year  ending  Dec.  31,  1886,  5012;  year  ending  Dec.  31,  1887,  7492;  year 
ending  Dec.  31,  1888,  7809.  While  the  "  New  England  "  has  upon  its 
register  a  much  larger  number  of  what  are  generally  known  as  pre- 
ferred risks  (those  engaged  in  the  least  hazardous  occupations)  than 
of  all  other  classifications  combined,  it  does  not  confine  itself  to  this 
class,  but  secures  the  additional  strength  which  results  from  the  ex- 
tension of  its  benefits  to  all  desirable  risks,  thus  broadening  the  field 
which  sustains  the  organization.  Equity  is  secured  to  all,  first  by  ar- 
ranging the  rating  as  nearly  as  possible  to  make  the  cost  the  same 
under  each  classification,  and  it  is  further  provided,  that  payments 
required  may  be  varied  to  equalize  the  apportionment.  Each  classi- 
fication is  thus  made  practically  self-sustaining.  The  following  gen- 
tlemen, who  are  greatly  respected  by  the  community  for  their  honor- 


able methods  and  executive  ability  are  the  officers,  viz. :  Hon.  A.  P. 
Martin,  President;  Chas.  E.  Carpenter,  Vice-President;  Benj.  H.  Tick- 
nor,  Vice-president;  Benj.  F.  Dyer,  Secretary;  S.  S.  Coats,  Treasurer, 
John  A.  Follett,  M.D.,  Medical  Director;  Wm.  A.  Robinson,  Henry  H 
Earl,  Wm.  R.  Gray,  Directors.  It  is  an  admitted  fact  that  one  person 
out  of  seven  receive  fatal  or  total  disabling  injuries  every  year  hence 
no  person  can  feel  secure;  consequently,  all  prudent  people  should 
provide  against  such  contingencies  by  securing  a  certificate  in  the 
"  New  England."  Certificates  provide  the  following  benefits: 


BENEFITS. 

CLASSIFICATION  OP  RISKS. 

A. 

S. 

5000 
5000 
5000 
5000 
2500 
2500 
2500 
650 
2500 

25 

B. 

C. 

D. 

E. 

EE. 

F. 

FF. 

G. 

Death  by  Accident  

$ 
3000 
3000 
3000 
3000 
1500 
1500 
1500 
300 
1500 

20 

$ 
2000 
2000 
2000 
2000 
1000 
1000 
1000 
200 
1000 

15 

$ 
1500 
1500 
1500 
1500 
750 
750 
750 
175 
750 

12.50 

$ 
1250 
1250 
1250 
1250 
625 
625 
625 
150 
625 

10 

$ 
1000 
1000 
1000 
1000 
500 
500 
50o 
125 
500 

7.50 

$ 
750 
750 
750 
750 
375 
375 
375 
75 
375 

5 

T'  Weekly  Indemnity 
S  only. 

$ 
250 
250 
250 
250 
125 
125 
125 
65 
125 

5 

Loss  of  Hand  and  Foot  
'           Both  Hands  

"     Feet 

'           One  Hand  

'             "    Foot  

'           Both  Eyes  

'           One  Eye  

Permanent  TotaHDisability 
Weekly  Indemnity  not  ex- 
ceeding 52  weeks  

ISAAC  FENNO  &  CO.,  Men's  and  Boys'  Clothing,  No.  28  Summer 
Street.— Boston  has  no  industry  that  is  of  a  more  practically 
beneficial  character  both  to  her  labor  and  her  capital,  than  that 
of  the  wholesale  manufacture  of  clothing,  and  in  which  line  the 
great  leading  representative  is  the  old  established  and  nationally 
famous  house  of  Messrs.  Isaac  Fenno  &  Co.  It  has  had  a  long  and 
honored  career,  one  of  marked  enterprise  and  great  success,  based 
on  the  fundamental  principles  of  equity  and  a  progressive  policy,  ever 
on  the  alert  to  introduce  ways  and  means  to  improve  the  quality  of 
the  clothing  while  reducing  the  cost.  In  all  these  essentials  no 
house  has  done  so  much  for  the  public  as  that  of  Messrs.  Isaac 
Fenno  &  Co.  Mr.  Isaac  Fenno  is  one  of  Boston's  self-made  men,  who 
early  in  life  manifested  those  qualifications  which  have  secured  to 
his  concern  such  a  broad  foundation  and  solid  success.  He  com- 
menced the  business  of  manufacturing  clothing  in  1853,  and  pro- 
ceeded upon  the  well-defined  policy  of  seeking  to  produce  better 
made,  better  cut,  and  more  durable  clothing  than  his  contemporaries 
knew  how  to  make.  He  was  remarkably  successful  from  the  start, 
and  repeatedly  had  to  enlarge  his  facilities.  In  1865  Mr.  Charles  M. 
Blake,  a  native  of  Vermont,  came  into  copartnership,  and  in  1868 
Mr.  Adams  K.  Tolman,  a  Bostonian,  was  admitted,  as  also  Mr. 
Henry  G.  Hartshorne,  a  native  of  Massachusetts.  Four  years  ago, 
Mr.  Chester  H.  Whitten,  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  Mr.  Billings  Smith,  Jr., 
born  in  Massachusetts,  were  admitted,  the  firm  thus  having  experi- 
enced partners  at  the  head  of  the  various  departments,  and  ensuring 
the  enf orcing  of  that  thorough  system  of  organization  for  which  this 
establishment  has  become  so  justly  celebrated.  The  premises  com- 
prise four  entire  floors  with  nearly  40,000  feet  area,  and  fitted-up  hi 
first-class  style  with  all  the  modern  improvements,  including  the  fam- 
ous Fenno  Cloth-cutting  Machine,  the  invention  of  the  esteemed 
ir  head  of  the  house,  and  which  does  the  work  of  a  score  of  cutters, 
cutting  from  one  to  three  thousand  garments  per  day.  Mr.  Fenno 
and  his  copartners  give  the  closest  attention  to  the  selection  of  their 
woolens  and  suitings;  all  goods  are  most  carefully  examined  for  de- 
fects, and  a  slight  imperfection,  that  the  inexperienced  eye  would  not 
notice,  condemns  a  piece  of  goods  at  once.  The  firm  employ  none 
but  the  highest  order  of  talent  in  their  cutting-room,  while  they  are 
leaders  in  the  correct  styles,  and  employ  several  hundred  of  the 
most  skilful  tailors  and  operators  in  the  making  of  the  goods; 
only  the  best  trimmings  and  linings  are  used ;  all  the  latest  seasona- 
ble shades,  patterns  and  textures  are  found  made-up  in  this  magnifi- 
cent stock,r.the  largest  and  finest  at  wholesale  in  Boston.  The  firm 
number  among  their  customers  the  leading  retail  clothiers  of  Boston 
and  New  England;  also  in  New  York,  where  few  manufacturers 
come  up  to  this  high  standard  of  perfection.  The  firm  also  sell  to  the 
jobbers  and  retailers  of  the  west  and  northwest,  and  the  annual  in- 
crease of  trade  indicates  how  superior  and  desirable  is  the  firm's 
make  of  clothing.  Mr.  Fenno  is  the  President  of  the  Putnam  Woolen 
Company,  of  Putnam,  Conn.,  and  also  of  the  Calumet  Woolen  Com- 
pany, of  Uxbridge,  Mass. 


THE     METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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THE  BOSTON  DAILY  GLOBE.— Boston,  as  a  central  point  for 
distinguished  journalistic  enterprise  and  the  development  of 
high  class  newspapers,  had  long  held  a  prominent  position  in 
the  United  States.  In  this  connection  we  desire  to  direct  spe- 
cial reference  in  this  commercial  review  to  the  representative  and 
progressive  Globe  Newspaper  Company,  proprietors  of  the  daily, 
Sunday,  and  weekly  Globe,  which  are  the  recognized  leading  news- 
papers of  New  England.  The  Globe  Newspaper  Company  was 
duly  incorporated  in  1873  under  the  laws  of  Massachusetts.  It  was 
reorganized  in  1878,  with  a  paid-up  capital  of  $125,000,  and  now  its 
daily  and  Sunday  issues  of  the  Globe  have  a  larger  circulation  than 
any  other  Boston  newspaper.  The  first  editor  of  the  Globe  was 
Maturin  M.  Ballou,  and  the  first  paper,  issued  March  4,  1872,  con- 
tained eight  pages  of  seven  columns,  the  price  being  four  cents. 
He  was  succeeded  in  August,  1873,  by  Colonel  Chas.  H.  Taylor,  who 
has  been  the  editor  and  manager  of  the  Globe  from  that  time  until 
the  present,  and  the  success  achieved  has  been  due  to  his  enterprise 
and  industry.  The  building  is  one  of  the  finest  and  largest  in 
Boston,  and  was  built  expressly  for  the  Globe;  is  admirably  equipped 
with  all  modern  appliances,  including  elevators,  electric  lights,  etc., 
and  no  pains  or  expense  have  been  spared  to  make  this  establish- 
ment complete  hi  every  detail.  In  the  printing-rooms  are  three 
splendid  single  and  two  double  Hoe  presses,  which  are  able  to  print 
1400  papers  in  a  minute.  The  machinery  is  driven  by  two  superior 
125-horse-power  steam-engines,  and  the  total  number  of  persons  em- 
ployed in  the  various  departments  is  about  500.  There  are  likewise 
two  elevator  and  electric-light  engines  on  the  premises,  of  the  latest 
type.  Eight  editions  of  the  Globe  are  turned  out  daily,  which  con- 
sume fifteen  tons  of  paper.  The  daily,  Sunday,  and  weekly  Globe  are 
got  up  in  the  highest  style  of  the  typographical  art.  An  able  and 
superior  staff  of  editorial  writers,  reporters,  and  correspondents  is 
employed.  It  has  regular  letters  from  its  own  correspondents 
abroad,  and  carefully  covers  all  political,  local,  and  foreign  news, 
•while  at  the  same  time  it  gives  ample  descriptions  of  races,  base-ball, 
and  all  kinds  of  manly  sports  and  pastimes.  Its  editorials  are  able, 
crisp,  direct  to  the  point,  and  treat  all  matters  of  interest  in  an 
impartial  and  fearless  manner.  The  circulation  of  the  Sunday  Globe 
in  November  was  127,023,  and  the  daily  Globe  148,710.  Its  advan- 
tages as  a  splendid  advertising  medium  have  been  recognized  very 
generally  by  all  classes  of  the  community,  and  in  this  line  it  con- 
ducts the  largest  and  most  lucrative  business  in  Boston.  In  conse- 
quence of  its  large  size  and  vast  amount  of  original  and  able  read- 
ing matter,  it  is  not  only  the  cheapest  but  unquestionably  the  best 
paper  in  the  city.  Col.  Chas.  H.  Taylor,  the  manager,  was  born  in 
Charlestown,  Mass.,  and  during  the  civil  war  was  a  private  in  the 
38th  Mass.  Vol.  Infantry.  He  served  one  year  and  was  seriously 
•wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port  Hudson,  Miss.,  and  eventually  re- 
tired from  the  service  for  disability.  He  was  private  secretary  to 
Governor  Clafflin,  and  was  also  clerk  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives. Col.  Taylor  is  a  popular  member  of  the  Press,  Temple,  Cen- 
tral, and  Algonquin  Clubs,  etc.,  and  is  one  of  Boston's  highly  es- 
teemed and  public-spirited  citizens.  The  circulation  of  the  Globe  is 
steadily  increasing  not  only  in  Boston,  but  in  all  sections  of  New 
England,  and  its  present  prosperous  status  augurs  well  for  the 
future. 


AW.  DOWNING  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Morocco;  Dongola, 
and  Alum-tanned  Kid  a  specialty,  No.  101  High  and  Nos. 
„  219  and  221  Congress  Streets. — In  reviewing  the  numerous 
enterprises  that  have  made  Massachusetts  one  of  the  chief 
industrial  centres  in  the  United  States,  it  is  comparatively  easy  to 
see  that  the  manufacture  of,  and  trade  in  leather  has  exercised  a 
great  influence  in  promoting  the  general  development  and  prosper- 
ity of  the  state.  An  old-established  and  prominent  house  engaged 
in  this  line  is  that  of  A.  W.  Downing  &  Co.,  of  Nos.  101  High  and 
219-221  Congress  streets.  The  active  proprietor  and  manager  of  the 
house,  Mr.  Downing,  as  been  established  for  the  past  twenty  years, 
and  is  also  a  member  of  the  firm  of  B.  F.  Thompson  &  Co.,  of  No. 
187  Summer  Street,  whose  extensive  factory  is  located  at  Philadel- 
phia, Penn.,  where  a  large  force  of  hands  are  employed.  The  house 
of  Thompson  dates  its  inception  back  to  1823,  and  is  one  of  the  old- 
est concerns  in  the  leather  trade  in  the  United  States.  Its  produc- 
tions are  so  well  known  for  their  superior  character,  that  extended 
comment  upon  them  in  this  volume  is  rendered  unnecessary.  Mr. 
Downing  occupies  a  spacious  office  and  salesroom,  the  dimensions 


being  35x100  feet,  and  every  facility  is  possessed  for  promptly  and 
satisfactorily  meeting  all  orders.  The  trade  extends  to  all  parts  of 
New  England  and  the  west,  and  is  of  a  permanent  and  influential 
character.  A  heavy  stock  is  carried  of  kid  and  goat  skins,  and  a 
leading  specialty  is  made  of  dongola  and  alum-tanned  kid.  All  orders 
are  given  immediate  consideration,  and  goods  are  shipped  without 
delay.  Mr.  Downing,  who  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  resides  at 
Haverhill,  is  familiarly  known  in  trade  circles,  and  enjoys  an  excel- 
lent reputation  both  as  a  business  man  and  citizen. 


ISAAC  McLEAN,  Carpenter  and  Builder,  No.  32  Lancaster  Street. 
— Among  those  who  have  won  a  high  reputation  and  an  in- 
fluential patronage  by  sheer  force  of  merit  in  the  building  line  is 
Mr.  Isaac  McLean,  the  well-known  carpenter  and  builder,  and 
maker  of  mantels  and  interior  woodwork,  band-sawing  and  mould- 
ing, whose  establishment  is  located  at  No.  32  Lancaster  Street.  This 
gentleman  originally  established  himself  in  business  in.  1868  at  No.  10 
North  Anderson  Street  in  Cambridge,  removing  to  his  present  site 
in  1876.  His  career  has  been  as  successful  as  it  has  been  honorable, 
reflecting  the  highest  credit  upon  his  proctical  skill  and  sound  busi- 
ness principles.  His  workshop  is  spacious  in  si/e,  equipped  with  the 
requisite  machinery  and  ample  steam  power,  and  employment  is  con. 
stantly  afforded  to  a  force  of  eighteen  skilled  workmen.  A  leading 
specialty  is  made  of  the  manufacture  of  store  fixtures,  in  which 
branch  of  the  business  this  house  is  widely  recognized  as  excelling  all 
its  contemporaries.  Orders  and  commissions  are  executed  to  the 
letter,  in  the  most  substantial  manner,  and  give  entire  satisfaction  to 
all  concerned.  Mr.  McLean  is  a  native  of  Prince  Edward  Island,  a 
well-known  citizen  of  Cambridge,  and  noted  in  this  city  for  his  equi- 
table methods  and  thorough  mastership  of  his  trade. 


OHOSFORD  &  CO.,  Dealers  in  Beef,  Pork,  Mutton  and  Poultry, 
Stall  No.  5  St.  Charles  Market,  Corner  Beach  and  Lincoln 
B  Streets.— One  of  the  pioneers  of  St.  Charles  Market  is  O. 
Hosford,  of  the  firm  of  O.  Hosford  &  Co.,  provision  dealers  in 
that  well-known  trading  place.  Mr.  Hosford,  who  was  a  native  of 
Vermont,  came  to  Boston  young,  and  at  an  early  age  connected 
himself  with  the  business  which  he  has  since  so  successfully  followed 
up.  In  1850,  with  ample  experience  and  sufficient  capital,  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  St.  Charles  Market,  and  step  by  step  rose  in  the 
esteem  of  the  mercantile  community  for  his  enterprise,  aptitude,  and 
honorable  record.  He  died  on  February  10, 1889,  and  his  son  has  suc- 
ceeded to  the  business.  He  occupies  three  stalls,  Nos.  4,  5,  and  il, 
which  are  provided  with  every  convenience  for  the  provision  trade, 
and  where  five  experienced  salesmen  are  employed.  A  large  business 
is  transacted  here  in  beef,  pork,  mutton,  and  poultry,  which  are  re- 
ceived in  the  freshest  condition  daily  and  sold  at  the  lowest  market 
rates.  Mr.  Hosford  is  an  active  business  man,  attends  to  all  the 
affairs  of  his  establishment  strictly  and  is  justly  held  to  be  one  of  the 
leaders  in  his  line'in  the  city. 

BARTON  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  the  Belt  Knife  Leather 
Splitting  Machine,  Belt  Knives,  and  Emery  Wheels,  No.  15 
Chardon  Street.— Lake  all  the  other  branches  of  the  mechan- 
ical arts,  a  high  degree  of  excellence  has  been  attained  in  the 
devices  and  tools  that  pertain  to  leather  dressing;  and  in  this  connec- 
tion it  may  not  be  amiss  to  direct  attention  here  to  the  belt  knife 
leather  splitting  machine,  belt  knives,  and  emery  wheels  manufac- 
tured by  Barton  &  Co.,  of  No.  15  Chardon  Street,  this  city,  which  are 
articles  of  exceptional  merit,  and  as  a  consequence  are  in  wide  and 
growing  demand  among  curriers  and  tanners  throughout  the  United 
States  and  Canada.  This  well-known  and  prosperous  firm  was  estab- 
lished in  1877  and  no  better  criterion  of  the  superiority  of  the  ma- 
chines, knives,  and  wheels  manufactured  here  could  be  offered  than 
the  unequivocal  success  that  has  attended  the  enterprise  from  its  in- 
ception. The  factory,  which  occupies  a  spacious  fourth  floor  at  No. 
15  Chardon  Street,  is  supplied  with  ample  steam  power  and  com- 
pletely equipped  with  all  necessary  facilities,  while  some  half  a  dozen 
skilled  mechanics  are  employed,  and  all  orders  receive  immediate 
attention,  and  the  business  of  the  firm,  already  extensive,  is  steadily 
increasing.  Mr.  D.  O.  Barton,  who  is  the  sole  member,  doing  business 
under  the  style  of  Barton  &  Co.,  is  a  man  hi  the  prime  of  life,  and  a 
practical  machinist  of  long,  experience  in  the  exercise  of  his  art,  was 
born  in  the  State  of  Maine  but  has  resided  in  Boston  for  some  thirty 
odd  years. 


126 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


PAGE  BELTING  COMPANY,  New  England  Agents  for  the  Gutta 
Percha  and  Rubber  Manufacturing  Company,  Leather  and 
Rubber  Belting,  and  Hose,  J.  P.  Jewell,  Manager,  No.  17  Fed- 
eral Street.— A  concern  whose  product  has  justly  achieved  an 
international  reputation  is  the  Page  Belting  Company  of  Concord, 
N.  H.,  and  Boston.  They  have  recently  materially  added  to  their 
facilities  by  assuming  control  of  the  New  England  Agency  for  the 
well-known  Gutta  Percha  &  Rubber  Manufacturing  Company  of 
New  York.  The  manufacture  of  various  kinds  of  leather  belting 
was  begun  at  Concord,  N.  H.,  many  years  ago  by  the  old  house  of 
Page  Bros.  In  1867  the  important  interests  involved  were  duly  cap- 
italized, and  owing  to  increasing  growth  of  business  the  capital  has 
been  enlarged  from  time  to  time  until  now  the  paid-up  capital  stock 
is  $250,000.  Geo.  F.  Page,  Esq.,  is  president,  and  his  brother,  Chas.  T. 
Page,  is  treasurer,  and  under  their  able  executive  management  the 
company  has  had  a  career  of  marked  prosperity.  The  works  at 
Concord,  N.  H.,  are  among  the  largest  and  best  equipped  of  the 
kind  in  the  world,  the  quality  of  the  product  having  no  superior. 
In  November,  1888,  they  opened  an  office  and  salesroom  in  this  city, 
most  conveniently  located  at  No.  17  Federal  Street,  under  the  ex- 
perienced general  management  of  Mr.  J.  P.  Jewell,  who  has  been 
connected  with  the  company  for  seventeen  years  past  He  also  has 
the  valued  support  of  Mr.  E.  Daniel  Downes,  so  long  and  so  favor- 
ably known  throughout  this  branch  of  trade,  in  charge  of  the  rub- 
ber department.  As  a  further  important  addition  to  facilities  of 
the  Boston  concern,  the  Page  Belting  Company,  in  having  secured 
the  New  England  agency  of  the  Gutta  Percha  &  Rubber  Manufac- 
turing Company  of  New  York,  is  here  carrying  a  full  and  compre- 
hensive stock  of  its  Rubber  Belting,  Hose,  Packing,  and  mechanical 
Rubber  goods.  These  goods  are  of  world-wide  reputation,  and  there 
is  an  enormous  and  increasing  demand  for  them.  Mr.  Jewell  guai  - 
antees  factory  prices,  and  has  already  developed  a  thriving  business 
with  excellent  prospects  for  the  future.  Their  stock  also  includes 
the  Page  Belting  famous  "  Crown  Extra  "  brand  of  leather  belting, 
likewise  all  the  staple  and  special  grades  of  belting.  The  popular 
"  Hercules  Lacing,"  one  of  the  very  strongest  and  most  durable  on 
the  market.  "  Hercules  Raw  Hide  "  belting,  rubber  and  cotton 
hose  and  belting,  cotton  waste,  packing  of  all  kinds,  corrugated 
matting,  rubber  tubing,  and  general  mill  supplies.  An  important 
feature  is  that  of  the  most  approved  lines  of  fire  hose,  including  the 
celebrated  "Maltese  Cross"  rubber  hose,  also  the  "Baker  Fabric" 
cotton  rubber-lined  hose,  and  the"Ajax"  cotton  mill  hose,  while 
in  every  department  they  offer  substantial  inducements  both  as  to 
prices  and  quality.  Their  facilities  are  perfect,  directly  represent- 
ing as  they  do  two  of  the  leading  concerns  of  the  kind  in  the  world, 
and  Boston  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  the  opening  of  such  an  en- 
terprising establishment  within  her  midst. 


MANHATTAN  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  NEW 
YORK— Boston  Office,  No.  45  Milk  Street,  Nathan  Crow- 
ell,  Manager.— Prominent  among  the  substantial  and  re- 
liable life-corporations  of  the  United  States,  is  the  Manhat- 
tan Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  York,  which  was  organized  in 
1850,  and  has  now  accumulated  assets  of  upwards  of  $11,500,000,  and 
a  net  surplus  over  all  liabilities  of  $2,175,718.  This  old  and  reliable 
company  now  offers  to  the  insuring  public  its  new  "  Survivorship- 
Dividend  Plan,"  which  affords  all  the  advantages  of  life  insurance 
during  the  earlier  years  of  life,  and  at  the  same  time  makes  provision 
for  old  age,  as  the  policy-holder  can  surrender  his  policy  at  the  end 
of  the  survivorship-dividend  period,  and  receive  its  full  value  in  cash, 
thus  combining  investment  and  protection.  Absolute  security  and 
prompt  payment  of  all  claims  without  litigation  have  assured  the 
popularity  of  th'e  Manhattan  Life  Insurance  Company,  whose  pat- 
ronage is  steadily  increasing  in  all  sections  of  the  United  States. 
The  following  gentlemen  who  are  greatly  respected  in  business  and 
financial  circles  for  their  prudence  and  just  methods,  are  the  board 
of  directors  and  officers.  Board  of  Directors:— James  M.  McLean, 
President  Manhattan  Life  Insurance  Company  ;  Edward  Schell, 
President  Manhattan  Savings  Institution,  644  Broadway ;  John  T. 
Terry  (E.  D.  Morgan  &  Co.),  54  Exchange  Place ;  Abram  Du  Bois, 
physician,  16  West  Thirtieth  Street ;  Henry  Van  Schaick,  lawyer, 
150  West  Thirty-fourth  Street;  Ambrose  C.  Kingsland,  merchant, 
55  Broad  Street ;  James  Stokes,  banker,  59  Liberty  Street :  Olin  G. 
Walbridge  (Calhoun,  Robbins  &  Co.),  410  Broadway  ;  D.  H.  McAlpin. 
tobacco,  673  Fifth  Avenue  ;  W.  J.  Valentine,  Fordham,  N.  Y. ;  E.  A. 


Walton,  President  Citizens'  Insurance  Company  ;  George  W.  Quin- 
tard,  Pier  27,  North  River ;  Leon  Blum,  merchant  (L.  &  H. 
Blum),  Galveston  ;  C.  Norwood,  121  West  Forty-second  Street ; 
John  W.  Hunter,  Treasurer  Dime  Savings  Bank,  Brooklyn  ;  P.  Van 
Zandt  Lane  (Blanchard  Bros.  &  Lane),  Newark,  N.  J.;  Jacob  Naylor, 
President  National  Bank,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Edward  King,  President 
Union  Trust  Company,  73  Broadway  ;  John  H.  Watson,  President 
Columbia  Bank,  Fifth  Avenue  and  Forty -second  Street ;  James  E. 
Yeatman,  President  Merchants'  National  Bank,  St.  Louis  ;  N.  K. 
Masten,  banker,  San  Francisco;  Spencer  H.  Smith,  merchant,  661 
Fifth  Avenue;  Henry  B.  Stokes,  Insurance,  158  Broadway;  George 
H.  McLean,  Vice-president,  Citizens'  Insurance  Company,  156  Broad- 
way; Philip  Bissinger,  diamonds,  22  John  Street;  Artemas  H. 
Holmes,  lawyer,  Mills  Building;  James  A.  Garland,  Vice-president 
First  National  Bank,  92  Broadway;  Frederick  Billings,  President, 
279  Madison  Avenue;  Henry  B.  Peirce,  Secretary  of  State  of  Massa- 
chusetts, Boston;  EmilF.  Del  Bondio,  merchant,  New  Orleans,  La.;. 
Wm.  H.  Oakley,  President  Citizens'  Bank,  New  York ;  Robert  S. 
Green,  Governor  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey;  Jacob  L.  Halsey,  In- 
surance, 158  Broadway;  Arthur  Leary,  merchant,  73  William  Street. 
Officers— James  M.  McLean,  President;  J.  L.  Halsey,  1st  Vice-pres. ; 
H.  B.  Stokes,  2d  Vice-pres.;  H.  Y.  Wempel,  Secretary;  S.  N.  Steb- 
bins,  Actuary;  A.  Du  Bois,  M.D.,  Medical  Examiner.  The  Boston 
office  of  the  Manhattan  is  under  the  able  and  careful  management 
of  Mr.  Nathan  Crowell.  Mr.  Crowell  was  born  in  South  Yar- 
mouth, but  has  resided  in  Boston  for  the  last  fifty-one  years. 


NY.  BRINTNALL  &  CO.,  Importers  of  Fine  Wines,  Cordials, 
Brandies,  Gins,  Scotch  and  Irish  Whiskies,  etc.,  Nos.  21  and 
22  India  Street. — Among  the  most  reliable  and  progressive 
houses  engaged  in  the  importation  and  sale  of  fine  goods 
in  this  line  in  Boston  is  that  of  N.  Y.  Brintnall  &  Co.,  located  at 
Nos.  21  and  22  India  Street.  This  house  presents  a  striking  instance 
of  what  can  be  accomplished  by  a  steady  application  to  business 
and  a  just  and  honorable  course  of  dealing.  Pure  wines  and  liquors 
have  become  more  than  ever  popular  during  late  years,  and  those 
houses  that  keep  these  articles  unadulterated,  are  the  establishments 
most  patronized  by  the  trade  and  the  public.  Mr.  Brintnall,  who  is 
sole  proprietor,  established  this  business  here  in  1874,  since  which 
period  he  has  built  an  extensive  and  influential  trade,  both  at  whole- 
sale and  with  private  families,  in  this  city  and  throughout  the 
surrounding  country,  owing  to  the  unrivalled  quality,  purity,  and 
excellence  of  the  goods  handled.  The  business  premises  comprise  a 
fine  five-story  building,  admirably  equipped  with  every  n-odern  con- 
venience for  the  accommodation  and  preservation  of  the  choice  and 
valuable  stock.  This  house  is  deservedly  prominent  and  popular  as 
a  large  importer  of  fine  wines,  cordials,  brandies,  gins,  Scotch  and 
Irish  whiskies,  St.  Croix  and  Jamaica  rums,  also,  as  sole  agent,  for 
the  New  England  States,  of  the  celebrated  Inglenook  vineyards, 
Napa  County,  Cal.  The  stock  invariably  includes  all  the  different 
varieties  named,  as  well  as  old  and  reliable  brands  of  bourbon  and 
rye  -whiskies  and  the  very  choicest  grades  of  New  England  and  Med- 
ford  rums;  also,  champagnes,  ports,  sherries,  clarets,  sauternes, 
Bordeaux  and  Burgundies,  Rhine  and  Moselle  wines;  California  and 
cognac  brandies;  fine  bottled  goods  for  family  use,  such  as  rock 
and  rye  whiskey,  honey  and  horehound,  bourbon,  malt  whiskey, 
Glenlivet  Scotch  whiskey;  Bass'  ale,  Tennent's  ale,  Guinness'  Dub- 
lin stout,  and  Tennent's  porter;  imported  bay  rum,  apple-jack, 
brandied  raisins,  cherry"cordial,  Vermouth,  orange  bitters,  absynthe, 
etc.  The  rye  and  bourbon  whiskies  of  this  popular  house  are  noted 
for  their  purity  and  evenness  of  quality,  are  entirely  free  from 
adulteration,  and  possess  a  natural  flavor  and  fine  tonic  properties, 
while  they  are  sold  under  a  guaranty  to  give  perfect  satisfaction. 
The  first  great  aim  of  this  house  has  ever  been  to  give  to  each  and 
every  customer  full  value  for  money  expended,  which  is  readily  at- 
tained by  the  firm's  large  transactions,  direct  importations,  influ- 
ential connections,  and  low  prices.  A  branch  house  is  also  operated 
at  No.  20  Essex  Street,  devoted  to  the  sale  of  fine  wines,  teas,  coffees, 
cigars,  and  fancy  groceries,  and  is  immensely  popular  as  a  family 
wine  store.  In  all  his  operations,  Mr.  Brintnall  will  be  found  prompt 
and  liberal,  always  desirous  of  promoting  the  best  interests  of  his 
patrons,  and  prepared  to  offer  superior  advantages  and  benefits  in 
both  goods  and  prices.  He  was  born  in  Vermont,  and  came  to  Bos- 
ton thirty  years  ago,  where  he  is  highly  esteemed  as  an  honorable 
and  trustworthy  citizen  and  a  representative  city  merchant. 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF    NEW    ENGLAND. 


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CHICKERING  &  SONS,  Piano-forte  Warerooms,  No.  152  Tre- 
mont  Street;  Factory,  No.  791  Tremont  Street;  New  York, 
No.  130  Fifth  Avenue  (Chickering  Hall).  —  The  superiority  of 
the  piano-fortes  manufactured  by  the  world-famous  house  of 
Chickering  &  Sons  is  so  generally  conceded,  even  by  their  imitators 
and  competitors,  that  no  arguments  on  that  score  need  be  advanced. 
It  will,  however,  be  of  interest  to  narrate  a  few  facts  concerning  the 
rise  and  progress  of  this  celebrated  concern,  the  oldest  and  largest  in 
the  business  in  America.  It  was  established  in  Boston  by  the  late  Mr. 
Jonas  Chickering  in  1823.  He  possessed  the  highest  order  of  inven- 
tive and  mechanical  ability,  coupled  with  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
the  laws  of  harmonics,  and  was  soon  able  to  disabuse  the  public  mind 
that  pianos  the  equal  of,  and  in  many  respects  superior  to,  any  in 
Europe  could  not  be  produced  here.  To  him  is  due  the  honor  and 
credit  of  first  producing  the  piano  as  it  is  generally  made  to-day,  his 
improvements  being  generally  known  as  "  the  American  system" 
among  piano  manufacturers  abroad,  and  were  extensively  copied 
and  imitated.  It  need  only  be  added  that  the  Chickering  piano  has 
ever  since  remained  the  standard  instrument  of  the  world.  Mr. 


processes  are  the  most  accurate  and  perfect  known,  while  every  in- 
strument ^subjected  to  the  severest  tests  prior  to  being  shipped.  In 
every  respect  the  Chickering  is  the  most  perfect  type  of  the  modern 
piano-forte  and  affords  the  greatest  satisfaction  of  any.  They  are 
undeniably  the  best  and  most  durable,  and  thus  the  cheapest.  The 
Chickering  with  its  numerous  improvements  is  refined  and  pure  hi 
tone,  delightful  in  its  singing  qualities,  and  with  great  resonance 
and  fulness  of  power.  Of  recent  years  the  firm  have  brought  out  a 
beautiful  series  of  uprights  with  new  scales,  the  most  perfect  instru- 
ments of  their  class  in  the  world;  they  stand  in  tune  as  well  as  the 
grand  pianos,  and  have  the  new  patent  repeating  action,  new  ar- 
rangement of  the  soft  pedal,  and  new  patent  desks  and  fall.  The 
actions  are  made  with  metallic  rails  and  flanges,  which  thoroughly 
prevents  the  liability  to  become  loose  and  require  re-adjusting  at 
various  seasons  of  the  year,  as  is  the  case  with  nearly  all  pianos 
made  otherwise.  The  firm  offer  unrivalled  facilities,  among  others 
making  to  order,  grand  square,  and  upright  pianos  to  suit  any  style 
of  furniture,  and  in  highly  ornamented  cases.  The  firm's  warerooms 
are  situated  most  centrally  at  No.  152  Tremont  Street,  80x120  feet  in 


Chickering  invented  and  introduced  the  entire  iron  frame  for  square 
pianos,  and  in  1845  invented  the  circular  scale,  to  which  two  improve- 
ments are  due  all  the  excellences  of  the  American  square  piano. 
They  were  never  patented,  Mr.  Chickering  generously  giving  the 
whole  trade  the  benefit  of  these  grand  structural  advances.  In  1849 
he  brought  out  the  first  upright  piano  having  full  iron  frame  and 
overstrung  bass.  This  has  ever  since  remained  the  type  of  the  up- 
right. In  grand  pianos,  the  house  was  the  first  in  the  world  to  ever 
produce  one  with  a  full  iron  frame  and  with  other  radical  improve- 
ments, and  when  these  splendid  instruments  were  exhibited  at  the 
World's  Exhibition  in  London  in  1851,  they  created  a  profound  sen- 
sation, and  were  awarded  a  prize  medal.  Mr.  Jonas  Chickering  thus 
saw  the  first  fruits  of  his  labor  receive  international  recognition,  and 
a  big  trade  spring  up  prior  to  his  decease  in  1853,  after  a  long,  active, 
and  honored  career.  He  was  succeeded  by  his  sons,  Messrs.  T.  E., 
C.  F.,  and  Geo.  H.  Chickering,  under  the  familiar  style  of  "Chicker- 
ing &  Sons."  By  1859  the  firm  had  received  thirty-eight  prize  medals 
for  the  superiority  of  their  manufacture,  and  had  repeatedly  en- 
larged their  factory.  In  1867  they  exhibited  their  pianos  at  the  Paris 
Exposition,  where  they  received  the  highest  award  ever  given  to  any 
piano  manufacturer;  it  comprised  the  Supreme  Recompense,  the 
Cross  of  the  Legion  of  Honor,  and  a  gold  medal.  The  progress  of 
the  house  has  been  marked  and  rapid ;  numerous  valuable  improve- 
ments ;  have  from  time  to  time  been  introduced  into  its  instruments, 
and  the  most  unremitting  personal  care  has  been  exercised  in  the 
management  of  the  factory,  which  is  the  largest  and  finest  in  the 
world.  It  affords  employment  to  upwards  of  400  skilled  hands, 
many  of  whom  have  been  permanently  with  the  house  from  boy- 
hood. Up  to  date  the  house  has  manufactured  over  76,000  pianos, 
and  has  a  capacity  of  60  per  week.  The  materials  used  in  their 
construction  are  the  very  choicest  obtainable,  all  the  methods  and 


dimensions  elegantly  fitted  up  and  furnished,  and  where  a  large 
stock  of  their  grands,  squares,  and  uprights  are  carried.  They  make 
a  magnificent  display,  the  cases  having  solidity  and  strength,  com- 
bined with  beauty  of  outline  and  rich  ornamentation,  while  their 
musical  excellences  are  incomparable.  Above  the  warerooms  is 
Chickering  Hall,  so  justly  popular  for  the  holding  of  concerts,  mu- 
sicales,  etc.  Upwards  of  thirty  years  ago  the  firm  established  their 
New  York  house,  and  which  under  the  personal  management  of  Mr. 
C.  F.  Chickering  is  the  leading  establishment  of  the  kind  in  that 
city,  and  most  desirably  located  in  the  premises  No.  130  Fifth 
Avenue,  owned  by  the  firm  and  popularly  known  as  Chickering  Hall, 
by  far  the  finest  concert  hall  in  America.  Mr.  George  H.  Chickering 
is  the  resident  Boston  partner,  and  a  gentleman  of  the  highest  stand- 
ing in  financial  and  commercial  circles.  He  has  inherited  his  father's 
abilities,  and  under  the  wise  guidance  of  himself  and  brother  the 
honse  permanently  maintains  the  leading  position  in  the  piano  world. 
The  Chickering  piano  has  received  the  merited  encomiums  of  the 
greatest  pianists  of  the  aee,  including  the  immortal  Abbe  List,  who 
declared  the  Chickering  pianos  "perfect,  and  perfect  issimes"  (super- 
latively perfect).  "  There  is  no  quality  which  is  foreign  to  them. 
Your  instruments  possess,  in  the  supreme  degree,  nobility  and  power 
of  tone,  elasticity  and  security  of  the  touch,  harmony,  brilliancy, 
solidity,  charms  and  prestige,  and  thus  offer  a  harmonious  ensemble 
of  perfections,  to  the  exclusion  of  all  defects."  Chevalier  Boscowitz, 
the  renowned  Thalberg,  the  great  composer  Gounod,  and  the  brilliant 
Gottschalk,  and  many  others  of  similar  high  standing  render  equally 
true  and  well-deserved  homage  to  this  the  king  of  pianos,  and  which 
will  ever  shed  a  brilliant  historic  lustre  round  the  name  of  Chickering. 
They  are  constantly  widening  and  extending  their  business  relations, 
and  each  year  adds  to  the  popularity  of  the  firm,  a  fact  proven  by 
the  annual  increase  of  sales,  each  year  surpassing  the  former. 


ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


WEN  BEARS E  &  SOS,  Mahogany  and  Hard-wood  Lumber,  Ko. 
I  387  Albany  Street.— Over  fifty  yean  of  commercial  prosperity 
^/  ariwinjf  from  honorable  dealing,  industry,  and  reliability,  and 
uniform  excellence  of  the  goods  handled,  coupled  with  influ- 
ential connections  and  perfected  facilities,  is  the  record  in  brief  of 
the  well-known  and  representative  bouse  of  Meant.  Owen  Bearse  A 
Son,  dealers  in  mahogany  and  bard-wood  lumber,  at  No.  397  Albany 
Street  and  No.  17  Wareham  Street.  This  old-established  boose  is 
entitled  to  more  than  passing  recognition  in  this  review,  as  being;  not 
only  eminent  in  the  business,  but  as  conducting  a  trade  of  great 
magnitude,  which  extends  from  New  Brunswick  to  Chicago,  and,  hi 
fact,  has  its  ramifications  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  Thebusi- 
ness  was  established  in  1837  by  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  Mr. 
Owen  Bearse,  who  admitted  bis  son.  Mr.  Horace  L.  Bearse,  in  1879. 
The  founder,  Mr.  Owen  Bearse,  died  in  1888,  after  a  long  and  honor- 
able career  tearing  Mr.  Horace  L.  Bearae  as  sole  proprietor.  The 
yards  cover  several  acres  and  ran  from  Nos.  2  to  50  Randolph  Street, 
and  from  Nos.  405  to  409  Albany  Street.  Two  large  warerooms  for 
the  storage  of  lumber  are  occupied:  one  at  No.  17  Wareham  Street, 
which  is  90x175  feet  hi  size;  and  one  at  No.  387  Albany  Street,  50x100 
feet  in  (fee.  These  are  fitted  up  with  every  facility  for  the  handling, 
transportation,  and  kiln-drying  of  lumber,  they  making  a  special- 
ty of  the  sale  of  kiln-dried,  mahogany,  and  bard-wood  lumber  hi 
their  retail  business.  A  large  trade  is  done  throughout  the  west  hi 
mahogany,  and  the  trade,  which  extends  throughout  New  England, 
is  supplied  with  western  lumber  in  oak,  cherry,  walnut,  ash,  maple, 
and  white  wood,  and  also  white  birch  and  red  birch  from  Canada  and 
the  west.  They  are  also  heavy  dealers  in  southern  Cyprus,  which 
is  largely  used  for  interior  house-finishing  and  furniture.  They  have 
recently  begun  to  handle  this  in  large  quantities,  the  prices  being 
about  the  same  fas  for  ash,  while  it  is  more  expensive  than  white- 
wood.  The  trade  is  principally  done  among  piano-manufacturers 
and  car-builders,  and  they  also  sell  lumber  hi  the  rough— Win-dried 
lumber  being  made  a  specialty  of.  An  immense  stock  is  carried  to 
meet  the  demands  of  the  trade,  and  the  sales  amount  to  over 
5,000,000  feet  yearly.  Fifteen  horses  and  twenty-three  men  are 
kept  constantly  employed,  and  the  trade  is  both  wholesale  and  re- 
tail. Every  convenience  is  at  hand  for  promptly  filling  all  orders, 
special  inducements  hi  terms  and  prices  being  given.  All  transac- 
tions are  conducted  on  the  most  liberal  basis,  and  the  connections  of 
the  bouse  with  producers  are  of  the  most  influential  and  favorable 
character,  and  all  dealings  with  the  house  are  sure  to  result  profit- 
ably and  pleasantly.  The  proprietor  and  energetic  manager  of  this 
important  enterprise  is  Mr.  Horace  L.  Bearse,  who  for  many  years 
has  been  connected  with  the  lumber  trade;  and  no  one  possesses  a 
more  ultimate  knowledge  of  all  the  wants  and  requirements  of  the 
trade.  He  is  a  native  of  Barnstable,  and  is  noted  for  his  enterprise, 
business  ability,  and  integrity,  and  possesses  the  confidence  of  the 
trade  and  public  generally. 


CREESY  &  NOTES,  Contractors  and  Builders,  Nos.  53  to  59 
Wareham  Street.— The  contents  of  this  work  being  ffoffgrvpd 
,  to  convey  to  the  reader  some  idea  of  the  business  capabilities, 
industrial  resources,  and  commercial  relations  of  this  city,  it 
has  been  our  aim  to  present  to  the  public  only  such  establishments 
as  may  be  justly  regarded  as  active  and  influential  elements  hi  ad- 
vancing the  general  prosperity  of  Boston.  It  is  therefore  our 
privilege  and  pleasure  to  present  a  concern  which  hi  strength  and 
enterprise  is  fully  deserving  of  the  warmest  encomiums.  We  refer 
to  the  house  of  Messrs.  Creesy  &  Noyes,  the  well-known  contractors 
and  builders,  located  at  Nos.  53  to  59  Wareham  Street.  The  business 
of  this  house  was  originally  established  in  1853  by  Messrs,  dement 
&  Creesy,  who  were  succeeded  by  the  present  firm  hi  1871.  The 
present  proprietors  are  recognized  as  among  the  most  prominent 
and  responsible  of  the  city's  business  men,  and  acknowledged  lead- 
ers hi  their  line  of  constructive  enterprise.  Their  business  premises 
comprise  two  floors  and  a  basement,  60x80  feet  each,  with  a  yard  of 
the  same  size  for  storing  lumber,  etc.  The  mills  for  sawing,  plan- 
ing, and  general  wood-working  are  abundantly  provided  with  the 
newest  and  best  machiney  to  use,  operated  by  an  engine  of!25  horse- 
power, with  three  boilers  of  100  horse-power  each,  and  from  two 
hundred  to  three  hundred  workmen  are  given  constant  employment. 
The  range  of  manufacture  embraces  doors  and  an  extended  line  of 
woodwork  the  character  of  which  is  familiar  to  those  in  interest, 
including,  as  it  does,  all  the  standard  articles  demanded  by  the  con- 


tractor, carpenter,  and  builder  hi  the  erection  of  buildings.  These 
are  produced  in  great  quantity  and  variety,  the  best-selected  ma- 
terials are  utilized  in  all  cases,  and  only  reliable  and  firsKlass  goods 
are  turned  out.  As  contractors  for  the  erection  of  public  buildings, 
business  blocks,  and  private  residences,  this  firm  have  long  com 
manded  the  confidence  of  the  general  public  and  enjoyed  a  wide 
popularity.  The  character  of  the  work  with  which  they  have  been 
identified  to  this  city  and  throughout  the  state  serves  as  their  best 
recommendation  and  their  only  needed  indorsement*  They  erected 
the  Danvers  Insane-asylum,  costing  $800,000;  the  Union  iDepot  at 
Worcester,  costing  $1.000.000;  the  new  Boston  A  Albany  Railway 
Depot  to  this  city;  and  are  now  building  the  art  museum  for  Welles- 
ley  Female-college,  at  Weflesley,  Mass.  These  are  but  a  few  of  the 
many  prominent  and  important  contracts  which  they  have  carried 
through  to  a  successful  completion,  but  they  are  sufficient  to  show 
bow  highly  their  ability  and  skill  is  appreciated ;  while  this  brief  re- 
view of  the  record  of  their  business  may  be  justly  regarded  as  an 
interesting  chapter  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  building  trade  of 
Boatom 


HECHT  BROS.  &  CO.,  Wool,  Nos.  307  to  219  Federal  Street.— 
The  leading  bouse  hi  the  wool  commission  trade  hi  this  city, 
if  not  hi  the  country,  is  that  conducted  by  Messrs.  Hecht 
Bros.  &  Co.,  at  Nos.  207  to  219  Federal  Street.  This  house 
has  been  hi  successful  operation  since  .1875,  and  enjoys  a  reputation 
and  a  trade  co-extensive  with  the  country.  Their  new  building, 
erected  for  their  purpose  fat  1886,  is  the  finest  and  best-equipped  es- 
tablishment of  its  kind  in  the  country.  It  contains  six  stories  and  a 
basement  105x145  feet  in  dimension*,  and  is  supplied  with  elevators 
and  every  modern  convenience  for  the  rapid  handling  and  proper 
storage  of  supplies.  This  firm  possesses  unlimited  capital  and  the 
highest  credit  with  the  trade,  and  is  hi  constant  receipt  of  heavy  and 
important  consignments  of  wool  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States 
and  the  Territories,  placing  them  in  the  best  markets,  which  their 
large  connection  and  valuable  experience  enables  them  to  do  with 
unusual  and  exceptional  advantages.  By  strict  adherence  to  one 
policy,  handling  entirely  on  commission,  and  having  correspondents 
hi  all  parts  of  the  world,  this  firm  have  established  a  prestige  as 
leaders  of  the  trade  which  gives  purchasers  every  guaranty  that 
all  wool  is  as  represented  in  quality  and  graded  correctly.  They 
have  the  credit  of  introducing  the  famous  "Eberhardt'1  and  ''Le- 
gallet  "  pulled  wools  into  this  market,  which  rank  among  the  very 
finest,  and,  by  their  extensive"business.  have  given  a  marked  impetus 
to  the  wool  trade  and  materially  enhanced  the  qualities  of  wools 
handled,  and  greatly  promoted  the  commerce  of  the  city.  The  in- 
terests committed  to  their  bands  by  shippers  and  consignors  are 
always  closely  watched  and  intelligently  guarded,  and  the  firm  are 
to  just  repute  with  wool-growers  and  the  trade  everywhere,  tor  the 
honorable,  efficient,  and  reliable  manner  hi  which  all  business  is 


J-V  ROWS  &  CLARK,  Printers,  No.  52  Federal  Street.— Among  the 
fj  ablest  and  most  popular  exponents  of  the  art  typographical, 
I  J  as  devoted  to  the  needs  of  the  mercantile  world,  is  the 
well-known  firm  of  Messrs.  Brown  &  Clark,  whose  printing 
house  is  so  centrally  located  at  No.  52  Federal  Street.  Mr.  L.  R. 
Brown  and  Mr.  J.  C.  Clark  formed  the  existing  copartnership  and 
started  hi  business  hi  1881.  Though  young  men,  they  are  old  hi 
practical  experience  and  markedly  skilful  and  accurate  in  the 
execution  of  all  jobs,  giving  close  personal  attention  to  same.  Their 
spirit  of  enterprise  is  manifested  in  their  office,  which  is  thoroughly 
organized,  and  fully  stocked  with  the  finest  of  new  type,  display 
heads,  block  letters,  cuts,  etc.,  of  all  kinds;  also  full  lines  of  equip- 
ment, cases,  racks,  stands,  stones,  etc.  The  firm  have  four  first-class 
presses  run  by  electric  power,  enabling  them  to  promptly  turn  out 
all  classes  of  commercial  printing  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art. 
This  is  the  best  place  hi  Boston  to  order  your  cards,  bill  beads,  note- 
heads,  circulars,  ststemeuta,  receipts,  envelopes,  etc.,  while  checks, 
drafts,  and  fine  blank  work  is  a  specialty.  The  firm  are  devoted  to 
business,  and  every  facility  at  command  to  promptly  execute  the 
largest  orders  at  lowest  prices,  and  in  a  style  of  elegance  that  elicits 
universal  approval.  Mr.  Brown  is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  Mr.  Clark 
of  Kingston.  Ontario,  both  popular  young  business  men,  and  worthy 
and  able  representatives  of  this  art— that  is  so  truly  preservative  of 
all  arts. 


THE     METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


EDUCATIONAL  SUPPLY  COMPANY,  Publishers;  Manufactur- 
ers and  Importers  of  Microscopes, .Chemical,  and  Physical  Ap- 
paratus; Agents  for  the  Papyrograph,  No.  C  Hamilton  Place. 
-  To  those  of  our  readers  throughout  the  country  who  are 
either  dealers  or  users  of  microscopes,  chemical  or  physical  appa- 
ratus, the  advantages  and  facilities  possessed  by  the  Educational  Sup- 
ply Company,  will  be  of  special  interest.    The  resources  and  experi- 
ence  of  this  company  in  this  difficult  branch  of  trade  are  unrivalled 
by  any  other  house  in  the  country,  and  are  the  result  of  the  consoli- 
dation of  several  houses  in  this  line  of  trade,  in  1886,  and  the  incor- 
poration of  their  interests  under  the  present  title,  with  Mr.  George 
A.  Smith  as  treasurer  and  general  manager.   Mr.  Smith  had  been  pre- 
viously engaged  in  the  business  on  Park  Street,  in  this  city,  for  some 
tftu  years,  and  was  thoroughly  versed  in  all  the  intricacies  of  the 
trade,  and  proved  himself  an  able  manager,  and  successful  in  meet- 
ing the  demands  of  the  patrons,  and  has  placed  the  company  upon  a 
sound  and  permanent  basis.   The  numerous  specialties  imported  and 
handled  by  this  company  are  of  great  value  and  utility  in  the  scien- 
tific and  educational  world.    Prominent  among  such  specialties  may 
be  named  the  microscopes  of  European  manufacture.    This  com- 
pany are'American  agents  for  several  of  the  leading  European  man- 
ufacturers, and  is  the  only  company  in  this  country  that  carries  in 
stock  a  line  of  these  goods.    The  merits  of  these  microscopes  are  so 
well-known  and  so  generally  recognized  that  it  is  hardly  necessary 
to  go  into  any  detailed  description  of  them  here.    Some  of  their 
]<»ading  qualities  may,  however,  be  mentioned  with  profit.    They  are 
manufactured  upon  the  most  satisfactory  model  which  has  ever  yet 
been  designed  for  a  microscope.    The  base  is  a  solid  brass  horse- 
shoe, which  gives  a  steady  and  firm  support  to  the  instrument  in  any 
position  in  which  it  may  be  placed.    The  hinge,  and  rack,  and  pin- 
ion, which  are  applied  to  larger  instrument*,  allow  any  degree  of 
inclination  and  greater  facility  in  manipulation.    The  fine  adjust- 
ment is  accomplished  by  a  graduated  screw  bearing  on  the  body  of 
the  tube,  instead  of  the  lever  so  generally  employed.    The  instru- 
ments are  perfect  in  ail  their  parts,  and  all  accessories  are  of  the 
most  approved  models,  the  aim   having  been   to  supply  the  best 
practical  working  instrument  for  scientific  research  in  the  study  and 
laboratory.    The  most  eminent  teachers  and  scientists  in  Europe 
use  these  microscopes,  and  they  are  also  used  by  all  the  universities 
iu  this  country.    Another  important  specialty  of  this  company  is 
Minot's  Automatic  Microtome.    The  principle  of  this  microtome  is 
to  obtain  sections  by  moving  the  object  to  be  cut  in  a  vertical  plane 
past  the  knife,  which  is  held  in  a  fixed  position.     The  knife  is 
clamped  by  two  screws  in  jaws  at  the  top  of  two  upright  pillars. 
The  object  to  be  cut  is  imbedded  in   parafftne.  and  stuck  on  a 
circular  brass  plate  which  faces  the  knife  when  the  blade  is  in  po- 
sition.   This  plate  lias  a  motion  in  three  directions,  and  may  be 
revolved   around  its  own  centre,  so  that  the  position  of  the  object 
may  be  adjusted  as  desired.    The  well-known  construction  used  on 
the  Schauze  machines  has  been  adopted  to  secure  the  necessary 
play  of  movement  for  the  plate  carrying  the  paraffine.    This  con- 
struction was  selected  on  account  of  its  simplicity  and  convenience, 
and  the  great  firmness  with  which  the  plate  may  be  clamped.    The 
object-holder  rests  on  a  horizontal  plate,  which  may  be  fed  towards 
(he  knife  by  a  micrometre  screw,  the  head  of  which  is  a  toothed 
wheel,  each  tooth  equal  to  one  thousand  three  hundred  mm.   for- 
ward movement.    The  whole  of  this  compl<-u-  object-carrier  is  fas- 
tened to  an  upright  slide.    The  elide  is  worked  up  and  down  by  a 
crank,  and  the  crank  is  moved  by  turning  a  heavy  iron  wheel.    When 
the  wheel  is  revolved,  the  crank  is  turned,  and  the  upright  slide  rises 
arid  falls  in  a  vertical  plane;  and  of  course  the  object-carrier  with 
it-  micrometre  screws  rises  and  falls  with  it.    As  the  carrier  rises,  a 
lever  connected  with  a  pawl  strikes  against  a  screw  on  a  separate 
pillar;  the  pawl  catches  in  the  toothed-wheel  head  of  the  microme- 
••-w  and  so  turns  it  and  moves  the  paraffine  towards  the  knife. 
As  the  carrier  descends,  a  section  is  cut  off  when  it  is  near  the  top 
of  its  upward  excursion,  the  micrometre  screw  is  turned  by  the 
pawl,  and  the  next  descent  produces  another  section.    By  simply 
turning  the  screw  against  which  the  pawl-lever  strikes,  the  number 
of  teeth  caught  by  the  pawl,  and  therefore  the  thickness  of  the  sec- 
tions, may  be  varied  from  one  thousand  three  hundred  to  one  and 
thirty-three  one  hundredths  of  a  millimetre.    This  microtome  has 
been  devised  to  avoid  the  obvious  inconveniences  attaching  to  the 
rocking  and  other  automatic  microtomes,  and  is  the  most  desirable 
form  of  microtome  for  paraffine-futting  now  in  the  market.    Other 


specialties  handled  by  this  house  are  the  King's  Providence  Micro- 
tomes, Rutherford's  Freezing-microtome,  Thomas's  Microtomes, 
Chemical  Apparatus,  microscopic  material  of  every  description. 
The  trade  of  the  bouse  is  very  large  and  influential  throughout  the 
entire  United  States.  Mr.  Smith,  the  manager,  is  a  well-known 
Bostoniau,  widely  prominent  and  highly  esteemed  in  educational 
circles,  and  a  gentleman  of  broad  culture,  thorough  reliability,  arid 
intelligent  enterprise. 


^HE  COLORADO  FARM  LOAN  CO.,  Main  Office,  No.  W  Equila 
blelBuilding:  K.  E.  Orcutt.  President;  W.  H.  Mitchell,  Secretary 
and  Treasurer.—  The  Colorado  Farm  Loan  Co.  wa«  duly  incor- 
porated April  4,  1888,  under  the  laws  of  Colorado,  with  a  paid 
up  capital  of  $100,000.  Its  main  office  is  at  No.  36  Equitable  Building, 
and  ite  Western  office  at  Tabor  Block,  Denver,  Colo.  The  following 
gentlemen  are  tho  officers  and  directors.  OfCoers  :  F.  E.  Orcutt,  Pres- 
ident,' Boston  ;  W.  H.  Mitchell,  Treasurer,  Boston;  F.  G.  Patterson, 
Manager,  Denver.  Trustees:  Hon.  George  C.  Wing,  Auburn,  Me.; 
William  Bickford,  M.D.,  Maiden,  Mass  ;  F.  E  Orcutt  Boston,  MAM.; 
Eugene  Thomas,  Esq.,  Boston,  Mass.  ;  F.  G.  Patterson,  Denver,  Colo.  ; 
W.  H.  Mitchell,  Esq.,  Boston,  Mass.:  Charles  Stickney,  Lowell,  Mass.  ; 
Hon.  Percival  Bonney,  Portland,  Me.  The  trustees  and  responsible 
officers  are  all  reliable  eastern  men,  widely  known  throughout  New 
England.  As  provided  in  ite  corporate  articles,  the  company's  nead- 
quarters—  place  of  holding  corporate  meetings,  etc.-  are  in  Boston. 
There  are  kept  the  books  of  the  corporation,  easy  of  access  to  eastern 
stockholders;  also  the  funds  of  the  Co.  before  invested,  and  securities 
after  investment.  The  western  manager,  Mr.  F.  f>.  Patterson,  has 
had  twenty  six  years'  experience  in  real-estate  and  mortgage  busi- 
ness, and  several  years'  in  the  exact  line  to  be  followed  by  the  Colo- 
rado Farm  Loan  Co.  This  Co.  enters  the  field  in  Colorado  at  a  mo- 
ment peculiarly  opportune.  The  tide  of  settlement  is  now  turned 
toward  the  state,  and  its  agricultural  lands  are  filling  up  with  a 
rapidity  hitherto  unparalleled.  The  supply  of  government  land  in 
the  states  farther  east  is  about  exhausted,  and  seekers  after  such 
land  must  come  here.  In  one  surveyor's  district,  in  El  Paso  County, 
over  100,000  acres  have  been  taken  in  the  last  three  months.  Thou- 
sands of  settlers  from  Kansas  and  Nebraska,  tired  of  droughts  and 
cyclones  in  summer  and  buzzards  in  whiter,  are  migrating  to  the 
Centennial  State.  One  colony  of  10,000  Nebraskans  nave  settled  in 
the  beautiful  San  Luis  Valley  this  spring.  They  go  there  to  escape 
droughts,  and  to  secure  the  advantages  of  higher  prices  in  a  borne 
market.  Drought  in  Colorado  is  not  a  scourge  to  be  feared,  for,  ex- 
cept in  a  few  limited  districts,  fanning  is  not  attempted  there  with- 
out irrigation.  With  irrigation,  crops  are  safe,  and  their  yield  is  very 
greatly  increased.  The  soil  of  the  state  is  rich;  and  when  to  this  is 
added  an  abundant  supply  of  water,  rich  in  fertilizing  element* 
washed  from  the  mountains,  it  produces  surprising  crops.  Alfalfa. 
for  example,  cuts  three  and  four  crops  per  year,  the  yield  per  cut- 
ting being  from  one  to  two  tons  per  acre,  so  that  the  annual  yield  is 
from  three  to  eight  tons  per  acre,  which  sells  in  the  stack  at  from  SO 
to  $10  per  ton,  price  varying  with  ite  nearnes*  to  market.  All  the 
staple  crops  give  equally  satisfactory  returns.  Colorado  is  not,  like 
Kansas,  a  one-crop  state,  but  produces  the  small  grains  and  all  veg 
etaUe*  in  great  perfection.  The  potatoes  grown  there  are  the  finest 
in  thejworld.  The  Colorado  Farm  Loan  Co.  loans  money  on  irrigated 
land  only,  or  on  that  proved  to  be  safely  watered.  It  lakes  only  first 
mortgages,  and  loans  .tot  over  90  per  cent  upon  the  security  offered. 
This  Co.  issue  s  debentures  based  upon  ite  farm  mortgages.  These 
debentures  are  secured  on  an  average  of  many  mortgages,  be- 
-sides  being  guaranteed  by  the  Co.  '»  capital.  They  are  a  most  perma- 
nent and  reliable  form  of  investment,  and  can  be  had  in  denomina- 
tions of  $100,  $200.  $900,  $500,  and  $1000  running  ten  years,  or  com- 
pleted loans  of  a  similar  amount  running  five  years,  with  prompt  pay- 
ment of  principal  and  interest  at  7  per  cent  guaranteed.  These  de- 
bentures compare  favorably  with  government  bonds,  being  equally 
secure,  and  paying  a  straight  «  per  cent  interest  per  annum  semi  an- 
nually. The  Co.  also  femes  an  instalment  debenture  bond,  on  which 
stated  sums  may  be  paid  monthly—  a  form  of  investment  deservedly 
popular  among  working-people.  giving  them  the  same  opportunity 
for  putting  by  small  savings  that  savings  banks  do,  and  at  a  much 
better  rate  of  income  than  banks  afford.  These  instalment  deben- 
tures bear  5  per  cent  interest  until  fully  paid,  at  whiVb  time  they  are 
convertible  into  a  regular  0  per  cent  debenture.  For  further  details 
investors  are  referred  to  Mr.  W.  H  Mitchell,  Equitable  Building. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


BAKER,  WITHERELL  &  CO.,  Wholesale  and  Commission 
Dealers  in  Fresh  Fish,  No.  10  T  Wharf  Fish-market.— 
There  is  no  branch  of  the  commerce  of  Boston  of  more 
value,  more  highly  creditable,  or  more  flourishing  than  the 
wholesale  fish  trade,  in  which  such  immense  capital  is  invested,  and 
such  market  enterprise  and  ability  manifested.  The  fisheries  in- 
terests are  indeed  of  the  first  importance;  and  among  the  great 
leading  representatives  of  the  trade  is  the  house  of  Messrs.  Baker, 
Witherell  &  Co.,  of  No.  10  T  Wharf  Fish-market.  This  is  without 
exception,  one  of  the  oldest  established  wholesale  and  commission 
dealers  in  fresh  fish  in  New  England,  its  inception  dating  away 
back  to  1840,  Mellon,  Hill  &  Co.  being  the  original  firm,  subse- 
quently becoming  D.  Hill  &  Co.,  and  succeeded  in  1863  by  Messrs. 
Baker,  Witherell  &  Co.  The  present  proprietors,  Mr.  William  B. 
Witherell  and  Mr.  James  E.  Nason,  bring  to  bear  the  widest  range 
of  practical  experience,  perfected  facilities,  and  influential  connec- 
tions. Their  trade  is  one  not  only  of  great  magnitude,  but  has  a 
widespread  range,  without  question  exceeded  by  none  and  equalled 
by  few,  for  Messrs.  Baker,  Witherell  &  Co.  fill  large  wholesale 
orders  to  the  far-distant  cities  of  the  Mississippi  Valley,  north  to  St 
Paul  and  Minneapolis,  shipping  in  refrigerator-cars.  They  have  had 
to  enlarge  their  facilities  to  meet  the  growing  demand,  and  now  oc- 
cupy three  floors,  30x40  feet  each,  in  the  T  Wharf  Fish-market.  They 
are  here  daily  in  receipt  of  cargoes  of  fresh  fish  direct  from  the 
most  famous  grounds,  including  all  kinds  of  staple  and  fancy  in 
season,  including  cod,  halibut,  herring,  mackerel,  weakfish,  smelts, 
southern  and  lake  fish,  lobsters,  etc.  They  are  interested  in  vessel 
property  engaged  in  the  coast,  provincial,  and  banks  fisheries;  while 
here  in  Boston  no  house  is  better  prepared  to  handle  large  commission 
consignments.  Since  Mr.  Baker's  retirement,  in  1885,  Mr.  Witherell 
and  Mr.  Nason  have  been  sole  proprietors  of  this  great  concern,  and 
devote  themselves  with  marked  ability  and  unflagging  energy  to  meet- 
ing the  most  exacting  requirements  of  the  trade.  Mr.  Witherell  was 
born  in  Wellfleet,  and  in  early  life  followed  the  deep-sea  fisheries. 
He  is  thoroughly  practical,  having  a  personally  acquired  knowledge 
of  every  detail,  and  has  resided  in  Boston  for  35  years  past.  Mr. 
Nason  was  born  in  Boston,  and  has  from  his  youth  up  been  actively 
identified  with  the  wholesale  fish  trade.  The  firm  are  prominent  in^all 
matters  connected  with  this  branch  of  commerce.  They  are  active 
members  of  the  T  Wharf  Fish  Association,  of  the  Massachusetts  Fish 
Exchange,  and  of  the  New  England  Halibut  Company,  ever  accord- 
ing a  hearty  support  to  all  measures  best  calculated  to  advance  the 
permanent  welfare  and  prosperity  of  the  trade,  and  basing  all  their 
numerous  transactions  on  the  strictest  principles  of  equity  and 
integrity. 


THOMAS  WHITE  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Boots  and  Shoes. 
No.  28  High  Street.— Though  there  are  few  boot  and  shoe 
factories  actually  operated  in  the  city  of  Boston,  Boston  is 
the  great  market  for  all,  and  at  the  same  time  her  capital  is 
largely  represented  in  the  shoe  factories  of  all  the  surrounding 
towns,  the  products  of  which  are  all  sold  here.  Prominent  among 
the  representative  and  progressive  houses  extensively  engaged  in 
this  growing  industry  is  that  of  Messrs.  Thomas  White  &  Co.,  whose 
salesrooms  in  Boston  are  located  at  No.  28  High  Street.  The  firm's 
factories,  which  are  among  the  best  equipped  in  New  England,  are 
situated  in  Holbrook  and  Brockton,  Mass.,  and  Great  Falls,  N.  H. 
Here  500  skilled  operatives  are  employed,  and  the  trade  of  the  house 
now  extends  throughout  all  sections  of  the  United  States.  Messrs. 
Thomas  White  &  Co.  manufacture  largely  men's,  boy's  and  youth's 
calf  and  buff  boots  and  shoes.  They  use  only  the  best  materials, 
and  their  goods  are  unsurpassed  in  tins  market  for  finish,  style, 
durability,  and  comfort;  and  their  finest  grades  are  quite  equal  to 
superior  custom  work.  The  firm  promptly  fill  orders  at  extremely 
low  prices,  and  guarantee  entire  satisfaction  to  patrons.  This  busi- 
ness was  established  50  years  ago,  in  1839,  by  Mr.  Thos.  White  the 
senior  partner,  who  eventually,  in  1869,  admitted  his  sons,  Messrs.  T. 
Edgar  and  H.  M.  White,  into  partnership.  They  occupy  in  Boston, 
for  salesrooms,  two  spacious  floors  25x90  feet  each  in  dimensions, 
which  are  fully  stocked  with  the  firm's  productions.  All  the  partners 
are  natives  of  Massachusetts.  They  are  highly  regarded  in  trade 
circles  for  their  business  ability,  enterprise,  and  just  methods,  fully 
meriting  the  liberal  and  influental  patronage  secured  in  this  growing 
and  valuable  industry. 


AH.  POTTER  &  CO.,  Dealers  in  Diamonds,  Watches,  and 
Jewelry,  No.  421  \Vashington  Street.— One  of  the  oldest  es- 
B  tablished  and  leading  representative  firms  of  jewelers  in 
Boston  is  that  of  Messrs.  A.  H.  Potter  &  Co.,  whose  estab 
lishment  is  so  centrally  located  at  No.  421  Washington  Street.  Mr. 
A.  H.  Potter  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  and  early  in  life  became 
identified  with  the  trade  in  wnich  he  has  achieved  such  success. 
He  has  had  30  years'  practical  experience  as  salesman  and  proprie- 
tor, and  started  in  business  in  Boston  in  1861.  He  early  achieved 
an  enviable  reputation  for  the  superiority  of  his  stock,  and  developed 
a  trade  of  growing  magnitude,  resulting  in  his  removal  in  1883  to 
his  present  desirable  location.  This  is  an  elegant  store— in  the 
finest  section  of  Washington  Street.  This  establishment  attracts 
marked  attention  by  reason  of  the  excellent  taste  and  sound  judg- 
ment shown  in  decorations  and  furnishings.  There  is  a  marble-tile 
floor  and  elegant  cabinet  and  plate-glass  show  cases,  setting  off 
their  magnificent  stock  to  best  advantage.  Messrs.  Potter  &  Co.. 
deal  in  the  highest  grades  of  diamonds,  watches,  and  jewelry;  and 
there  is  no  more  generally  recognized  authority  and  expert  on  every- 
thing comprised  in  a  stock  of  this  kind  than  Mr.  Potter.  He  selects 
his  diamonds  with  the  utmost  care,  giving  attention  to  color,  cut- 
ting, shape,  perfection,  and  brilliancy;  and  always  has  on  hand  large 
parcels  of  desirable  cut  stones,  also  others  mounted  both  white  and 
perfect,  and  selling  at  remarkably  moderate  prices.  This  is  the 
place  to  secure  matched  pairs,  and  fine  gems  for  rings,  studs,  etc. 
In  watches,  Mr.  Potter  also  takes  the  lead  in  the  finest  movements, 
including  imported  chronometers,  stop  and  split  seconds,  etc.,  in 
every  variety  of  plain  and  fancy  solid  gold  cases;  also  sterling 
silver  watches  at  such  a  wide  range  of  prices  that  every  one  can  be 
suited.  In  jewelry,  his  magnificent  stock  compares  favorably  with 
any  in  Boston,  and  is  notable  for  the  richness  and  originality  of 
styles,  for  the  elaborate  workmanship,  and  low  prices.  Here  are 
sets,  half-sets,  and  single  pieces  in  bewildering  variety,  and  from 
which  the  most  fastidious  can  readily  be'suited.  Mr.  Potter  numbers 
among  his  customers  the  leading  families  of  Boston  and  vincinity, 
and  is  a  progressive  business  man,  always  the  first  with  new  styles, 
novelties,  oddities,  and  ever  pre-eminent  for  giving  full  value,  han- 
dling the  richest  solid  gold  jewelry  and  the  choicest  gems.  His 
policy  has  ever  been  one. of  equity  and  integrity;  and  the  house  is 
thoroughly  representative  of  the  best  methods  and  finest  work  of  the 
American  jewelry  trade. 


ZENAS  SEARS,  Boot  and  Shoe  Manufacturers'  Goods,  No. 
25  High  Street,  Corner  Federal.— One  of  the  oldest  and  lead 
ing  houses  engaged  in  handling  boot  and  shoe  manufacturers' 
goods  in  this  city  is  that  of  Mr.  Zenas  Sears,  located  at  No. 
25  High  Street,  corner  of  Federal.  This  house  has  been  in  success- 
ful operation  for  a  period  of  thirty  years,  and  enjoys  a  national 
reputation  for  the  extent  and  superiority  of  its  stock  and  the  enter- 
prise and  reliability  of  its  business  management.  The  premises  oc- 
cupied for  trade  purposes  are  spacious  and  commodious;  and  the 
stock  carried  is  one  of  the  largest  and  most  valuable  of  its  kind  to 
be  found  in  the  country.  The  proprietor  is  especially  prominent  in 
the  trade  as  a  large  converter  of  a  line  of  goods  indispensable  to  the 
shoe-manufacturing  sections  of  the  east  and  west,  and  which  are 
of  a  quality  and  character  surpassing  those  of  a  similar  kind  manu- 
factured in  other  cities.  The  articles  handled  included  serges,  elas- 
tic webbings,  buttons,  and  other  specialties  pertaining  to  the  dry- 
goods  part  of  a  shoe.  The  goods  are  not  only  superior  in  make,  but 
are  sold  to  the  trade  by  this  house  at  prices  which  cannot  be  dupli- 
cated by  other  American  houses.  As  a  consequence,  the  business 
transacted  is  widespread  and  extensive  in  all  parts  of  the  country. 
The  proprietor  is  also  agent  for  the  Union  Eyelet  Company,  man- 
ufacturers of  eyelet  and  lacing  work  for  Dunbar,  McMaster  &  Co.'s 
Linen  Thread,  a  full  supply  of  which  is  always  kept  in  stock.  The  in- 
timate and  influential  connections  enjoyed  by  the  house  with  the  best 
foreign  manufacturers  enable  the  proprietor  to  secure  his  supplies  in 
vast  quantities  and  at  advantageous  rates ;  and  therefore  he  can  guar- 
antee the  prompt  and  perfect  fulfilment  of  all  orders,  and  also  offer 
such  inducements  to  his  patrons  as  render  business  relations  with 
him  of  the  most  profitable  nature.  Mr.  Sears  is  a  Massachusetts  man 
by  birth  and  education,  one  of  Boston's  representative  merchants 
and  solid  business  men,  a  director  of  the  Mechanics  National  Bank, 
and  prominently  identified  with  the  commercial  growth  and  financial 
prosperity  of  the  city. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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GA.  EBERLE,  Manufacturer  of  Clark's  Linen  Fire  Hose,  etc., 
Salesroom,  No.  32  Haw  ley  Street. —An  old-established  and 
m     successful  house  in  Boston  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
linen  fire  hose,  etc.,  is  that  of  Mr.  G.  A.  Eberle,  whose  fac- 
tory, which  is  fully  supplied  with  the  latest  improved  appliances,  is 
situated  at  Maiden,  Mass.    This  business  was  established  in  1857  by 
Mr.  John  Clark,  who  conducted  it  till  1880,  when  Mr.  G.  A.  Eberle  suc- 
ceeded to  the  management.  Mr.  Eberle  manufactures  Clark's  famous 
linen  fire-hose  for  mills,  hotels,  public  buildings,  steamboats,  etc., 
also  rubber  lined  linen-hose  for  fire  departments.  Clark's  patent  ring- 
screw  couplings,  hose  pipes,  etc.    Clark's  linen  fire-hose  is  made  of 


South  Adams  Fire  Dept.,  South  Adatns  ;  State  House,  Boston; 
Stevens  Linen  Works,  Webster,  Mass.;  Williamsville  Mfg.  Co.,  Day- 
ville,  Conn.;  Winthrop  Mills,  Winthrop,  Me.;  Willimantic  Linen  Co.; 
Willimantic,  Conn. ;  Walworth  Mfg.  Co  .  Boston,  Mass.  Mr.  Eberle 
promptly  fills  orders  at  extremely  low  prices  and  guarantees  entire 
satisfaction  to  patrons.  He  is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  is  highly  re- 
garded in  business  circles  for  his  enterprise,  promptness,  and  just 
methods.  His  trade  now  extends  throughout  all  sections  of  New 
England,  New  York,  and  the  adjacent  states,  and  is  steadily  increas- 
ing, owing  to  the  efficiency  and  superiority  of  his  fire  hose,  fittings, 
etc.,  which  are  general  favorites  with  users  wherever  introduced. 


J. 


the  best  quality  of  Dutch  flax  prepared  in  a  chemical  solution  to 
preserve  it  from  mildew,  and  is  recommended  by  all  insurance  com- 
panies as  the  best  hose  in  the  market.  Its  well-known  reputation  is 
sufficient  evidence  of  its  superiority,  durability,  and  uniform  excel- 
lence, while  likewise  reference  is  made  to  many  fire  departments  and 
leading  manufactories  throughout  the  country.  The  following  are 


some  of  the  companies  and  fire  departments  which  have  been  sup- 
plied with  Clark's  linen  fire-hose,  hose  fittings,  etc.,  viz. :  Amoskeag 
Mfg.  Co.,  Manchester,  N.  H.;  Appleton  Mfg.  Co.,  Lowell,  Mass  :  As- 
sabet  Mfg.  Co.,  Maynard.  Mass. ;  Arnold  Print  Works,  North  Adams, 
Mass. ;  Arlington  Woolen  Mills,  Lawrence,  Mass. ;  Atlantic  Cotton  Co., 
Lawrence,  Mass.;  Augusta  Fire  Dept.,  Augusta,  Me. ;  Bates  Manufac- 
turing Co..  Lewiston,  Me.:  Berkeley  Company.  Ashton.  R.  I.;  Black- 
stone  Mfg.  Co  ,  Blackstone,  Mas*. ;  Boott  Cotton  Mills,  Lowell,  Mass. ; 
Concord  Fire  Dept..  Concord,  N.  H.:  City  Hall.  Boston;  China  Mfg. 
Co.,  Suncook,  N.  H.;  Cocheco  Mfg.  Co..  Dover,  N.  H.:  Chase  Mills. 
Webster,  Mass.;  Cordis  Mills,  Millbury,  Mass.:  Framingham  Fire 
Dept.,  Framingham,  Mass.;  Freeman  Mfg.  Co ,  North  Adams.  Mass.; 
Great  Falls,  Mfg.  Co.  Great  Falls.  N.  H.:  Graniteville  Mfg.  Co.. 
Graniteville,  S.  C. ;  Grosvenor  Dale  Co.  Grosvenor  Dale.  Conn. :  Globe 
Woolen  Co..  Utica.  N".  Y. ;  Hinsdale  Fire  Dept..  Hinsdale.  N  H.:  Holly 
Mfg.  Co.,  Lockport,  N.  Y.:  Hooksett  Mfg.  Co..  Hooksett.  N.  H.: 
Hamilton  Woolen  Co..  Amesbury  and  Southbridge,  Mass.:  Knowles 
Steam  P.  Works.  Warren,  Mass. :  Lancaster  Mills,  Clinton.  Mass  ; 
Merrimack  Mfg.  Co.,  Lowell,  Mass  ;  Naumkeag  Steam  Cotton  Co., 
Salem,  Mass.:  New  Adams  House,  Boston;  Norway  Plains  Co, 
Rochester,  N.  H.:  Pemberton  Mills.  Lawrence,  Mass.:  Parker  House. 
Boston;  Renfrew  Mills.  Adams.  Mass.;  Rialto  Building,  Boston; 
Saxonville  Mills.  Saxonville,  Mass. ;  Simmons  Building,  Boston  '• 


D.  MEAD  &  CO.,  Commission  Dealers 
in  Fruit  and  Vegetables,  Southern 
Truck  a  Specialty,No.  25  North  Market 
Street  and  No.  25  Clinton  Street.— 
Amid  the  great  produce  interests  of  New 
England's  metropolis  there  is  110  firm  more 
thoroughly  reliable,  or  one  more  desirable 
with  which  to  establish  business  relations 
than  that  of  Messrs.  J.  D.  Mead  &  Co.,  of  Nos. 
;.5  North  Market  Street  and  No.  25  Clinton  Street.  This  is  an  old 
established  and  widely  known  concern,  and  it  is  as  popular  for  its 
honorable  business  methods  as  it  is  known.  It  was  founded  under 
its  present  style  in  1853  by  the  late  Mr.  J.  D.  Mead,  who  successfully 
conducted  the  enterprise  for  thirty  years  until  his  death  in  1883. 
For  some  years  he  had  associated  with  him  in  the  business,  as  a 
partner,  his  son,  Mr.  George  F.  Mead,  who  has 
now  for  the  past  five  years  been  the  sole  proprie- 
tor. This  gentleman  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Fruit  and  Produce  Exchange  and  of  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  and  has  the  good-will  and  esteem  of 
his  fellow  members.  He  conducts  a  general  com- 
mission trade  in  poultry,  game,  and  eggs,  and  also 
fruit  and  vegetables.  Consignments  of  these  goods 
are  received  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States, 
and  for  these  a  quick  and  satisfactory  sale  is  ef- 
fected owing  to  the  large  distributing  trade  con- 
trolled by  the  house.  Prompt  and  accurate  settle- 
ments with  producers  and  shippers  have  always 
been  the  marked  characteristics  of  this  house.  The 
premises  occupied  consist  of  a  well-appointed 
store,  25x60  feet  in  dimensions,  and  this  is  suitably 
equipped  with  every  convenience  for  facilitating 
the  handling  of  stock  and  the  filling  of  orders. 
From  six  to  fifteen  hands  are  employed,  and 
prompt  and  courteous  service  is  rendered.  Mr. 
Mead  is  a  native  of  Somerville,  Mass.,  and  his 
reliability  as  a  business  man  is  sufficiently  at- 
tested to  by  the  Traders'  National  Bank,  Boston; 
Boston  Produce  Exchange;  E.  Roberts  &  Bro., 
Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Titus  Bros.,  New  York;  S.  B. 
Downes  &  Co.,  New  York,  and  A.  S.  Maltman  &  Co.,  Chicago,  111. 


JOSEPH  W.  STONE,  Provision  Broker  and  Commission  Mer- 
chant, No.  21  South  Market  Street.— No  one  is  better  known 
or  more  highly  respected  in  his  line  than  Mr.  Joseph  W.  Stone, 
provision-broker  and  commission  merchant.  No.  21  South 
Market  Street.  Mr.  Stone,  as  far  back  as  1838,  half  a  century  ago, 
established  himself  as  a  meat  dealer  in  Faneuil  Hall  Market,  and 
carried  on  the  business  there  for  a  period  of  thirty  years  with  great 
success.  In  1868,  he  went  into  his  present  line  as  a  provision-broker 
and  commission  merchant,  and  his  great  knowledge  of  the  meat  and 
produce  trade  enabled  him  to  achieve  a  distinguished  position  in  this 
branch  of  business.  Mr.  Stone  deals  largely  in  meat,  produce,  and 
provisions  of  all  kinds,  having  the  best  facilities  both  in  the  purchase 
and  sale  of  goods.  His  operations  extend  all  over  the  west  and 
south,  while  his  trade  in  Boston  has  long  been  of  the  most  extensive 
description.  Customers  of  bis  house  can  always  rely  on  getting 
prime  goods  at  the  lowest  market  rates,  while  the  promptest  atten- 
tion is  invariably  paid  in  carrying  out  orders.  Mr  Stone  has  long  been 
a  prominent  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  was  born 
in  West  Newton,  Mass.  For  the  half -century  that  he  has  resided  in 
this  city  he  has  occupied  in  mercantile  circles  a  position  of  the  first 
importance,  and  has  always  been  held  in  the  most  honorable  regard 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


CHUBB  &  SON,  American  Managers  for  Marine  Insurance 
Company  (Limited)  of  England;  Boston  Office,  No.  46  Cen- 
tral Street;  Win.  A.  Couthouy,  Agent.— Boston's  vast  foreign 
commerce  and  her  activity  as  a  great  seaport  render  her 
a  most  important  point  for  the  business  of  marine  underwriting,  and 
in  which  line  the  widely  and  favorably  known  house  of  Messrs. 
Chubb  &  Son  has  become  such  a  prominent  factor.  It  was  upwards 
of  sixteen  years  ago  that  they  established  in  business  in  New  York, 
early  developing  influential  connections,  and  exercising  sound  judg- 
ment and  the  highest  order  of  executive  ability  in  the  placing  of  risks 
and  the  transaction  of  business.  In  1885,  they  were  appointed  the 
American  representatives  and  managers  of  the  old  and  powerful 
Marine  Insurance  Company  (Limited),  df  London,  England,  one  of 
the  most  famous  and  ably  conducted  corporations  of  the  kind  in  ex- 
istence. At  the  same  date,  Messrs.  Chubb  &  Son  met  the  demands 
of  the  Boston  commercial  and  maritime  circles  by  the  opening  of  a 
branch  here,  and  which  has  been  receiving  a  very  large  degree  of 
patronage  and  of  the  most  desirable  character.  In  October,  1888, 
the  office  was  removed  to  No.  46  Central  Street,  corner  of  Broad, 
where,  under  the  able  and  experienced  management  of  Mr,  W. 
A.  Couthouy,  a  business  of  very  great  magnitude  is  transacted. 
Mr.  Couthouy  is  a  representative  member  of  marine  underwriters' 
circles,  and  universally  popular  and  respected.  The  house  of 
Messrs.  Chubb  &  Son  is  also  one  of  the  highest  standing  and 
responsibility,  and  the  public  cannot  insure  their  risks,  whether  on 
hulls  or  cargoes  or  freights,  currency,  bonds,  or  stocks  in  transitu, 
to  better  advantage  and  with  more  absolute  security  than  through 
this  agency.  All  the  Boston  banks  and  bankers  are  included  among 
their  customers,  and  in  this  branch  of  the  business— i.e.,  insuring 
bullion,  specie,  notes,  and  bonds  against  marine  risks— the  firm  do 
the  largest  business  in  the  United  States,  insuring  millions  of  dollars 
annually.  They  are  also  agents  for  the  Sea  Insurance  Company  of 
England,  and  are  also  attorneys  for  the  New  York  Lloyds.  The  Ma- 
rine Insurance  Company  of  England  needs  no  commendation  at  our 
hands;  its  age,  vast  resources,  equitable  and  liberal  methods,  all 
bespeak  for  it  the  confidence  and  patronage  of  the  commercial  and 
maritime  world;  and  Messrs.  Chubb  &  Son  and  their  Boston  man- 
ager, Mr.  Couthouy,  are  well  worthy  of  the  large  measure  of  success 
attending  their  ably  directed  efforts. 


NICHOLS,  BELLAMY  &  CO..  Builders'  Hardware,  No.  189  Dev- 
onshire and  No.  52  Arch  Streets,  and  No.  669  Washington 
Street.— A  progressive  and  reliable  firm  in  Boston,  extensively 
engaged  in  the  wholesale  and  retail  builders'  hardware  trade, 
is  that  of  Messrs.  Nichols,  Bellamy  &  Co.,  whose  office  and  salesrooms 
are  located  at  No.  189  Devonshire  and  No.  58  Arch  Streets.  The 
firm's  up-town  store  is  at  No.  669  Washington  Street.  This  business 
was  established  in  September.  1880,  by  Messrs.  E.  L.  Nichols  and  J. 
Bellamy,  who  conducted  it  till  1888,  when  Mr.  Nichols  died,  after  a 
successful  and  honorable  career.  The  business  is  now  the  property 
of  Mr.  Bellamy,  who  is  still  carrying  it  on  under  the  old  firm-name  of 
"  Nichols,  Bellamy  &  Co. "  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and 
elegantly  equipped,  and  contain  one  of  the  finest  and  best-selected 
stocks  of  builders'  hardware,  etc.,  in  New  England.  Mr.  Bellamy  is 
agent  in  Boston  for  t  he  Niles  Patent  Mortise  Lock,  Thaxter's  Patent 
Electric  Lock,  Cannon's  Patent  Dumb-waiter,  Thaxter's  Patent 
Automatic*  Gas  Lighter  and  Extinguisher,  etc.  Thaxter's  Patent  Elec- 
tric Lock  is  invaluable  for  entrance-doors  of  apartment-houses,  and 
doors  of  offices  and  banks.  An  apartment-house  furnished  with  this 
lock  has  a  push-button  for  each  suite,  located  near  the  speaking-tube 
which  runs  to  the  entrance-door.  The  door  is  kept  shut  at  all  times, 
thus  saving  two  thirds  the  unnecessary  travel  through  the  halls,  the 
occupants  admitting  such  persons  as  they  desire  to  see.  This  "  Elec- 
tric Lock"  completely  obviates  all  the  well-known  difficulties  and 
expenses  arising  from  the  stretching  and  repairing  of  pull-wires,  as 
the  work  is  perfectly  performed  by  the  electric  current,  which  passes 
through  stationary  wires.  These  locks  are  made  both  in  a  mortise  and 
rim  lock,  and  can  be  used  on  all  doors  Each  one  is  furnished  with 
four  keys.  They  can  be  seen  in  operation  at  Messrs.  Nichols,  Bel- 
lamy &  Co.'s  stores.  All  goods  and  builders'  hardware  handled  by 
this  responsible  house  are  unrivalled  for  quality  and  excellence,  and 
have  no  superiors  in  the  market;  while  the  prices  quoted  in  all  cases 
are  as  low  as  those  of  any  other  contemporary  firm  in  the  trade. 
Fourteen  clerks,  salesmen,  etc.,  are  employed  in  the  various  depart- 
ments, and  the  trade  of  the  house  now  extends  throughout  all  sec- 


tions of  New  England  and  New  York.  Mr.  Bellamy  gives  close  atten- 
tion to  the  business,  thoroughly  understands  the  wants  of  the  trade, 
and  is  highly  esteemed  for  his  enterprise  and  just  methods. 

EP.  SANDERSON  CO.,  Iron,  Steel,  Heavy  Hardware  and  Car- 
riage Wood- work.  No.  68  Beverly  Street. — There  is  no  branch 
of  trade  which  indicates  so  plainly  the  wealth  and  resources 
of  a  manufacturing  city  as  its  operations  in  and  demands  for 
iron,  steel,  and  heavy  hardware,  which  may  without  exception  be  taken 
as  a  true  index  of  its  commercial  value  and  standing.  One  of  the 
most  enterprising  and  progressive  houses  engaged  in  this  trade  in 
Boston  is  that  conducted  by  the  E.  P.  Sanderson  Co  ,  at  No.  68  Beverly 
Street,  with  a  branch  warehouse  at  Amesbury,  Mass.  The  company 
are  extensive  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  iron,  steel,  heavy  hard- 
ware, and  carriage  wood-work,  and  make  a  leading  specialty  of 
wheels,  axles,  and  bolts.  The  business  was  originally  established  in 
July,  1886,  by  Messrs.  E.  P.  Sanderson  &  Co.,  and  in  July,  1888, 
the  present  company  was  incorporated  with  the  following  board 
of  officers,  viz.:  President,  E.  P.  Sanderson,  of  Waltham;  Treas- 
urer, A.  Harrington,  of  Waltham;  Secretary,  R.  M.  Vaughan,  of 
Jamaica  Plain.  The  warerooms  in  this  city  are  spacious  in  size, 
and  are  kept  stocked  to  repletion  with  new,  choice,  and  valuable 
goods.  Here  may  be  found  every  known  article  in  the  line  of  mer- 
chant band  and  hoop  iron,  steel  for  all  purposes,  nuts,  washers,  and 
carriage-makers'  supplies;  while  the  stock  of  wheels,  axles,  and  bolts 
is  rarely  equalled  in  extent  or  variety  by  any  similar  house  in  the 
trade.  The  relations  of  the  house  with  manufacturers  are  such  that 
they  are  able  to  control  in  this  market  many  desirable  and  staple 
articles  common  to  this  line,  and  to  offer  them  to  the  trade  and  con- 
sumers at  manufacturers'  prices.  They  keep  in  stock  Norway 
(Burden)  and  best  refined  bar  iron  (hexagon  iron),  and  all  the  stan- 
dard grades  of  horse-nails,  toe-calk  steel,  and  shoe  shapes,  carriage 
bolts,  axles,  springs  and  tire-steel,  and  their  stock  in  all  departments 
is  of  a  character  to  command  universal  attention  and  general  patron 
age.  The  trade  of  the  house  extends  to  all  parts  of  New  England, 
being  especially  heavy  with  carriage-makers,  blacksmiths,  and  ma- 
chinists, and  is  rapidly  increasing  under  the  stimulating  effects  of 
ample  resources,  distinguished  enterprise,  and  experienced  and  re 
liable  management.  The  officers  are  all  well  and  widely  known  in 
business  and  trade  circles,  are  energetic  in  their  efforts  to  advance 
the  interests  of  their  patrons  and  the  trade,  and  are  promoting  the 
commerce  of  this  city  with  activity,  discrimination,  and  success. 

CHAPMAN  &  SODEN,  Manufacturers  of  Roofing  Materials  and 
Coal  Tar  Products,  Nos.  112  and  116  Water  Street.— Prominent 
among  the  manufacturers  in  Boston,  whose  products  are  de- 
serving of  honorable  mention  in  this  review,  by  reason  of  their 
intrinsic  merit,  is  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Chapman  &  Soden,  manufactur- 
ers and  wholesale  dealers  in  roofing  materials  of  all  kinds,  whose  ware- 
rooms  are  located  at  Nos.  112  and  116  Water  Street,  with  an  extensive 
factory  at  Chelsea.  The  business  was  established  in  1867,  by  Messrs. 
Chapman  &  Soden.  In  1868  Mr.  Chepman  died,  since  which  date  Mr.  A- 
II.  Soden  has  conducted  the  enterprise  as  sole  proprietor,  under  the 
original  firm  name.  The  works  are  thoroughly  equipped  with  every 
modern  facility  calculated  to  promote  production,  and  the  output  is 
one  of  great  magnitude  and  importance.  The  prominent  specialties 
manufactured  by  this  house  are  "Beaver  Brand"  roofing-felt;  "Beaver 
Brand  "  rosin-sized,  linen-fibre,  water-proof  sheathing  felt;  and  dead- 
ening felt,  rosin-sized  sheathing,  dry  sheathing-paper,  coal-tarred 
and  pine-tarred  sheathing  paper,  roofing-pitch  and  composition, 
bright  and  black  varnish,  tar  and  pine  dead-oil,  and  two-  and  three- 
ply  roofing  felt.  It  also  deals  in  coal  tar  and  naval  stores  of  every 
description,  which  are  offered  at  the  lowest  market  prices.  These 
valuable  productions  are  in  heavy  and  influential  demand  all  over 
the  United  States,  and  have  given  this  house  a  prestige  and  a  patron- 
age that  could  not  be  acquired  in  any  other  way.  All  orders  by 
mail  or  otherwise  receive  prompt  and  satisfactory  attention,  and 
every  advantage  is  granted  to  patrons,  that  is  known  to  th  trade.  A 
very  heavy  and  complete  stock  is  constantly  carried,  and  the  busi- 
ness, wh'ch  is  conducted  exclusively  at  wholesale,  has  never  been  in 
a  more  prosperous  or  flourishing  condition  despite  the  severe  com- 
petition in  the  market  This  is  the  best  possible  proof  of  the  merit 
of  the  products,  and  assures  the  house  increased  success  and  perma- 
nent prosperity.  Mr.  Soden,  the  enterprising  proprietor,  is  a  native 
of  Newton,  Mass.,  and  a  gentleman  of  ripe  experience  and  command- 
ing ability  as  a  manufacturer. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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JH.  LEWIS,  Merchant  Tailor,  No.  417  Washington  Street.— The 
history  of  prominent  representatives  of  the  tailor's  art  in  Bos- 
B  ton  must  start  with  the  name  of  J.  H.  Lewis.  He  is  the  recog- 
nized leader  of  the  trade  in  the  city,  and  a  tower  of  strength 
in  advancing  its  mercantile  interests.  Mr.  Lewis  was  born  in  North 
Carolina,  came  to  New  Hampshire  at  an  early  age,  and  learned  the 
tailor's  trade,  and  subsequently  settled  in  Boston,  where  he  perfected 
his  knowledge  of  every  detail  of  the  business,  and  established  him- 
self, in  1872,  on  Oak  Street,  in  a  comparatively  small  way.  He  early 
catered  to  the  best  class  of  custom,  executing  the  finest  and  most 
artistic  work,  and  by  his  industry,  enterprise,  and  splendid  acquire- 
ments in  his  profession  he  soon  secured  a  fine,  growing,  first-class 
trade  that  ultimately  gave  him  the  pre-eminence  which  he  now  enjoys, 
and  which  he  so  honestly  deserves.  In  1882  he  opened  his  present 
establishment  at  No.  417  Washington  Street,  between  Bromfleld  and 
Winter  Streets,  which  is  justly  regarded  as  the  finest  tailoring  house 
in  Boston.  The  furnishings  and  appointments  of  the  spacious  rooms 
are  all  in  elegant  taste,  such  as  become  the  high  character  which  the 
establishment  enjoys,  while  every  convenience  is  afforded  for  dis- 
play, inspection,  and  sale.  Here  is  exhibited  the  largest  and  finest 
stock  of  cloths  and  trimmings  ever  brought  to  Boston.  It  is  com- 
plete in  material,  design,  and  novelty,  and  gives  the  limit  of  manu- 
facture in  high-class  goods.  Many  of  the  patterns  are  made  exclu- 
sively for  this  house,  while  the  very  best  sources  of  American  and 
European  production  have  contributed  to  the  wea,lth  of  the  display. 
In  the  basement  is  located  the  cutting  department,  in  which  only  the 
most  skilled  and  expert  artists  and  designers  are  employed.  Mr. 
Lewis  devotes  his  time  and  talents  to  fine  custom-work  only,  and  the 
garments  here  made  to  measure  are  recognized  by  critics  and  con- 
noisseurs eveiy where  as  the  perfection  of  style,  fit,  and  artistic  work- 
manship. He  is  the  personification  of  activity  in  directing  the  affairs 
of  his  house,  and  every  article  made  is  forced  to  pass  the  crucial  test 
of  his  examination.  To  be  found  among  his  permanent  customers 
are  very  many  of  the  best-dressed  citizens,  collegians,  and  business 
men  of  Boston,  gentlemen  young  and  old,  who  understand  the  merits 
of  a  thoroughly  first-class  tailor,  and  who  find  in  Mr.  Lewis'  estab- 
lishment not  only  a  line  of  goods  that  is  at  all  times  superior,  but 
where  the  general  make-up,  fit,  i.,n;*.  trimming  of  a  garment  is  a  mat- 
ter of  careful  consideration  and  study.  When  it  is  learned  that 
constant  employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  tailors  ranging  in  number 
from  one  hundred  and  fifty  to  two  hundred,  nnd  that  the  trade  of  the 
house  demands  their  services,  the  immense  business  that  is  here 
transacted  can  be  somewhat  appreciated.  Mr.  Lewis  is  still  in  the 
prime  of  life,  and  a  true  type  of  a  self-made  man,  who  has  risen  by  his 
own  exertions  to  a  prominence  and  popularity  in  his  business  of 
which  he  has  every  reason  to  be  proud. 


DR.  P.  KENISON,  Chiropodist,  No.  19  Winter  Street;  Manicure, 
No.  10  Temple  Place.— The  prevailing  tendency  to  conform  to 
the  demands  of  fashion  by  the  younger  people  of  the  present 
day,  by  wearing  ill-shaped  boots  and  shoes  much  too  small 
for  the  feet,  and  the  blundering  stupidity  of  those  who  make  them, 
are  the  causes  of  so  many  deformed  and  painful  feet  at  the  present 
day,  which  call  for  the  skill  and  practice  of  such  skilled  chiropodists 
as  Dr.  P.Kenison,  who  is  located  at  No.  19  Winter  Street.  To  acquire 
thorough  skill  and  proficiency  in  this  profession  requires  not  only 
close  application  and  study,  but  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  uses  of 
the  many  different  bones,  muscles,  joints,  etc.,  in  the  human  foot. 
Therefore  it  is  of  the  utmost  importance  to  those  suffering  from 
corns,  bunions,  ingrowing  nails,  etc.,  to  patronize  only  such  practi- 
tioners of  known  reputation  and  skill  in  chiropody,  and  of  such  is 
Dr.  Kenison  of  this  city.  The  doctor,is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire, 
and  has  been  actively  engaged  in  this  profession  for  a  period  extend- 
ing over  forty  years,  and  is  therefore  not  only  one  of  the  oldest,  but 
the  most  skilful,  in  the  United  States.  He  removed  into  his  present 
location  hi  1888,  where  he  occupies  spacious  and  commodious  apart- 
ments, appropriately  and  luxuriously  appointed,  with  private  rooms 
and  lady  attendants  for  customers  of  the  f airer  sex.  A  corps  of  six 
assistants  is  constantly  employed  in  the  business,  and  the  treat- 
ment of  deformed  feet,  bunions,  and  corns  is  most  successfully  con- 
ducted at  lowest  prices.  The  painless  extraction  of  corns  is  a 
specialty,  and  receives  particular  attention.  In  addition  to  this  ele- 
gant establishment,  the  doctor  conducts  the  manicure  business  at 
No.  10  Temple  Place,  where  the  beautifying  of  the  hands,  fingers,  and 


nails  is  successfully  accomplished.  Crooked,  deformed,  and  haug 
nails,  also  the  habit  of  nail-biting,  receive  especial  attention,  and  are 
cured.  His  patronage  is  very  large,  and  is  derived  principally  from 
among  our  leading  and  most  distinguished  people,  many  of  whom 
have  been  patrons  of  his  for  many  years.  The  doctor  has  a  branch 
establishment  at  No.  868  Broadway,  New  York  City,  which  is  in  the 
very  centre  of  the  most  fashionable  and  thronged  part  of  the 
metropolis,  where  he  occupies  very  handsome  and  suitable  apart- 
ments, and  numbers  among  his  patients  nearly  all  the  most  distin- 
guished people  of  that  city  requiring  services  in  his  profession.  Dr. 
Kenison  is  a  gentleman  of  pleasing  manners  and  refinement,  thor- 
oughly skilled,  and  enjoys  the  fullest  confidence  of  all  with  whom  he 
has  ever  had  any  business  relations. 


JOHN  J.  KEELEY,  Apothecary,  No.  204  Main  Street,  Charles- 
town.— In  elegance,  reliability,  and  extent  of  trade  the  drug 
establishment  of  Mr.  John  J.  Keeley,  No.  204  Main  Street,  occu- 
pies a  leading  position  in  Charlestown.  Its  business  reputation 
is  of  the  highest  character,  and  the  careful  regard  for  the  interests 
of  the  public  which  distinguishes  its  operations  has  gamed  for  it  a 
measure  of  popularity  shared  by  few  similar  concerns  hi  the  com- 
munity. It  has  been  in  successful  operation  since  1875,  and  under  its 
enterprising  and  reliable  management  the  volume  of  its  transactions 
has  been  constantly  increasing.  The  store  is  handsomely  fitted  up  for 
the  reception  of  patrons,  centrally  and  desirably  situated  for  trade 
purposes,  and  replete  with  everything  that  con:,  itutes  a  thoroughly 
first-class  pharmacy.  A  very  large  stock  is  -juried  of  pure  drugs, 
chemicals,  pharmaceutical  preparations,  essences  and  extracts,  toilet 
and  fancy  goods,  druggists'  sundries,  and  oiher  articles  belonging  to 
the  trade.  The  proprietor  makes  his  purchases  from  the  most  repu- 
table sources,  approaching  first  hands  only— a  fact  which  is  duly  ap- 
preciated by  all  who  have  their  wants  supplied  by  this  house.  The 
prescription  department  is  carefully  and  efficiently  directed,  in 
charge  of  experienced  compounders,  and  the  limit  of  precision  and 
safety  is  reached  in  every  case.  A  specialty  is  made  of  cough  syrup, 
prepared  by  the  proprietor  and  highly  prized  for  its  curative  proper- 
ties by  those  who  have  tested  its  merits.  Orders  are  filled  with 
promptness  and  care  in  all  cases,  and  popular  prices  prevail  in  all 
departments  of  the  house.  Mr.  Keeley  is  a  native  of  Boston,  and 
known  and  honored  in  this  community  as  an  accomplished  pharma- 
cist and  a  gentleman  of  fine  business  talents  and  strict  integrity.  We 
cheerfully  accord  this  house  a  conspicuous  place  in  these  pages, 
both  on  account  of  the  reliability  of  its  management  and  the  im- 
portance of  the  industry  represented  to  society  at  large. 


HCARRUTHERS  &  CO.,  Steam  Fitters  and  Plumbers,  Fac- 
tory and  Steamboat  Work  a  Specialty,  Nos.  1  to  5  Henry 
B  Street,  East  Boston.— There  is  not  among  the  entire  range 
of  the  mechanical  arts  any  department  or  branch  of  ac- 
tivity in  which  such  marked  and  gratifying  progress  has  been  made 
within  recent  years  as  in  plumbing,  steam-fitting,  and  kindred  work, 
the  advance  made  in  this  direction  of  late  being  one  of  the  notable 
features  of  the  times.  The  leading  steam-fitters  and  plumbers  in 
East  Boston  are  the  firm  of  Messrs.  H.  Carruthers  &  Co.,  whose 
establishment  is  located  at  Nos.  1  to  5  Henry  Street.  The  business 
of  this  reliable  and  responsible  house  was  established  in  1863  by 
Messrs.  H.  Carruthers  and  Henry  Taylor,  who  continued  it  until 
1868,  when  Mr.  Taylor  retired,  since  which  date  Mr.  Carruthers  has 
conducted  the  enterprise  as  sole  proprietor  under  the  original  firm 
name.  He  occupies  spacious  and  commodious  premises,  and  carries 
constantly  on  hand  a  full  and  fine  stock  of  plumber's  materials  and 
sanitary  devices  of  all  kinds.  Factory  and  steamboat  work  is  made 
a  specialty,  and  plumbing,  gas,  and  steam-fitting  are  executed  hi  the 
most  superior  and  expeditious  manner,  all  work  receiving  the  close 
personal  supervision  of  the  proprietor.  Employment  is  furnished  to 
a  large  force  of  skilled  and  expert  workmen,  and  all  orders  receive 
immediate  attention,  no  pains  being  spared  to  render  the  utmost 
satisfaction  in  every  instance.  The  office  is  connected  by  telephone, 
and  the  wants  of  all  classes  of  patrons  are  ministered  to  with  emi- 
nent success  and  satisfaction.  Mr.  Carruthers  is  a  native  of  Eng- 
land, a  resident  of  this  country  for  the  past  thirty  years,  and  known 
and  esteemed  in  this  city  as  an  accomplished  master  of  his  trade,  and 
a  reliable,  responsible  business  man. 


134 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON 


HN.  LOCKWOOD,  Watchmaker  and  Jeweler,  No.  27  Brom- 
fleld  Street.— The  increased  demand  for  watches  and  jew- 
elry, especially  of  the  better  class,  has  of  late  years  been 
one  of  the  most  marked  indications  of  the  higher  civiliza- 
tion toward  which  we  are  rapidly  progressing.  Boston  has  long  been 
noted  as  a  leading  centre  of  trade  in  this  important  line,  and  a 
young  but  flourishing  house  engaged  therein  is  that  of  Mr.  H.  N.  Lock- 
wood.  Mr.  Lockwood  was  born  in  Norway,  of  American  parents, 
learned  his  trade  as  a  watchmaker  and  jeweler  in  that  country,  and 
came  to  Boston  in  1863.  For  a  number  of  years  he  had  full  charge  of 
the  watch  and  French-clock-repairing  department  of  the  E.  Howard 
Watch  and  Clock  Co.,  who  heartily  indbrse  Mr.  Lockwood  as  deserv- 
ing the  confldenceof  the  trade,  and  in  January,  1888,  established  busi- 
ness for  himself  at  the  above  address.  Here  he  occupies  an  elegant 
and  attractive  store,  and  is  fast  building  up  a  large  and  permanent 
trade  by  force  of  merit  as  a  talented  master  workman  and  a  reliable, 
responsible  dealer,  and  a  very  large  and  valuable  stock  is  carried  in 
every  line.  In  watches,  clocks,  jewelry,  charms,  gold  and  silver  orna- 
ments, etc.,  the  assortments  are  rarely  excelled  in  the  city.  Precious 
stones  of  all  kinds  are  extensively  handled,  including  diamonds  distin- 
guished for  purity,  beauty,  and  perfect  shape.  Watches  are  demag- 
netized, and  fine  repairing  of  all  kinds  is  promptly  attended  to,  and 
under  Mr.  Lockwood's  personal  supervision.  The  house  is  prepared 
to  render  the  best  satisfaction  in  all  its  operations,  and  is  consistent 
in  its  determination  to  furnish  first-class  goods  and  reliable  work  on 
the  most  advantageous  terms  that  can  be  afforded.  Samples  of  the 
ne-.v  watch  miniatures  which  have  become  so  popular  can  be  seen  at 
this  establishment;  these  miniatures  are  copied  from  a  photograph  of 
any  size  upon  the  inside  case  or  cap  of  any  watch,  with  soft  pleasing 
effect,  preserving  all  the  delicacy  of  the  original,  and  are  guaranteed 
permanent. 


also  at  No.  36  India  Street,  and  a  number  of  salesmen  autt  others 
are  employed.  The  firm  handles  everything  in  the  line  of  flour,  pro- 
visons,  lard,  butter,  cheese,  eggs,  etc.,  on  commission,  and  carries  on 
hand  constantly  a  heavy  and  superior  stock,  doing  a  wholesale  bus 
iness  exclusively.  Consignments  are  received  almost  daily,  and  ju- 
diciously disposed  of,  a  special  feature  being  made  of  prompt  returns 
for  the  same,  and  all  orders  are  filled  in  the  most  expeditious  and 
reliable  manner.  Mr.  J.  H.  Carey,  who  is  a  gentleman  in  the  prime 
of  life,  and  a  native  of  Stirling,  Mass.,  is  a  man  of  entire  probity  in 
his  dealings,  as  well  as  energy,  sagacity,  and  thorough  knowledge  of 
the  trade,  and  stands  high  in  the  community  both  as  a  merchant 
and  a  citizen.  He  is  one  of  the  most  respected  members  of  the  Bos- 
ton Produce  Exchange,  on  the  charter-roll  of  which  his  name  ap- 
pears, and  also  enjoys  the  esteem  of  his  associates  in  the  Fruit  and 
Produce  Exchange. 


HERBERT  L.  PERRY,  Real  Estate  and  Mortgages,  No.  19  Milk 
Street.— Prominent  among  the  representative  real-estate 
agents  in  this  city  who  make  a  specialty  of  handling  busi- 
ness property  and  managing  estates  is  Mr.  Herbert  L.  Perry, 
who  occupies  eligible  office  quarters  at  No.  19  Milk  Street.  This  gen- 
tleman has  been  established  in  business  here  for  the  past  twenty 
years,  and  is  a  recognized  authority  on  'change  in  all  matters  relat- 
ing to  business  property,  and  prominent  in  real-estate  circles  as  an 
appraiser  and  expert.  Merchants  and  trade  representatives  contem- 
plating removal  find  him  a  reliable  agent,  who  is  sure  to  consult  their 
hest  interests  in  securing  for  them  desirable  quarters;  while  landlords 
obtain  through  his  agency  responsible  tenants.  He  controls  the 
leasing  of  several  of  the  largest  office-buildings  in  the  city,  while 
many  fine  estates  are  placed  entirely  in  his  care  while  their  owners 
go  to  enjoy  travel  and  European  life  for  years  at  a  time.  He  has  an 
intimate  practical  knowledge  of  everything  desirable  for  rent  or 
sale  in  the  market,  and  investors  and  those  in  search  of  office  or 
store  room  can  rely  upon  his  ability  to  meet  promptly  then*  respec- 
tive wants.  As  a  renting  and  collecting  agent,  he  is  implicitly  trusted 
by  owners  of  property,  and  can  collect  a  fortune  each  month,  dis- 
burse it  in  proper  channels,  and  do  everything,  except  selling,  which 
the  owner  can  do  with  his  own.  He  is  invariably  prepared  to  render 
the  public  a  service  at  once  prompt,  reliable,  and  faithful,  and  is  uni- 
versally esteemed  as  a  worthy  exponent  of  a  vitally  essential  branch 
of  business  effort.  Mr.  Perry  is  a  native  of  Easton,  a  prominent  citizen 
and  representative  business  man  of  Boston. 


JH.  CAREY  &  CO,  Commission  Merchant  and  Dealer  in  Flour, 
Produce  and  Provisions,  Butter,  Cheese,  etc.,  No.  11  Mer- 
B  chants'  Row.— Few  firms  engaged  in  the  wholesale  flour  pro- 
duce, and  provision  trade  in  this  city  are  more  widely  or  hon- 
orably known,  as  few  enjoy  a  better  reputation  in  commercial  life, 
than  the  popular  and  responsible  firm  whose  name  heads  this  sketch. 
It  is,  in  fact,  one  of  the  most  stanch  and  reliable  concerns  of  the  kind 
in  Boston,  and  its  business  connection,  which  extends  throughout  tue 
New  England  States,  is  of  a  highly  gratifying  character,  growing 
and  extending  annually.  This  well  and  favorably  known  house  was 
established  in  1865  by  Parker  &  Carey,  who  carried  on  the  business 
up  to  1886,  when  they  were  succeeded  by  Mr.  Carey  as  sole  member, 
who  after  removing  to  his  present  eligible  location  at  that  time  has 
since  continued  the  business  under  the  style  of  J.  H.  Carey  &  Co. 
The  business  premises  at  No.  11  Merchants'  Row,  occupy  a  35x75  foot 
floor  and  basement,  while  a  commodious  warehouse  is  maintained 


WM.  A.  CAMPBELL,  Apothecary,  No.  271  Meridian  Street, 
Corner  Princeton,  East  Boston.— One  of  the  most  popular 
and  best-appointed  drug  houses  in  East  Boston  is  the  one 
located  on  the  corner  of  Meridian  and  Princeton  Streets. 
This  establishment  was  founded  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago  by  Mr. 
W.  P.  Pierce,  who  subsequently  disposed  of  it  to  the  Maverick  Drug 
Company,  in  whose  service  Mr.  William  A.  Campbell  entered  as 
clerk  in  1881.  In  the  early  part  of  1886  this  gentleman  purchased  the 
business  from  the  company.  Since  then  he  fias  sustained  an  excel- 
lent reputation  for  accuracy  and  reh'ability  in  compounding  and  dis- 
pensing prescriptions,  and  in  the  general  exercise  of  his  profession, 
of  which  he  is  a  leading  and  most  popular  member,  and  enjoys  the 
favor  of  many  of  the  foremost  physicians  in  this  section  of  the  city. 
Mr.  Campbell,  who  is  a  young,  pushing,  energetic  business  man,  and 
a  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  is  a  registered  druggist,  and  a  skilful  and  ex 
pert  pharmacist  and  chemist  of  considerable  experience,  and  has  de- 
veloped the  business  of  his  house  to  large  proportions.  The  store  is 
a  commodious  one,  and  neatly  fitted  up  and  appointed.  A  carefully 
selected  and  choice  stock  is  constantly  carried,  embracing  pure  and 
fresh  drugs  and  medicines  of  every  description,  chemicals,  extracts, 
acids,  and  pharmaceutical  specialties  in  great  variety,  standard  pro- 
prietary remedies  and  patent  medicines  of  all  kinds,  spirits  of  al- 
cohol, and  medicinal  liquors,  mineral  waters,  flavors,  perfumery, 
toilet  articles,  fancy-goods,  and  druggists'  sundries  of  all  kinds.  A 
handsome  soda  fountain,  attractive  show-cases,  and  tasteful  sur- 
roundings render  the  place  very  inviting,  while  courteous  and  com- 
petent assistants  are  in  attendance. 


WC.  RICHARDS  &  CO.,  Stoves,  Ranges,  Furnaces,  and  Tin- 
ware, Table  and  Pocket  Cutlery,  Small  Hardware,  No. 
143  Meridian  Street,  East  Boston.— One  of  the  oldest,  best- 
known,  and  most  popular  hardware,  stove,  and  house- 
furnishing  goods  establishments  in  East  Boston  is  that  of  Messrs.  W. 
C.  Richards  &  Co.,  located  at  No.  142  Meridian  Street.  This  concern 
was  founded  over  forty  years  ago  by  the  senior  member  of  the  firm, 
Mr.  W.  C.  Richards,  who  in  1873  admitted  into  partnership  Mr.  G.  M. 
Porter.  The  premises  occupied  for  the  business  comprise  a  fine,  com 
modious  store,  with  a  frontage  of  25  feet  and  a  depth  of  110  feet,  giv- 
ing ample  accommodation  for  the  prosecution  of  an  active  trade  in  all 
branches  of  the  business.  The  stock  is  a  large  and  comprehensive  one, 
and  embraces  a  line  of  stoves,  ranges,  and  furnaces,  embodying  all  the 
latest  improvements  in  heating  and  cooking;  lamps  and  lamp  goods, 
tin  and  wooden  ware  of  every  description,  kitchen  furnishings  in 
great  variety,  table  and  pocket  cutlery,  and  small  hardware  in  almost 
endless  assortment.  These  goods  are  all  supplied  from  manufac- 
turers direct,  and  are  the  best  and  most  desirable  in  the  trade.  la 
tin.  sheet-iron,  and  copper  work  this  house  is  thoroughly  equipped 
for  rapid,  successful,  and  satisfactory  work,  and  every  facility  is  af- 
forded for  the  prompt  and  perfect  fulfilment  of  all  orders.  A  spe- 
cialty is  made  of  heavy  sheet-iron  work,  and  of  the  repair  and  set- 
ting up  of  stoves,  ranges,  and  furnaces.  Ten  skilled  and  experienced 
bands  are  constantly  employed,  and  no  trouble  is  spared  to  afford 
the  most  complete  satisfaction  to  patrons.  The  trade  is  large  and  in- 
fluential in  city  and  country,  and  under  enterprising  and  progressive 
management  is  annually  increasing  in  volume  and  importance. 
Both  members  of  the  firm  are  natives  of  Maine,  and  both  as  business 
men  and  private  citizens  have  an  excellent  record,  and  are  widely  es- 
teemed. 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 


JACKSON  &  CO.,  Hatters  and  Furriers,  No.  126  Tremout  Street, 
opposite  Park  Street  Church.— In  the  eminent  and  ably  con- 
ducted house  of  Messrs.  Jackson  &  Co.,  Boston  has  a  firm  of 
hatters  and  furriers  second  to  no  other  in  the  United  States, 
and  unrivalled  in  Boston  and  New  England.  The  business  was  estab- 
lished in  1863,  and  has  had  a  rapid  and  permanent  growth  and  de- 
velopment, early  becoming  the  leading  exponent  in  its  line.  In  1887, 
in  response  to  the  demands  of  trade,  the  firm  removed  to  their 
present  centrally  located  and  elegantly-fitted-up  premises  at  No. 
136  Tremont  Street,  opposite  the  Park  Street  Church,  and  where  is 
carried  the  most  fashionable  and  comprehensive  stock  of  hats,  caps, 
and  furs  in  season.  The  copartners,  Mr.  Joseph  A.  Jackson  and 
Mr.  Wm.  H.  Holloway,  are  Bostonians  of  the  highest  standing  in 
social  and  commercial  circles,  and  who  have  from  their  youth  up 
been  actively  identified  with  this  branch  of  trade,  and  are  leading 
authorities  therein,  bringing  to  bear  the  widest  range  of  practical 
experience,  perfected  facilities,  and  influential  connections.  They 
keep  in  stock  all  styles  of  high  hats,  derbys,  etc.,  both  of  their  own 
manufacture  and  including  Dunlap's  New  York  hats.  These  are  the 
acme  of  perfection  as  regards  style,  materials,  and  workmanship; 
and  Messrs.  Jackson  &  Co.,  have  long  numbered  among  their  cus- 
tomers the  leading  citizens  of  Boston  and  vicinity.  The  store  is 
fitted  up  with  rich  quartered-oak  fixtures  and  every  modern  con- 
venience for  handling  and  displaying  the  immense  stock  here  carried, 
and  in  which  a  specialty  is  made  of  furs.  This  is  the  recognized  head- 
quarters for  gentlemen's  seal  and  other  fur  coats,  gauntlets,  and  col- 
lars; for  ladies'  finest  Alaska  seal  dolmans,  sacques,  Newmarkets, 
jackets,  boas,  tippets,  muffs,  and  hats,  all  of  elaborate  perfection  in 
design  and  workmanship;  also  all  other  fancy  furs  are  kept  in  stock 
Here  and  of  the  best  quality  obtainable,  at  prices  remarkably  mod- 
erate, the  features  of  superiority  considered.  Leading  fashionable 
circles  procure  their  furs  here,  and  the  firm  lead  iu  every  essential. 
They  are  also  pioneers  in  affording  the  public  special  accommoda- 
tion for  the  storage  of  furs,  etc.,  having  fitted  up  in  their  basement, 
a  numerous  series  of  compartments  alphabetically  arranged,  and  in 
which  furs  and  robes  are  stored  through  the  summer  and  fall  for 
patrons  at  a  nominal  charge,  arid  insured  against  loss  by  fire  by  the 
firm's  liberal  policy.  They  are  effectually  preserved  against  the 
ravages  of  moths  likewise,  and  this  feature  of  the  house  commends 
itself  to  all  who  have  furs,  etc.  System  is  maintained  and  custom- 
ers' goods  can  be  instantly  proceeded  to  and  taken  out  when  wanted. 
Burglar  alarms  connect  the  storage  department  with  the  police 
station  and  the  firm's  residences.  The  premises  are  heated  'oy 
steam  to  avoid  all  danger  of  fire,  etc.,  and  throughout  Messrs. 
Jackson  &  Co's.  is  the  best  equipped  in  town,  and  the  model  of  its 
kind.  Messrs.  Jackson  and  Holloway  are  popular  and  respected 
merchants,  who  have  ever  retained  the  confidence  of  leading  com- 
mercial circles,  and  are  worthy  representatives  of  their  important 
branch  of  trade. 


MORRILL  BROTHERS  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Watches 
Jewelry,  Silverware,  Canes,  Opera-glasses,  Diamonds,  etc., 
No.  408  Washington,  Street.— The  establishment  of  Messrs. 
Morrill  Brothers  &  Co.,  the  well-known  wholesale  dealers  in 
watches,  diamonds,  jewelry,  silverware,  opera-glasses,  canes,  etc.,  at 
No.  403  Washington  Street,  is  not  only  a  splendid  monument  to  the 
intelligent  enterprise  of  its  management,  but  it  is  also  one  of  those 
houses  whose  great  and  honorable  success  reflects  lustre  upon  the 
name  of  the  city.  As  the  leader  in  its  line  in  Boston,  it  holds  a  com- 
manding position  among  the  mercantile  institutions  of  prominence 
throughout  the  New  England  States.  The  business  was  originally 
established  In  1878  by  Mr.  C.  F.  Morrill,  and  in  1883  Messrs.  A.  T. 
Morrill  and  O.  A.  Drinkwater  were  admitted  to  partnership,  followed 
by  the  admission  of  Mr.  Irving  Smith  in  1886.  The  neatly  appointed 
salesrooms  of  this  firm  are  fairly  ablaze  with  the  magnificent  exhi 
bition  of  valuable  and  beautiful  goods.  The  stock  includes  the  fin- 
est gold  and  silver  watches  from  the  most  reliable  makers  iu  Europe 
and  America,  fine  jewelry,  rich  gems,  solid  silver  and  plated  wares, 
opera-glasses,  and  in  fact  everything  that  a  general  jewelry  store 
needs.  The  department  allotted  to  diamonds  displays  the  genius  of 
the  jeweler  in  its  highest  form.  The  gems  are  purchased  in  Europe, 
are  carefully  selected  for  their  flawless  beauty,  absolute  purity,  and 
perfect  shape,  and  include  riviere  solitaire,  cluster  and  pendant,  pa- 
nache and  aigrette,  necklace  and  bracelet,  chains,  earrings  and  chate- 
laines, while  the  setting  aud  mounting  is  done  by  expert  artistes. 


Here  will  also  be  found  certain  classes  of  articles  noted  for  tht- ir 
beauty  and  rarity,  for  decoration  and  personal  adornment,  which  are 
not  to  be  obtained  elsewhere.  The  highest  grade  of  goods  only  are 
handled,  while  inducements  are  offered  to  the  trade,  as  regards  terms 
and  prices,  which  preclude  successful  competition.  The  Messrs. 
Morrill  are  natives  of  New  Hampshire;  Mr.  Drinkwater  was  born  in 
Maine;  while  Mr.  Smith  was  born  in  New  York  City.  All  are  expert 
enced  and  accomplished  masters  of  their  art  as  watchmakers  and 
jewelers,  long  identified  with  the  business,  of  high  standing  in  com- 
mercial, financial,  and  trade  circles,  and  combine  to  form  a  firm  of 
commanding  influence,  wide  popularity,  and  solid  worth. 

CM.  LANDER,  Newspaper  Folding  and  Mailing,  and  Pamphlet 
Binding,  No.  99  Broad  Street.— The  business  represented  by 
„  this  house  is  one  of  those  industries  which  have  sprung  into 
existence  within  the  last  few  decades,  and  which  are  illustra 
tive  of  the  progress  of  modern  ideas  and  of  the  extension  of  the 
division  of  labor.  The  estabh'shment  was  founded  by  the  present 
proprietor,  Mr.  C.  M.  Lander,  in  1866,  at  No.  50  Bromfield  Street. 
He  began  upon  a  very  limited  capital,  but,  with  a  wealth  of  push, 
energy,  and  pluck,  soon  acquired  the  attention  of  the  trade,  and  has 
since  been  enjoying  a  steadily  increasing  patronage  as  the  fruits  of 
his  industry.  In  1888,  he  removed  to  his  present  spacious  quarters, 
at  No.  99  Broad  Street,  where  he  possesses  unexcelled  facilities  for 
meeting  all  demands  that  may  be  made  upon  his  resources.  Em- 
ploying a  force  of  twenty  expert  assistants,  Mr.  Lander  carries  on 
active  operations  as  a  pamphlet-binder.  His  leading  specialty,  how- 
ever, is  newspaper  folding  and  mailing;  and  he  does  more  work  hi 
this  line  than  any  contemporary  concern  in  the  city.  His  facilities 
enable  him  to  execute  all  contracts  in  the  most  expeditious  manner, 
and  at  prices  that  can  safely  admit  of  any  comparison  to  which  they 
may  be  submitted,  while  all  work  is  done  in  the  most  careful  and 
satisfactory  way.  Mr.  Lander  publishes  The  Bostonian  and  Rail- 
road Advertiser,  which  is  an  eight-page  paper  devoted  to  instructive 
and  spicy  literature,  and  correct  time-tables  with  aU  the  changes  of 
the  different  railroads  centring  in  Boston,  and  which  makes  a  first- 
class  advertising  medium  for  business,  theatres,  etc.  The  circula- 
tion is  large  and  has  the  advantage  of  being  sent  through  the  mails 
as  second-class  matter.  The  terms  for  this  useful  and  instructive  pa- 
per are  one  dollar  per  year,  with  the  postage  paid.  Mr.  Lander  is 
a  native  of  Boston,  and  is  a  resident  of  Somerville.  He  is  favorably 
known  in  commercial  circles,  and  conducts  his  business  upon  such 
fixed  principles  of  equity  that  he  has  gained  the  entire  confidence 
of  all  persons  with  whom  he  has  had  dealings. 

THE  BOSTON  ELECTRIC  PROTECTIVE  ASSOCIATION,  No. 
56  Summer  Street,  Weston  Lewis,  President,  G.  W.  Adams, 
General  Manager.— At  the  present  day,  warehouses,  mills, 
factories,  hotels,  etc.,  during  the  night  are  left  solely  in 
charge  of  watchmen,  who  have  little  chance,  where  the  patent  elec- 
tric clocks  of  the  Boston  Electric  Protective  Association  are  utilized, 
to  neglect  their  duties  without  being  betrayed  by  these  tell-tale 
time  registers.  This  association  was  duly  incorporated  under  the 
laws  of  Massachusetts  in  1878  with  ample  capital,  since  which  period 
it  has  secured  a  liberal  and  influential  patronage  in  all  sections  of 
New  England.  The  following  gentlemen,  who  are  widely  known  in 
busines  circles  for  their  enterprise,  energy,  and  just  methods  are 
the  officers:  Weston  Lewis,  President;  Benj.  F.  Dyer,  Treasurer; 
G.  W.  Adams,  General  Manager.  Directors:  Henry  W.  Wellington. 
Benj.  F.  Dyer,  Weston  Lewis,  G.  W.  Adams.  The  electric  clocks  of 
this  popular  association  are  the  invention  of  Mr.  Geo.  W.  Adams, 
the  superintendent.  They  are  absolutely  unrivalled  for  efficiency, 
utility,  and  reliability,  and  also  as  burglar  alarms  are  most  effective. 
The  association  has  now  350  of  these  electric  clocks  in  use  in  the 
city  of  Boston,  and  if  we  add  the  large  number  put  up  in  different 
sections  of  New  England,  it  will  be  found  that  this  successful  com- 
pany has  a  greater  number  of  its  clocks  in  use  than  all  other  com- 
peting concerns.  The  officers  promptly  furnish  estimates  for  their 
clocks,  and  undertake  the  equipment  of  any  building  with  them  in 
all  sections  of  the  country.  Wherever  used,  these  clocks  give  entire 
satisfaction,  and  have  no  superiors  in  the  United  States  or  Europe. 
The  association  only  leases  their  electric  clocks.  Architects,  build- 
ers, bankers,  etc.,  are  requested  to  carefully  examine  these  clocks, 
which  are  not  only  an  absolute  check  upon  watchmen,  but  also  a 
complete  protection  by  giving  a  necessary  warning  against  the  at- 
tacks of  burglars. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


BENJ.  FRENCH  &  CO.,  Dealers,  Importers  and  Manufacturers 
of  Photographic  Materials,  Etc.,  No.  319  Washington  Street. 
—Boston  as  the  recognized  centre  of  mercantile  activity  in 
New  England  affords  very  favorable  openings  for  well-con- 
sidered enterprises  in  every  branch  of  trade.  Prominent  among 
these  at  the  present  day  are  the  sale,  importation  and  manufacture 
of  photographic  materials.  A  representative  and  the  oldest  es- 
tablished house  in  the  city,  and  in  fact  in  the  United  States  actively 
engaged  in  this  growing  trade  is  that  of  Messrs.  Benj.  French  & 
Co.,  whose  office  and  salesrooms  are  located  at  No.  319  Washington 
Street,  opposite  the  old  South  Clmrc'a.  Mr.  Benj.  French,  who  is 
sole  proprietor,  is  a  native  of  Lebanon,  N.  H.  Mr.  French  was  lo- 
cated at  No.  109  Washington  Street,  for  twenty  years,  and  has 
been  twenty-eight  years  at  the  present  location.  He  is  now  sixty- 
nine  years  old,  and  came  to  Boston  in  1840.  Early  learning  the 
photographic  art  he  engaged  successfully  in  the  business  as  an 


operator,  and  in  1846  turned  his  attention  to  dealing  in  photo- 
graphic supplies,  and  has  kept  fully  up  to  the  advancement  and 
requirements  of  the  times.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a 
spacious  and  well  equipped  store  35x125  feet  in  dimensions.  The 
stock,  which  is  the  largest  and  best  selected  in  Boston,  includes 
cameras,  lenses,  dry  plates,  printing  and  toning  outfits,  tripods, 
lanterns  pure  chemicals  and  all  kinds  of  photographic  materials, 
which  are  offered  to  customers  at  extremely  low  prices.  Mr. 
French  makes  a  specialty  of  amateur  photographic  outfits.  He  is 
sole  agent  for  the  Voigtlander  &  Son  and  Darlot  lenses,  and  the 
Trapp  &  Munch  Albumen  Paper.  The  Voigtlander  lenses  have 
attained  such  world-wide  fame,  and  continue  to  be  universally 
recognized  as  the  very  finest  lenses  ever  constructed,  that  it  would 
be  superfluous  to  dwell  on  their  rapid  growth,  their  unequalled 
powers,  and  the  numerous  high  honors  bestowed  upon  the  makers 
—Messrs.  Voigtlander  &  Son.  The  career  of  this  celebrated  firm  is 
marked  by  an  unbroken  series  of  unqualified  successes,  as  illus- 
trated by  their  double  portrait-objective— the  first  ever  produced 
—their  renowned  Euryscope,  and  recently,  their  superb  Portrait- 
Euryscopes.  The  Voigtlander  lenses,  in  their  present  improved 
form,  present  the  greatest  perfection  yet  reached  in  photographic 
lenses,  and  there  is  no  requirement  in  the  wide  range  of  photog- 
raphy to  which  they  are  not  eminently  suited,  yielding  results  of 
superlative  excellence.  Much  of  their  phenomenal  success  is  due 
to  their  uniform  excellence,  an  inferior  Voigtlander  lens  never 
having  been  produced.  After  a  lens  has  been  completed,  it  is  sub- 
jected to  a  most  thorough  optical  and  practical  test  by  Mr.  Voigt- 
lander himself,  who  permits  no  instrument  to  leave  his  establish- 
ment unless  it  is  absolutely  perfect  in  every  detail,  regardless  of 
the  time  and  material  consumed  in  its  construction.  All  Voigt- 
lander lenses  are  composed  of  the  choicest  and  most  expensive 
optical  glass,  and  occasional  small  bubbles,  which  are  impossible 
to  avoid  in  its  production,  are  quite  harmless,  as  they  do  not  in  the 
least  affect  the  efficiency  of  the  lens.  Every  genuine  lens  has  en- 


graved upon  the.  barrel  the  number  indicating  its  size,  its  denomi- 
nation, the  manufacturers'  number,  and  the  makers'  name— 
Voigtlander  &  Solin.  Mr.  French  also  handles  the  famous  Blair's 
Caineras,  which  possess  a  greater  focusing  capacity  than  any 
others,  these  enabling  the  operator  to  use  anv  make  or  style  of 
lens  without  extension  fronts.  Professionals  can  always  find  at 
this  establishment  the  best  photographic  apparatus  and  supplies  in 
the  market,  while  to  amateurs  he  likewise  offers  substantial  in- 
ducements and  advantages.  His  patronage  now  extends  through- 
out all  sections  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  where  he  num- 
bers his  customers  by  hundreds.  Mr.  French  publishes  annually 
superior  catalogues  and  price  lists,  which  arc  forwarded  promptly 
upon  application. 

THE  ATLANTIC  WORKS,  Engineers  and  Builders  of  Steam- 
ships, Tow  Boats,  Steam  Yachts  and  Launches,  Etc.,  I.  N. 
Lothrop,  President,  A  E.  Cox,  Treasurer,  Nos.  60-76  Border 
Street,  East  Boston.— In  compiling  an  account  of  the  com- 
merce and  industries  of  Boston,  we  desire  to  particularly  mention 
those  classes  of  houses  that  are  the  best  representatives  of  each 
special  line  of  trade,  and  are  contributing  most  to  the  city's  fame 
and  reputation.  In  this  connection  special  reference  is  directed  to 
the  widely  known  Atlantic  Works,  engineers  and  builder  of  steam- 
ships, tow  boats,  steam  yachts,  launches,  etc.,  whose  yards  etc.,  are 
eligibly  located  in  East  Boston,  at  Nos.  60-76  Border  Street.  This  pro- 
gressive and  successful  company  was  duly  incorporated  in  1853,  under 
the  laws  of  Massachusetts,  with  large  capital,  and  since  its  organi- 
zation has  secured  the  greater  parter  of  steamship  building  and  re- 
pairing at  this  port.  The  yards  are  spacious  and  are  equipped  with 
all  modern  appliances  and  machinery,  including  marine  railways, 
etc.  Steamships  of  all  kinds  are  docked  and  repaired  by  the  com- 
pany without  delay  at  just  prices,  in  the  most  workmanlike  man- 
ner. From  200  to  500  skilled  mechanics,  shipwrights,  etc.,  are  em- 
ployed in  the  various  departments,  and  all  necessary  materials  are 
kept  constantly  on  hand.  The  company  have  already  docked  and 
repaired  some  hundreds  of  steam  vessels  of  different  descriptions, 
in  addition  to  building  a  number  of  new  ones.  They  likewise  build 
in  a  very  superior  manner  tow  boats,  steam  yachts  and  launches, 
and  also  manufacture  marine  and  stationary  engines  and  boilers, 
tanks  and  general  machinery,  guaranteeing  entire  satisfaction  in 
every  particular  to  patrons.  Only  first-class  materials  are  utilized, 
and  highly  skilled  workmen  employed.  Plans,  specifications  and 
estimates  are  promptly  furnished  for  every  description  of  engineer- 
ing work,  while  no  pains  or  time  are  spared,  to  fulfil  the  expecta- 
tions of  patrons.  In  conclusion  we  would  observe,  that  the  affairs 
of  the  Atlantic  Works  are  placed  in  capable  and  honorable  hands, 
and  the  company  ably  maintains  the  leading  positions  in  Boston, 
in  this  growing  and  valuable  industry,  reflecting  the  greatest 
credit  on  all  concerned. 


KIDDER  DRUG  STORE,  No.  48  Main  Street,  Charlestown.— 
In  the  name  of  this  celebrated  drug  house  is  perpetuated 
the  memory  of  its  distinguished  founder,  Mr.  Samuel  Kid- 
der,  who  in  his  lifetime  gained  great  distinction  as  a  phar- 
macist of  first-class  ability.  Mr.  S.  Kidder  started  business  at  the 
present  location,  No. 48 Main  Street,  in  1804,  and  his  successors  were 
Messrs.  D.  F  .White  &  Co.,  who  were  followed  by  Mr.  John  Stowell.  In 
1877  Mr.  S.  S.  Bradford  became  the  proprietor,  and  he  has  preserved 
the  old  familiar  name  for  his  establishment,  the  Kidder  Drug 
Store.  It  is  an  elegant  establishment  in  every  way,  being  spacious 
in  size,  handsomely  appointed,  and  under  the  most  experienced 
and  skilful  management.  A  splendid  line  of  goods  is  shown  in 
every  line  of  the  business.  The  pure  and  superior  assortment  of 
drugs,  medicines  and  pharmaceutical  preparations  are  supplied 
from  the  most  reputable  sources,  and  are  selected  with  special 
reference  to  strength  and  freshness.  In  the  line  of  novelties  in 
perfumery,  toilet  articles  and  fancy  goods,  the  enterprise  of  the 
proprietor  has  placed  within  the  reach  of  his  patrons,  the  best 
articles  that  can  be  purchased.  The  house  is  perfectly  equipped 
for  its  specialty  of  prescriptions,  and  absolute  accuracy  is  assured 
in  all  cases,  and  it  is  also  a  popular  store  for  purchasers  of  soda  and 
mineral  waters,  etc.,  and  in  the  holiday  seasons  it  is  extensively 
patroniziedby  the  old  and  young  in  search  of  useful  and  ornamen- 
tal treasures  for  presents.  Mr.  Bradford  is  a  nativeof  Charlestown, 
an  experienced  pharmacist,  and  a  useful,  honorable  citizen. 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 


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AB.  &  J.  H.  SHEDD,  Real  Estate  and  Insurance  Agents, 
Conveyancers  and  Auctioneers,  Commissioners  for 
Maine  and  Vermont,  Notary  Public,  No.  16  City  Square, 
Charlestown  District.— The  real  estate  and  insurance  in 
terests  of  Boston  and  its  surroundings  have  attained  proportions 
of  such  magnitude  as  to  enlist  the  services  of  many  of  our  most 
talented  and  enterprising  business  men.  Prominent  among  the 
oldest  established  and  most  influential  firms  in  this  business  in  the 
Charlestown  District  Is  that  of  Messrs.  A.  B.  &  J.  H.  Shedd  which 
is  centrally  located  at  No.  16  City  Square.  This  firm  bring  vast 
practical  experience  to  bear  and  an  intimate  knowledge  of  the 
value  of  real  estate  in  every  section  of  the  city  and  its  vicinity. 
This  house  was  founded  originally  in  1854  by  Mr.  A.  B.  Shedd  who 
is  a  native  of  Andover,  Mass.,  and  was  conducted  by  him  very 
successfully  up  to  1878  when  his  son  J.  H.,  who  was  born  in  Brook- 
line,  this  state,  was  admitted  into  co-partnership  under  the  pres- 
ent lirm  title.  They  are  recognized  authority  as  to  real  estate 
values  and  transact  every  branch  of  the  business,  buying,  selling, 
exchanging  and  renting  property  and  possess  ample  facilities  for 
conducting  operations  of  any  magnitude  under  the  most  favorable 
auspices,  and  are  always  enabled  to  offer  investors  a  choice  from 
a  long  list  of  eligible  properties.  They  have  brought  to  a  success- 
ful issue  many  Important  transactions— several  of  great  magni- 
tude, and  intending  investors  who  rely  upon  their  sound  judg- 
ment and  judicious  advice  in  purchasing  property  will  secure  not 
only  a  steady  income  but  likewise  a  prospective  increase  of  value. 
Messrs.  A.  B.  &  J.  H.  Shedd  make  a  specialty  of  the  care  and 
management  of  estates  and  have  met  with  great  success  in  this 
line.  They  secure  responsible  tenants,  collect  rents,  pay  taxes, 
and  effect  repairs  in  the  most  judicious  manner  and  in  every  way 
maintain  all  properties  placed  in  their  hands  at  the  highest  stand- 
ard of  efficiency.  The  firm  is  very  popular  in  insurance  circles 
and  are  agents  for  the  following  financially  sound  and  reputable 
companies,  both  foreign  and  domestic:  City  of  London,  England; 
Orient  of  Hartford,  Conn.;  Spring  Garden  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.; 
Traders'  and  Mechanics'  of  Lowell,  Mass ;  Dorchester  Mutual  of 
Dorchester,  Mass. ;  Massachusetts  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany, and  many  others.  They  have  developed  an  extensive  pat- 
ronage in  this  important  line  of  business  and  are  prepared  to 
place  risks  with  our  best  companies  at  lowest  rates,  and  especially 
so  in  the  case  of  well  located  residential  property.  They  likewise 
attend  to  the  auction  sale  of  real  estate  and  personal  properties 
and  faithfully  serve  the  best  interests  of  their  customers.  Convey- 
ancing, and  notary  public  business,  etc.,  receive  careful  attention 
and  they  are  the  regularly  appointed  commissioners  for  the  states 
of  Maine  and  Vermont.  Their  office  is  on  the  first  floor,  of  ample 
dimensions  and  supplied  with  every  convenience  for  the  transac- 
tion of  business.  They  enjoy  the  highest  confidence  of  our  best 
commercial  circles,  and  are  recognized  as  honorable  and  reliable 
business  men. 

FIRST  WARD  NATIONAL  BANK  of  Boston,  Mass.,  Stephen 
H.  Whidden,  President,  Geo.  W.  Moses,  Cashier,  Maverick 
Square.— Boston  may  with  propriety  be  congratulated  upon 
the  conservative  policy  and  marked  prosperity  and  influ- 
ence of  her  banks.  No  financial  corporations  in  the  state  have  a 
more  enviable  record  than  those  of  this  city,  and  representative 
among  the  number  is  the  First  Ward  National  Bank,  eligibly 
located  on  Maverick  Square.  This  bank  was  duly  organized  in 
1873  under  the  National  Banking  Laws,  and  is  to-day  one  of  the 
most  vigorous  exponents  of  the  soundest  principles  governing 
banking  and  finance.  The  paid  up  capital  of  the  First  Ward 
National  Bank  is  $200,000,  which  has  been  further  augmented  by  a 
surplus  of  3(55,000.  It  is  ably  officered  and  its  board  of  directors  is 
composed  of  gentlemen  more  than  usually  prominent  in  financial 
and  business  circles.  The  list  is  as  follows:— Stephen  H.  Whidden, 
President;  Geo.  W.  Moses,  Cashier;  Frank  F.  Cook,  Teller.  Direc- 
tors: Chas  A.  Morss,  Silvanus  Smith,  Stephen  H.  Whidden,  E.  H. 
Atwood,  Samuel  N.  Mays,  Geo.  W.  Moses,  Pembroke  S.  Huckuns, 
Wesley  A.  Gove,  Jabez  K.  Montgomery.  The  bank  transacts  a 
general  business ;  its  lines  of  discounts  cover  the  best  classes  of 
oommercial  paper,  its  loans  are  judiciously  made  on  approved  col- 
lateral, and  at  the  same  time  it  gives  close  attention  to  collections, 
drafts,  etc.,  having  a  chain  of  correspondents  in  all  sections  of  the 
United  States  and  Canada.  The  bank  has  always  paid  good 
dividends  to  stock  holders,  without  venturing  upon  hazardous 


business  in  order  to  realize  profits.  It  likewise  utilizes  every 
modern  system,  which  in  any  way  tends  to  benefit  or  improve 
financial  transactions,  and  extends  to  customers  every  possible 
facility  and  convenience.  Mr.  Whidden  has  held  office  as  presi- 
dent since  1885.  He  is  a  thoroughly  capable  financier  and  is  highly 
regarded  by  the  community  for  his  energy  and  integrity.  Mr.  G. 
W.  Moses,  the  cashier,  is  an  able  and  experienced  bank  officer, 
eminently  qualified  for  his  important  position.  He  is  also  treas- 
urer of  the  Chelsea  Gas  Company,  and  of  the  Winiusimet  Ferry 
Company,  while  at  the  (same  time  he  is  one  of  the  commissioners 
of  the  Sinking  Fund  of  Chelsea. 

SANDERS  &  GIBBS,  Plain  and  Decorative  Paper  Hangers 
Whiteners,  and  Dealers  in  Paper  Hangings  of  all  Varieties, 
No.  8  Meridian  Street,  East  Boston.— This  is  an  age  of  decor- 
ation, and  as  culture  and  refinement  advance  the  demand 
for  ornamental  and  tasteful  home  surroundings  grows  apace.  The 
plain  and  often  rugged,  unshapely  walls  which  satisfied  the  Puri- 
tan fathers  are  by  no  means  pleasing  to  their  descendants,  who 
have  discovered  the  means  of  combining  the  ornamental  with  the 
useful  in  all  the  affairs  of  life,  and  learned  that  the  more  the 
homes  of  the  people  are  beautified  the  more  attractive  they  are 
and  the  more  the  pleasures  of  the  home  circle  are  enhanced.  In 
every  branch  of  the  decorative  art  great  advances  have  been  made 
and  the  production  of  paper  hangings  and  other  decorative  mater- 
ials gives  ample  evidence  of  this.  Many  of  the  hangings  now 
made  are  veritable  works  of  art,  and  numerous  specimens  of  these 
are  to  be  seen  displayed  in  the  establishment  of  Messrs.  Sanders  & 
Gibbs,  No.  8  Meridian  Street,  East  Boston.  This  firm  are  dealers 
in  paper  hangings  of  every  description,  plain  and  decorative  paper 
hangers,  whiteners,  etc.  They  began  business  in  a  small  way 
in  May,  1875,  and  by  degrees  have  built  up  a  very  extensive 
trade  connection.  They  occupy  a  neatly  appointed  store, 
with  a  capacity  of  25z30  feet,  and  here  carry  a  general  line  of  all 
the  various  kinds  of  wall  papers,  dados,  centre  pieces,  etc.,  repre- 
sentative of  all  the  newest  designs  in  beautiful  figure  and  flower 
patterns,  from  the  plainest  to  the  most  elaborate  in  beautiful  tints 
and  combinations  of  colors  and  gold.  The  firm  give  particular 
attention  to  interior  decorations,  and  as  paper  hangers  are  highly 
endorsed  and  recommended  for  the  skill  and  good  taste  they  dis- 
play in  their  work.  Twelve  hands  are  employed  and  all  orders 
are  promptly  carried  out  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  customers. 
The  co-partners  are  Messrs.  A.  J.  Sanders  and  E.  L.  Gibbs.  The 
former  is  a  native  of  Ossipee,  N.  H.,  and  the  latter  of  Framingham,. 
Mass. 

CD.  COBB  &  CO.,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Grocers  and  Dealers 
in  Fine  Teas,  Nol,  Bank  Building,  Bunker  Hill  District.— 
B  The  wholesale  and  retail  trade  in  fancy  and  staple  grocer- 
ies, is  one  of  the  most  important  branches  of  business  car- 
ried on  in  any  city.  A  reliable  and  representative  house  in  the 
Bunker  Hill  District,  successfully  engaged  in  this  import- 
ant and  growing  trade  is  that  of  Messrs.  C.  D.  Cobb  &  Co.  This 
business  was  established  twelve  years  ago  by  Messrs.  J.  H.  Cobb 
&  Son,  who  conducted  it  till  1883,  when  J.  H.  Cobb  retired  andC, 
D.  Cobb  and  C.  H.  Cobb  bought  the  interest  of  J.  H.  Cobb,  and 
formed  the  firm  of  C.  D.  Cobb  &  Co.  Mr.  C.  D.  Cobb  died  in  August, 
1883.  The  surving  partners,  Messrs.  H.  E.  and  C.  H,  Cobb,  con- 
tinued the  business,  which  is  now  being  carried  on  under  the  firm, 
name  of  C.  D.  Cobb  &  Co.  The  store  is  spacious  and  commodious, 
and  the  stock  of  goods  carried  is  comprehensive  and  well-selected 
embracing  everything  in  the  way  of  fancy  and  staple  groceries, 
teas,  coffees,  spices,  canned  goods,  flour,  fruits.  The  firm  make  a 
specialty  of  teas,  and  keep  constantly  on  hand  a  superior  assort- 
ment of  fresh  crop  Oolongs,  Japans,  gunpowder,  imperial  young 
hyson,  English  breakfast  and  otherstandard  teas,  which  are  justly 
renowned  for  flavor  and  quality.  The  aim  of  this  firm  has  always 
been  to  give  toevery  customer  full  value  for  money  expended.which 
is  attained  by  the  firm's  large  transactions,  direct  purchases  and 
low  prices.  Courteous  and  prompt  attention  is  given  to  all  who  pa- 
tronize this  store,  and  orders  intrusted  to  Messrs.  C.  D.  Cobb  &  Co. 
by  mail  receive  the  same  careful  attention  as  if  given  in  person. 
The  firm  carry  on  an  extensive  trade  throughout  Everett,  Charles- 
town  and  Somerville,  which  is  steadily  increasing.  Mr.  H.  Cobb 
is  senior  partner  of  the  extensive  house  of  Cobb,  Aldrich  &  Ce., 
Washington  Street,  Boston,  the  noted  grocers. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


AUSTIN  GOVK  it  SON,  Dealers  in  Coal.  Wood.  Sanil.  Lime, 
Cement,  Bricks,  Etc.,  No.  212  Border  Street,  Central 
Square,  East  Boston.— One  of  the  most  important  business 
enterprises  in  East  Boston  is  that  of  Messrs.  Austin  Cove 
&  son,  the  widely  and  favorably  known  dealers  in  all  the  best 
brands  of  Anthracite  and  Bituminous  coal,  wood,  and  masons'  and 
contractors'  supplies.  The  business  was  founded  in  1853  by  the 
late  Mr.  Austin  (Jove,  and  who  five  years  afterward  admitted  his 
son,  Mr.  Wesley  A.  Gove  Into  co-partnership  under  the  existing 
and  honored  name  and  style.  The  lamented  decease  of  Mr.  Austin 
Gove  occured  in  1885,  after  a  long  and  highly  creditable  mercantile 
career.  Since  then  Mr.  W.  A.  Gove  has  ably  carried  on  the  busi- 
ness upon  the  old  basis  of  integrity  anS  liberality  and  with  every 
possible  facility  at  command  for  the  supply  of  his  large  and  grow- 
ing trade.  His  yards  and  office  are  most  centrally  located  on 
Border  Street  at  Central  Square,  and  the  area  for  storage  is 
80x1600  feet  in  dimensions,  with  the  best  dock  facilities  in  the 
harbor  for  steam  craft  to  coal  and  water.  Mr.  Gove  does  the  lar- 
gest ton  boat  coaling  business  in  Boston,  and  supplies  the  famous 
Pocahontas  Semi-bituminous  Steam  Coal,  deservedly  popular  as 
the  best  fuel  for  marine  boilers,  being  a  quick  and  steady  steam 
raiser,  and  proving  the  most  economical  coal  ever  put  into  the 
bunkers.  During  the  summer  season  Sir.  Gove's  dock  is  the  favor- 
ite coaling  and  watering  place  for  steam  yachts,  anil  he  offers 
substantial  inducements  to  all  steam  craft ;  they  will  be  attended 
to  at  any  hour  of  the  day  or  night,  and  orders  are  received  by 
telephone— No.  5-2.  Another  important  department  of  Mr.  Gove's 
business  is  the  trade  in  brick,  sand,  lime,  cement,  drain  pipe,  and 
of  which  staples  he  always  carries  a  large  and  desirable  stock  both 
as  to  price  and  quality.  He  supplies  many  of  the  leading  builders 
of  Boston,  and  both  in  this  line  and  that  of  coal  does  a  very  heavy 
and  growing  trade.  Mr.  Gove  was  born  in  Boston  and  is  a  perma 
nent  and  influential  resident.  He  has  done  much  to  build  up  the 
prosperity  of  the  place,  and  is  a  worthy  exponent  and  leader  in 
Jiis  important  branch  of  trade. 

JAMES  A.  COOK,  Hardware,  Paper  Hangings,  Cutlery,  Carpen- 
ters' Tools,  Window  Glass,  Paints,  Oils,  Drain  Pipe.  Ktr..  No. 
287  Broadway,  South  Boston.— In  reviewing  the  various  mer- 
cantile enterprises  which  line  this  great  business  thorough- 
fare a  position  of  deserved  prominence  should  be  accorded  the  old, 
well-known  house  of  Mr.  James  A.  Cook,  dealer  in  hardware, 
paper  hangings,  cutlery,  carpenters'  tools,  window  glass,  paints, 
oils,  etc.,  at  No.  287  Broadway.  This  business  was  originally  es- 
tablished by  Messrs.  Cook  &  Copeland.  in  187s.  Later  Messrs. 
Cook  &  Wood  succeeded  to  the  business  and  continued  in  its  con- 
duct until  the  spring  of  1887,  when  Mr.  Cook  became  the  sole  pro- 
prietor. From  the  start  the  enterprise  lias  been  characterized  by 
that  degree  of  ever-increasing  prosperity  which  is  the  invariable 
accompaniment  of  a  well-directed  and  spirited  management,  and 
the  house  has  long  since  attained  a  leading  position  in  the  local 
trade.  An  important  and  extensive  branch  of  his  business,  of 
which  he  makes  quite  a  specialty,  is  the  sale  of  paper  hangings, 
which  may  be  considered  a  department  supplementary  to  the  sup- 
ply of  all  kinds  of  builders'  hardware.  The  paper  hangings  are 
purchased  from  the  largest  New  York  manufacturers,  and  he  car- 
ries a  large  and  well  selected  stock  of  medium  grades  together 
with  many  Hue  patterns,  and  keeps  a  force  of  ten  men  employed 
in  hanging  them.  The  spacious  store  25x80  feet  in  size,  is  fitted  up 
in  a  style  which  is  a  happy  combination  of  modern  convenience 
and  attractiveness,  the  stock  carried  is  one  of  the  largest,  best 
selected  and  most  complete  to  be  met  with  in  this  section,  and  a 
corps  of  experienced  assistants  is  in  attendance  upon  the  wants  of 
the  numerous  patronage  which  represents  and  largely  includes 
the  best  town  and  suburban  custom. 


EDWARD  S.  GILMORE  &  CO.,  Flour  Dealers  and  Grocers. 
No.  29  Main  Street,  Charlestown  District  and  Nos.  238  and 
240  Broadway,  South  Boston.— Among  Boston's  successful 
and   enterprising  merchants  is   Mr.    Edward    8.  Gilmore 
whose  establishments  are  the  leaders  in  their  line  respectively  in 
Charlestown  District  and  South  Boston  respectively.    The  busi- 
ness was  founded  by  Mr.  Gilmore  in  1875,  and  has  attained  propor- 
tions of  great  magnitude  based  on  the  superiority  of  stock  and 
substantial  inducements  offered  as  to  prices.    Mr.  Gilmore  has 


direct  special  connections  and  facilities  lor  receiving  and  hand- 
ling the  choicest  brands  of  Western  Patent  Flour  and  full  lines  of 
staple  and  fancy  groceries.  His  stores  are  most  centrally  located 
respectively  at  No.  29  Main  Street,  Charlestown  District,  and  Nos. 
•i'fc  and  240  Broadway,  South  Boston,  and  where  the  public  resort 
from  long  distances  in  view  of  the  superior  quality  and  low  prices 
of  the  goods  offered.  The  house  has  become  justly  celebrated  for 
its  Hour,  handling  the  famous  brands,  "  King  of  Minnesota,"  and 
"White  Jacket,"  preferred  for  fancy  pastry  and  extra  baking 
purposes.  These  brands  of  Hour  are  manufactured  from  the 
choicest  growth  of  hard  wheat,  by  the  new  roller  process, and  can 
not  be  excelled  the  world  over.  The  firm  also  deal  in  many  other 
popular  brands.  These  stores  are  the  recognized  reliable  centres 
for  the  purest  and  best  qualities  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries. 
Teas,  coffees,  spices,  sugars,  green  and  dried  fruits,  butter,  lard, 
cheese,  etc.  In  canned  goods  the  linn  handle  only  those  brands 
specially  famous  for  excellence  and  they  buy  and  contract  so 
extensively  from  the  packers  that  they  can  offer  inducements  as 
to  prices  nowhere  else  duplicated.  The  firm  are  the  most  progres- 
sive grocers  and  flour  merchants  of  Charlestown  and  South  Boston, 
and  their  prospects  are  of  the  most  favorable  character  amid  such 
thrifty  and  thickly  populated  sections  of  the  city. 

THOMAS  DOANE,  Civil  Engineer  and  Surveyor,  Consulting 
Engineer,  No.  21  City  Square,  Charlestown.— Mr.  Doane  was 
born  at  Cape  Cod,  Mass.,  and  after  having  received  an  ex- 
cellent scientific  education  commenced  the  practice  of  his 
profession  as  a  civil  engineer,  etc.,  in  Boston  in  1842.  He  makes  a 
specialty  of  railroad  work,  and  had  charge  for  eight  years  of  the 
construction  of  the  Hoosac  Tunnel,  which  took  ten  years  to  com- 
plete. Mr.  Doane  was  four  years  engaged  in  building  the  C.  B.  & 
Q.  Railroad,  in  Nebraska,  and  was  for  some  time  chief  engineer  of 
the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad.  He  is  now  busily  engaged  in 
drawing  up  plans  for  the  Union  Station  for  the  Boston  &  Maine 
Railroad  on  Causeway  Street.  Mr.  Doan's  high  attainments  as 
a  civil  and  consulting  engineer  have  been  duly  recognized  in  pro- 
fessional circles,  and  he  likewise  enjoys  a  liberal  and  influential 
patronage  from  many  of  the  principal  railroad  corporations  of  the 
United  States.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Associated  Charities  of  Bos- 
ton, and  in  1872  founded  at  Crete,  Nebraska,  the  Doane  College. 
This  is  an  exceedingly  useful  and  valuable  congregational  institu- 
tion, which  likewise  educates  boys  and  girls  of  other  denomina- 
tions. Mr.  Doane  has  now  had  forty-six  years' experience  in  the 
surveying  and  construction  of  railroads,  and  is  possessed  of  skill  in 
their  building,  that  renders  it  advisable  for  corporations  under- 
taking such  works  to  consult  him,  and  from  his  carefully  drawn 
plans  and  estimates  to  form  accurate  ideas  of  their  undertakings 
and  costs.  Mr.  Doane  undertakes  the  most  extensive  and  difficult 
works,  and  no  more  honorable  and  successful  engineer  can  be. 
found  in  the  ranks  of  the  profession. 

JAMKS  G.  ALLBE,  Steam  Job  Printer,  No.  134  Main  Street, 
Thompson  Square.— Prominent  among  the  job  printing  estab- 
lishments which  has  always  maintained  an  excellent  repu- 
tation for  first-class  work  is  that  of  Mr.  James  G.  Allbe,  of 
No.  134  Main  Street,  Thompson  Square.  Mr.  Allbe  has  been  estab- 
lished in  business  since  1878,  and  has  always  maintained  an  excel- 
lent reputation  for  first-class  work,  being  one  of  the  best-known 
representatives  of  the  craft  in  this  section  of  the  city.  For  the 
past  nine  years  he  has  been  located  in  his  present  premises,  which 
comprise  one  floor,  22x60  feet  in  dimensions.  The  establishment 
is  equipped  with  a  complete  assortment  of  types,  presses  and  all 
adjuncts  neccessary  to  the  trade.  Mr.  Allbe  has  every  facility  for 
executing  ball,  book  and  job  printing,  and  all  kinds  of  work  in  the 
most  artistic  manner,  and  at  the  very  lowest  prices  consistent  with 
fair  and  equitable  dealing.  The  machinery  is  operated  by  steam 
power,  a  number  of  first-class  operatives  find  constant  employ- 
ment here,  and  the  work  turned  out  is,  for  beauty  of  design, 
originality,  and  superiority  of  workmanship  unexcelled  by  the  pro- 
ducts of  all  outside  competitors.  Mr.  Allbe  has  a  large  patronage, 
which  is  drawn  from  large  mercantile  houses,  societies  and  social 
organizations.  For  the  past  fifteen  years  he  has  been  a  well-known 
and  esteemed  resident  in  Charlestown.  He  is  a  native  of  New 
Hampshire,  and  in  his  business  relations  is  punctual,  liberal  and 
upright. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


PARKER  BROTHERS,  Fans,  Fancy  Goods,  Jewelry,  Toys,  Silver 
plated  Ware,  Pocket-books  and  Albums,  etc.,  No.  127  Tremont 
Street. — In  tracing  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  toy  and  fancy- 
goods  trade  in  Boston,  it  is  noticeable.how  steadily,  prominently 
and  successfully  the  eminent  house  of  Messrs.  Parker  Brothers,  at 
No.  127  Tremont  Street,  directly  opposite  Park  Street  Church,  has 
maintained  the  lead  in  the  van  of  progress,  and  largely  contributed  to 
the  development  of  the  tastes  of  the  public  for  the  richest  and  most 
beautiful  productions  of  the  world  in  fancy -goods,  jewelry,  toys,  fans, 
silver-plated  ware,  pocket-books,  and  kindred  articles.  The  business 
was  originally  established  in  1870,  by  Messrs.  J.  B.  Parker  &  Co.,  who 
were  succeeded  by  the  present  firm  in  1875.  The  fine  building  occu- 
pied entire  by  this  firm  is  five  stories  in  height,  30  by  100  feet  in  size, 
and  admirably  arranged  and  appointed  hi  its  interior  with  a  heavy, 
plate-glass  front,  handsome  hard-wood  cabinets,  etc.  The  business 
has  grown  at  the  most  rapid  ratio  and  upon  the  most  substantial 
basis  of  merit.  The  firm  have  the  most  complete  and  perfect  foreign 
connections"  of  any  house  in  the  trade,  being  represented  by  their 
own  experienced  buyers  in  the  markets  of  London,  Paris,  Vienna, 
and  other  European  capitals,  and  are  iu  constant  receipt  of  the 
newest  goods  and  freshest  novelties  known  to  the  foreign  trade  in 
the  above-named  lines.  Both  as  regards  experience,  connections,  and 
resources  the  Messrs.  Parker  have  the  distinctive  pre-eminence. 
They  may  be  said  to  have  been  brought  up  in  the  trade,  and  have  a 
foundation  understanding  of  its  every  detail,  feature,  and  require 
ment.  Few  have  that  close,  intimate  knowledge  -of  fine  goods  and 
the  effects  produced  by  them,  still  fewer  possess  the  opportunities 
for  obtaining  the  same  in  vast  quantities  and  at  advantageous  rates; 
so  that  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  the  best  class  of  purchasers 
place  their  orders  here,  with  the  certainty  of  securing  all  that  is  new, 
rich,  and  novel  in  each  season's  designs  and  importations.  Th«  pro- 
prietors, Messrs.  B.  J.  and  Wm.  C.  Parker,  are  native  Bostonians. 
prominent  both  socially  and  in  a  business  way,  and  accounted  among 
that  class  of  young,  vigorous,  and  progressive  business  men,  in 
whose  hands  the  continued  development  of  the  city  rests. 

EC.  WELCH,  Merchant  Tailor.  Clothier,  Gentlemen's  Furnish- 
er, etc..  No.  4  Winthrop  Block,  East  Boston.  Merchant  tail- 
oring forms  an  important  branch  of  industry  in  East  Boston, 
and  it  is  a  line  of  trade  which  requires  great  skill  and  tact  to 
win  success  in.  The  leading  establishment  here  in  this  fine,  and 
one  which  is  enjoying  a  patronage  and  prosperity  that  can  come  only 
from  the  exercise  of  first-class  business  ability,  is  that  of  Mr.  E.  C. 
Welch,  located  at  No.  I  Winthrop  Block.  Mr.  Welch  has  been  iu 
business  in  East  Boston  for  more  than  thirty  years,  and  he  has  occu- 
pied his  present  premises  for  upwards  of  fourteen  years.  His  store, 
which  is  25x60  feet  in  size,  is  fitted  up  in  a  tasteful  and  admirable 
manner  for  the  convenience  of  trade.  In  the  custom-order  depart- 
ment Mr.  Welch  keeps  a  fine  stock  of  all  kinds  of  suitings  in  their 
different  varieties  and  qualities  to  select  from,  including  cassimeres. 
cloths,  vestiugs,  etc.  The  cutting  department  is  under  the  manage- 
ment of  Mr.  C.  F.  Buffum,  who  is  an  artistic  cutter  of  long  experi- 
ence. Measures  are  taken,  and  the  best  fitting  garments,  trimmed  and 
made  in  the  most  desirable  manner,  and  accurate  in  cut  and  fit,  are 
furnished  at  short  notice.  Every  suit  that  leaves  the  establishment 
is  made  from  the  best  quality  of  material,  and  is  beautifully  finished 
and  of  the  most  stylish  and  fashionable  patterns.  The  ready-made 
clothing  department  is  stocked  with  a  splendid  assortment  of  stylish, 
well-made  garments  that  are  unexcelled  for  perfection  in  workman- 
ship and  finish.  A  full  line  of  all  the  latest  and  most  popular  novel- 
ties in  gentlemen's  furnishing  goods  of  every  description  is  also  kept 
on  hand  In  all  departments  the  stocks  are  large,  and  make  a 
handsome  display.  The  patrons  of  the  hotise  include  the  leading 
citizens  in  this  section  of  the  city,  and  the  establishment  is  one  of  the 
most  popular  of  its  kind.  Mr.  Welch,  who  is  a  native  of  Portland, 
Me.,  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  the  success  he  has  achieved. 


A    McLAREN,  Carpenter  and  Builder,  Nos.  135  Border  and  124 
Liverpool  Streets,  East    Boston.— Prominent   among   the 
„     most  active  members  of  the  building  trade  in  East  Boston 
is  Mr.  A.  McLaren.    This  business  was  established  thirty -five 
years  ago  by  Messrs.  McLaren.  Bennett  &  Co.,  who  conducted  it  till 
1865,  when  it  was  conducted  till  1RS6  by  A.  and  J.  McLaren.    Mr. 
A.  McLaren  then  became  sole  proprietor.    The  factory  is  a  spacious 
three  story  building,  42x90  feet  in  area,  having  a  frontage  on  Border 


Street,  and  also  on  Liverpool  Street  90x60  feet,  two  stories  high.  The 
workshops  are  fully  supplied  with  modern  wood-working  machinery, 
tools  and  appliances,  operated  by  steam-power.  Mr.  McLaren  make» 
promptly  sash  and  doors  to  order,  and  attends  carefully  to  turning, 
drying,  and  mill  work  of  every  description,  at  the  lowest  possible 
prices.  He  is  also  prepared  at  all  times  to  contract  for  the  repair  or 
alteration  of  old  premises  and  the  erection  of  new  buildings,  and  has 
executed  a  large  amount  of  work  in  Boston  to  the  entire  satisfaction 
of  property-owners  and  others.  Mr.  McLaren  is  a  thoroughly  prac- 
tical carpenter  and  builder,  whose  work  can  always  be  implicitly 
relied  on.  He  was  born  in  Prince  Edward  Island,  but  has  resided  in 
Boston  for  the  last  thirty -five  years,  where  he  is  highly  regarded  by 
the  community  for  his  promptness,  mechanical  skill,  and  integrity. 
Those  interested  requiring  any  carpenter's  or  builder's  work  exe- 
cuted should  give  their  orders  to  this  reliable  house,  where  they  will 
secure  the  greatest  satisfaction  in  the  thoroughly  good  manner  in 
which  all  contracts  will  be  accomplished. 

A  SPIN  WALL  &  LINCOLN,  Civil  Engineers,  No.  12  Pearl  Street. 
—The  firm  of  Aspinwall  &  Lincoln,  at  No.  12  Pearl  Street,  are 
deservedly  prominent  and  popular  as  civil  engineers  of 
large  experience  and  thorough  training,  who  make  a  leading 
specialty  of  landscape  engineering,  water  supply  and  drainage,  de- 
velopment of  real  estate  for  building  purposes,  and  general  survey- 
ing. They  established  themselves  in  the  practice  of  their  profession 
in  1877,  and  are  constantly  engaged  upon  large  and  important  com- 
missions in  this  city  and  throughout  New  England:  The  fidelity, 
accuracy,  and  perfection  of  their  work  have  become  generally  recog- 
nized, and  their  influential  and  widespread  patronage  abundantly 
proves  their  popularity  and  worth  as  thorough  masters  of  their  art. 
Limil  of  space  prevents  any  detailed  reference  to  the  long  list  of 
commissions  executed  by  them  in  laying  out  and  widening  streets, 
building  sewers,  and  improving  real  estate,  while  special  mention 
must  be  made  of  the  fine  success  achieved  in  widening  Beacon  Street 
in  Brookline,  and  their  work  upon  the  sewers  of  that  thoroughfare; 
also  to  the  important  contracts  which  they  are  superintending  at  the 
present  writing  on  Aspinwall  Hills  and  Corry  Hill  in  the  same  town. 
These  jobs  alone  are  sufficient  indorsement  of  their  ability  and  worth 
as  engineers  and  surveyors,  while  their  reputation  is  firmly  estab- 
lished in  all  parts  of  New  England  for  prompt,  reliable,  and  faithful 
work.  All  orders  are  given  immediate  and  careful  attention,  and 
prices  are  placed  at  the  lowest  moderate  point.  The  co  partners, 
Messrs.  Thomas  Aspinwall  and  Edwin  H.  Lincoln,  are  natives  of 
Brookline,  Mass.,  graduates  of  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology, members  of  the  Boston  and  the  American  Societies  of  Civil 
Engineers,  and  leaders  in  their  profession  in  this  section  of  the 
country. 

WESCOTT  BROTHERS,  Hardware,  Cutlery  and  Tools,  No 
159  Meridian  Street,  East  Boston.— Another  important 
branch  of  commercial  enterprise,  which  is  prosecuted 
with  vigor  and  success  in  East  Boston,  is  the  trade  ta 
hardware,  cutlery,  and  tools,  and  it  is  one  in  which  many 
extensive  concerns  are  prosperously  engaged.  Among  the  prin- 
cipal of  these  is  that  of  Messrs.  Wescott  Brothers,  whose  es- 
tablishment is  centrally  and  eligibly  located  at  No.  159  Meridian 
Street.  This  firm  was  organized  in  1886,  and  the  success  of  the 
enterprise  has  been  of  a  most  gratifying  and  encouraging  character. 
The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  three-story  building,  25  by  60  feet 
iu  dimensions,  and  these  are  very  neatly,  appropriately,  and  attrac- 
tively arranged  throughout.  The  stock  carried  is  a  very  large  and 
comprehensive  one,  and  embraces  every  description  of  shelf  and 
heavy  hardware,  mechanics'  and  machinists'  tools,  builders'  hard 
ware,  contractors'  and  blacksmiths'  supplies,  table  and  pocket  cut- 
lery, silver-plated  and  Britannia  ware,  hollow  iron,  sheet-iron,  cop- 
per, and  tin  ware,  household  and  culinary  utensils,  granite  enamelled 
ware,  a  fine  assortment  of  farm  and  garden  implements,  including 
the  latest  improved  mowers.  The  firm  also  carry  an  extensive  as- 
sortment of  parlor,  cook,  and  office  stoves,  ranges,  heaters,  furnaces, 
etc.,  also  oil  and  gasoline  stoves,  galvanized  nails,  paints,  oils,  etc. 
In  every  department  the  stock  is  of  high  quality,  and  the  prices  are 
placed  at  a  point  that  no  other  house  in  the  trade  can  excel.  The 
firm  are  to  be  congratulated  upon  their  success,  which  has  been  won 
by  sheer  merit.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  J. 
P.  and  C.  M.  Wescott.  both  of  whom  are  natives  of  Portland,  Me., 
and  young  men  of  admirable  business  tact,  energy,  and  integrity. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


SG.  BOWDLEAR  &  CO.,  Dealers  in  Flour,  Small  Grains  and 
Fancy  Breadstuffs,  No.  194  State  and  No.  25  ..Commerce 
Streets.— The  oldest  established  and  most  noted  house  in  Bos- 
ton extensively  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  flour.'small 
grains  and  fancy  breadstuffs  is  that  of  Messrs.  S.  G.  Bowdlear  &  Co., 
whose  office,  store,'etc.,  are  centrally  located  at  No.  194  State  and  No. 
25  Commerce  streets.  This  house  was  established  in  the  year  1790  by 
Wales  &  Field  on  Long  Wharf,  and  has  been  continued  to  the  present 
time,  and  since  November.23, 1803,  nearly  87  years,  in  the  same  store, 
No.  17  Long  Wharf,  now  No.  194  State  Street.  The  store  is  still  owned 
by  the  same  family,  and  the  rent  is  due  on  the  same  quarter  days.  The 
succession  is  a  matter  of  historic  interest,  from  the  fact  that  until  the 
lamented  death  of  Mr.  Lawrence  in  1877  Mt  was  the  senior  partner  in- 
variably who  retired,  and  with  the  possible  exception  of  Mr.  Parker, 
a  clerk  has"  invariably  succeeded.  The  list  stands:  Wales  &  Field, 
1790  to  1800;  Joseph  Field,  1800  to  1815;  Joseph  Field  &  Co.  (Andrew 
Bradshaw,  clerk),  1815  to  1823;  Bradshaw  &  Parker  (James  Parker), 
1823  to  1827;  Bradshaw,  Parker  &  Co.  (John  J.  Swift,  clerk,  1828), 
1827  to  1829;  Parker  &  Swift,  1829  to  1840;  J.  J.  Swift  &  Co.  (Samuel 
G.  Bowdlear,  clerk,  1827),  1840  to  1844;  S.  G.  Bowdlear  &  Co.  (Wm.  A. 
Bowdlear,  Thomas  Green,  clerk,  1886),  1844  to  1872  (S.  G.  Bowdlear 
died  August  10,  1872);  S.  G.  Bowdlear  &  Co.  (Wm.  A.  Bowdlear, 
Thomas  Green,  Abbott  Lawrence),  1872  to  1877  (Abbott  Lawrence  died 
August  8,  1877);  S.  G.  Bowdlear  &  Co.  (Wm.  A.  Bowdlear,  Thomas 
Green),  1877  to  1887.  The  account-books  of  the  several  firms  are 
still  preserved;  the  names  of  the  fathers  and  grandfathers  of  the 
present  generation  appearing  upon  the  pages.  The  money  figures 
are  in  pounds,  shillings,  and  pence  until  September  1, 1795;  afterward 
in  dollars  and  cents.  Double-entry  book-keeping  was  introduced  in 
1815,  and  has  been  continued  to  the  present  time.  The  firm  of  Wales 
&  Field  failed  in  the  year  1800;  its  indebtedness  was  afterward  paid 
in  full  with  interest  by  the  junior  partner,  Dea.  Joseph  Field,  who 
was  a  deacon  of  the  church  then  standing  on  "  Church  Green,"  corner 
of  Summer  and  Bedford  streets.  Since  then  there  has  been  no  failure, 
and  no  embarrassment  calling  for  the  intervention  of  creditors.  In 
April,  1887,  Mr.  Thomas  Green  died,  when  Mr.  Wm.  A.  Bowdlear  be- 
came sole  proprietor.  Mr.  Bowdlear  has  had  forty-four  years'  expe- 
rience, and  possesses  an  intimate  knowledge  of  every  detail  and  fea- 
ture of  this  important  business  and  the  requirements  of  customers  in 
all  sections  of  the  country.  The  milling  department  is  admirably 
equipped  with  the  latest  improved  roller  process  and  other  special 
machinery  necessary  for  the  systematic  and  successful  conduct  of 
this  useful  industry.  Mr.  Bowdlear  manufactures  largely  Snow 
Flake,  Maize  Flour,  Oat  Meal,  Granulated  Meal,  '•  B.  B."  Oatmeal, 
Pearl  Wheat,  Buckwheat  Flour,  Oat  Flour,  Pearl  Barley,  White  Corn 
Flour,  Hecker's  Farina,  Wheat  Meal,  Bolted  Indian  Meal,  Wheat 
Groats,  Flake  Wheat,  Hominy  and  Samp,  Crushed  Wheat,  Pearl 
Groats,  Kiln-dried  Meal,  Pea  Flour,  Rolled  Avena,  Rye  Flour  and 
Meal,  Pearl  Meal,  Steam-cooked  Cereals,  Bromos,  Rolled  Wheat, 
Franklin  Entire  Wheat  Flour,  Self-rising  Breadstuffs,  etc.  All  the 
flour,  fancy  breadsuffs,  etc.,  produced  by  this  responsible  and  popu- 
lar house  are  unrivalled  for  quality,  purity,  reliability,  and  general 
excellence,  and  have  no  superiors  In  this  country  or  Europe,  while 
the  prices  quoted  in  all  cases  are  always  regulated  by  the  market. 
The  trade  of  S.  G.  Bowdlear  &  Co.  extends  throughout  all  sections 
of  New  England,  and  is  steadily  increasing. 


CHARLES  A.  SMITH  &  CO.,  Importers  of  Fine  Woolens,  Merchant 
Tailors,  Nos.  18  and  20  School  Street.— The  wealthy,  cultured, 
and  refined  Boston  public  is  emphatically  a  well  and  fashion- 
ably dressed  community.  It  is  in  this  respect,  as  in  numerous 
others,  the  typical  one  of  the  United  States,  and  only  the  most'com- 
petent  experts,  backed  with  ample  resources  and  every  facility,  can 
expect  to  secure  or  retain  any  portion  of  this  valuable  trade.  It  is 
because  of  its  possessing  just  the  above  qualifications  in  the  highest 
degree  that  the  old  and  deservedly  famous  house  of  Messrs.  Charles 
A.  Smith  &  Co.  has  permanently  retained  the  bulk  of  the  fine  cus- 
tom-tailoring trade  of  Boston  and  New  England.  The  business  was 
established  in  1838  by  Mr.  Charles  A.  Smith,  who  continued  to  do  a 
steadily  enlarging  business  In  1850  he  formed  a  copartnership 
under  the  existing  name  and  style,  and  the  house  ever  since  con- 
tinued to  permanently  lead  in  its  line.  The  decease  of  Mr.  Smith 
occurred  in  1880,  after  a  long,  honorable,  and  markedly  successful 
career.  The  copartners  now  are  Mr.  W.  E.  Hodgkins  and  Mr.  C.  G. 
Beal.  Mr.  Hodgkins  is  a  native  of  Boston,  who  early  in  life  became 


identified  with  this  branch  of  trade,  and  lias  been  permanently 
in  the  present  house  since  1850,  being  a  partner  since  1867.  Mr. 
Beal  is  also  a  Bostonian,  a  practical  custom-tailor,  and  who  came- 
into  the  firm  in  1874.  The  copartners  are  noted  for  their  sound  judg- 
ment, correct  taste,  and  unrivalled  facilities  for  the  direct  importa- 
tion of  the  choicest  foreign  woolens.  Only  the  very  finest  grades  are 
handled  by  this  able  house,  which  is  always  the  first  to  show  the 
newest  patterns,  shades,  and  textures.  Since  1868  the  firm  have 
been  located  at  Nos.  18  and  20  School  Street,  where  they  occupy 
premises  40  by  72  feet  in  dimensions.  It  is  one  of  the  finest  equipped 
in  Boston— heavy  plate-glass  front,  elegant  decorations  and  furnish- 
ings, and  all  the  modern  conveniences.  Fashionable  tailoring  is 
done  here  on  correct  principles,  and  a  thorough  system  of  organiza- 
tion insures  to  every  customer  prompt  delivery  of  his  garments  as 
promised.  Only  the  highest  talent  is  allowed  in  the  cutting  depart- 
ment, while  the  fashions  are  the  very  latest,  absolutely  correct  in 
every  minute  detail.  The  workmanship  is  of  the  very  best,  only  expe- 
rienced journeymen,  accustomed  to  work  on  the  finest  goods,  being 
employed.  The  linings,  trimmings,  etc.,  are  the  finest  in  the  Old 
World  markets,  and  the  garments  leaving  Messrs.  Charles  A.  Smith 
&  Co.'s  establishment  are  of  the  highest  type  of  excellence,  chef 
d'ceuvres  of  the  tailor's  art.  The  most  fastidious  can  readily  suit 
themselves  both  as  to  pattern  of  goods,  fit,  and  style.  The  firm 
do  a  trade  of  great  magnitude,  having  a  very  large  College  and  gen- 
eral high-class  patronage.  As  the  oldest  and  leading  house  in  this 
line  in  Boston,  it  is  a  source  of  justifiable  pride  to  the  community, 
and  also  the  fact  that  in  Messrs.  Hodgkins  and  Beal,  Boston  possesses 
two  of  the  leading  representative  authorities  on  gentlemen's  custom- 
made  clothes.  Both  are  popular  and  ra^pected  merchants,  and  are 
valued  and  influential  citizens. 


THE  BOSTON  FRATERNAL  ACCIDENT  ASSOCIATION.— 
George;E.  McKay,  President;  Henry  A.  Bates,  Secretary  and 
General  Manager;  Home  Office,  No.  165  Tremont Street.— Fate 
and  chance  are  the  two  uncontrollable  factors  in  every  man's 
life.  Struggle  as  he  may,  be  prudent  as  he  can,  the  unknown  events 
of  the  future  bear  down  upon  him  with  resistless  force,  and  hi  a  second 
he  may  be  swept  away  to  a  violent  death,  or  meet  with  serious  and 
often  disabling  injuries.  It  is  estimated  that  one  in  every  ten  of  the 
human  race  becomes  the  victim  of  accidental  injury  in  one  form  or 
another;  and  in  this  active  age,  bristling  with  the  dangers  of  rapid 
transit,  electric  currents,  lofty  buildings,  more  frequent  sea  voyages, 
and  the  thousand  and  one  complications  of  civilization,  how  neces- 
sary to  exercise  common  prudence.  And  now  that  at  last  the  favor- 
able opportunity  has  arrived,  take  out  a  policy  in  the  popular  Boston 
Fraternal  Accident  Association,  which  is  the  only  strictly  accident 
association  in  the  state,  and  has  been  organized  upon  the  most 
liberal  and  equitable  basis  by  a  number  of  prominent  and  responsi- 
ble citizens.  When  solid  accident  insurance  is  offered  at  a  cost  of 
little  more  than  three  cents  a  day,  with  weekly  indemnity  of  $25  in 
case  of  disability  it  is  foolish— aye,  reckless— not  to  at  once  take  out  a 
policy.  The  company  was  duly  incorporated  on  March  22,  1888, 
with  the  following  officers:  President,  Mr.  George  E.  McKay,  Super- 
intendent of  the  Faneuil  Hall  Market ;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Mr. 
Henry  A.  Bates,  long  in  the  insurance  business,  able,  practical,  and 
successful,  and  who  is  the  local  representative  of  the  great  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Company  of  New  York;  Medical  Examiner,  Mr.  A.  N. 
Blodgett;  and  Auditor,  Mr.  E.  Watson  Arnold.  Under  able  and 
honorable  executive  management,  the  company  has  made  rapid  prog- 
ress, and  notably  among  the  best  classes  of  the  public,  its  member- 
ship including  many  insurance  men  who,  it  need  hardly  be  added, 
could  not  be  induced  to  join  any  association  not  strictly  first-class 
and  run  on  sound,  enduring  principles.  Merchants  also  are  numerous 
among  its  policy-holders.  Lawyers,  professional  men,  manufacturers, 
etc.,  and  those  interested  should  send  to  the  office  of  the  association 
for  its  handsome  pamphlet  giving  lists  of  members  and  the  table  of 
preferred  risks,  which  include,  the  majority  of  avocations.  Recol- 
lect, none  but  preferred  risks  will  be  accepted.  The  admission  fee  fe 
only  $5,  and  the  estimated  annual  cost  of  carrying  a  certificate  is 
only  $12  It  insures  absolute  protection,  liberal  indemnity,  and 
prompt  payments,  and  who  can  tell  when  he  may  be  stricken  down 
and  his  family  and  himself  stand,  in  urgent  need  of  the  $25  which 
this  Association  pays  weekly?  United  you  stand  to  face  adversity; 
and  there  is  no  way  so  easy,  safe,  and  economical  as  by  taking 
out  a  policy  in  this  popular  association. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     N  E  W     ENGLAND. 


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PIERCE  STEAM-HEATING  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Steam 
and  Water  Heating  Apparatus.    Works  and  General  Offices ; 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. ;  Boston  Office,  No.  42  Oliver  Street  —The  most 
advanced,  perfect,  and  economical  methods  of  heating  houses 
are  those  controlled  by  the  famous  Pierce  Steam  Heating  Company, 
of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  which,  in  view  of  the  growing  demand  in 
New  England  for  its  apparatus,  opened  a  Boston  office  in  February, 
1888,  at  No  42  Oliver  Street,  and  also  a  warehouse  60x125  feet  on 
Sleeper  Street,  South  Boston,  and  which  under  the  able  and  enter- 
prising management  of  Mr.  J.  A.  Goodrich,  an  expert  in  the  line,  has 
become  the  centre  of  a  large  and  growing  trade.    Mr.  J.  B.  Pierce  is 
the  inventor  of  radical  improvements  in  automatic  steam  heating 


furnaces  and  the  radiators  for  perfect  diffusion  of  the  heat.  In  fact, 
the  greatest  engineering  experts  have  pronounced  his  "  Peerless  " 
direct  steam  radiator,  his  "Excelsior"  indirect  steam  radiator,  and 
the  famous  "Ideal "  direct  steam  radiator  (patented  on  April  3, 1888), 
to  be  the  best  adaptation  of  the  laws  of  steam  engineering  to  secure 
the  utmost  radiation  of  heat  with  no  trouble  from  condensation, 
while  they  occupy  small  space,  and  are  of  best  materials  tested  up  to 
100  Ibs.  pressure.  All  sections  being  duplicates,  any  part  can  be  readily 
replaced,  while  the  connecting  joints  are  all  threaded,  no  packing  or 
bolts  being  required.  The  company  has  introduced  its  radiators  into 
the  finest  public  and  private  buildings  all  over  the  United  States, 
while  its  "  Excelsior  "  self-feeding  steam-heater  is  equally  popular. 
Its  magazine  is  surrounded  by  water,  and  the  beater  combines  all 
the  principle?  required  in  a  durable,  efficient,  and  economical  self-feed- 
ing boiler  for  steam-heating  purposes.  The  company  also  make  the 
J.  B.  Pierce  Surface  burning  Boiler,  and  the  Direct-draft  Boiler;  also 
a  line  of  the  most  perfect  and  efficient  water-heating  apparatus.  Mr. 
•Goodrich  will  be  pleased  to  send  his  company's  descriptive  catalogue 
and  long  list  of  references  to  all  jobbers,  steam-fitters,  and  private 
parties,  who  can  thus  secure  an  adequate  idea  of  the  importance  of 
using  the  Excelsior  heater  and  these  improved  radiators.  The  work- 
manship is  all  of  the  very  best  character,  while  the  prices  are  re- 
markably reasonable,  and  a  favorable  discount  is  allowed  the  trade. 
The  Pierce  Steam-Heating  Company's  works  are  the  largest  of  the 
kind  in  the  United  States,  fully  two  acres  being  under  their  roof,  and 
thus  forming  one  of  Buffalo's  most  important  industries.  Mr.  Good- 
rich is  a  popular  and  respected  young  business  man,  and  in  this  cold 
climate  has  a  certainty  of  developing  a  business  of  great  and  grow- 
ing magnitude  in  the  near  future. 


GEO.  LOWNSBRO,  Carriage    Builder,  No.   171  Border   Street, 
East  Boston.— This  establishment  was  founded  upwards  of 
twenty  years  ago,  Mr.  Lownsbro  succeeding  to  the  business 
in  1876,  associating  with  him  Mr.  A.  Beaudry  under  the  firm 
style  Lownsbro  &  Beaudry.  In  1888'the  firm  dissolved  partnership,  since 
which  time  Mr.  George  Lownsbro  has  continued  the  business  alone 
with  that  increasing  success  which  has  always  been  the  characteristic 
of  this  concern  from  its  inception.    The  manufactory  comprises  one 
floor,  which  has  a  capacity  of  50x100  feet,  and  is  equipped  with  the 


best  modern  mechanical  appliances  known  to  the  trade,  while  some 
eight  or  ten  hands,  skilled  and  experienced  in  their  trade,  are  hi  per- 
manent service.  The  manufactures  consist  of  wagons,  carriages, 
sleighs,  and  pungs  of  every  description,  and  the  vehicles  produced 
here  are  stylish  and  fashionable,  and  finished  in  the  highest  style  of 
the  art  of  carriage- building.  A  special  department  is  provided  for 
repairing  and  repainting  fine  carriages,  which  is  always  done  under 
the  immediate  supervision  of  the  proprietor,  satisfaction  being  al- 
ways guaranteed.  Mr.  Lownsbro  controls  a  large  and  growing  trade. 
Mr.  Lownsbro  has  spent  the  greater  portion  of  his  life  in  East  Bos- 
ton, and  is  a  pushing,  vigorous,  upright  man  of  business. 


ML.  MANGE  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants,  Dry  Goods, 
Gloves,  etc.,  No.  18  Kingston]  Street.— Among  the  most 
B  active  and  enterprising  firms  engaged  in  the  commis- 
sion trade  hi  this  city  will  be  found  Messrs.  M.  L.  Mance 
&  Co.,  commission  dealers  in  dry  and  fancy  goods,  comprising 
foreign  and  domestic  silks,  velvets,  ribbons,  and  kid  gloves,  etc.,  at 
No.  13  Kingston  Street.  Messrs.  M.  L.  Mance  and  W.  V.  Judkins, 
composing  the  firm,  are  vigorous  young  business  men,  of  wide  expe- 
rience in,  and  possessing  a  thorough  knowledge  of,  the  commission 
dry -goods  trade.  They  embarked  in  the  present  enterprise  in  1886, 
January  1st,  and  by  active  and  able  management  have  already  built 
up  a  large,  prosperous,  and  fast  growing  business.  The  attractive 
and  conveniently  arranged  salesroom  contains  a  full  sample  stock  of 
the  goods  above  enumerated,  the  assortment  embracing  the  best  pro- 
ductions in  the  several  lines;  and  the  trade,  reaching  throughout  New 
England,  including  a  large  city  patronage,  is  of  most  prosperous  an- 
nual volume.  Messrs.  Mance  and  Judkins  are  highly  respected  in  trade 
circles  for  their  sterling  business  integrity,  ability,  and  enterprise,  and 
they  are  fast  attaining  a  position  in  the  front  rank  of  merchants  in 
their  line. 


MISS  M.  F.  FISK,  Glove  Store,  No.  53  West  Street.— In  1874 
the  proprietor  of  this  well-known  and  reliable  glove  estab- 
lishment started  in  business  for  herself  on  Temple  Place, 
where  she  carried  on  the  enterprise  until  1887,  and  in  that 
year  removed  to  her  present  eligibly  located  quarters  on  West 
Street.  Miss  Fisk  is  a  wide  awake  and  energetic'business  woman  of 
long  experience,  and  her  mercantile  venture  was  a  pronounced  suc- 
cess from  its  inception.  The  premises  occupied  are  25x40  feet  in 
dimensions,  and  not  only  well  arranged,  but  elegantly  fitted  up  for 
the  comfort  of  patrons  and  the  best  possible  display  of  the  stock 
carried.  A  specialty  is  made  of  ladies',  gentlemen's  and  children's 
gloves  of  every  style  and  size,  and  selections  made  from  the  assort- 
ment to  be  seen  on  counters  and  in  show  cases  cannot  fail  to  give 
satisfaction  to  the  most  critical  taste.  A  large  stock  of  the  latest 
novelties  is  always  on  hand,  and  a  force  of  six  polite  and  experienced 
assistants  is  employed  to  receive  and  execute  the  orders  of  patrons. 
Miss  Fisk  is  indisputably  regarded  as  one  of  the  leaders  in  this  par- 
ticular line  of  trade,  and  caters  to  the  best  families  in  the  city.  She 
is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  a  highly  respected  member  of  the  com- 
munity. 


BENJ.  HADLEY  &  SONS,  Milk  Can  Manufacturers  and  Dealers 
in  Ranges,  Stoves,  etc.,  No.  361  Main  Street,  Charlestown.— 
lu  this  sketch  the  attention  of  the  reader  is  directed  to  the 
prominent  establishment  of  Messrs.  Benjamin  Hadley  & 
Sons,  milk-can  manufacturers,  and  dealers  in  ranges,  stoves,  etc. 
The  premises  consist  of  two  floors,  each  25x40  feet  in  dimensions, 
neatly  fitted  up  and  admirably  arranged.  Here  is  displayed  a 
splendid  assortment  of  milk-cans,  marked  and  stoppled,  in  all 
sizes;  and  ranges,  stoves,  and  furnaces  containing  all  the  most 
modern  improvements.  The  premises  are  spacious  and  thoroughly 
equipped  with  all  necessary  machinery  and  tools  for  economical  and 
rapid  manufacture  of  tin  and  other  sheet-metal  ware.  The  firm 
make  a  specialty  of  manufacturing  milk-cans  in  all  sizes,  and  these 
find  a  brisk  and  extensive  sale  all  over  the  New  England  States.  A 
competent  staff  of  workmen  find  constant  employment.  This  is  the 
oldest  house  in  this  businesss,  which  was  organized  in  1856  by  the 
senior  member  of  the  firm,  Mr.  Benjamin  Hadley,  who,  in  1884,  ad- 
mitted into  partnership  his  two  sons,  W.  B.  and  G.  P.  Hadley.  All 
the  members  of  the  firm  are  natives  of  East  Lexington,  and  are 
well  known  in  commercial  circles  as  energetic  and  honorable  busi- 
ness men.  The  telephone  call  is  "  No.  163-2." 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTOiN. 


THE  S.  S.  WHITE  DENTAL  MANUFACTURING  [COMPANY, 
John  F.  Davis,  Manager,  No.  160  Tremont  Street.— The 
progress  in  dental  science  is  one  of  the  most  gratifying 
features  of  this  progressive  age,  and  the  brilliant  results 
achieved  are  largely  due  to  the  marked  enterprise  and  energy 
of  the  famous  S  S.  White  Dental  Manufacturing  Company,  of 
Philadelphia,  Boston,  New  York,  and  Chicago.  This  is  the  leading 
producer  of  full  lines  of  dental  goods,  instruments,  and  equip- 
ment in  the  world,  and  has  made  such  rapid,  substantial  progress 
as  to  far^outstrip  all  other  manufacturers,  and  practically  leave 
it  without  a  competitor;  The  business  was  founded  at  Philadelphia 
in  1844  by  the  late  Dr.  Samuel  S.  White.  He  was  an  inventor  and 
originator  of  marked  ability  and  enterprise,  and,  to  all  intents  and 
purposes,  revolutionized  the  trade  in  a  large  class  of  the  appliances 
and  materials  of  modern  dentistry.  During  a  long  life  and  an  active 
career,  he  continued  to  shape  the  policy  and  guide  the  operations  of 
the  great  corporation  that  bears  his  name ;  and  upon  his  decease,  in 
1879,  the  estate  continued  in  active  management  until  1881,  when  the 
present  company  was  organized  with  the  following  executive  officers: 
Dr.  James  W.  White,  president;  Mr.  J.  Clarence  White,  secretary;  Mr. 
Henry  M.  Lewis,  general  manager,  and  Mr.  Samuel  T.  Jones,  treas- 
urer. A  more  representative  and  experienced  body  of  officers  could 
not  be  brought  together  in  this  intricate  branch  of  trade.  The 
headquarters  are  hi  Philadelphia,  where  is  located  an  immense 
factory,  fitted  up  at  enormous  cost,  with  a  complete  equipment  of 
special  tools  and  machinery;  a  second  large  factory  is  situated  on 
Staten  Island,  N.  Y.;  while  the  wholesale  depots  are  located  to  New 
York,  Philadelphia,  Boston,  and  Chicago.  It  is  also  directly  repre- 
sented in  London,  England;  Paris,  France;  St.  Petersburg,  Russia; 
Berlin,  Germany,  etc.,  etc.  Boston  has  the  honor  of  being  the  oldest 
centre  of  the  business,  the  first  store  for  the  sale  of  the  S.  S.  White 
dental  goods  having  been  opened  here.  It  has  had  frequent  enlarge- 
ments, and  eight  years  ago  was  removed  to  its  present  site,  No.  160 
Tremont  Street.  It  is  30  feet  by  125  feet  in  dimensions,  and  most 
elegantly  fitted  up,  and  carries  a  complete  stock  of  the  thousands  of 
articles  and  specialties  covered  by  the  comprehensive  catalogue  of  this 
enterprising  company.  Here  are  the  most  improved  and  richly  up- 
holstered dental  chairs :  electric  motors  of  wonderful  speed ;  all  instru- 
ments for  extraction,  filling,  cleaning,  etc. ;  all  tools  and  equipments 
for  the  manufacture  of  sets  of  teeth ;  artificial  teeth  of  the  most  per- 
fect character;  gold,  silver,  and  other  materials,  etc.  This  is  head- 
quarters for  the  dental  profession  of  New  England;  and  in  this 
branch  of  surgery  there  are  no  members  thereof  who  do  not  use 
more  or  less  of  the  S.  S.  White  Dental  Manufacturing  Company's 
goods.  The  company  is  by  far  the  largest  manufacturer  of  its  kind, 
and  sells  fully  seven  eighths  of  the  goods  in  use  throughout  the  world. 
Mr.  John  F.  Davis,  the  accomplished  and  experienced  manager  of 
the  Boston  establishment,  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  and  has  been 
permanently  identified  with  the  company  for  twenty  years  past. 
Progressive  and  enterprising,  he  is  also  thoroughly  experienced,  and 
is  universally  popular  and  respected,  a  worthy  and  successful  repre- 
sentative of  this  great  American  company,  which  controls  the  world's 
trade  in  dental  appliances,  covering  Europ?,  Asia,  Australia,  Amer- 
ica, and  the  civilized  portions  of  Africa. 


SC    BIXBY,  Agent  for  Choicest  India  Pale,  Stock,  and  Cream 
Ales  and  Porter,  in  Hogsheads,  Barrels,  Halves,  and  Quar- 
m     ters,  No.  114  Broad  Street.— The  leading  agency  for  choic- 
est India  [pale,  stock,  and  cream  ales  and  porter  in  this 
city  is  that  so  long  and  so  successfully  conducted  by  Mr.  S.  C. 
Bixby,  of   No.  114   Broad   Street.     This  gentleman  is  deservedly 
prominent  and  popular  as  the  New  England  Agent  for  the  High- 
.  land  Spring  Ale  Brewery,  and  the  John  R .  Alley  Ale  Brewery  of 
this  city,  which  position  he  has  filled  in  the  trade  for  the  past  thirty 
years,  and  in  1873  he  organized  the  National  Sanitary  Association,  for 
the  manufacture  of  Carbolic  Disinfecting  Powder,  the  best  deodorizer 
known,  and  of  which  he  is  now  sole  proprietor.     As  agent  for  the 
best  grades  and  qualities  of  India  pale,  stock,  and  cream  ales  and 
porter,  Mr.  Bixby  is  in  a  position  to  supply  dealers,  families,  and  all 
classes  of  consumers  throughout  New  England  with  these  goods  to  the 
full  extent  of  their  wants,  in  hogsheads,  barrels,  halves,  and  quarters, 
as  may  be  desired,  rigid  and  special  care  being  given  to  family  trade. 
Every  facility  is  possessed  for  the  prompt  fulfilment  of  orders  of  any 
size,  and  every  article  sold  is  guaranteed  to  be  strictly  pure,  and  free 
from  all  adulteration  of  any  kind     The  ales  handled  are  pronounced 


by  physicians  to  be  highly  beneficial  for  invalids  or  for  persons  with 
debilitated  systems,  who  need  building  up.  A  trial  is  sufficient 
to  prove  then-  efficacy  and  excellence.  The  Carbolic  Disinfecting 
Powder  supplied  by  Mr.  Bixby  has  become  widely  noted  for  its  de- 
odorizing qualities,  and  is  in  large  and  steadily  increasing  demand 
among  jobbers,  grocers,  and  druggists  everywhere,  practically  sup- 
planting all  similar  productions  where  once  introduced  and  tested. 
It  is  a  cheap  and  valuable  article,  and  is  in  use  by  all  who  have  inves- 
tigated its  merits,  as  being  the  very  best  deodorizer  extant.  Mr. 
Bixby,  the  talented  proprietor  of  this  enterprise,  is  a  native  Boston- 
ian,  and  one  of  its  best-known  citizens. 


JOHN  WALKER  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  and  Dealers  in  Boot 
and  Shoe  Machinery,  Duplicate  Parts  aiid  Findings,  Engines, 
Boilers,  Shafting,  Elevators,  etc.,  No.  112  South  Street.— In  the 
manufacture  of  boots  and  shoe  machinery  the  firm  of  John 
Walker  &  Co.  occupy  a  position  of  prominence,  and  has  become 
widely  known  throughout  New  England  for  the  superiority  of  the 
various  machines  turned  out.  Mr.  John  Walker,  the  head  of  the  firm, 
and  upon  whom  devolves  the  general  management  of  the  business, 
has  been  identified  with  this  special  line  of  manufacture  for  some 
years,  and  from  1874  to  1882  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Fifleld, 
Walker  &  Co.,  and,  the  three  following  years,  of  Eddy,  Walker 
&  Co.,  and  hi  1885  organized  the  present  firm,  and  has  since 
continued  the  business  on  an  extensive  scale.  The  premises  occu- 
pied, at  No.  112  South  Street,  are  commodious,  and  consist  of  two 
floors,  each  30x72  feet  in  area,  which  are  used  as  workshop,  and 
office,  and  salesroom.  Throughout  the  establishment  is  well  equipped 
and  complete  in  every  respect,  the  special  machinery  and  appli- 
ances being  of  the  latest  unproved  design,  operated  by  steam  power. 
On  an  average,  from  eight  to  ten  expert  workmen  are  employed,  and 
every  attention  is  given  to  the  manufacture  of  all  kinds  of  boot  and 
shoe  machinery,  and  also  repairing,  pegging,  wax-thread,  eyelet  and 
amazeen  skiving  machines,  and  boot  and  shoe  machinery  generally. 
In  the  salesroom  a  great  variety  of  this  class  of  machinery  is  dis- 
played, and  also  duplicate  parts  and  findings,  and  a  large  business  is 
also  done  in  steam-engines,  boilers,  shafting,  elevators,  etc.  In  every 
respect,  this  house  may  be  regarded  as  a  representative  one,  and  is 
prompt,  liberal,  and  enterprising  to  a  marked  degree.  Mr.  John 
Walker,  its  bead  and  founder,  is  a  gentleman  about  fifty-five  years  of 
age,  a  practical  machinist  of  undoubted  ability,  and  can  always  offer 
the  best  inducements  to  manufacturers  and  quote  satisfactory  prices. 


CHAMBERLAIN  BROS.  &  SON,  Receivers  of  Chicago  Dressed 
Beef,  etc.,  Nos.  115  to  119  Clinton  Street.— In  no  feature 
of  business  progress  has  enterprise  been  displayed  to  such 
purpose  of  late  years  as  in  the  construction  and  applica- 
tion of  appliances  and  devices  for  preserving  fresh  meat.  At 
the  present  day,  we  have  meat,  killed  and  dressed,  direct  from  the 
great  western  ranches,  placed  upon  our  markets,  without  having 
in  the  remotest  degree  lost  its  freshness,  flavor,  or  quality  in 
transportation.  Indeed,  it  possesses  important  advantages  over 
home-killed  stock,  in  that  the  cattle  have  not  suffered  from  weeks 
of  overcrowding  and  stifling  in  the  cars  during  transit  east- 
ward. In  this  connection,  special  attention  is  directed,  in  this 
commercial  review  of  Boston,  to  the  old-established  »ud  reliable 
firm  of  Messrs.  Chamberlain  Bros.  &  Son.  This  business  was  estab- 
lished, a  quarter  of  a  century  ago,  by  Messrs.  N.  and  G.  D.  Chamber- 
lain, who  conducted  it  till  1874,  when  Mr.  W.  N.  Chamberlain  was 
admitted,  the  firm  being  known  by  the  style  and  title  of  "  Chamber- 
lain Bros.  &  Co."  The  firm  are  large  receivers  of  Nelson  Morris  & 
Co.'s  Chicago  dressed  beef,  rolls,  butts,  strips,  shoulders,  and  tongues; 
also  Brighton  dressed  mutton  and  lamb.  The  premises  occupied  are 
spacious,  and  are  fitted  up  with  every  appliance  and  facility  for  the 
successful  prosecution  of  this  steadily  growing  business.  The  firm 
receive  the  beef  in  car-load  lots,  and  carry  on  a  strictly  wholesale 
business,  and  their  trade  now  extends  throughout  all  sections  of 
Boston  and  its  vicinity.  All  orders  are  promptly  filled  at  the  lowest 
ruling  market  prices,  and  the  quality  of  the  beef  handled  is  unri- 
valled for  quality  and  excellence.  Messrs.  N.  and  G.  D.  Chamberlain 
are  natives  of  Westboro,  Mass.,  while  Mr.  W.  N.  Chamberlain  was 
born  in  Framingham,  Mass.  In  all  transactions  they  will  be  found 
liberal  and  just,  and  those  interested  entering  into  business  relations 
with  them  will  obtain  advantages  very  difficult  to  be  secured  else- 
where. 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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FW.  HUNT  &  CO.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Liquor  Dealers, 
No.  8  India  Street.— The  consumption  of  wines  and  liquors 
m  in  the  United  States  is  so  vast,  that  the  trade  necessarily  in- 
volves considerations  of  the  greatest  importance.  Among 
the  most  reliable  and  best-known  houses  engaged  in  the  wholesale 
branch  of  this  trade  in  Boston  is  that  of  Messrs.  F.  W.  Hunt  &  Co.. 
located  at  No.  8  India  Street,  opposite  the  Custom  House.  This  firm 
are  widely  prominent  as  extensive  importers  and  wholesale  liquor- 
dealers,  making  a  leading  specialty  of  fine  goods,  and  have  been 
established  in  the  business  here  since  1867.  Their  success  as  mer- 
chants presents  a  striking  illustration  of  what  may  be  accomplished 
by  a  steady  application  to  business,  and  a  just  and  honorable  course 
of  deabng.  The  business  premises  comprise  four  floors.  25  by  7'5  feet 
each,  admirably  equipped  with  every  modern  convenience  and  fa 
cility  for  the  accommodation  and  preservation  of  the  choice  and 
valuable  stock.  The  assortment  of  foreign  goods  includes  the  finest 
Rhine  and  Moselle  wines,  champagnes,  ports,  sherries,  clarets,  sau 
ternes,  Bordeaux  and  Burgundies,  Cognac  brandies,  rums,  gins,  and 
cordials,  Scotch  and  Irish  whiskies,  and  cased  goods  of  every  de- 
scription, which  commend  their  own  superior  merits  to  the  confidence 
and  patronage  of  critical  and  discriminating  buyers.  Among  the 
special  brands  of  whiskies  handled  by  this  firm  are  Golden  Harvest 
Rye  and  Golden  Harvest  Bourbon.  These  whiskies  are  noted  for 
their  purity  and  evenness  of  quality;  they  are  entirely  free  from 
adulteration,  and  possess  a  nature!  flavor  and  fine  tonic  properties, 
while  they  are  sold  under  a  guarantee  to  give  perfect  satisfaction  to 
the  trade.  They  handle  all  the  leading  brands  of  whiskey  known, 
and  large  quantities  are  allowed  to  remain  in  the  bonded  warehouses 
of  the  state  where  they  are  manufactured,  to  mature,  until  required 
by  the  demands  of  the  trade.  Rum  made  from  Porto  Rico  molasses 
is  one  of  the  specialties  of  this  house,  and  they  are  in  fact  one  of  the 
largest  dealers  in  this  brand  of  rum  in  the  United  States.  The  firm 
transact  a  large  and  influential  business  throughout  all  the  New  Eng- 
land States, "and  are  prepared  to  offer  superior  advantages  in  keeping 
with  their  influential  connections  and  high  reputation.  The  individual 
members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  F.  W.  and  D.  F.  Hunt,  both  natives 
of  Maine,  members  of  the  Wholesale  Liquor  Dealers'  Association,  and 
prominent  and  popular  hi  business,  financial,  and  trade  circles 


twenty  years  a  custom  officer  under  the  Federal  Government  and  for 
many  years  was  an  overseer  of  the  poor  in  this  county,  which  duties 
he  filled  in  the  most  conscientious  manner  and  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  general  public.  He  represented  this  district  in  the  legislation 
with  honor  in  1856  and  1857,  and  is  universally  held  in  high  esteem  as 
a  business  man  and  public-spirited  citizen. 


ISAAC  T.  CAMPBELL.  Apothecary,  No.  239  West  Broadway, 
South  Boston.—  Considering  the  great  number  of  mishaps  that 
have  taken  place  and  are  constantly  occurring  through  igno- 
rance, carelessness,  and  want  of  experience  in  compoundingjpre- 
scriptions  and  medicines,  too  much  care  cannot  be  exercised  in  the  se- 
lection of  an  apothecary  whose  high  character  of  the  management  of 
his  business  renders  such  mistakes  impossible.  A  house  of  that  de- 
scription is  that  of  Mr.  Isaac  T.  Campbell  at  No.  239  West  Broadway, 
in  South  Boston,  which  is  well  known  to  the  entire  community,  as  it  is 
the  oldest  of  its  kind  in  this  portion  of  the  city,  and  bears  a  reputa- 
tion second  to  no  other  house  in  the  same  line  of  business  throughout 
Boston.  Mr.  Campbell  is  well  advanced  in  years,  but  is  still  hale  and 
hearty,  and  full  of  energy  and  enterprise.  He  founded  this  establish- 
ment originally  in  1850,  and  from  the  commencement  has  enjoyed  a 
very  liberal  and  substantial  patronage,  derived  principally  from  our 
most  prominent  physicians  and  leading  citizens.  The  store  is  of  am- 
ple dimensions,  handsomely  and  appropriately  furnished  with  all  the 
latest  modern  improvements,  including  large  display  windows,  mar- 
ble counters,  show-cases,  tiled  flooring,  and  black-walnut  fixtures. 
He  keeps  constantly  on  hand  one  of  the  best  and  most  carefully  se- 
lected stocks  of  pure  and  fresh  drugs  to  be  found  in  the  city,  also 
chemical  and  pharmaceutical  preparations,  all  of  which  are  up  to  the 
highest  standard  demanded  by  the  United  States  Pharmaeopeeia.  In 
addition  be  keeps  all  proprietary  medicines  and  remedies  of  long  and 
well-established  merit  and  reputation,  toilet  and  fancy  goods,  fine 
foreign  and  domestic  stationery,  druggists'  sundries,  imported  and 
domestic  mineral  waters,  physicians'  and  surgeons'  requisites,  and 
in  fact  everything  pertaining  to  a  first-class  pharmacy.  Mr.  Camp- 
bell also  has  a  very  largely  developed  prescription  trade.  He  is  a 
thoroughly  qualified  pharmacist,  and  is  registered  as  such  under  the 
laws  of  this  state,  and  devotes  his  especial  attention  to  the  compound- 
ing of  physicians'  prescriptions  and  family  recipes,  which  are  pre- 
pared at  all  hours  of  the  day  or  night.  None  but  the  most  competent 
and  reliable  assistants  are  employed,  and  all  patrons  receive  the  most 
polite  and  prompt  attention,  while  his  charges  are  always  very  mod- 
erate. Mr.  Campbell  in  addition  to  his  professional  duties  was  for 


DG.  ALDEN  &  CO.,  Trimmings  and  Small  Wares,  Laces,  But- 
tons,  Corsets,  Hosiery,  Worsteds,  Yarns,  Embroideries  and 
„  Materials  for  Art  Needle-work.  Stamping,  and  Designing, 
etc.,  No.  33  Winter  Street.— Among  the  well  conducted  mer- 
cantile establishments  which  line  this  great  trade  avenue  and  con- 
tribute to  the  commercial  wealth  and  importance  of  the  metropolis 
will  be  found  the  well-known  house  of  Messrs.  D.  G.  Alden  &  Co.. 
dealers  in  trimmings,  laces,  corsets,  hosiery,  worsteds,  yarns,  em-, 
broideries,  and  small  wares,  at  No.  33  Winter  Street.  The  well 
stocked  and  conveniently  arranged  store  is  fitted  up  in  accord  with 
the  best  modern  ideas  of  utility,  and,  with  its  large-plate  glass  show- 
windows  and  artistically  displayed  stock,  forms  one  of  the  attrac- 
tive feature,  of  this  great  shopping-district.  Here  are  to  be  found, 
in  the  newest  designs  and  latest  and  most  popular  styles,  all  the 
articles  above  enumerated,  together  with  materials  for  art  needle- 
work, trimmings,  etc.,  and  many  other  useful  and  ornamental 
articles  too  numerous  for  classification,  but  all  possessing  an  appreci- 
able value  in  the  minds  of  the  many  and  desirable  patrons  of  the 
house.  Stamping  and  designing  constitute  a  special  branch  of  the 
business;  and  the  firm  are  also  the  New  England  proprietors  of 
Shriver's  Patent  Process  for  restoring  old  crape  and  lace.  A  corps 
of  experienced  and  courteous  clerks  is  in  attendance  and  the  numer- 
ous patronage  of  the  establishment,  which  represents  the  best  city 
and  suburban  custom,  is  perhaps  the  best  evidence  of  its  general 
popularity  as  a  purchasing-depot.  Mr.  D.  G.  Alden,  the  head  of  the 
firm,  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  about  fifty  years  of  age,  and  a 
thorough-going,  wide-awake  business  man.  He  came  to  Boston  in. 
1858.  and  began  clerking  in  an  establishment  in  Charlestown,  to  the 
proprietorship  of  which  he  succeeded  in  1860.  Although  not  over- 
burdened with  capital,  he  possessed  the  much  more  important  ele- 
ments of  success— an  indomitable  energy  and  a  thorough  and  com- 
prehensive knowledge  of  the  business  which,  under  his  well-directed: 
management,  steadily  prospered  and  grew  from  the  start.  In  1870,  he 
removed  to  the  city,  opening  the  fine  establishment  with  which  he 
has  since  been  both  popularly  and  prosperously  identified.  In  1681, 
Mr.  Alden  was  joined  by  his  brother-in-law,  Mr.  Arthur  W.  Robinson, 
like  himself,  an  experienced  and  able  merchant,  and  who  likewise 
enjoys  the  substantial  and  well-merited  regard  of  the  trade. 


WILLIAM  EDSON,  Expert  in  Patent  Causes,  No.  12  Pearl 
Street,— One  of  the  most  expert  and  successful  solicitors 
of  patents,  and  counsellors  in  patent  causes,  in  Boston  is 
Mr.  William  Edson.  This  gentleman  has  been  established 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession  here  for  full  thirty  years,  and  enjoys 
a  large  and  influential  patronage,  not  only  in  all  parts  of  the  United 
States,  but  throughout  Canada  and  Europe.  Possessing  a  founda 
tion  under- tanding  of  the  principles  of  patent-law,  and  a  lengthened 
experience  as  an  expert  in  patent-causes,  his  reputation  has  be- 
come firmly  established  as  an  able,  scientific,  and  successful  solicitor, 
and  a  clear-headed,  reliable  counsellor  in  patent-law.  His  special  at- 
tention is  given  to  electrical  and  chemical  inventions,  and  his  practice 
relates  to  the  preparation  and  prosecution  of  applications  for  patents 
in  this  country  and  Europe,  including  the  making  out  of  specifica- 
tions, drawings,  caveats,  assignments,  and  applications  for  trade- 
marks, designs,  reissues,  labels,  and  copyrights;  the  making  of  pre- 
liminary examinations  as  to  the  patentability  of  an  invention,  and 
also  as  to  the  scope  and  validity  of  patents:  to  cases  in  appeal,  in- 
terference, and  before  the  courts,  and  to  every  <  ther  item  of  service 
necessary  to  complete  success  of  the  application  up  to  the  time  the 
patent  is  granted  and  issued  by  the  office.  No  attorney  is  better 
known  at  the  Patent  Office,  in  Washington,  and  none  can  secure 
fairer  treatment.  His  papers,  filed  in  the  interest  of  his  clients,  are 
models  of  accuracy,  wisdom,  and  perfect  understanding  of  the  case 
in  hand.  Mr.  Edson  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  training,  a 
graduate  of  Brown  University  in  Providence,  and  a  resident  of 
Boston  for  thirty-five  years.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  and  is  justly  honored  and  es- 
teemed in  all  the  various  relatioas  of  life. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


SB.  PLUMMER,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Boots,  Shoes, 
Rubbers  and  Rubber  Clothing,  No.  92  Hanover  Street.— The 
industries  found  in  active  operation  in  Boston  present,  per- 
haps, a  greater  diversity  in  their  character  than  are  ex- 
hibited in  almost  any  other  city  in  the  country.    One  of  these  is  the 
boot  and  shoe  trade,  which  has  become  of  vast  importance  and 
gigantic  proportions.     A  leading  wholesale  and  retail  house  en- 
gaged in  handling  not  only  boots,  shoes,  and  slippers  of  every  de- 
scription, but  rubbers  and  rubber  clothing  of  all  kinds,  is  that  con- 
ducted by  Mr.  8.  B.   Plummer  at  No.  92  Hanover  Street,  between 


Portland  and  Washington  Streets.  Mr.  Plummer  has  had  twenty- 
three  years'  practical  experience  in  the  boot  and  shoe  trade  of  this 
city,  and  is  familiar  with  the  wants  of  the  trade  and  consumer  in 
the  matter  of  footwear  and  rubber  clothing.  Formerly  he  was  for 
fifteen  years  engaged  in  the  wholesale  boot  and  shoe  business,  and 
in  1883  started  business  on  his  own  account  at  his  present  location. 
The  enterprise  from  the  outset  has  been  one  of  marked  success, 
and  the  patronage,  which  is  of  both  a  substantial  and  influential 
character,  is  yearly  increasing — a  fact  that  is  sufficiently  demon- 
strative in  itself  that  the  public  want  is  efficiently  met  both  in  re- 
spect of  quality  of  goods  handled,  and  the  prices  quoted  for  them. 
The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  handsomely  appointed  and  well- 
arranged  salesroom,  25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  a  basement  of 
similar  size.  The  stock  carried  is  an  extensive  and  well-selected 
one,  and  also  one  of  the  most  comprehensive  in  its  line  in  the  city. 
.Everything  novel  and  stylish  in  boots,  shoes,  slippers,  rubbers  and 
rubber  clothing,  together  with  shoe-dealers'  supplies  of  all  kinds, 
are  to  be  found  here  in  ample  display,  and  the  policy  adopted  is  to 
supply  consumers  at  wholesale  prices,  Mr.  Plummer  believing  that 
more  satisfaction  is  to  be  obtained  out  of  small  profits  and  quick 
sales,  than  a  sluggish  trade  with  big  profits.  He  is  in  all  respects  a 
go-ahead  business  man,  prompt  in  service,  courteous  in  manner, 
and  honorable  in  his  dealings.  He  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire, 
and  has  resided  in  this  city  thirty  years. 


the  best  material,  in  the  latest  style,  and  selected  with  care  and  judg 
ment.  Nothing  of  an  inferior  order  is  handled,  each  grade  being  dis- 
tinguished for  some  excellence  peculiarly  its  own;  while  the  finer 
lines  are  equal  in  every  respect  to  the  best  custom  work,  in  fit,  finish, 
elegance,  and  fashion.  Special  care  is  taken  by  the  propiretor  to  ob- 
tain, early  in  the  season,  and  in  advance  of  his  competitors,  the  new- 
est styles  and  latest  novelties  in  both  domestic  and  foreign  produc- 
tion, while  his  large  experience  and  influential  connections  enable  him 
to  command  every  favorable  opportunity  of  the  market  for  the  pro 
ctiremeiitof  supplies  at  advantageous  rates,  and  to  offer  inducements 

to  the  trade  and  con- 
sumers, both  as  re- 
gards economy  of 
prices  and  reliability 
of  goods,  that  chal- 
lenge comparison  and 
defy  successful  com- 
petition. The  jobbing 
trade  is  immense  and 
influential  throughout 
the  entire  United 
States,  while  the  retail 
patronage  is  large  and 
active  in  this  city  and 
vicinity,  and  is  annual- 
ly increasing  under 
the  stimulating  effects 
of  enterprising,  pro- 
gressive, and  reliable 
management.  Mr. 
Barnard  is  a  native  of 
Russia  Poland,  a  resi- 
dent of  this  country 
for  the  past  twenty - 
six  years,  experienced 
and  trained  in  all  the 
details  of  the  cloth- 
ing trade,  intin  ately 
conversant  with  every 
phase  and  feature  of 

fabric  and  make-up,  and  eminently  popular  and  successful  in  meet- 
ing the  demands  of  a  critical,  discriminating,  and  first  class  trade. 


S    BARNARD,  Jobber  in  Clothing,  No.  32  Dock  Square.— One  of 
the  leading  representatives  of  the  clothing  trade  in  this  city 
m     is  Mr.  S.  Barnard,  whose  popular  establishment  is  situated  at 
No.  32  Dock  Square,  corner  of  Devonshire  Street.    This  gen- 
tleman is  an  extensive  jobber  in  clothing,  transacting  also  a  consid 
erable  retail  business,  and  has  been  established  therein  since  1872. 
He  occupies  three  spacious  floors,  which  are  constantly  stocked  to  re 
pletion  with  the  vast  amount  of  goods  necessarily  carried  to  meet  the 
exigencies  of  the  business.    These  goods  include  ready-made  cloth- 
ing of  all  kinds  for  men,  youth,  boys,  and  children,  which  is  made  of 


JG.  WALKER,  Beef,  Mutton,  Veal,  and  Poultry,  No.  40  Mer- 
chants' Row.  The  supply  of  choice  meats,  p^  ultry,  and  game 
M  has  become  a  prominent  feature  in  the  mercantile  activity  of 
this  city,  and  among  the  leading  and  popular  houses  devoted 
to  the  business  of  catering  to  the  wants  of  the  trade  in  this  direction 
is  that  so  successfully  conducted  by  Mr.  J.  G.  Walker,  at  No.  40 
Merchants'  Row.  This  gentleman  makes  a  specialty  of  beef,  mutton, 
veal,  and  poultry,  handling  these  commodities  exclusively  at  whole- 
sale, and  has  been  established  in  the  business  here  since  1886.  He  de- 
termined at  the  outset  that  everything  leaving  the  doors  of  his  estab- 
lishment should  be  of  the  very  best  that  was  reared  or  handled.  He 
spares  no  pains  or  expense  to  procure  the  choicest  of  supplies,  and 
possesses  facilities  for  so  doing  not  enjoyed  by  other  concerns.  His 
premises  are  fitted  up  with  special  reference  to  the  wants  of  the  trade, 
and  are  thoroughly  supplied  with  cold  storage  for  the  preservation 
of  perishable  articles  in  hot  weather,  which  tends  to  enable  him  to 
supply  his  patrons  with  the  freshest  and  best  of  goods  at  the  lowest 
possible  prices.  He  runs  a  team  throughout  the  surrounding  towns 
five  times  per  week  to  supply  dealers,  and  has  a  large  and  rapidly 
increasing  trade  among  first-class  tradesmen  and  large  buyers 
in  this  city.  The  first  poultry  of  the  season  is  supplied  by  Mr. 
Walker  in  quantities  to  suit,  and  invoices  are  daily  arriving  from  the 
best  sources  of  supply,  which  recommend  their  own  peculiar  merils 
to  the  confidence  and  patronage  of  close  and  critical  buyers.  Every 
detail  of  the  business  receives  Mr.  Walker's  immediate  personal  at- 
tention, while  a  corps  of  seven  skilled  assistants  contribute  to  the 
satisfactory  operations  of  the  house.  Orders  are  filled  promptly,  and 
the  business  is  rapidly  increasing  under  the  stimulating  effects  of  en- 
terprising, reliable,  and  progressive  business  management.  Mr. 
Walker  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  a  resident  of  this  city  since 
1861,  and  a  gentleman  pf  wide  acquaintance  and  eminent  popularity 
in  social,  business,  and  trade  circles. 


THE    METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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AP  BUSH  &  CO.,  New  England  Agents  for  Bovinine,  Hak-ka 
Cream,  and  Ossidine,  No.  149  Pearl  Street.— Among  the  most 
m  valuable  of  the  curative  agents  now  prominently  before  the 
public,  are  the  three  articles  mentioned  in  the  caption  to 
this  sketch,  viz.,  Hak-ka  Cream,  Bovinine,  and  Ossidine.  The  first  of 
these,  Hak-ka  Cream,  is  the  Japanese  Germicide  recommended  by  the 
United  States  Hay  Fever  Association.  It  is  a  specific  cure  for  catarrh, 
hay  fever,  head  colds,  hemorrhoids,  etc.  It  is  a  preparation  from  the 
Japanese  herb  of  that  name,  which,  according  to  Mr.  S.  K.  Taka- 
hashi,  the  Japanese  Consul  of  New  York,  has  been  used  in  Japan  for 
its  medicinal  virtues  for  nearly  2000  years.  It  has  been  found  by  Eng- 
lish and  German  chemists  to  possess  wonderful  antiseptic  qualities. 
A  single  dose  of  Hak-ka  Cream  instantly  relieves  the  most  violent 
sneezing  or  head  colds,  clears  the  head  as  by  magic,  stops  watery  dis- 
charges from  the  nose  and  eyes,  prevents  ringing  noises  in  the  head, 
cures  nervous  headache,  and  subdues  chills  and  fever.  In  chronic 
catarrh,  it  cleanses  the  nasal  passages  of  foul  mucus  ;  restores  the 
senses  of  smell,  taste,  and  hearing  ;  frees  the  head,  throat  and  bron- 
chial tubes  of  offensive  matter,  sweetens  and  purifies  the  breath,  stops 
the  cough,  and  arrests  the  progress  of  catarrh  towards  consumption. 
Being  perfectly  harmless,  it  can  be  used  freely  at  all  times,  excepting 
at  night,  as  the  peculiar  action  of  Hak-ka  Cream  is  to  increase  the 
flow  of  mucus,  bringing  away  the  bacterial  germs.  Hak-ka  Cream 
•differs  entirely  from  the  many  dangerous  douche  remedies,  irritating 
snuffs,  etc.,  and  no  failure  has  ever  been  known  where  the  directions 
were  carefully  followed.  It  is  put  up  in  tubes  which  sell  for  fifty 
cents,  and  is  supplied  to  the  trade  by  Messrs.  A.  P.  Bush  &  Co.,  of  No. 
149  Pearl  Street,  this  city.  The  firm  also  supply  •'  Bovinine,"  a  su- 
perb builder-up  of  strength  in  the  disease-wasted  form.  Bovinine  is 
the  most  readily  absorbed  and  assimilated  of  all  artificial  foods,  in- 
asmuch as  it  is  disposed  of  at  once  in  the  stomach  without  the  aid  of 
the  intestines,  by  a  process  approximating  the  transfusion  of  blood. 
The  result  of  this  almost  instantaneous  absorption  into  the  circula- 
tion is  a  response  so  prompt  and  so  favorable  as  to  astonish  those 
who  are  accustomed  to  the  more  sluggish  and  retarded  action  of 
other  forms  of  food.  This  quality  is  of  supreme  importance  in  criti- 
cal acute  cases,  where  a  nutrient  is  indicated  which  will  act  with 
great  celerity  and  sustain  the  patient  through  the  dangerous  crises 
of  disease  and  prevent  collapse.  One  important  attribute  of  Bov- 
inine is  its  ability  to  nourish  the  system  without  disturbing  the 
gastric  tract  or  the  slightest  increase  of  pulse  or  temperature,  thus 
showing  that  it  requires  no  expenditure  of  vital  force  on  the  part  of 
the  patient,  or,  as  one  eminent  physician  describes  it,  "  It  finds  its 
way  into  the  blood  by  some  blessed  '  short  cut '  "  In  other  words,  it 
represents  the  maximum  of  nutrition  with  the  minimum  of  dynamic 
energy.  In  the  first  and  second  stages  of  phthisis,  where  gastric 
irritation  precludes  the  use  of  common  food,  Bovinine  supplies  all  the 
needs  of  the  system,  and  can  be  relied  on  to  restore  the  equilibrium 
between  waste  and  repair,  attended  by  none  of  the  unpleasant  effects 
consequent  on  the  use  of  cod-h'ver  oil,  and  is  readily  assimilated 
when  all  other  artificial  foods  are  rejected.  Bovinine  contains  lactic 
acid,  a  normal  constituent  of  muscular  tissue.  This  acid,  in  the 
presence  of  pepsine  or  pancreatine,  rapidly  digests  the  nitrogenous 
elements,  which  accounts  for  the  speedy  absorption  of  Bovinine  in 
cases  of  impaired  digestive  functions.  For  rectal  use,  its  action  is 
unsurpassed  as  a  nutrient.  The  best  effects  are  obtained  from  it  by 
adding,  to  each  teaspoonful  of  Bovinine,  ten  grains  of  Pancreate  Ex- 
tract and  two  tablespoonfuls  of  water,  injected  slowly.  Little  or  no 
irritation  ensues;  and  life  can  be  sustained  for  long  periods  by  its  use 
in  that  way.  The  third  article  handled  by  Messrs.  Bush  &  Co. 
is  not  intended  for  man's  use,  but  for  man's  noble  friend— the  horse. 
"  Cole's  Ossidine"  has  been  thoroughly  tested,  and  has  been  demon- 
strated to  be  an  infallible  cure  for  curb,  splint,  ring,  and  sidebone, 
spavin,  and  all  bone  enlargements,  sore  shins,  etc.  This  scientific 
preparation  makes  a  horse,  lame,  from  above  causes,  perfectly  sound . 
After  a  few  applications  the  excrescence  is  so  palpably  reduced  that 
even  the  sceptical  frankly  acknowledge  that  it  is  by  far  the  most  val- 
uable outward  remedy  for  horses  ever  invented.  Ossidine  is  very 
difficult  and  expensive  to  prepare.  Some  people  may  say  the  price 
is  high,  but.  when  the  marvelous  cure  it  effects  is  borne  hi  mind,  it 
will  be  found  that  it  undoubtedly  is  a  cheap  article  ;  therefore  no 
stable  ought  to  be  without  it.  It  has  been  tried  without  a  single  fail- 
ure by  the  greatest  judges  of  horses  in  the  world  ;  and  an  eminent 
osteologist  has  highly  praised  it,  and  justly  termed  it  "the  acme 
•of  science  of  the  nineteenth  century."  It  never  blemishes,  and  will 


keep  any  length  of  time  in  any  climate.  The  active  manager  of  the 
business,  Mr.  A.  P.  Bush,  is  sole  New  England  agent  for  the  remedies 
above  described,  and  carries  a  heavy  stock  wherewith  to  meet  the 
extensive  demand.  A  native  of  Massachusetts  and  a  resident  of 
Weston,  Mr.  Bush  is  familiarly  known  in  business  circles  here. 

ND.  WHITNEY  &  CO.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Dealers  in  Berlin  Zephyr  and  Knitting  Worsteds,  Threads, 
m  Yarns,  Hosiery,  Gloves,  Hand-knit  Goods,  etc.,  No.  129  Tre- 
mont  Street,  Corner  of  Winter  —Messrs.  N.  D.  Whitney  & 
Co.  conduct  one  of  the  oldest-established  businesses  of  its  kind  in  the 
city  of  Boston,  and  one  which  has  ever  maintained  the  highest  stand- 
ard of  excellence  in  all  departments.  The  firm  are  importers  of  and 
wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  Berlin  zephyr  and  knitting  worsteds, 
threads,  yarns,  hosiery,  gloves,  hand-knit  goods,  etc.,  and  the  business 
has  been  conducted  since  1861  on  the  corner  of  Tremont  and  Whiter 
Streets.  The  business  was  originally  founded  in  1823,  and  Mr.  N.  D. 
Whitney,  who  was  for  some  years  employed  in  the  house  as  a  clerk, 
became  the  proprietor  in  1838.  Thus  for  fifty  years  he  has  been  at 
the  head  of  this  business,  which  he  uas  directed  with  great  skill,  judg- 
ment, and  success.  He  is  to-day  one  of  Boston's  oldest  merchants, 
is  hale*  and  hearty,  and  is  vigilant  in  and  out  of  season  in  maintaining 
the  high  reputation  his  establishment  has  always  borne  for  being 
the  headquarters  for  the  finest  and  most  reliable  goods  in  threads, 
yarns,  knitting-worsteds,  hosiery,  gloves,  hand-.mit  articles,  etc.  The 
premises  occupied  consist  of  salesroom  ana  basement,  each  35x100 
feet  in 'dimensions.  In  its  appointments  and  arrangement,  the  sales- 
room is  a  model  of  elegance  and  convenience,  and  is  filled  to  its  ut- 
most capacity  with  novelties  and  staple  goods  that  have  no  superiors 
anywhere.  Old  as  this  business  is,  it  is  always  abreast  with  the 
times  in  introducing  into  stock  the  newest  products  of  home  and 
foreign  factories  ;  and  it  enjoys  a  popularity  and  a  liberality  of  pat- 
ronage such  as  is  accorded  to  but  few  other  houses  in  the  trade. 
All  foreign  goods  are  imported  direct,  and  those  of  American  manu- 
facture are  received  from  first  hands,  so  that  the  house  is  in  a  posi- 
tion to  offer  the  best  articles  at  bed-rock  prices.  From  twenty  to 
twenty -five  assistants  are  employed,  and  service  is  prompt  and  cour- 
teous. Mr.  Whitney  is  a  native  of  the  city,  with  whose  commercial 
interests  he  has  been  so  long  identified,  and  no  merchant  is  held  in 
higher  respect  than  he. 


FULLER  &  BESSE,  Ladies'  Custom  Boots,  No.  22  Winter  Street, 
Room  2. — Perhaps  in  no  articles  of  male  or  female  wear  has 
there  been  noticed  such  marked  improvement  of  late  years  in 
this  country  as  in  boots  and  shoes.  Compared  with  the  clumsy 
and  unshapely  footwear  worn  here  a  generation  ago,  the  neat-fitting 
and  elegant  goods  to  be  found  in  leading  shoe  stores  to-day  are  mod- 
els of  art  and  things  of  beauty,  truly.  Especially  is  this  true  of 
ladies'  fine  shoes,  and  right  here  special  mention  ought  to  be  made 
of  Fuller  &  Besse,  manufacturers  of  Ladies'  Custom  Boots,  No.  22 
Winter  Street,  with  factory  at  137  Oxford  Street,  Lynn  ;  whose 
productions  are  by  common  consent  the  ne  plus  ultra  in  feminine 
footwear.  They  make  only  high  grades  of  ladies'  boots,  and  to 
measure  exclusively ;  and  have  an  extensive  and  influential  patron- 
age. Nothing  but  the  very  best  selected  material  is  used,  while  none 
but  expert  workmen  are  employed,  the  proprietors,  themselves 
men  of  long  practical  experience,  exercising  close  personal  super- 
vision over  every  detail  of  the  business.  The  shop  at  Lynn  is  com- 
modious and  well  equipped,  and  from  eight  to  a  dozen  hands  are 
regularly  employed.  They  occupy  a  neatly  appointed  office  and 
salesroom  at  No.  22  Winter  Street,  room  2,  which  are  open  from 
8.30  A.M.  to  5  P.M.  daily,  and  where  they  are  prepared  to  take  meas- 
ure for  anything  in  the  line  of  ladies'  fine  footwear,  from  the  neatest 
street  shoe  to  the  daintiest  dress  boot.  Perfect  fit  is  guaranteed  in 
every  instance,  while  the  lowest  prices  consistent  with  first-class 
material  and  finest  workmanship  always  prevail,  orders  by  mail 
also  receiving  immediate  attention.  This  flourishing  business  was 
established  at  Lynn  in  1873  by  Fuller  &  Talcott,  the  style  subse- 
quently changing  to  Fuller  &  Besse,  who  have  since  conducted  it 
with  eminent  success,  opening  the  Boston  office  in  1877.  Messrs.  A. 
H.  Fuller  and  F.  E.  Besse,  who  are  both  natives  of  this  state,  are  gen- 
tlemen of  pleasing  manners  and  strict  integrity  in  their  dealings,  as 
well  as  men  of  energy,  enterprise,  and  practical  experience;  and 
they  fully  merit  the  success  they  have  achieved. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


AMOS  E.  HALL,  Insurance  Agent,  No.  81  Milk  Street,  Boom  48. 
—Prominent  among  the  leading  representatives  of  fire  insur- 
ance in  this  city  stands  Mr.  A.  E.  Hall,  whose  office  is  eligibly 
located  at  No.  31  Milk  Street.  This  gentleman  is  a  well-known 
citizen  and  insurance  agent,  and  besides  the  above  office  also  has  one 
at  Nos.  419  and  423  Broadway,  Chelsea,  and  another  on  Ellsworth 
Street,  Everett,  and  conducts  an  extensive  business  in  Boston  and 
vicinity.  He  has  been  established  in  business  since  1869,  and  has  met 
with  marked  success,  representing  solid  and  honorably  managed  com- 
panies that  afford  every  safeguard  to  policy-holders  and  invariably 
meet  promptly  all  claims.  His  business  has  grown  to  proportions  of 
great  magnitude  and  importance.  No  agent  in  Chelsea  offers  the  choice 
of  companies  that;he  does,  as  he  represents  the  following  powerful  and 
reliable  corporations,  viz. :  the  Niagara,  the  Commercial  Union,  the 
Bowery,  and  the  Westchester,  of  New  York;  the  Firemen's  Fund,  of 
California;  the  Citizens,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  the  Merchants',  of  Newark; 
the  Lumbermen's,  of  Philadelphia;  the  Abington'.Mutual,  of  Abington, 
Mass.;  the  Fitchburg  Mutual,  of  Fitchburg,  Mass.;  the  Worcester 
Mutual,  of  Worcester,  Mass. ;  and  some  fifteen  more  A 1  companies, 
both  stock  and  mutual.  This  is  a  list  rarely  equalled  by  any  agency, 
and  clearly  demonstrates  the  high  standing  achieved  by  Mr.  Hall  in 
insurance  circles.  His  facilities  for  conducting  an  insurance  broker- 
age business  in  this  city  are  such  as  can  apply  only  to  those  who  are 
prominent  as  underwriters  and  who  enjoy  the  entire  confidence  both 
of  insurance  corporations  and  the  general  public  His  poh'cies  are 
clear  and  explicit,  his  rates  will  be  found  the  lowest  for  adequate 
security,  and  all  losses  are  promptly  paid  as  soon  as  adjusted.  Mr. 
Hall  controls  the  insuring  of  many  of  the  finest  lines  of  business  and 
residential  property  in  Boston  and  its  suburban  towns,  as  also  large 
stocks  of  merchandise  and  much  valuable  personal  property,  and  is 
doing  an  annually  increasing  business.  He  is  widely  recognized  as  an 
underwriter  of  commanding  ability,  influential  facilities,  and  vast  ex- 
perience, having  a  thorough  personal  knowledge  of  all  risks  of  any 
importance  in  this  city,  and  is  eminently  popular  with  all  classes  of 
property-holders.  Mr.  Hall  is  a  Vermonter  by  birth,  a  resident  of 
Chelsea  for  twenty-two  years,  and  a  prominent  member  of  the  Chelsea 
Board  of  Underwriters  (having  been  President  of  that  Board  since  its 
organization);  still  in  the  prime  of  life,  and  highly  esteemed  in  social, 
business,  and  financial  circles. 


MASSACHUSETTS  AUXILIARY  FIRE-ALARM  COMPANY, 
No.  178  Devonshire  Street.  Geo.  E.  Hitchcock,  President; 
Jas.  E.  Leach,  Treasurer;  G.  W.  Daniels,  General  Manager.— 
This  reliable  and  representative  company  was  duly  incor- 
porated in  1887,  under  the  laws  of  Maine,  with  a  paid-up  capital  of 
$250,000.  It  was  organized  for  the  purpose  of  introducing  the  Rogers 
System  of  Auxiliary  Fire-alarm,  which  has  received  the  approval  of 
the  Fire  Department  of  the  city  of  Boston  and  the  Board  of  Under- 
writers. This  auxiliary  is  the  only  system  which  has  ever  been 
allowed  a  direct  connection  with  the  fire-alarm  boxes,  and  is  now  in 
practical  operation  in  Boston  and  many  other  cities.  The  company 
owns  the  patent  rights  for  the  state  of  Massachusetts,  except  the 
city  of  Boston,  comprising  upwards  of  40  cities,  which  have  now 
established  a  system  of  electric  Fire-alarms,  to  which  this  is  a  very 
important  auxiliary.  This  new  system,  which  is  very  simple  and 
comparatively  inexpensive,  where  in  no  way  interf  ering  with  the  fire- 
alarm  telegraph  as  now  constructed,  vastly  increases  its  efficiency 
and  value,  by  making  each  street-box  now  in  use  a  central  station, 
around  which  any  number  of  buildings  can  be  connected,  so  that 
from  any  of  them  the  box  can  be  instantly  operated  without  going  to 
it,  by  pressing  an  ordinary  push-button,  the  latter  being  properly 
protected  by  glass  which  can  be  easily  broken,  or  by  seals  or  keys. 
Wherever  the  Rogers  Auxiliary  Alarm  is  in  use,  fifteen  seconds  only 
need  elapse  between  the  discovery  of  a  fire  and  the  departure  of  the 
engines  from  their  houses  to  extinguish  it.  The  Board  of  Under- 
writers has  granted  a  reduction  in  the  rates  of  insurance  on  buildings 
equipped  with  the  Rogers  Auxiliary  System,  which  reduction  is  suf- 
ficient in  many  cases  to  defray  its  entire  annual  cost.  This  unrivalled 
system  is  installed,  maintained,  and  inspected  by  the  company  at  a 
very  moderate  annual  rental.  In  public  schools,  hotels,  theatres,  etc. , 
it  is  invaluable.  Mr.  Geo.  E.  Hitchcock,  the  president,  has  been  City 
Treasurer  of  Maiden,  Mass.,  for  the  last  seventeen  years,  and  still  oc- 
cupies that  position  and  is  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  have  had  busi- 
ness relations  with  him. 


WGANZHORN,  Dress  and  Cloak  Maker,  No.  179  Tremont 
Street.— In  this  progressive  age  the  gentler  sex  have 
u  caught  up  with  their  brothers,  at  least  in  the  fashioning 
of  their  apparel,  and  the  term  "  ladies'  tailor"  is  fast 
superseding  the  old-time  "dress-maker."  In  this  cultured  and  ad- 
vanced city  ladies'  tailoring  is  extensively  carried  on,  one  of  its 
popular  exponents  being  Mr.  W.  Ganzhorn,  whose  fine  establishment 
is  eligibly  located  at  No.  179  Tremont  Street.  Mr.  Ganzhorn  is  a  na- 
tive of  Germany,  where  he  early  learned  and  became  an  expert  at 
the  gentlemen's  tailoring  trade.  Coming  subsequently  to  Boston,  he 
established  in  1881  a  business  in  this  line  at  No.  21  West  Street.  In 
1882  he  sold  out  and  spent  the  following  two  years  in  acquiring  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  ladies'  tailoring.  Having  perfected  himself 
in  this  modern  art,  he  established  in  1884  at  the  present  site  with  a 
copartner,  the  firm  being  Ganzhorn  &  Bowles.  In  June,  1888,  the  co- 
partnership was  dissolved,  and  Mr.  Ganzhorn  has  since  been  alone. 
The  spacious  premises  are  conveniently  arranged,  and  fitted  up  in  a 
style  of  modern  elegance.  In  the  salesroom  is  shown  a  superior 
line  of  fabrics,  also  patterns  and  models  of  costumes,  wraps,  etc., 
from  which  customers  may  choose,  and  in  the  workroom  a  compe- 
tent force  of  experienced  hands  is  kept  busy  in  executing  the  many 
orders  of  the  house.  Mr.  Ganzhorn  has  won  an  enviable  reputation 
through  the  high  artistic  and  mechanical  excellence  of  his  work,  and 
among  his  many  patrons  representing  the  best  city  custom  he  is  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  most  skilful  city  exponents  of  his  art. 


JH.  CONANT  &  CO.,'Ship  Brokers,  No.  103  State  Street.— A  lead- 
ing and  energetic  representative  of  the  ship-brokerage  busi- 
„  ness  is  the  old-established  house  of  Messrs.  J.  H.  Conant  &  Co. 
The  business  was  founded  upwards  of  30  years  ago  by  Messrs. 
Kelham,  Loud  &  Co.,  succeeded  by  Messrs.  Conant  &  Hatch.  In 
1885,  Mr.  Conant  formed  the  present  firm,  and  has  largely  developed 
the  business  upon  the  basis  of  equity,  efficiency,  and  widespread,  in- 
fluential connections.  Mr.  Conant  brings  to  bear  a  wide  range  of 
practical  experience,  and  is  a  recognized  authority  in  the  maritime 
market,  having  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  wants  of  commerce,  and 
affording  the  utmost  facilities  for  the  chartering  of  any  amount  of 
tonnage  for  every  class  of  freight  to  any  quarter  of  the  globe. 
Messrs.  Conant  &  Co.  are  ship  owners  "as  well  as  brokers,  their  in- 
terests being  of  a  practical  character,  they  offer  every  opportunity 
for  charters,  on  the  most  favorable  terms,  of  the  best  class  of  vessels, 
for  long  or  short  voyages,  coastwise  or  "deep-water."  The  firm 
number  among  their  customers  many  of  the  most  prominent  com- 
mercial houses  of  Boston,  vessel  owners,  consignees,  etc.,  and  are 
popular  in  mercantile  and  marine  circles  as  honorable,  responsible 
representatives  of  this  most  important  branch  of  trade.  Mr.  Conant 
was  born  in  Maine,  and  has  from  his  first  connection  with  active  com- 
mercial life  been  connected  with  the  ship-brokerage  business.  He 
is  a  popular  member  of  the  Vessel  Owners'  Association,  and  is  mate- 
rially contributmg  to  Boston's  prosperity. 


RAND  &  STINEHART,  Steam  Job  Printers,  No.  5  Main  Street, 
Charlestown.— A  time-honored  Charlestown'printing  establish- 
ment is  the  well-known  and  popular  concern  conducted  under 
the  firm  name  of  Rand  &  Stinehart, 'steam  job-printers,  at  No. 
5  Main  Street,  and  which  for  nearly  half  a  century  has  been  in  pros- 
perous operation.  It  is,  in  fact,  one  of  the  oldest  and  best-equipped 
establishments  of  the  kind  in  the  Bunker  Hill  District,  and  receives 
an  excellent  patronage.  This  thriving  business  was  originally  estab- 
lished in  1840  by  Caleb  Rand  (deceased),  who  conducted  the  same 
alone  up  to  some  three  years  ago,  when  he  admitted  into  partnership 
William  H.  Stinehart,  who  upon  the  death  of  the  senior  member, 
which  occurred  in  September  1887,  assumed  sole  control,  but  has 
still  continued  under  the  style  of  Rand  &  Stinehart.  The  quarters 
occupied  for  business  purposes  are  ample  and  well  ordered,  a  gas 
motor  furnishing  steam-power,  while  several  experienced  workmen 
are  regularly  employed.  Job  printing  in  all  its  branches  is  executed 
in  the  most  prompt  and  superior  manner,  special  attention  being 
given  to  fine  commercial  work,  and  altogether  a  very  nice  trade  is 
done.  Mr.  Stinehart,  who  is  a  gentleman  of  forty-two,  was  born  in 
New  York  State,  but  has  resided  in  Charlestown  since  infancy.  He 
is  a  thoroughly  practical  and  expert  printer,  with  long  and  varied  ex- 
perience in  the  exercise  of  his  art,  and  prior  to  being  admitted  to  the 
firm  had  worked  for  Mr.  Rand  since  1859. 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 


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MSTEINERT  &  SONS,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Representatives, 
in  the  New  England  States,  for  Steinway  &  Sons,  Weber, 
m     Hardman  &  Pease,  and  Gabler  &  Bro.  Pianos,  Steinert 
Hall,  No.  190  Tremont  Street,  Corner  Boylston.— A  widely 
known  and  reliable    firm  in  Boston,  successfully  engaged   in  the 
wholesale  and  retail  piano  trade,  is  that  of  Messrs.  M.  Steinert  & 
Sons,  whose  warerooms  are  centrally  located  at  Steinert  Hall,  cor- 
ner of  Tremont  and  Boylston  Streets.    This  business  was  originally 
established  twenty  years  ago  in  New  Haven,  by  Mr.  M.  Steinert,  who 
eventually  admitted  six  of  his  sons  in  the  partnership,  the  firm  being 


known  by  the  style  and  title  of  M.  Steinert  &  Sons.  The  firm  have,  in 
addition  to  the  Boston  house,  extensive  establishments  in  Providence, 
R.  I. ;  Newport,  R.  I. ;  New  Haven,  Conn. ;  and  Cincinnati,  O.  They 
are  wholesale  and  retail  representatives,  for  the  New  England  and 
western  states,  for  the  celebrated  piano  manufacturers  Steinway  & 
Sons,  A.  Weber,  Hardman  &  Pease,  and  E.  Gabler  &  Bro.  The  well- 
known  and  world-wide  reputation  of  the  instruments  manufac- 
tured by  these  firms  has  demonstrated  beyond  question  that  they  are 
absolutely  unsurpassed  in  America  or  Europe  for  tone,  finish,  style, 
and  workmanship.  M.  Steinert  &  Sons  carry  a  full  assortment  of 
the  different  styles,  of  these  pianos,  making,  in  all,  the  largest  variety 
of  first-class  pianos  to  be  found  anywhere  in  the  world.  All  the 
members  of  this  firm  are  practical  piano-makers  and  musicians,  in- 
suring their  patrons  thereby  of  the  choicest  selection  to  be  found. 
Pianos  in  fancy  woods  are  made  a  specialty.  Mahogany,  Oak,  Eng- 
lish Oak,  French  Walnut,  Hungarian  Ash,  Bird's-eye  and  Curly 
Maple,  Rosewood  and  Ebonized  cases,  are  kept  continually  on  hand. 
The  characteristics  which  regulate  the  business  policy  of  this  respon- 
sible firm  are  such  as  to  entitle  it  to  every  consideration,  and  the  ex- 
tent of  its  operations  has  made  it  a  very  prominent  one  in  New  Eng 
land,  while  the  inducements  offered  to  purchasers  are  unsurpassed 
by  those  of  any  other  similar  establishment  in  this  country. 


BILLINGS,  CLAPP  &  CO.,  Manufacturing  Chemists,  Nos.  165  and 
167  High  Street  (Fort  Hill  Square).— One  of  the  leading  rep- 
resentative firms  of  manufacturing  chemists  in  the  United 
States  is  that  of  Messrs.  Billings,  Clapp  &  Co.    It  is  also  one 
of  the  oldest  established,  having  been  founded  in  1857,  and  ever  since 
has  maintained  the  most  enviable  of  reputations  for  the  superiority 
of  its  products  and  ability  and  equity  of  its  methods.    Messrs.  James 
R.  Nichols  &  Co.  carried  on  the  business  up  to  1872,  when  the  estab- 
lishment, then  at  No.  150  Congress  Street,  was  destroyed  in  the  great 
fire.    Mr.  Charles  E.  Billings  and  Mr.  A.  R.  Clapp,  who  were   bis 


partners  then,  succeeded  to  the  proprietorship,  thus  continuing  until 
1880,  when  Mr.  H.  S.  Sears  was  admitted  under  the  existing  name  and 
style  of  Billings,  Clapp  &  Co.  The  house  has  achieved  international 
celebrity  for  the  accuracy,  strength,  and  purity  of  its  standard 
pharmaceutical  preparations,  fluid  extracts,  medicinal  wines  and 
syrups,  etc.,  and  they  are  prescribed  generally  by  the  medical  pro- 
fession. The  proprietors  are  both,  by  reason  of  vast  experience  and 
their  high  order  of  professional  attainments,  thoroughly  qualified 
for  meeting  the  exacting  requirements  of  the  medical  profession. 
They  are  excellent  business  men  and  are  noted  for  the  close  care  and 
scrutiny  exercised  in  the  selection  of  the  drugs,  roots, 
herbs,  barks,  chemicals,  etc.,  entering  into  the  vast  list  of 
the  preparations  they  supply,  and  which  covers  every 
branch  of  the  materia  medica.  The  firm  now  occupy  for 
their  main  office  and  warehouse  hi  the  city  a  fine  four- 
story-and- basement  building  centrally  located  on  High 
Street.  It  is  admirably  fitted  up  in  every  way  for  the 
purposes  of  the  heavy  trade  transacted,  and  a  thorough 
system  of  organization  is  enforced.  Here  are  carried,  and 
will  always  be  found  by  the  trade,  the  most  comprehensive 
line  of  fluid  extracts  to  be  found  in  the  United  States, 
representing  thousands  of  items,  and  constantly  being 
added  to;  full  line  of  elixirs  added,  as  the  profession  de- 
mands, and  put  up  in  the  most  attractive  and  palatable 
manner,  without  sacrificing  their  remedial  qualities  to 
elegance  of  appearance  and  taste.  All  standard  medicinal 
syrups,  wines,  and  a  lengthy  list  of  specialties  are  obtaina- 
ble here.  Another  important  department  is  that  devoted 
to  chemicals,  etc.,  both  complete  and  of  prices  and  qual- 
ity that  offer  substantial  inducements  to  the  trade.  The 
proprietors  of  this  highly  important  concern,  that  secures 
to  Boston  equal  prominence  to  that  of  New  York  and 
Philadelphia  hi  the  pharmaceutical  trade  at  wholesale,  are 
universally  respected,  and  have  ever  retained  the  confi- 
dence of  leading  commercial  circles.  They  are  types  of 
the  self-made,  intelligent,  and  cultured  New  England 
business  men,  and  are  worthy  of  the  marked  apprecia- 
tion manifested  and  material  patronage  accorded  by  the 
pharmacists  and  physicians  of  the  United  States  and 
Canada. 


RICHARDSON  &  DENNIE,  Importers  of  Hides  and  Skins,  Nos. 
180  to  188  Congress  Street.— Boston  is  the  centre  of  the 
American  trade  in  hides  and  skins  of  all  kinds,  and  especially 
so  for  foreign  importations.  The  house  of  Messrs.  Richard- 
son &  Dennie  has  in  this  connection  attained  a  leading  representa- 
tive position,  and  has  manifested  marked  enterprise  and  energy. 
The  business  is  very  old-established,  having  been  founded  in  1832  by 
the  old  house  of  Messrs.  Dennie  &  Boardman,  succeeded  by  Messrs. 
Boardman  &  Co.,  and,  in  1874,  by  the  present  firm,  composed  of  Mr. 
Thomas  O.  Richardson  and  Mr.  Edward  M.  Dennie.  Both  gentle- 
men bring  to  bear  the  widest  range  of  practical  experience,  coupled 
with  special  facilities  and  influential  connections.  Mr.  Richardson 
was  born  near  Boston,  and  early  in  life  became  identified  with  this 
branch  of  commerce,  and  has  been  actively  connected  with  this  house 
for  thirty-three  years  past,  since  1860  being  a  copartner  thereof.  He 
is  possessed  of  special  qualifications,  and  is  a  recognized  authority 
in  regard  to  hides  and  skins.  Mr.  Edward  M.  Dennie  was  born  in 
Boston,  and  is  a  nephew  of  the  founder  of  the  house,  connected  with 
the  house  for  thirty-five  years  past,  and  a  member  of  the  firm  since 
1861 ,  The  firm's  premises  comprise  three  floors  and  basement  30x125 
feet  in  dimensions,  where  is  carried  the  most  desirable  and  com- 
prehensive stock  in  town.  The  firm  are  direct  importers  of  hides 
and  goat-skins  from  the  East  Indies,  South  America,  etc.,  making  a 
specialty  of  the  finest  India  tanned  skins,  and  doing  a  business  of 
enormous  magnitude,  imparting  direct  by  the  cargo,  and  selling  to 
the  trade  of  the  United  States  to  the  annual  value  of  from  one  to 
one  and  a  half  millions  of  dollars.  The  leading  tanners  and  morocco- 
manufacturers  of  New  England  and  the  Middle  States  are  num- 
bered among  their  customers,  and  the  house  is  in  every  respect 
thoroughly  representative  of  this  branch  of  American  commerce. 
Both  partners  are  prominent  in  financial  and  social  circles,  and  are 
worthy  exponents  of  this  branch  of  business,  well  know  throughout 
New  England  for  their  sterling  and  honorable  methods. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


SK.  ABBOTT  &  CO.,  Pamphlet  and  School  Book-binders,  No. 
93  Federal  Street.— A  leading  representative  of  the  American 
book-binding  trade  is  the  old-established  and  famous  house 
of  Messrs.  S.  K.  Abbott  &  Co.,  of  No.  93  Federal  Street.  The 
business  was  founded  over  forty-two  years  ago  by  Mr.  Jno.  H.  Ab- 
bott, brother  of  the  present  proprietor,  who  joined  him  thirty  years 
ago,  and  succeeded  him  five  years  after.  Mr.  Abbott  is  a  native  of 
Massachusetts,  and  early  in  life  learned  thoroughly  in  detail  the 
book-binder's  art.  The  business  as  stated  was  originally  started 
by  Mr.  John  H.  Abbott,  and  to  show  the  progress  and  improvements 
made  by  the  present  enterprising  proprietor,  300  hands  are  now 
employed,  where  the  business  was. started  with  three  girls,  and  one- 
half  acre  of  ground  is  monopolized  now  by  the  house.  The  extent  of 
the  operations  and  facilities  of  the  house  are  shown  by  the  fact  that 
an  order  has  been  recently  delivered  by  this  firm  of  4,500,000  pamph- 
lets, which  shows  what  energy,  enterprise,  and  honorable  dealing  can 
accomplish  from  the  small  beginning  of  forty  years  ago.  Mr.  Abbott 
early  manifested  a  progressive  policy  after  starting  in  business  on 
his  own  account,  and  introduced  numerous  facih'ties  and  improve- 
ments in  the  departments  of  school  book  and  pamphlet-binding.  His 
work  was  of  such  a  superior  order  and  accurate  character,  that  he 
became  celebrated  as  the  leader  in  his  line,  and,  devoting  himself 
solely  to  these  branches  of  book-binding,  has  permanently  maintained 
the  supremacy  therein.  His  facilities  have  repeatedly  been  taxed  to 
the  utmost,  necessitating  enlargements  and  introduction  of  new 
machinery,  and  his  bindery  is  to-day  one  of  the  largest  on  the  conti- 
nent, comprising  two  large  floors  60x160  in  size,  equipped  in  all  re- 
spects to  secure  prompt  despatch  and  the  best  work.  Mr.  Abbott 
devotes  his  special  attention  to  pamphlet  and  school-book  binding, 
his  facilities  having  no  equal  for  these  branches  of  work  elsewhere, 
while  publishers  duly  appreciate  the  enviable  reputation  of  this  es- 
tablishment for  accuracy  and  promptitude,  and  that  the  prices  for 
good  work  cannot  be  duplicated  by  other  concerns.  Mr.  Abbott  does 
work  for  all  the  leading  publishers  and  printers  of  Boston  and  New 
England,  and  employes  an  average  force  of  150  hands.  He  gives  close 
personal  attention  to  all  orders,  and  his  concern  affords  convincing 
evidence  of  the  truth  of  Mr.  Abbott's  popular  motto,  that  "Industry 
must  prosper. "  He  is  a  popular  and  respected  member  of  mercantile 
circles,  and  secures  to  Boston  a  business  of  exceptional  value  and  im 
portance 


L ELAND,  RICE  &  CO.,  Men's  and  Boys'  Clothing,  No.  101  Arch 
Street.— No  industrial  interest  of  the  City  of  Boston  is  of  more 
importance  than  that  of  the  manufacture  of  clothing.  Among 
the  old  established  and  representative  houses  actively  engaged 
in  this  steadily  growing  trade,  a  prominent  one  is  that  of  Messrs. 
Leland,  Rice  &  Co,  manufacturers  of  men's  and  boys'  clothing,  whose 
office  and  salesrooms  are  situated  at  No.  101  Arch  Street.  This  busi- 
ness was  established  in  1845,  by  Gove,  Stone  &  Co.,  Mr.  J.  D.  Leland 
being  the  junior  partner.  In  1848,  they  were  succeeded  by  John  Gove 
&  Co.,  Mr.  Leland  being  still  of  the  firm.  Eventually  in  1862  the  present 
style  and  title  of  Leland,  Rice  &  Co.  was  adopted,  the  copartners  being 
Messrs  J.  D.  Leland  and  M.  O  Rice.  In  1879  Mr.  W.  S.  Sayward  be- 
came a  member  of  the  firm.  The  partners  have  had  great  experience, 
and  manifest  excellent  judgment  in  the  selection  of  all  cloths  and 
suitings  entering  their  establishment,  while  at  the  same  time  they  are 
always  among  the  first  to  secure  and  make  up  all  the  new  styles  and 
textures  of  both  domestic  and  foreign  production.  They  give  careful 
attention  to  all  the  details  of  manufacture,  and  employ  outside  and 
inside  a  strong  force  of  skilled  operatives.  The  secret  of  their  success 
lies  in  their  just  methods  and  the  superiority  of  their  clothing,  which 
is  always  maintained  at  the  highest  standard  both  as  regards  mate- 
rials, cut.  style,  fit  and  workmanship,  while  the  prices  quoted  are  as 
low,  as  those  of  any  other  first-class  contemporary  house  in  the  trade. 
The  premises  occupied  comprise  five  spacious  floors,  which  are  fitted 
with  every  appliance  and  facility,  necessary  for  the  systematic  and 
successful  conduct  of  the  business.  The  trade  of  the  house  extends 
throughout  all  sections  of  the  eastern  states,  New  England  and  the 
middle  and  western  states.  Messrs.  Leland  &  Rice  are  natives  of 
Massachusetts,  while  Mr  Sayward  was  born  in  Maine.  Mr.  Leland  has 
been  a  member  of  this  house  for  the  last  45  years,  and  Mr.  Rice  for 
26  years.  They  are  noted  in  business  circles  for  their  promptness  and 
integrity,  and  those  who  enter  into  relations  with  this  popular  firm 
can  rely  upon  securing  advantages  and  inducements  very  difficult 
to  be  secured  elsewhere. 


WH.  THOMPSON  &  CO.,  Publishers,  No.  33  Hawley  Street 
—Boston  has  long  been  a  recognized  head-quarters  of 
the  book-publishing  trade,  and  a  home  of  literature,  a 
fact  which  has  done  inestimable  work  in  bringing  her 
prominently  forward  as  one  of  the  most  intelligent  communities  ou 
the  globe.  In  the  course  of  this  review,  special  mention  must  needs 
oe  made  to  the  leading  houses  engaged  in  the  publishing,  and  among 
these  must  be  numbered  that  of  W.  H.  Thompson  &  Co.,  of  No.  32 
Hawley  street.  The  proprietors  of  this  establishment,  which  was 
founded  in  1877,  are  Messrs.  B.  F.  Whittemore,  G.  A.  Kimball,  and  H. 
E.  Russell,  and  are  general  New  England  agents  for  the  most  notable 
publishing  houses  of  Hartford,  New  York,  and  Philadelphia.  None 
but  standard  works  are  offered  to  the  public,  and  these  are  all  in 
bound  form,  in  a  variety  of  styles.  Among  the  most  conspicuous  of 
the  publications  handled  have  been  the  "  Personal  Memoirs  of  U.  S. 
Grant"  and  "  Personal  Memoirs  of  P.  H.  Sheridan;"  the  latter  is  an  in- 
tensely interesting  work,  which  has  met  with  very  large  sales  and  is 
still  selling  rapidly .  The  firm  have  sold  Mark  Twain's  works,  and 
also  those  of  other  famous  writers.  The  books  are  sold  for  cash,  this 
firm  having  never  adopted  the  instalment  plan.  All  orders  or  com- 
munications sent  to  this  creditable  house  invariably  receive  imme- 
diate attention,  and  the  advantages  offered  are  of  such  a  nature  that 
they  should  not  be  neglected  by  the  reading  public.  The  members 
of  the  firm  are  representative  of  three  states  in  New  England,  Mr. 
Whittemore  having  been  born  in  Massachusetts,  Mr.  Kimball  in 
Rhode  Island,  and  Mr,  Russell  in  New  Hampshire.  All  three  are  well 
known  in  business  and  social  circles,  and  are  held  in  general*  esteem 
for  their  ability  and  integrity. 

ANDREWS  &  STEVENS,  Tremont  Market,  No.  47  Bromfield 
Street.— An  old-established  and  leading  meat  and  provision 
firm  is  that  of  Andrews  &  Stevens,  whose  well-ordered  and 
deservedly  popular  stand,  the  "Tremont  Market,"  is  admir- 
ably located  at  No.  47  Bromfleld  Street.  This  is  one  of  the  oldest  and 
foremost  establishments  of  the  kind  hi  Boston,  being  in  existence  over 
forty-six  years,  and  has  a  large,  active,  and  influential  patronage.  This 
flourishing  business  was  established  in  1842  by  Andrews  &  Ward,  and 
under  this  style  it  was  conducted  up  to  1868,  when  they  were  suc- 
ceeded by  Andrews  &  Stevens,  who  have  since  continued  it  at  the 
present  central  location  with  uninterrupted  success.  They  handle 
nothing  but  prime  goods;  and  patrons  can  rely  upon  getting  an  A  1 
article,  all  orders  receiving  immediate  attention.  The  market  is 
spacious,  cleanly,  neatly  appointed,  and  completely  equipped  in  every 
particular,  every  convenience  and  facility  being  at  hand,  while  effi- 
cient assistants  are  in  attendance;  and  a  first-class  stock  is  always 
kept  on  hand,  comprising  choice  fresh  beef,  mutton,  lamb,  veal,  and 
pork;  fine  poultry  and  game  in  season,  also  a  carefully  assorted  line 
of  fruits,  vegetables,  and  table  delicacies.  They  were  the  first  to  in- 
troduce Philadelphia  butter  into  Boston  market  in  1843.  Messrs.  Alonzo 
Andrews  and  Chas.  E.  Stevens  compose  the  firm.  Mr.  Andrews  is  a 
native  of  HUlsborough,  N.  H.  Mr.  Stevens  is  a  Bostonian  by  birth. 
They  are  men  of  thorough  practical  experience  in  this  line,  as  well  as 
of  entire  probity  in  their  dealings,  and  are  well  and  favorably  known 
alike  in  their  business  relations  and  in  private  life. 

BF.  TENNEY,  Stock  Broker,  No.  19  Congress  Street.— There 
are  few  men  better  known  or  more  generally  esteemed  in 
u  financial  circles  in  Boston  than  Mr.  B.  F.  Tenney,  the  popu- 
lar stock  broker,  of  No.  19  Congress  Street.  Mr.  Tenney 
has  been  a  prominent  member  of  the  Boston  Stock  Exchange  for  the 
past  twenty -six  years,  and  has  also  taken  a  deep  interest  and  an 
active  hand  in  all  matters  calculated  to  improve  and  strengthen  this 
institution.  Before  engaging  in  the  handling  of  stocks  and  bonds 
Mr.  Tenney  was  for  many  years  in  the  dry-goods  trade.  He  was 
born  in  Sutton,  Mass.,  seventy-five  years  ago,  and  is  still  a  hale, 
active,  wide-awake  business  man,  and  his  long  experience  in  the 
arena  of  speculation  and  his  high  repute  for  square  and  honorable 
dealing  are  in  themselves  a  sufficient  assurance  for  faithful  service  to 
all  who  have  financial  dealings  through  him.  Mr.  Tenney  buys  and 
sells  on  commission  bonds,  stocks,  and  investment  securities  of  every 
description,  and  no  one  is  better  able  to  form  a  sound  judgment  upon 
prospective  values,  while  he  has  every  Tacility  for  securing  the  ear- 
liest information  of  variations  in  quotations  of  value  of  securities  on 
all  the  principal  exchanges  of  the  country.  His  clients  are  kept  ac- 
quainted with  all  changes  of  values,  and  their  instructions  are  faith- 
fully carried  out  to  the  letter  and  prompt  accountings  made. 


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JF.  &  W.  H.  FALVEY,  Dry  Goods,  Small  Wares,  and  Gents' 
Furnishing  Goods,  Corner  Broadway  and  F  Street,  South  Bos- 
B  ton.— In  this  age  of  refinement,  wealth  and  enterprise  the  de- 
mands of  all  portions  of  the  community  are  more  exacting 
than  ever  before,  which,  happily  for  dealers  and  consumers,  can  be 
met  by  the  aid  of  rapid  production  and  transportation.  This  fact  is 
self-evident  in  every  branch  of  trade,  but  in  none  more  so  than  that 
line  of  commerce  comprised  under  the  generic  term,  dry-goods.  A 
prominent  and  representative  establishment  of  this  kind  in  South 
Boston  is  that  of  Messrs.  J.  F.  &  W.  H.  Falvey,  dealers  in  dry-goods, 
small  wares  and  gents'  furnishing  goods,  on  the  corner  of  Broadway 
and  F  Street.  The  manner  in  which  this  firm  conducts  its  business  is 
a  fit  illustration  of  what  can  be  accomplished  by  attending  strictly  to 
the  wants  of  customers.  The  gentlemen  comprising  this  firm  are  broth- 
ers, natives  of  Massachusetts,  and  aged  respectively  thirty-four  and 
twenty  eight  years,  and  have  been  residents  of  this  city  for  the  last  ten 
years.  Having  been  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  and  thor- 
oughly experienced  in  all  its  departments,  they  inaugurated  this  enter- 
prise originally  in  May,  1882,  and  from  the  start  have  enjoyed  a  full 
measure  of  success.  They  occupy  a  spacious  and  commodious  store, 
which  is  very  attractively  furnished  with  every  convenience  for  the  at- 
tractive display  of  their  elegant  stock  of  goods,  which  embraces  every- 
thing in  the  dry  goods  line,  such  as  cloths,  cassimeres,  silks,  satins,  vel- 
vets, plushes,  foreign  and  domestic  dress  goods  in  every  variety,  h'nens 
for  wear  and  household  purposes,  flannels  and  bedding  materials, 
muslins,  prints,  etc.  They  also  carry  a  full  assori  ment  of  fancy  and 
small  wares,  which  includes  dress  and  millinery  ornaments,  ribbons, 
laces,  braids,  edgings,  fancy  buttons,  and  notions  in  general,  together 
with  everything  in  the  way  of  ladies'  and  gentlemen's  furnishings, 
embracing  silk,  linen,  woolen  and  cotton  underwear,  white  and  fancy 
colored  dress  shirts,  collars,  cuffs,  neckwear  of  the  latest  and  most 
beautiful  styles,  shirt  studs,  lace  and  scarf  pins,  head  ornaments, 
hosiery,  gloves,  fans,  parasols,  umbrellas,  elastics,  suspenders,  etc.,— 
in  fact  everything  usually  found  in  first-class  establishments  of  this 
kind.  These  goods  are  all  arranged  into  separate  departments,  under 
the  charge  of  courteous  and  polite  assistants,  who  spare  no  efforts  to 
supply  every  want  of  patrons,  and  prices  for  all  goods  are  marked  down 
to  the  lowest  figures  consistent  with  a  living  business.  Messrs.  Falvey 
enjoy  very  extensive  connections,  and  are  in  constant  receipt  of  all 
novelties  pertaining  to  their  business,  and  are  thus  enabled  to  offer 
extra  inducements  to  their  customers.  Their  trade  is  derived  prin- 
cipally from  among  our  most  refined  and  intelligent  classes,  who 
fully  appreciate  the  efforts  of  the  firm  to  supply  them  with  the  newest 
and  most  reliable  goods. 


DANIEL  LE  BETTER,  Storage  Warehouse,  Central  Wharf.— 
An  establishment  that  fills  an  exceedingly  useful  niche  in  the 
business  life  of  every  great  centre  of  commercial  activity  in 
this  country  is  the  storage  warehouse,  where  merchandise  of 
every  description  may  be  consigned  and  stored,  pending  orders, 
shipment,  or  sale,  or  for  safe-keeping.  It  is,  in  fact,  a  virtually  indis- 
pensable feature  in  the  vast  and  complex  business  system  that  pre- 
vails in  our  chief  cities.  Among  the  largest  and  best-known  con- 
cerns devoted  to  this  sphere  of  usefulness  in  Boston  may  be  mentioned 
the  admirably  conducted  and  well-ordered  storage  warehouse  of 
Daniel  Le  Better,  on  Central  Wharf,  which  is  in  all  respects  one  of  the 
most  reliable  and  best-equipped  establishments  of  the  kind  in  this 
portion  of  the  city.  This  well  and  favorably  known  concern  was 
established  many  years  ago,  and  in  1874  came  into  control  of  the 
gentleman  whose  name  heads  the  sketch,  and  under  whose  capable 
and  judicious  management  it  has  since  been  conducted  with  eminent 
success.  The  warehouse  occupies  six  substantial  four-story  struc- 
tures, 25  by  75  feet  each  in  dimensions,  and  is  equipped  with  ample 
aud  complete  facilities  for  receiving,  storing,  and  shipping  goods,  in- 
cluding freight  elevator,  and  all  other  conveniences,  both  on  river  and 
street,  while  a  large  force  of  help  is  employed.  Merchandise  of  all 
kinds  is  received  on  storage,  and  carefully  handled— flour  being  the 
principal  commodity  handled,  and  of  this  a  big  stock  is  constantly 
carried,  and  altogether  the  concern  has  an  extensive  business.  Mr. 
Le  Better,  who  is  a  gentleman  in  the  prime  of  life,  and  a  man  of 
energy,  experience,  and  sterling  integrity,  was  born  at  Salem,  Mass., 
his  father  being  an  old  sea-captain  at  that  place,  and  prior  to  engag- 
ing in  this  line  here  had  been  in  the  crockery  and  glassware  trade  at 
Galena,  HI.,  for  many  years,  where  he  became  a  warm  personal 
friend  of  General  Grant. 


HADDOCK,  SHONK  &  CO.,  Miners  of  Coal;  Wm.  C.  Atwater, 
Sales  Agent,  No.  4  Liberty  Square,  Corner  Kilby  and  Water 
Streets.— The  colliery  interests  of  the  United  States  are  an- 
nually attaining  increased  importance,  which  renders  them 
one  of  the  most  powerful  factors  of  national  prosperity,  both  from 
an  industrial  and  financial  point  of  view.  Among  the  leading  mines 
represented  in  Boston  are  those  of  Messrs.  Haddock,  Shonk  &  Co., 
who  have  a  national  reputation  as  miners  of  "  Haddock's  Plymouth 
Coal,"  with  mines  at  Plymouth,  Pa.,  and  mam  office  at  Wilkes 
barre,  Pa.  The  New  England  agent  of  the  firm  is  Mr.  Wm.  C. 
Atwater,  who  occupies  eligibly  located  offices  at  No.  4  Liberty 
Square,  corner  of  Kilby  and  Water  streets.  Mr.  Atwater  is  a  practical 
coal  merchant,  of  large  experience  in  the  trade.  The  main  feature 
of  Haddock  Plymouth  Coal  rests  in  the  uniform  excellence  of  its 
preparation,  the  entire  product  coming  from  the  Black  Diamond  & 
Dodson  Collieries.  These  mines  are  under  one  superintendent,  who 
is  noted  in  the  coal  regions  for  the  especial  care  he  uses  in  getting 
rid  of  slate  and  other  impurities,  thereby  making  the  products  of 
these  mines  as  near  perfect  as  coal  can  be  produced.  It  is  extremely 
bright  in  fracture,  and  while  it  ignites  readily,  has  good  lasting  quali- 
ties. Mr.  Atwater  opened  the  present  agency  here  July  1, 1887.  He 
sells  to  dealers  only,  shipping  to  customers  direct  from  Hoboken, 
N.  J.,  in  cargo  lots  exclusively,  and  is  prepared  to  promptly  fill  the 
largest  orders,  guaranteeing  satisfaction  in  every  particular.  All 
coal  supplied  through  this  house  is  warranted  to  maintain  the  high- 
est standard  for  quality  and  excellence,  coming,  as  it  does,  from 
some  of  the  best-equipped  and  most  famous  collieries  in  America. 
The  prices  quoted  in  all  cases  are  regulated  by  the  market,  and  every 
advantage  known  to  the  trade  is  granted  to  customers.  The  pa- 
tronage is  already  immense  and  influential  throughout  New  Eng- 
land, and  is  rapidly  on  the  increase  owing  to  the  superiority  and  uni- 
form excellence  of  coal  handled  and  shipped  by  this  house.  Orders 
by  telephone  2472,  or  by  mail,  are  given  immediate  attention,  and  all 
transactions  are  placed  on  a  substantial  and  thoroughly  satisfactory 
basis.  Mr.  Atwater  was  formerly  with  the  house  in  New  York  City, 
is  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  needs  and  requirements  of  the  coal 
trade,  and  has  proved  himself  eminently  reliable,  successful,  and 
popular  in  meeting  promptly  all  its  demands.  Mr.  Charles  P. 
Hutchins,  who  has  also  become  associated  with  the  Boston  office,  is 
already  well  known,  and  will  hereafter  give  especial  attention  to 
their  rapidly  growing  trade  in  Maine  and  the  east,  to  which  market 
Haddock's  Plymouth  coal  is  especially  adapted. 

JW.  HOBBS  &  CO.,  Importers  of  Foreign  Manganese  and  For- 
Keign  Paints,  No.  18  Central  Wharf.— Manganese  is  a  mineral 
B  of  great  practical  value  in  many  of  the  arts,  and  is  rapidly 
growing  in  demand,  now  that  a  plentiful  supply  in  its  purest 
crystallized  state  is  being  obtained  from  the  celebrated  Crystal  Ten- 
ney  Cape  Mine  in  Nova  Scotia.  The  prominent  Boston  house  of 
Messrs.  J.  W.  Hobbs  &  Co.,  the  well-known  importers  and  dealers  in 
foreign  paints,  are  the  agents  for  this  crystal  manganese,  and  since 
January  1,  1883,  have  been  in  receipt  of  the  whole  product  of  the 
Crystal  Tenney  Cape  Mine.  Mr.  J.  N.  Hobbs,  the  senior  partner,  is 
the  recognized  American  authority  on  manganese,  and  is  the  pioneer 
in  its  introduction  to  the  flint  glass  and  other  industries,  having  sold 
the  first  fine  grades  used  in  the  United  States  in  1848.  He  has  had 
vast  experience  in  this  and  the  paint  and  color  trade,  and  is  one  of 
the  best  known  and  most  highly  esteemed  merchants  of  the  city.  He 
was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Fearing,  Hobbs  &  Co., 
and  later  of  the  firm  of  Hobbs,  Pope  &  Co.,  in  1875  retiring  to  em- 
bark in  business  upon  his  own  account,  as  a  direct  importer  of  for- 
eign paints,  etc.,  all  the  tune  making  a  prominent  specialty  of  man- 
ganese whose  extreme  value,  he  fully  recognized.  The  crystal 
manganese,  of  Cape  Tenney  is  the  very  best  ore  yet  discovered  for 
use  in  the  manufacture  of  crystal  and  flint  glass  wares,  and  for 
other  purposes  requiring  a  test  of  90  per  cent  and  upwards.  It  is 
now  in  constant  use  by  the  leading  flint  glass  manufacl  urers  of 
Pittsburg  and  other  sections,  and  its  consumption  is  annually  ad- 
vancing at  a  rapid  ratio.  Mr.  Hobbs  offers  substantial  inducements 
as  to  price  and  quality,  and  those  interested  should  send  for  sample 
accompanied  by  the  highly  favorable  professional  report  of  Prof. 
Amory  Austin,  who  finds  it  to  contain  over  94  per  cent  of  available 
binoxide  of  manganese  and  no  iron.  Mr.  Hobbs  is  a  popular  and  en- 
terprising member  of  commercial  circles,  and  has  secured  to  Boston 
a  most  important  branch  of  foreign  import  trade. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


ELMER  CHICKERING,  Photographer.  No.  21  West  Street.— Not 
to  speak  of  new  processes  and  modes  of  manipulation  almost 
constantly  coming  into  vogue,  the  growth  of  the  beautiful 
art  of  photography  as  a  means  of  producing  faithful,  and  at 
the  same  time  most  picturesque  representations  of  natural  objects, 
and  especially  of  portraits  and  scenery,  is  deserving  of  particular 
notice.    This  is  clearly  shown  at  the  popular  art  gallery  of  Mr. 
Elmer  Chickering  of  No.  31  West  Street.    Mr.  Chickering  has  been 


identified  with  the  photographic  art  nearly  all  his  life.  He  started 
in  business  on  his  own  account  in  1870,  and  is  admittedly  the  leader 
in  his  profession  in  the  city.  His  premises  are  commodious  and  un- 
commonly handsomely  fitted  up  and  appointed.  Everything  neces- 
sary for  the  production  of  the  highest  class  of  work  is  provided,  and 
the  very  numerous  and  beautiful  specimens  with  which  the  office 
and  reception-room  are  ornamented  testify  to  the  high  standard  of 
excellence  attained.  Mr.  Chickering  shows  a  thorough  mastery  of 
a  most  difficult  art.  In  all  his  details  he  reveals  a  perception  of 
true  artistic  effect,  and  in  execution  and  finish  he  withstands  criti- 
cism. In  oil,  crayon,  India  ink,  and  pastel  work  Mr.  Chickering  is 
equally  effective  and  successful,  and  he  is  assisted  by  a  skilled  and 
experienced  staff  of  assistants.  His  patronage  is  drawn  from  the 
best  classes  of  citizens  and  from  the  leading  families  in  the  suburbs, 
and  the  business  done  is  of  an  extensive  character.  Mr.  Chickering 
is  a  native  of  the  city  and  personally  very  popular. 


BENEDICT  &  BURNHAM  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY, 
Manufacturers  of  Rolled  and  Sheet  Brass  and  German  Silver, 
Brass,  Copper,  German  Silver  and  Insulated  Wire,  Seamless 
Brass  and  Copper  Tubes,  etc.,  No.  34  Oliver  Street;  E.  L.  Rugg, 
Agent.— The  largest  brass  and  copper  works  In  the  world  are  those 
of  the  famous  Benedict  &  BurnhamTHanuf  acturing  Company,  situated 
at  Waterbury,  Conn.  They  enjoy  a  national  reputation  as  manu- 
facturers of  seamless  brass  and  copper  tubes,  rolled  and  sheet  brass 
and  German  silver,  brass,  copper,  German  silver  and  insulated  wire, 
brazed  tubing,  brass  butts,  copper  rivets  and  burs,  drawer  pulls, 
burners,  lamp  trimmings,  etc.,  and  have  been  established  in  the 
business  for  upwards  of  fifty  years.  The  company  operates  an  ex- 
tensive salesroom  at  No.  24  Oliver  Street,  in  this  city,  which  is  under 
the  management  of  Mr.  E.  L.  Rugg,  and  is  a  noted  source  of  supply 
for  the  trade  and  consumers  in  this  line  throughout  New  England 
and  Canada.  The  works  at  Waterbury  cover  a  ground  area  of  six 
acres,  and  give  steady  employment  to  a  force  of  seven  hundred  work- 
men, while  the  output  is  one  of  great  magnitude  and  variety.  The 
Boston  salesrooms  comprise  two  floors,  25x125  feet  each,  which  are 
stocked  to  repletion  at  all  times  with  a  complete  assortment  of  the 
productions  of  this  representative  company.  The  business  here  has 
been  developed  to  large  and  important  proportions,  heavy  sales 
being  constantly  made  to  leading  manufacturers  and  consumers  of 


brass  goods  in  this  city  and  throughout  New  England,  while  induce- 
ments are  offered  to  patrons,  as  regards  both  reliability  of  goods  and 
liberality  of  terms  and  prices.  Branch  houses  are  also  operated  hi 
New  York  and  Philadelphia,  and  the  company  permanently  maintains 
the  supremacy  in  its  branch  of  industry  in  the  country,  having  the 
advantages  of  large  and  ample  capital,  unequalled  facilities  for  pro- 
duction, a  foundation  understanding  of  all  the  needs  and  require- 
ments of  the  trade  in  the  different  sections  of  the  Union,  and  expert 
and  loyal  representatives  to  manage  its  interests  in  the  leading  com- 
mercial centres. 

ALLEN,  LANE  &  CO.,  Dry-goods  Commission  Merchants,  No. 
266  Devonshire  Street.— No  branch  of  commerce  in  Boston  is 
of  greater  importance  than  the  dry-goods  trade.  And  it  is 
safe  to  say  that  for  the  capital  invested,  enterprise  and  indus- 
try manifested,  together  with  fair  and  honorable  methods  of  dealing, 
those  engaged  in  it,  as  a  body,  excel.  In  this  connection  it  is  our 
desire  to  mention  to  the  readers  of  this  volume  one  of  the  oldest  firms, 
Allen,  Lane  &  Co.,  who  were  at  the  outset  40  years  ago  dry-goods 
jobbers,  but  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  have  been  dry -goods  commis- 
sion merchants,  and  the  selling  agents  of  some  of  the  best  mills  hi 
New  England.  The  firm  at  present  is  composed  only  of  Frederick  D. 
Allen  and  Jonathan  A.  Lane,  with  the  parent  house  No.  266  Devon- 
shire Street,  and  a  branch  at  No.  49  Leonard  Street,  New  York  City. 
Mr.  Lane  has  been  in  both  branches  of  the  legislature,  on  the  Gov- 
ernor's Council,  and  at  the  present  time  is  president  of  the  Boston 
Merchants'  Association.  The  mills  for  which  this  firm  are  the  selling 
agents  are  all  woolen  mills,  and  their  product  is  blankets,  and 
•woolen  goods  for  the  wear  of  both  men  and  women.  The  principal 
of  these  mills  and  their  production  are  as  follows:  Georges  River  Mills, 
Warren,  Me.,  which  make  the  best  cheviot  and  friezes  of  pure  wool, 
and  such  as  are  not  excelled  by  any  goods  of  their  class  and  kind 
made  at  home  or  abroad .  Devonshire  Mills,  Manchester,  N.  H. ,  ladies' 
woolen  dry  goods,  cloakings,  etc.,  also  men's  cassimeres.  This  prop- 
erty has  recently  passed  into  the  hands  of  a  new  company,  and  has 
already  made  for  itself  an  excellent  reputation.  Cordaville  Mills, 
Cordaville,  Mass.,  whose  gray  blankets  are  known  for  cheapness  and 
excellence  everywhere.  Woodside  Mills,  Northboro,  Mass.,  whose 
Franklin  blanket  and  robes  are  especially  popular  hi  all  the  south- 
west. Monadnock  Blanket  Mills,  Marlboro,  N.  H. ,  whose  horse  blankets 
of  all  description  are  so  acceptable  to  the  saddlery  and  other  trade 
that  they  are  generally  sold  ahead.  Rockfall  Woolen  Company,  Mid- 
dletown,  Ct.,  whose  horse  covers  are  the  best  of  their  kind,  and  all 
of  whose  goods  are  superior  for  honest  service.  Ossipee  Woolen- 
Mills,  Moultonville,  N.  H.,  not  a  large  concern,  but  new  and  enterpris 
ing;  and  their  colored  and  white  bed  blankets  are  not  excelled  by  any 
of  the  old  establishments.  All  wholesale  houses  should  not  fail  to  know 
the  above  and  some  other  lines  of  woolens  adapted  to  the  trade  of 
all  portions  of  the  United  States. 


OJ.  FAXON  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Piano-forte  Hardware, 
Grand,  Square  and  Upright  Piano  Plates,  etc. ;  Office  and 
B  Works,  No.  3  Appleton  Street.— A  representative  successful 
and  old  established  house  in  the  city  of  Boston  extensively 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  piano-forte  hardware,  machinery 
castings,  etc.,  is  that  of  Messrs.  O.  J.  Faxon  &  Co.,  whose  office  and 
works  are  located  at  No.  3  Appleton  Street.  The  firm's  foundry, 
which  is  fully  supplied  with  modern  appliances  and  machinery,  is 
situated  at  West  Everett,  Mass.  This  business  was  established  in 
1850  by  O.  J.  Faxon  and  Edward  Faxon,  who  conducted  it  till  1885, 
when  they  retired  after  a  successful  and  honorable  career.  They 
were  succeeded  by  Messrs.  Edwin  &  George  H.  Faxon,  who  are  now 
carrying  on  the  enterprise  under  the  old  firm  name  of  O.  J.  Faxon 
&  Co.  The  partners  give  close  personal  attention  to  every  detail  of 
their  extensive  business,  and  manufacture  carefully  to  specification 
all  kinds  of  grand,  square,  and  upright  piano  plates.  Their  name  is 
a  sufficient  guarantee  as  to  the  excellence,  finish,  and  thorough  re- 
liability of  their  piano-forte  hardware  all  through  the  trade.  They 
also  drill,  bronze,  nickel,  and  agraffe  piano  plates,  and  turn  out  from 
their  foundry  all  descriptions  of  machinery  castings.  The  firm  num- 
ber among  their  permanent  customers  all  the  leading  piano  manu- 
facturers of  New  England,  and  have  in  their  possession  numbers  of 
unsolicited  testimonials  as  to  the  unqualified  satisfaction  their  piano 
plates  invariably  give.  All  orders  are  promptly  filled  at  the  lowest 
possible  prices  consistent  with  first  class  workmanship  and  materials. 


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JOSEPH  BIRTWELL&  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Contractors  of 
Iron  Work  for  Buildings,  etc.,  No.  60  Broad  Street.  Joseph  Birt- 
well,  Boston  Manager.— When  the  public  becomes  thoroughly 
acquainted  with  the  advantages.that  iron  possesses  as  a  building 
material,  it  is  confidently  predicted  that  for  superior  edifices  of  all 
kinds,  it  will  receive  a  general  preference  to  granite,  marble,  or 
brick.  In  this  connection  we  desire  to  make  special  reference  in 
this  Commercial  Review  of  Boston  to  the  old  established  and  repre- 
sentative firm  of  Messrs.  Joseph  Birtwell  &  Co.,  manufacturers  and 
contractors  of  all  kinds  of  iron- work  for  buildings,  whose  offices  are 
located  at  No.  60  Broad  Street.  The  works,  which  are  very  extensive 
and  admirably  equipped,  are  in  Belgium.  This  business  was  estab- 
lished in  Boston  in  1882,  and  is  under  the  able  and  careful  man- 
agement of  Mr.  Joseph  Birtwell,  who  is  a  thoroughly  practical  engin- 
eer, fully  conversant  with  every  detail  and  feature  'of  this  industry 
and  the  requirements  of  patrons.  Messrs.  Birtwell  &  Co.  have  just 
completed  an  extensive  contract  for  iron-work  for  the  State  Capitol, 
Austin,  Texas,  and  have  now  on  hand  a  large  contract  for  the  public 
library,  Boston.  The  firm  are  constantly  taking  contracts  for  iron- 
work for  the  largest  buildings,  not  only  in  Europe,  but  also  in  Canada 
and  the  United  States,  and  guarantee  entire  satisfaction  to  patrons. 
Their  work  is  unrivalled  for  strength,  design,  quality  of  materials, 
finish  and  workmanship,  while  the  prices  quoted  in  all  cases  are  ex- 
ceedingly moderate.  They  also  contract  for  trestle  work,  viaducts, 
bridges,  towers,  etc.  Among  the  prominent  buildings  erected  by 
Mr.  Birtwell  since  he  established  business  here|seven  years  ago  is  the 
Texas  State  Capitol  Building;  Suffolk JCounty  Court-house;  Tudor 
Building,  Beacon  Street,  Boston;  Massachusetts  Hospital;  Life  In- 
surance Building,  State  Street;  The  Boston  Tavern,  which  is  a  fire- 
proof building;  Pearce  Building,  Tremont  Street;  Houghton  &  Dut- 
teris  Dry  Goods  Warehouse,  Tremont  Street;  New  England  Mutual 
Life-insurance  Building,  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  Massachusetts  Life  In- 
surance Company  Building,  Kansas  City,  and  many  other  public 
and  private  buildings.  Mr.  Joseph  Birtwell,  the  Boston  manager  is 
highly  regarded  in  trade  circles  for  his  skill  as>n  engineer,  prompt- 
ness, and  integrity.  It  is  with  pleasure,  therefore,  that  particular 
attention  is  called  to  this  reliable  .house,  being  confident  that  those 
who  establish  relations  with  it  will  find  their  interests  promoted  and 
conserved  in  every  judicious  and  available  manner. 


BIGELOW  &  DOWSE,  Hardware  Merchants,  No.  329  Franklin 
Street.— The  largest  and  leading  representative  hardware 
house  of  Boston  is  that  .of  Messrs.  Bigelow  &  Dowse,  No.  229 
Franklin  Street.  It  is  also  one  of  the  oldest  established,  hav- 
ing been  founded  in  1889  by  Messrs.  Horton  &  Cordis.  The  firm  of 
Horton,  Cordis  &  Co.  was  formed  in  '.1843,  succeeded  by  that  of 
Horton,  Hall  &  Co.  in  1851.  It  thus  continued  till  1864,  when  the 
firm  of  Homer,  Bishop  &  Co.  succeeded.  In  1868  Mr.  Bigelow  and 
Mr.  Dowse  both  came  in  as  partners,  and  the  house  had  developed  to 
be  one  of  the  strongest  and  leading  in  its  line.  In  1873  the  firm  of 
Macomber,  Bigelow  &  Dowse  was  formed,  and  made  rapid,  substan- 
tial progress,  outgrowing  its  old  premises,  so  that  in  1881  was  com- 
pleted specially  for  their  purposes  the  magnificent  building  in  Frank- 
lin Street  now  occupied  by  them.  In  1884  Messrs.  Bigelow  &  Dowse 
became  sole  proprietors  of  a  business  second  to'  none  in  the  United 
States  in  its  line,  and  to  which  they  have  since  made  material  addi- 
tions. The  premises  occupied  are  exteriorly  very'handsome,  and  five 
stories  and  basement  in  height,  125x150  feet  in  dimensions,  and 
equipped  throughout  with  elegant  fixtures  and  modern  improve- 
ments. Here  is  accommodated  the  largest,  finest,  and  most  compre- 
hensive stock  of  shelf  and  heavy  hardware,  cutlery,  etc.,  hi  New 
England.  A  thorough  system  of  organization  is  enforced  by  the  en 
terprising  proprietors,  who  bring  to  bear  the  widest  range  of  practi- 
cal experience,  perfected  facilities,  and  most  influential  connections. 
They  are  direct  importers  of  fine  Sheffield  and  German  cutlery,  and 
of  lines  of  foreign  hardware.  In  the  catalogue  of  American  hard- 
ware handled  by  this  progressive  and  responsible  house  will  be  found 
the  products  of  every  firm  or  company  of  any  celebrity.  Specialty  is 
made  of  fine  builders'  and  cabinet  hardware,  locks,  etc.,  in  all  styles, 
including  solid  bronze  and  silver  and  gold  plated.  The  firm  deal  in 
full  lines  of  carpenters,  plumbers,  blacksmiths,  tinners,  and  other 
tools,  and  the  firm  sell  all  over  the  United  States.  Messrs.  Bigelow 
&  Dowse  have  the  highest  standing  in  commercial  circles,  their  accu- 
rate and  honorable  methods  are  duly  appreciated. 


REDPATH  BROTHERS,  Manufacturers  of  Men's  Boots  and 
Shoes,  No.  70  Pearl  Street.— In  the  whole  history  of  Ameri- 
can industrial  enterprise  there  is  nothing  more  interesting 
or  remarkable  than  the  growth  of  the  boot  and  shoe  manu- 
factures of  the  country.  Within  but  little  more  than  a  quarter  of  a 
century  a  gigantic  development  of  the  industry  has  been  accom- 
plished, and  the  ultimate  proportions  cannot  even  as  yet  have  been 
foreseen.  Boston  and  her  surrounding  towns  form  the  chief  centre 
of  the  industry  in  this  country,  and  here  are  employed  many  mil. 
lions  of  money  and  many  thousands  of  skilled  work-people.  One  of 
the  leading  houses  engaged  in  this  line  is  that  of  Messrs.  Red  path 
Brothers,  of  No.  70  Pearl  Street,  where  their  office,  salesrooms,  and 
stock-rooms  are  comprised  in  a  building  having  four  floors,  with  the 
spacious  dimensions  of  25  by  150  feet.  The  business  of  this  progres- 
sive concern  was  founded  in  1876  by  the  present  firm,  who  began  as 
wholesale  dealers,  and  who,  in  1882,  augmented  their  enterprise  by 
beginning  the  manufacture  of  men's  and  boys'  boots  and  shoes. 
Their  record  has  been  one  of  uninterrupted  success  from  the  outset, 
and  the  extensive  trade  that  has  been  developed;  reaches  to  all 
parts  of  the  United  States.  The  factory  is  situated  in  South  Brain- 
tree,  Mass.,  and  is  a  building  having  four  floors  of  spacious  propor- 
tions. The  place  is  equipped  with  the  most  improved  steam-work, 
ing  shoe  machinery,  and  employment  is  furnished  a  force  of  one 
hundred  operatives  in  the  several  departments.  The  best  of  leather 
and  findings  enter  into  the  production,  medium  and  fine  grades  are 
made,  and  the  goods  turned  out  are  unsurpassed  for  excellence  of 
finish,  style,  variety,  and  for  durability  and  comfort  in  wearing. 
Twelve  travelers  represent  the  house  on  the  road,  and  the  trade  ex- 
tends from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific  coast.  A  heavy  stock  is  kept 
at  the  Boston  establishment  to  supply  the  demand,  and  orders  are 
shipped  without  delay.  The  members  of  the  firm,  Messrs.  E.  W.,  L. 
H.,  and  N.  H.  Redpath,  are  all  natives  of  Pennsylvania,  but  have 
long  resided  in  Boston.  Mr.  E.  W.  was  formerly  of  the  firm  of 
Leonard,  Redpath  &  Lamb,  and  L.  H.  Redpath  of  the  house  of  Hay- 
den,  Gardiner  &  Co.  Mr.  E.  W.  Redpath  has  served  creditably  as  a 
member  of  the  city[council.  N.  H.  Redpath  is  the  popular  president 
of  the  Boot  and  Shoe  Travelers'  League  of  Boston,  and  all  three 
gentlemen  are  held  in  favorable  repute  throughout  the  community, 
because  of  their  enterprise,  ability,  and  honorable  business  methods. 


T BAXTER  &  BROTHER,  Opticians,  No.  9  Bromfield  Street.— 
During  the  last  half  century  steady  advance  has  been  made 
in  the  interesting  and  important  branch  of  activity  devoted 
to  the  construction  of  devices  for  aiding  and  extending  the 
power  of  vision,  and  in  the  manufacture  of  optical  instruments  and 
kindred  philosophical  and  scientific  apparatus.  The  leading  head- 
quarters for  this  class  of  goods  in  this  city  is  the  establishment  of 
Messrs.  Thaxter  &  Brother.,  the  well-known  opticians,  at  No.  9 
Bromfield  Street.  This  is,  by  the  way,  the  oldest  house  of  its  kind 
in  the  United  States,  having  been  founded  by  Thomas  Pons  some 
time  in  the  eighteenth  century.  The  next  proprietor  was  John 
Pearse,  who  was  succeeded  by  Messrs.  Daniel  and  Joseph  B.  Thax- 
ter. The  senior  brother  died  November  14,  1879,  since  which  date 
the  surviving  partner  has  continued  the  business  under  the  same 
firm  name.  Mr.  Thaxter  is  a  practical  optician,  manufacturing 
largely  and  dealing  at  retail  in  everything  belonging  to  this  trade. 
The  instruments  and  optical  goods  manufactured  by  him  have  a  na- 
tional reputation,  and  are  not  surpassed,  if  equalled,  in  any  feature 
of  merit,  in  effectiveness,  construction,  design,  finish,  or  durability, 
by  the  products  of  any  contemporaneous  establishment.  His  house 
has  long  been  popularized  and  familiar  throughout  leading  profes- 
sional circles  as  the  place  above  all  others  in  this  city  where  the 
best  instruments  and  accessory  apparatus  can  be  purchased  at  the 
lowest  prices.  The  stock  here  displayed  is  the  most  comprehensive 
and  reliable  in  town,  and  comprises  full  lines  of  optical  goods,  tele- 
scopes, and  microscopes  of  all  standard  powers,  opera-glasses 
adapted  to  every  want,  and  finished  in  all  styles,  spy-glasses,  ma- 
rine-glasses, and  field-glasses,  spectacles  and  eye-glasses  of  every 
conceivable  power,  with  the  best  pebble  and  other  lenses,  and 
adapted  to  the  most  exacting  requirements;  also  thermometers, 
barometers,  and  other  measuring  apparatus.  All  through  this  list 
the  prices  will  be  found  the  lowest  quoted,  while  the  house  has  ac- 
quired and  permanently  retains  the  patronage  of  leading  surveyors, 
engineers,  colleges,  and  seminaries  of  learning, 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


SPRINGER  BROTHERS,  Manufacturers  of  Fashionable  Cloaks, 
Chauncy  and  Essex  Streets  and  Harrison  Avenue.— The  fact 
that  Boston  permanently  retains  her  supremacy  as  the  me- 
tropolis of  New  England  is  due  chiefly  to  her  leading  mer- 
chants and  importers,  who  by  their  industry  and  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  the  requirements  of  the  public  have  enlarged  their  facilities, 
and  increased  their  stocks,  until  they  are  quite  equal  to  those  of 
New  York,  Paris,  or  London.    The.Boston  manufacturers  of  fashion- 


Essex  Streets  and  Harrison  Avenue.  The  firm  have  likewise  a  large 
retail  establishment  at  No.  500  Washington  Street,  corner  Bedford 
Street,  an  extensive  factory  at  the  West  End,  where  several  hundred 
skilled  operatives  are  employed,  also  a  wholesale  agency  in  San 
Francisco.  This  business  was  established  in  1865  by  Messrs.  E.  M. 
and  M.  P.  Springer,  whose  premises  were  entirely  destoyed  in  1872 
by  the  great  fire.  Undaunted  by  their  losses,  they  reoccupied  the 
first  building  erected  in  the  burnt  district,  and  remained  there  till 


able  cloaks  encountered  from  the  start  determined  opposition  from 
the  New  York  houses.  How  well  our  Boston  manufacturers  have 
succeeded  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  they  now  not  only  supply  New 
England,  but  also  have  developed  an  extensive  and  increasing  pa- 


1883  when,  in  consequence  of  their  rapidly  increasing  patronage,  they 
removed  to  their  present  extensive  establishments.  Their  principal 
store  is  one  of  the  finest  edifices  in  Boston.  It  is  a  very  superior 
five-story  basement  freestone  building,  having  a  frontage  on  Essex 
Street,  and  flanked  by  Chauncy  Street  and  Harrison  Avenue.  The 
store  is  elegantly  equipped,  and  a  specialty  of  the  establishment  is  a 
splendid  ladies'  cloak-room  with  cathedral  windows.  The  stock  is 
one  of  the  finest  in  the  United  States,  and  includes  every  style  of 


tronage  in  New  York,  the  middle  and  western  states.  In  connec- 
tion with  these  remarks,  we  desire  to  make  special  reference  in  this 
commercial  review  of  the  city  of  the  representative  and  enterpris- 
ing firm  of  Messrs.  Springer  Brothers,  manufacturers  of  fashionable 
cloaks,  whose  office  and  salesrooms  are  located  on  Chauncy  and 


fashionable  cloaks,  and  also  all  kinds  of  cloaking  materials,  which  are 
imported  direct  from  the  most  celebrated  European  houses.  Not 
only  are  Messrs.  Springer  Brothers'  cloaks  outwardly  and  appar- 
ently equal  to  the  best,  but  the  hidden  material  and  the  work  are 
exactly  what  they  purport  to  be.  This  has  ever  been  the  undeviat- 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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ing  rule  of  the  firm,  which  has  been  the  main  secret  of  their  success 
in  every  city  where  their  cloaks  are  brought  into  competition  with 
those  of  other  houses.  In  fact,  the  fine  cloaks  of  this  popular  firm 
are  unrivalled  for  quality  of  materials,  style,  finish,  and  fashionable 
elegance,  being  equal  in  every  respect  to  the  best  goods  from  London 
or  Paris,  while  the  prices  quoted  in  all  cases  are  exceedingly  moder- 
ate. The  trade  of  the  house,  which  is  both  wholesale  and  retail,  ex 
tends  throughout  all  sections  of  the  United  States.  The  prompt- 
ness, liberality,  and  just  dealing  with  which  all  the  operations  of  this 
establishment  are  conducted,  are  as  commendable  as  they  have  be- 
come proverbial— a  fact  no  doubt  due  to  Messrs.  Springer  Brothers 
having  always  lived  up  to  their  rule  of  giving  their  customers  a  full 
equivalent  for  their  money  in  the  best  and  most  artistic  cloaks  that 
can  be  produced. 


CHARLES  A.  VINAL.  Shoe  Manufacturers'  Goods,  Glove  and  Calf 
I  Patent  Leather,  No.  35  High  Street.— In  reviewing  the  varied 
y^  and  vast  interests  comprehended  in  the  general  leather  and 
shoe  trades  of  New  England's  metropolis,  more  than  passing 
mention  should  be  given  the  widely  and  honorably  known  house  of 
Mr.  Charles  A.  Vinal,  dealers  hi  glove  calf,  patent  leather  and  shoe 
manufacturers'  supplies  of  all  kinds.  This  gentleman  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Albert  A.  Pope  &  Co.,  who  founded  the  business  in 
1870.  In  1876  the  firm  was  reorganized  and  its  title  changed  to 
Vinal,  Pope  &  Co.  In  January  1, 1884,  Mr.  Vinal  started  alone  and 
assumed  the  sole  direction  and  management  of  the  enterprise,  at 
No.  35  High  Street,  which  from  the  beginning  has  enjoyed  a  large 
share  of  prosperity,  the  trade  of  the  house  extending  over  all  parts 
of  the  United  States  and  Canada  and  steadily  increasing.  The 
premises  occupied  for  the  business  comprise  two  floors,  each  28x120 
feet  in  dimensions,  of  the  building  No.  35  High  Street.  These  are 
appropriately  fitted  up  and  arranged  and  provided  with  every  con- 
venience for  the  successful  prosecution  of  the  business.  The  stock 
of  merchandise  kept  on  hand  represents  every  description  of  shoe 
manufacturers'  requisites,  a  specialty  being  made  of  glove  calf, 
grained  and  patent  leather,  and  the  finest  quality  of  imitation  leather 
manufactured.  The  last  named  article  is  made  in  white,  black  and 
colors,  and  being  much  cheaper  then  leather  is  destined  to  have  a 
large  and  increasing  sale.  Mr.  Vinal  also  controls  the  product  of  one 
of  the  largest  manufacturers  of  boot  and  shoe  lacings  in  the  country, 
which  he  is  enabled  to  sell  at  the  lowest  manufacturers'  prices.  He 
also  carries  in  stock  the  largest  line  of  colored  and  printed  drills  and 
ducks  to  be  found  in  any  house  in  the  city.  Mr.  Vinal,  who  is  a 
Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  a  resident  in  Cambridge,  is  one  of 
the  most  popular  business  men  in  this  section. 


ARTHUR  H.  TABER,  Real  Estate  and  Insurance,  No.  620  Atlan- 
tic Avenue. — One  of  the  most  active,  and  successful  real  estate 
and  insurance  brokers  in  this  city  is  Mr.  Arthur  H.  Taber, 
who  has  been  established  in  business  here  since  the  fall  of 
1887,  and  brings  to  bear  that  wide  range  of  practical  experience  so 
essential  to  the  best  interests  of  the  public  at  large.  He  has  an  inti- 
mate personal  acquaintance  with  properties  in  various  sections  of  the 
city,  and  is  a  recognized  authority  as  to  present  and  prospective 
values  of  realty  in  city  and  country.  He  is  prepared  to  buy,  sell,  and 
lease  property  on  commission,  collect  rents,  negotiate  loans,  and 
place  fire  insurance  risks  in  the  best  companies  at  the  lowest  rates  of 
premium;  while  he  is  giving  special  attention  to  the  management  of 
the  New  Hathaway  Building,  located  at  Nos.  612  to  624  Atlantic 
Avenue,  next  to  N.  Y.  and  N.  E.  Railroad  Depot,  and  one  of  the  finest 
office  buildings  in  the  city.  A  few  choice  offices  can  still  be  let  by 
applying  to  Mr.  Taber  at  room  28.  Mr.  Taber  also  has  several  large 
new  buildings  for  manufacturing,  and  storage  to  let,  while  a  safe  in 
his  office  packed  with  powers  of  attorney  tells  the  character  of  his 
clientage.  So  implicitly  is  he  trusted,  that  by  these  powers  of  attorney 
he  can  collect  a  fortune  each  month,  disburse  it  in  proper  channels, 
and  do  all,  except  selling,  that  any  owner  can  do  with  his  property. 
Some  of  the  largest  estates  in  the  city  are  placed  entirely  in  his  bands 
while  the  owners  go  to  enjoy  European  travel  and  country  life  for 
years  at  a  time.  Almost  every  ward  in  the  city  is  represented  on  Mr. 
Taber's  books,  as  well  as  every  class  of  property.  He  is  popular  as  a 
general  insurance  broker,  and  is  special  agent  of  the  Provident  Life 
and  Trust  Company.  Mr.  Taber  is  a  native  oi.  the  State  of  Maine,  a 
well-known  citizen  of  Brookline,  and  deservedly  honored  and  re- 
spected. 


HENRY  C.  HUNT  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in 
Oak-tanned  Leather  Belting,  and  Hose,  Vulcanized  Rubber 
Fabrics  of  Every  Description :  Office  and  Salesroom,  No.  45 
Arch  Street;  Factory,  Nos.  30  and  32  Oliver  Street.— Boston 
manufacturers  and  merchants  enjoy  a  widespread  reputation  for 
the  magnitude  of  their  operations  and  the  enterprise  with  which 
they  are  carried  on— a  reputation  that  has  been  acquired  by  a  prac- 
tical knowledge  of  the  wants  of  the  trade,  and  the  energy  and  in- 
dustry applied  to  the  several  undertakings.  In  its  special  depart- 
ment of  industry  the  house  of  Henry  C.  Hunt  &  Co.  is  the  foremost 
establishment  in  this  section,  and  is  of  historical  note  because  of  its 
having  been  the  first  in  this  country  to  engage  in  the  manufacture 
of  leather  belting  for  sale.  The  business  was  founded  in  1847  by  Mr. 
N.  Hunt,  and  he  was  succeeded  in  1865  by  his  son,  the  present  pro- 
prietor, Mr.  Henry  C.  Hunt,  who  has  continued  the  enterprise  with 
uninterrupted  prosperity.  The  factory  is  located  at  Nos.  30  and  32 
Oliver  Street,  the  building  occupied  having  four  floors,  each  30  by 
125  feet  in  dimensions,  and  equipped  throughout  with  the  best 
steam-working  machinery  applicable  to  the  industry,  while  steady 
employment  is  afforded  a  large  force  of  expert  workmen.  The 
productions  of  the  house  comprise  Hunt's  famous  oak-tanned 
leather  belting,  Hunt's  Indian  tan  lace,  aprons  for  cordage,  worsted 
and  silk  mills.  The  leading  specialty  is  belting,  which  is  manufac- 
tured of  the  best-selected  slaughter  hides,  which  are  tanned  ex- 
pressly for  this  house,  only  oak  bark  being  used  in  the  tanning  proc- 
ess. Believing  that  the  interests  of  consumers  are  best  served  by 
the  production  of  goods  of  reliable  quality,  and  that  the  first  cost  of 
belting  is  less  to  be  considered  by  them  than  the  expense  attendant 
upon  the  failure  of  belting  of  an  inferior  quality,  Mr.  Hunt  would 
not  attempt  to  compete  with  goods  offered  at  such  prices  that  the 
quality  has  to  be  materially  reduced ;  for  under  no  circumstances 
will  the  quality  of  his  standard  manufactures  be  impaired  to  lessen 
their  cost.  The  trade  supplied  extends  to  all  parts  of  the  United 
States.  At  the  salesroom,  No.  45  Arch  Street,  a  heavy  stock  is  car- 
ried, and  all  orders  are  filled  in  the  promptest  and  most  satisfactory 
manner.  Mr.  Hunt  is  a  native  of  Boston,  is  an  active  member  of 
the  Massachusetts  Charitable  Mechanics'  Association,  and  he  takes 
a  most  valued  part  in  forwarding  all  the  best  interests  of  the  city. 


OLNEY  BROTHERS,  N.  E.  Agents  for  Binghamton  Cylinder 
and  Spindle  Oils,  and  Dealers  in  Sperm,  Lard,  Illuminating, 
German  Spindle,  and  Wool  Oils,  No.  140  Congress  Street. — 
Messrs.  Olney  Brothers  are  deservedly  prominent  as  New 
England  agents  for  Binghamton  cylinder  and  spindle  oils,  and  dealers 
in  sperm,  lard,  illuminating,  and  German  spindle  and  wool  oils. 
The  main  head-quarters  of  the  firm  are  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  where 
they  have  been  engaged  in  business  since  1871,  and  in  1880  they 
opened  their  present  house  in  this  city.  From  the  outset  this  firm 
have  held  a  front-rank  position  in  the  oil  business  throughout  New 
England.  At  the  spacious  salesrooms  in  this  city  is  constantly  car- 
ried a  splendid  selection  of  kerosene,  white  safety  and  signal  oils, 
sperm,  lard,  and  wool  oils,  gasoline,  benzine,  and  naptha,  paraffine, 
cylinder,  and  spindle  oils,  engine,  lubricating,  and  sewing-machine 
oils,  neatsfoot  oil,  tallow,  and  grease.  The  leading  specialties  are 
"German  spindle  oil,"  copyrighted  by  this  firm;  and  "petrolina," 
manufactured  by  them  from  native  petroleum,  without  the  use  of 
acids  or  alkalies,  and  recognized  as  one  of  the  safest  and  most  effec- 
tive healing  ointments  made  for  burns,  bruises,  cuts,  wounds, 
sprains,  rheumatism,  etc.,  and  can  be  used  internally  for  coughs, 
colds,  and  sore  throat  with  the  most  beneficial  results.  These 
goods  are  sold  by  chemists  and  druggists  all  over  the  world,  and 
have  given  this  firm  a  national  reputation  in  their  business.  The 
lubricating  oils  of  this  responsible  house  work  splendidly  on  ma- 
chinery, contain  no  acid  or  alkali  to  corrode,  or  grit  to  wear  the 
metal,  but  are  lasting  and  cleanly,  promoting  smooth  running  in 
the  highest  degree.  This  firm  have  built  up  a  commanding  position 
in  the  oil  trade  on  perfectly  pure  and  fine  goods,  has  never  desired 
to  enter  into  competition  with  low-grade  inferior  oils,  and  is  com- 
mended to  the  trade  and  the  public  as  one  every  way  worthy  of 
confidence  and  trust.  The  copartners,  Messrs.  H.  S  and  A.  H. 
Olney,  are  both  natives  and  prominent  citizens  of  the  city  of  Provi- 
dence, still  in  the  prime  of  life,  members  of  the  Providence  Board  of 
Trade,  and  justly  popular.  Mr.  H.  S.  Olney  has  the  management  of 
the  Boston  house,  supplying  the  eastern  section  of  New  England. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


BOSTON  SUGAR-REFINING  COMPANY.  Office,  No.  52  Cen- 
tral Street.— The  Boston  Sugar- refining  Company  was  es- 
tablished here  in  1830,  and  after  various  changes  and  reor- 
ganizations the  present  company  was  organized  in  1880  with 
a  capital  of  $650,000,  and  came  into  possession  of  one  of  the 
largest  and  finest  sugar-refining  plants  in  the  United  States.  The 
company  has  had  the  ablest  and  most  honorable  executive  man- 
agement, and  has  spared  neither  pains  nor  expense  to  produce  the 
purest  and  choicest  of  each  grade  of  refined  sugar.  The  works 
are  situated  at  East  Boston,  and  form  a  prominent  land-mark 
in  that  section.  They  comprise  the  main  refinery,  a  substantial 
brick  building  ten  stories  in  height  and  200x250  feet  in  dimensions; 
the  melting-house,  also  of  brick,  four  stories  in  height  and  100x150 
feet  in  dimensions,  one  warehouse  of  the  enormous  dimensions  of 
400x500  feet,  and  a  second,  150x200  feet.  The  very  latest  unproved 
machinery  and  appliances  have  been  introduced,  and  the  apparatus 
is  under  the  supervision  of  skilled  and  experienced  chemists  and  re- 
finers. An  average  force  of  300  hands  is  employed  in  the  various 
departments,  and  under  the  energetic  and  able  superintendence  of 
Mr.  J.  F.  Stillman  the  product  is  maintained  at  the  highest  standard 
of  excellence.  The  refinery  has  a  daily  capacity  of  2200  barrels  of 
the  various  grades  and  styles  of  sugar,  and  which  are  handled 
by  the  leading  sugar  brokers  and  wholesale  dealers  of  the  United 
States.  The  Boston  Company's  brand  of  refined  sugar  has  general 
recognition  as  the  most  reliable  on  the  market,  and  the  stockholders 
of  the  company  are  to  be  congratulated  upon  the  large  measure  of 
success  achieved.  The  company's  directors  are  as  follows:  Messrs. 
Charles  O.  Foster,  E.  F.  Atkins,  J.  B.  Thomas,  J.  C.  Rogers,  and 
Francis  Bartlett.  A  more  representative  body  of  capitalists  and 
business  men  could  not  have  been  gathered  together,  and  it  is 
largely  due  to  their  public-spirited  exertions  that  Boston  has  become 
such  a  centre  for  the  refining  of  sugar.  The  president,  Mr.  Charles 
O.  Foster,  has  held  the  office  since  1884,  and  under  his  able,  conserva- 
tive guidance  the  company  has  ever  done  a  remunerative  business. 
Mr.  Joseph  A.  Ball,  the  treasurer,  was  elected  in  1887. 

CA.  NO  YES  &  C(\  Carpenters  and  Builders,  etc.,  No.  8  Province 
Court.— One  of  the  notable  industrial  enterprises  of  this  city 
m  is  that  so  successfully  conducted  by  Messrs.  C.  A.  Noyes  & 
Co.,  the  well-known  carpenters  and  builders.  The  business 
was  originally  established  in  1868  by  Messrs.  J.  and  C.  A.  Noyes,  and 
was  reorganized  by  the  present  firm  in  May,  1887,  consisting  of  Mr.  C. 
A.  Noyes  and  J.  R.  Nichols.  From  the  inception  of  the  enterprise  it 
was  attended  by  marked  success,  the  superiority  of  the  products  of 
the  establishment  and  the  artistic  and  substantial  character  of  all 
work  performed  rapidly  spreading  the  reputation  and  quickly  in- 
creasing the  volume  of  business  transactions.  Thus  has  intelligent 
application  and  honorable  effort  been  rewarded.  Every  modern 
facility  is  possessed  for  producing  all  kinds  of  wood- work  and  build- 
ing specialties,  and  a  very  extensive  stock  is  at  all  times  kept  on 
hand  to  meet  the  current  demand.  The  firm  furnish  plans  and  esti- 
mates, and  enter  into  contracts  for  all  classes  of  building  work.  They 
have  executed  much  notable  work  in  this  line  in  Boston  and  through- 
out New  England,  and  give  constant  employment  to  a  force  of  skilled 
workmen,  ranging  in  number  all  the  way  from  thirty  to  seventy, 
whose  operations  are  guided  with  intelligence  and  system  by  the 
experienced  heads  of  the  house.  A  point  is  made  of  filling  all  con- 
tracts promptly  and  in  accordance  with  the  terms.  There  are  many 
splendid  specimens  of  their  work  scattered  throughout  the  city  and 
surrounding  country,  while  they  are  also  well  known  as  agents  for 
Weston's  patent  skylight.  Mr.  C.  A.  Noyes,  the  active  member  of 
the  firm,  was  born  in  Falmouth,  Me.,  and  came  to  Boston  thirty 
years  ago.  During  all  this  time  he  has  been  steadily  before  the  pub- 
lic, ministering  to  its  wants  with  energy,  skill  and  satisfaction,  and  is 
widely  popular  as  a  solid  and  substantial  business  man  and  an  accom- 
plished and  successful  master  of  his  trade.  Mr.  Nichols  was  book- 
keeper with  the  old  firm  of  J.  &  C.  A.  Noyes  for  a  period  of  fifteen 
years  and  has  charge  of  the  Inside  work. 

A    GRIFFITHS,  Manufacturer  of  Saws,  etc.,  No.  40  Oliver  Street. 
—The  name  of  Griffiths  has  long  been  prominently  identi- 
B     fled  with  the  trade  in  saws  of  all  kinds,  and  the  old  house  of 
Welch  &  Griffiths  has  a  worthy  successor  in  Mr.  Albert 
Griffiths  whose  establishment  is  so  centrally  located  at  No.  40  Oliver 
Street.  The  business  was  founded  by  Welch  and  Griffiths  in  1830,  suc- 
ceeded by  Mr.  Albert  Griffiths  in  1884.    He  is  the  son  of  the  founder, 


who  passed  away  in  1883  after  a  long  and  honored  career.  In  1887,  Mr. 
Griffiths  removed  to  his  present  premises,  where  he  has  every  facility 
at  command  for  manufacturing,  repairing,  etc.  He  also  carries  in 
stock  full  lines  of  extra  tempered  and  patent  ground  circular  saws  of 
all  dimensions,  grooving  saws,  shingle,  heading,  and  box  board  saws, 
gang  saws  for  lumber  mills,  Mulay  mill  saws,  dray  saws,  ice  saws,  pit 
saws,  wood  saw  blades,  crosscut  and  tenon  saws,  jig  saws,  scroll  saws, 
butchers'  saw  blades,  back  saws  or  webs  for  metal,  hand-cut  extra- 
tempered  files,  emery  wheels,  gummers,  swages,  all  kinds  of  belting, 
filiing,  etc.  Both  as  to  low  price  and  high  quality,  Griffiths'  cast-steel 
saws  maintain  the  lead  and  are  in  constant  and  growing  use  with  the 
saw  mill  and  manufacturing  public  generally.  Mr.  Griffiths  makes  a 
specialty  of  repairing  saws  of  any  make  and  style,  and  all  work  he 
does  will  be  found  perfect,  the  repairs  being  executed  at  most  mod- 
erate rates.  This  is  the  oldest  saw-house  in  the  United  States. 

HENRY  K.  BARNES,  Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Oak-tanned 
Leather  Belting,  Lace  Leather,  Rubber  Belting,  Rubber,  Linen, 
and  Cotton  Fire-hose,  Nos.  199  and  201  Devonshire  Street, 
and  No.  104  Franklin  Street — In  securing  the  necessary  equip- 
ment for  driving  machinery  of  all  kinds,  the  article  known  as  leather 
belting  is  one  of  the  primest  importance.  It  is  an  urgent  matter  to 
the  consumer  to  purchase  the  best  article  in  this  line  the  market 
affords,  and  in  order  to  make  no  mistake,  he  will  do  well  to  patronize 
an  establishment  which  has  won  a  reputation  for  the  quality  of  its 
output.  Such  an  establishment,  we  can  unhesitatingly  say,  will  be 
found  located  at  Nos.  199  and  201  Devonshire  Street,  corner  of  Frank- 
lin Street,  and  of  which  Mr.  Henry  K.  Barnes  is  the  enterprising  pro- 
prietor. The  business  of  this  house  was  founded  eight  years  ago  by 
Messrs.  Elliott,  Barnes  &  Co.,  continuing  under  their  control  until 
September,  1888,  when  Mr.  Barnes  succeeded  to  the  sole  ownership. 
The  spacious  premises  occupied  are  equipped  in  the  most  complete 
style,  with  all  necessary  machinery,  operated  by  steam-power,  and  a 
force  of  skilled  artisans  are  given  constant  employment.  Mr.  Barnes 
manufactures  oak-tanned  leather  belting  and  lace-leather  in  all  sizes 
and  styles,  and  is  also  a  general  dealer  in  rubber  belting,  rubber,  linen, 
and  cotton  fire-hose—all  of  the  best  grades  of  manufacture.  He  makes 
belting  of  any  desirable  kind  to  order,  and  also  carries  a  large  stock  of 
the  goods  handled  by  him,  which  he  is  ready  to  supply  on  the  most 
favorable  terms.  The  trade  supplied  extends  to  all  parts  of  New  Eng- 
land, and  wherever  known,  the  house  bears  a  reputation  second  to 
none  for  the  superiority  of  its  goods  and  the  equitable  methods 
marking  its  management.  Mr.  Barnes  is  a  native  of  Boston,  is  practi- 
cally acquainted  with  all  the  technicalities  of  his  vocation,  and  is  a 
gentleman  pleasant  and  upright  in  all  his  business  transactions. 


MRS.  N.  J.  GREGORY,  Milliner  and  Dressmaker,  No.  908  Wash- 
ington Street.— One  of  the  leading  local  establishments  in  the 
millinery  and  dressmaking  line  is  that  of  Mrs.  N.  J.  Gregory, 
located  at  No.  908  Washington  Street.    The  elegant  corner 
store  is  fitted  up  in  a  style  which  embodies  all  the  modern  ideas  of  con- 
venience and  attractiveness,  and  the  stock  of  feminine  headwear  and 
general  millinery  goods  is  large,  comprehensive,  and  carefully  selected 
from  the  newest  novelties  and  most  fashionable  styles.    Everything 
in  the  line  of  millinery  and  dressmaking  work  is  executed  in  the 
highest  degree  of  artistic  and  mechanical  excellence,  and  Mrs.  Gre- 
gory numbers  among  her  large  and  growing  trade  the  high-class  cus- 
tom of  the  South  End.    Mrs.  Gregory  is  a  Boston  lady  of  rare  busi- 
ness tact  and  ability;  she  has  been  established  only  since  July,  1888, 
but  has  already  taken  a  leading  position  among  the  local  exponents 
of  her  dual  trade. 


DANA,  TUCKER  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants,  Dry-goods,  Cot- 
ton Cloths,  Woolens,  etc.,  No.  48  Franklin  Street  —This  busi- 
ness was  founded  about  sixty  years  ago  by  the  firm  of  Searle 
&Upham,  who  were  succeeded  byUpham,  Appleton&Co.,  and 
they  by  Upham,  Tucker  &  Co.    Upon  their  dissolution,  the  present  co- 
partnership was  formed,  now  including  Mr.  S.  B.  Dana,  Mr.  A.  Tucker, 
Mr.  A.  Amory,  Mr.  G.  J.  Browne,  Mr.  J.  A.  Baldwin,  and  Mr.  G.  P. 
Upham,  Jr.    The  firm  are  selling  agents  for,  and  carry  the  accounts 
of,  the  following  prominent  concerns:  Nashua  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, Jackson  Company,  Lancaster  Mills,  Appleton  Mills,  the  Falls 
Company,  and  Shetucket  Company.    The  firm  have  a  branch  house 
at  No.  29  Thomas  Street,  New  York  City,  where,  in  charge  of  two 
members  of  the  house,  a  full  line  of  goods  is  displayed. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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GEO.  A.  FERNALD  &  CO.,  Eastern  and  Western  Investment 
Securities,  No.  3  Sears  Building.— The  rapidly  growing  wealth 
of  the  American  people  is  forcibly  illustrated  by  the  constant 
demand  for  reliable  securities  in  which  to  invest  surplus 
funds,  and  it  is  naturally  to  the  great  city  of  Boston  that  investors 
turn  to  seek  the  best  terms  and  the  most  substantial  classes  of  secu- 
rities. In  connection  with  these  remarks,  the  attention  of  our  read- 
ers and  the  public  is  directed  to  the  representative  and  reliable  firm 
of  Messrs.  Geo.  A.  Fernald  &  Co.,  dealers  in  eastern  and  western 
securities,  whose  offices  are  centrally  located  at  No.  3  Sears  Building. 
This  business  was  established  in  1885  by  Messrs.  Geo.  A.  Fernald 
and  Thos.  S.  Krutz,  both  of  whom  have  had  great  experience  and 
possess  an  intimate  and  accurate  knowledge  of  every  feature 
and  detail  of  all  kinds  of  eastern  and  western  investment  securi- 
ties and  guaranteed  dividend-paying  bonds  and  debentures.  Mr. 
Fernald  was  connected  with  the  Loan  &  Trust  Savings  Bank,  of 
Concord,  N.  H.,  from  its  organization,  August  1,  1872,  and  for 
seven  years  was  its  treasurer.  The  bank  is  one  of  the  largest  sav- 
ings institutions  in  that  state.  Previous  to  this,  Mr.  Fernald  was  a 
clerk  in  the  National  State  Capital  Bank.  His  services  in  both  banks 
extended  over  a  period  of  sixteen  and  a  half  years.  During  that 
period  he  discharged  his  duties  efficiently  and  faithfully,  and  made  a 
favorable  and  wide  acquaintance  with  business  men,  which  has 
proved  to  be  of  great  advantage  to  his  firm  in  establishing  a  large 
business  with  New  Hampshire  savings  banks  and  financial  institu- 
tions and  individuals.  The  following  resolution  was  passed  by  the 
Trustees  of  the  Concord  Loan  &  Trust  Saving's  Bank,  November, 
1885:  "  Resolved,  That  by  the  resignation  of  George  A.  Fernald,  Esq., 
our  treasurer,  which  has  just  been  submitted  to  us,  we  lose  a  com- 
petent and  valuable  officer,  whose  faithful  services  and  uniform  kind- 
ness and  courtesy  have  endeared  him  to  all  of  us;  and  in  accepting 
that  resignation,  we  desire  to  assure  him  of  our  continued  confidence 
in  his  ability  and  integrity,  and  of  our  sincere  wishes  for  his  future 
happiness  and  prosperity."  Mr.  Fernald's  partner,  Mr.  Thomas  S. 
Krutz,  of  Emporia,  Kan.,  is  president  of  the  Central  Loan  &  Land 
Company  of  Emporia,  Kan.,  of  which  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Fernald  & 
Co.,  are  the  eastern  managers.  This  company  has  a  paid-up  capital 
of  $250,000,  and  has  been  in  operation  for  over  ten  years,  and  during 
that  time  has  loaned  over  $5,000,000  without  loss  to  any  Investor  or 
themselves  in  any  case.  The  company  have  always  confined  their 
business  to  the  eastern  half  of  the  state  of  Kansas  and  to  the  most 
conservative  loans  to  be  had,  believing  safety,  with  a  fair  income,  of 
greater  importance  than  a  high  rate  with  corresponding  risk.  The 
debenture  bonds  of  this  company  are  based  exclusively  on  real-estate 
first  mortgages,  the  trust  agreement  under  which  they  are  issued  al- 
lowing the  use  of  none  other.  Among  the  purchasers  of  these  de- 
bentures are  some  of  the  strongest  savings  banks  and  insurance 
companies  in  New  England,  principal  and  interest  being  payable  at 
the  National  Bank  of  Redemption,  Boston,  making  them  as  conve- 
nient as  any  eastern  investment.  The  combination  of  Mr.  Fennald,  who 
has  had  large  financial  experience  in  the  east,  and  Mr.  Krutz,  who 
has  had  the  same  in  the  west,  has  given  this  firm  a  reputation  so  that, 
when  they  say  a  security  is  a  good  safe  investment,  there  are  hun- 
dreds of  people  in  New  England  would  as  soon  take  their  word  as 
that  of  any  banking  concern  in  Boston. 


JAMES  W.  HARVEY,  Machine  Blacksmitn,  No.  386  Atlantic 
Avenue.— The  leading  representative  of  his  special  branch  of 
industry  in  Boston  is  Mr.  James  "W.  Harvey,  whose  place 
of  business,  at  No.  386  Atlantic  Avenue,  comprises  two  floors, 
•25x75  feet  each,  fully  supplied  with  all  the  latest  unproved  apparatus, 
appliances,  and  machinery  known  to  the  trade,  and  unequalled  facili- 
ties are  at  hand  tending  to  insure  rapid  and  perfect  production. 
Mr.  Harvey  employs  nothing  but  first  class  workmen  in  his  estab- 
lishment, and  consequently  he  is  enabled  to  guarantee  his  work  at 
the  shortest  notice,  the  same  to  be  executed  in  the  most  workman- 
like manner.  He  has  four  forges,  the  blowers  of  which  are  run  by 
steam.  This  gentleman  is  a  practical  master  of  his  trade,  with  an 
experience  of  thirty  years  at  the  business,  and  has  conducted  his 
present  enterprise  here  since  1883.  From  his  early  youth  he  has 
been  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  machinery,  and  during  the 
last  six  years,  since  he  has  been  in  business  for  himself,  he  has  made 
a  reputation  far  beyond  that  of  most  of  his  competitors,  and  is  re- 
garded by  his  many  patrons  as  one  of  the  most  skilful,  accurate, 
and  thorough  workmen  in  the  city.  Most  of  the  work  done  in  Mr. 


Harvey's  establishment  is  the  manufacturing  of  portions  of  ma- 
chinery, the  repairing  of  machinery  in  general,  the  manufacturing 
of  steel  dies,  and  the  forging  of  all  kinds  of  machinery,  and  par 
ticularly  of  steel  he  is  considered  an  expert.  Besides  the  character  of 
work  already  cited,  Mr.  Harvey  has  earned  the  reputation  of  being  the 
best  printers'  machinist  in  Boston,  having  done  a  great  amount  of  re- 
pairing on  presses  of  all  makes  and  sizes,  as  well  as  having  also  manu- 
factured wrought-iron  chases  of  all  grades  and  sizes,  the  same  being 
highly  commended  by  those  of  the  printing  fraternity  who  have 
been  so  fortunate  as  to  provide  their  offices  with  chases  of  his  make. 
The  stock  carried  to  meet  the  demands  of  the  trade  includes  twin 
chases,  book  or  shif ting-bar  chases,  skeleton  chases,  news  chases, 
bevelled  iron  side  and  foot  sticks,  parallel  iron  side  and  foot  sticks, 
and  other  materials  for  printers'  use,  while  all  orders,  of  whatever 
magnitude,  are  promptly  and  carefully  filled,  special  pains  being 
taken  to  meet  the  wants  of  every  patron.  The  methods  of  manu- 
facture in  vogue  are  of  the  most  enterprising  and  progressive  char- 
acter, and  none  but  the  best  of  skilled  labor  is  employed.  Mr.  Harvey 
is  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  where  he  was  born  in  1844.  He  came  to 
the  United  States  in  1855,  and  in  that  year  settled  in  Boston.  He 
served  two  years  in  the  Eleventh  Massachusetts  Battery  during  the 
Rebellion,  and  was  adjutant  of  the  Boston  Light  Infantry  from  1863 
to  1867.  He  is  a  member  of  both  the  Masonic  and  Odd  Fellows  fra- 
ternities, also  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Legislature,  and  stands 
high  in  all  his  social  relations. 

HD.  HEDQER  &  CO  ,  Makers  Swiftsure  Bicycles,  Repairers, 
Nickel  Platers,  and  Painters,  No.  473  Tremont  Street.— It  is 
B  now  but  a  little  over  six  years  since  Messrs.  H.  D.  Hedger, 
the  well-known  maker  of  the  Swiftsure  Bicycles,  at  No. 
473  Tremont  Street,  first  inaugurated  his  enterprise  in  this  city;  yet 
these  few  years  have  given  the  Swiftsure  bicycle  a  name  as  familiar 
to  city  people  and  country  folk  as  Shakespeare  or  Robinson  Crusoe. 
From  a  small  and  mcdest  beginning,  he  has,  by  his  energy  and  push, 
placed  a  new  industry  upon  a  basis  firm  and  permanent,  and  has 
given  to  "The  Hub  "  a  bicycle  establishment  of  which  they  have  just 
reason  to  be  proud.  To  Mr.  H.  D.  Hedger  is  due  the  remarkable  suc- 
cess of  an  enterprise  which  started  out  on  a  comparatively  unknown 
sea  of  American  manufacture.  He  has  held  the  business  tiller  with 
firmest  grasp,  until  he  has  not  only  steered  the  young  ship  into  still 
waters,  but  has  covered  it  with  the  iron-plates  of  certainty.  The 
riding  of  bicycles  is  steadily  growing  more  popular  among  business 
men,  for  it  furnishes  a  rapid  means  of  conveyance,  and  gives  a  pleas- 
ure and  exhilaration  which  only  the  wheelmen  can  realize  and  no 
words  can  describe.  The  weary  brain  of  the  professional  man  finds 
in  the  "wheel"  a  rest  of  mind  and  strength  for  body.  The  Swift  - 
sure  is  a  beautiful  machine,  in  the  construction  of  which  have  been 
placed  all  the  skill  and  experience  attainable.  It  is  light,  easy  run- 
ning1, stanch,  swift,  and  durable.  The  fine  workmanship  and  excel- 
lent materials  used  have  made  the  Swiftsure  the  finest  wheel  in  the 
world,  and  the  name  is  fast  becoming  a  household  word.  It  is  fur- 
nished with  Brown's  JEolus  ball  bearings  all  round,  its  spokes  are 
wound  seven  times,  and  it  has  Harwood's  adjustable  step.  The  de- 
tachable handle  bar  is  used  only  the  Swiftsure.  also  the  patent  adjus- 
table and  detachable  spade  handles.  All  bars  are  made  solid,  of  best 
English  machine  steel.  A  visit  to  the  warerooms  of  H.  D.  Hedger  is 
a  rare  treat.  From  floor  to  ceiling,  like  a  huge  organ,  hang  the 
burnished  wheels,  marking  not  only  a  great  and  growing  industry, 
but  the  good  sense  of  our  people  in  adopting  a  contrivance  which 
gives  them  rapid  transit,  pleasure,  exercise,  and  health.  The  repair 
shop  of  the  firm  is  fitted  with  machinery  and  appliances  for  all  kinds 
of  repairs  to  bicycles,  tricycles,  and  tandems,  and  a  large  stock  of 
parts  and  sundries  are  kept  on  hand  for  all  the  leading  'cycles  that 
are  imported.  This  firm  have  the  whole  manufacture  under  their 
own  superintendence  with  the  best  tools  to  be  procured  for  their  pur- 
pose, and,  being  thoroughly  qualified  mechanics,  they  are  in  a  posi- 
tion to  offer  machines  made  of  the  best  materials,  of  skilful  work  • 
manship,  and  put  together  with  the  greatest  nicety.  All  the  Swiftsure 
'cycles  are  fully  warranted,  and  are  built  to  order  at  prices  which 
distance  competition  Mr.  Hedger,  the  moving  spirit  of  the  enter- 
prise, is  a  native  of  England,  where  he  acquired  his  knowledge  of  the 
business  which  he  now  so  successfully  represents.  He  settled  in 
Boston  in  1878,  and  is  widely  known  as  an  accomplished  exponent  of 
the  bicycle  industry,  and  an  enterprising,  progressive,  and  reliable 
business  man. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


MASON  &  HAMLIN  ORGAN  AND  PIANO  CO.,  Boston  Office, 
No.  154  Tremont  Street;  Henry  Mason,  President  and  Treas- 
urer; Henry  Basford,  Secretary.— The  firm  name  of  Mason 
&  Hamlin  will  ever  be  justly  honored  in  connection  with 
the  introduction  of  correct  scientific  principles  into  the  manufac- 
ture of  pianos  and  organs,  coupled  with  a  nicety  of  construction,  and 
a  perfection  of  workmanship  that  render  them  altogether  unrivalled. 
This  extensive  business  was  originally  established  April,  1854,  by 
lasers.  Henry  Mason  &  Emmons  Hamlin,  who  conducted  it  till  1868, 


to  be  unequalled  are  not  only  a  majority  of  the  most  eminent  musi- 
cians of  America,  but  also  a  host  in  Europe.  The  most  famous 
organists  of  London,  Paris,  Vienna,  Berlin,  and  St.  Petersburg,  with 
those  of  New  York,  Boston,  Philadelphia,  Chicago,  and  all  the  princi- 
pal cities,  and  almost  all  states  of  the  Union;  composers  whose  fame 
is  world- wide;  most  distinguished  artists  of  the  Italian  and  Ger- 
man operas;  pianists  of  the  greatest  celebrity  everywhere;  musical 
critics  of  the  European  and  American  press;  instrumentalists  whose 
excellence  has  made  them  famous;  conductors  and  directors  of  the 


Mason   &   Hamlin 

when  it  was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Massachusetts,  with  a 
paid-up  capital  of  $500,000,  and  its  patronage  now  extends  to  all  parts 
of  the  civilized  world.  The  manufactories  of  the  Mason  &  Hamlin 
Organ  and  Piano  Co.,  which  are  admirably  equipped  with  the  latest 
improved  machinery  and  appliances,  are  situated  at  Cambridgeport, 
Mass.  Here  500  skilled  workmen  are  employed  in  the  various  de- 
partments. The  Mason  &  Hamlin  American  cabinet  or  parlor  or- 
gans have  always  maintained  their  supremacy  as  the  best  of  this 
class  of  instruments  in  the  world,  greatly  excelling  all  others  in  the 
more  important  qualities.  Among  those  who  declare  these  organs 


's  Grand   Piano. 

principal  orchestras,  musical  societies,  and  choirs;  missionaries  in 
the  Indies,  Africa,  China  (who  have  tested  these  organs  in  the  most 
trying  climates),  and  others  testify  by  scores  and  hundreds.  And  the 
testimony  is  to  the  same  effect:  that  the  Mason  &  Hamlin  cabinet  or- 
gans excel  all  other  instruments  of  their  class  in  those  qualities  and 
characteristics  which  are  most  valuable.  The  Mason  &  Hamlra  organs 
have  carried  off  the  highest  medals  and  premiums,  at  all  the  Great 
World's  exhibitions,  since  and  including  that  of  Paris,  1867.  The  dis- 
tinguished enterprise  and  energy  of  this  company  has  met  with  de- 
served success  also  in  the  kindred  field  of  piano  manufacturing.  Pro- 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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Medals  awarded  Mason  &  Hamlin  Orcran  and   Piano  Co. 


158 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


ceeding  on  the  same  general  principals  which  have  ever  guided  them 
in  the  production  of  organs,  the  members  of  the  company  have  at  once 
taken  their  position  in  the  van  of  skilled  progress,  and  have  introduced 
to  the  world  a  piano  with  such  radical  and  manifest  improvements 
(protected  by  patents)  as  is  rapidly  building  up  a  trade  in  these  instru- 
ments similar  to  that  of  their  organs,  ahead  of  all  competition  and  in- 
stancing the  remarkable  ability  and  sound  judgment  of  the  company's 
executive.  The  Mason  &  Hamlin  pianos  are  the  only  ones  in  which 
the  stringing  is  done  on  correct  principles.  This  is  a  matter  of  direct 
interest  and  vital  importance  to  every  purchaser  or  user  of  a  piano. 
The  old  ways  of  stringing  have  never  been  liked,  even  by  the  old 
houses  which  claimed  the  greatest  perfection;  but  there  was  no  other 
practical  way  known  until  the  Mason  &  Hamlin  Co.,  at  a  heavy  ex- 
pense in  the  line  of  experimentation,  evolved  and  introduced  in  1882 


tlemen,  who  are  highly  esteemed  in  business  circles  for  their  enter- 
prise, executive  ability  and  integrity  are  the  officers  and  directors: 
Henry  Mason,  president  and  treasurer;  Henry  Basford,  secretary; 
directors,  Henry  Mason,  Henry  Basford,  J.  P.  Richardson.  Ware- 
rooms:  Boston,  No.  134  TTemont  Street;  Chicago.  No.  149  Wabash 
Avenue;  New  York.  No.  46  E.  Fourteenth  Street,  (Union  Square);, 
Vienna,  Verlangerte  Himmelpfortgasse,  No.  20;  London,  No.  42  Great 
Marlborough  Street;  Melbourne,  No.  114  Collins  Street.  The  Mason  & 
Hamlin  organs  have  been  supplied  to  Her  Majesty,  Queen  Victoria, 
Empress  Eugenie,  Sir  Arthur  Sullivan,  Theodore  Thomas,  Dr.  Franz 
Liszt,  St.  James'  Hall,  Charles  Gounod,  Westminster  Abbey,  Philhar- 
monic Societies,  His  Majesty,  the  Sultan  of  Turkey;  Italo  Campanini. 
Her  Majesty's  Opera,  Xaver  Scharwenka,  and  hosts  of  other  notables 
all  over  the  civilized  world. 


Mason   &   Hamlin   improved   method  of  stringing. 


their  improved  method  of  stringing  This  at  once  remedies  and  re- 
moves the  old  and  objectionable  method  of  stringing,  the  old  style 
iron  wrest  pins  being  abolished  with  their  uncertainty  of  tension  and 
injurious  results  of  tuning.  By  the  new  Mason  &  Hamlin  system, 
pianos  do  not  require  tuning  one  quarter  as  often,  and  are  in  more 
perfect  tone  and  harmony  than  is  possible  in  any  other  make.  By 
the  Mason  &  Hamlin  system  minute  accuracy  is  secured ;  a  complete 
revolution  of  the  tuning-screw  tightens  or  loosens  the  string  only  the 
width  of  one  thread  of  the  screw.  After  a  few  tunings  sufficient  to 
stretch  tight  the  new  strings,  the  immovability  of  the  frame  and  the 
position  of  the  pins  remain  fixed,  and  the  piano  hardly  needs  any 
more  tuning,  while  the  unreliability  of  the  old  wrest-pin  is  forever 
abolished.  Experts  are  enthusiastic  over  this  great  advance  in  the 
art  of  stringing,  because  it  secures  more  perfect  vibration  of  the 
strings,  producing  purer,  more  refined  musical  tones,  and  insuring 
much  greater  durability,  with  less  liability  to  get  out  of  tune.  Vari- 
ous other  most  important  improvements  have  been  embodied,  in- 
cluding one  in  the  French  upright  action,  by  which  its  capacity  for 
rapid  repetition  of  tones  is  much  increased.  The  company  has 
hosts  of  testimonials  from  the  most  prominent  tuners,  all  uniting  in 
praise  of  the  new  method]  of  ^stringing  as  most  admirable.  The 
Mason  &  Hamlin  pianos,  like  their  organs,  are  constructed  of  the 
best  materials  in  the  most  workmanlike  manner,  and  are  the  perfect 
embodiment  of  the  most  advanced  principles  of  construction  in  every 
respect.  Their  singing  capacity  is  marvelous,  and  charms  those  who 
for  the  first  time  hear  it.  By  actual  test  a  given  tone  in  Mason  & 
Hamlin  upright  pianos  sings  as  long  as  in  most  grands.  The  Mason 
&  Hamlin  styles  both  of  uprights  and  grands  are  artistic,  original,  and 
beautiful,  while  the  prices  compare  favorably  with  any  others  quoted 
for  first-class  instruments.  In  conclusion  the  Mason  &  Hamlin  pianos 
hold  their  supreme  position  by  a  two-fold  title:  First,  through  their 
unrivalled  merits  resulting  from  the  Mason  &  Hamlin  inventions: 
second,  by  the  verdict  of  public  opinion,  voiced  by  professionals  of 
the  highest  standing;  artistes,  amateurs  and  practical  experts,  such  as 
tuners,  dealers,  etc.  The  Mason  &  Hamlin  piano  is  powerful  in  tone, 
sweet  and  brilliant;  its  singing  quality  is  splendid  and  unrivalled;  the 
scale  is  perfect,  the  actions  the  best  in  every  respect;  it  is  the  highest 
triumph  of  American  mechanical  skill  in  this  line.  The  following  gen- 


W ALTER  N.  BATES,  Label  and  Job 
Printer,  No.  149  Milk  Street.— 
Among  those  who  have  made  a 
reputation  for  skill  and  ability  as  a 
label  and  job  printer,  few,  if  any,  in  this 
section  of  the  city  stand  higher  than  Mr, 
Walter  N.  Bates.  Mr.  Bates  is  quite  a  young 
man,  and  was  born  in  New  Bedford  in  this 
state.  Having  learned  the  printers'  trade  and 
working  at  it  for  some  years,  he  founded  an 
establishment  in  South  Boston  in  1887  and  con- 
tinued until  May,  1888,  when  he  removed]  the 
concern  to  its  present  location,  where  he 
occupies  spacious  and  commodious  premises, 
which  are  fully  equipped  with  all  the  neces- 
sary machinery  and  appliances,  such  as 
power-presses  of  the  latest  improved  pat- 
terns; also  type  of  the  most  useful  styles  and 
designs,  with  other  necessary  furniture  for 
the  turning  out  of  first-class  job  work.  The 
presses  and  machinery  are  driven  by  electricity 
and  a  sufficient  force  of  skilled  and  competent 

workmen  are  employed.  The  range  of  work  executed  by  Mr.  Bates 
embraces  everything  in  the  line  of  fine  commercial  job  printing,  such 
as  labels  of  all  descriptions,  letter,  note,  and  bill-heads,  visiting  and 
business  cards,  envelopes,  shipping  tags,  pamphlets,  legal  work  and 
blanks,  circulars,  catalogues,  society  work  of  all  kinds,  menus,  hotel 
work,  programmes,  dodgers,  political  campaign  work,  price-lists,— in 
fact  all  kinds  of  commercial  work.  Especial  attention  is  given  to  fine 
society  and  engraved  work,  and  the  most  artistic  results  are  attained, 
and  all  orders  are  executed  promptly  at  the  very  lowest  prices  com- 
patible with  first-class  execution  at  moderate  prices. 


AMERICAN  BANK  NOTE  COMPANY,  Milk,  Corner  of  Congress 
Street,  B.  C.  Leonard,  Agent.— The  business  of  the  representa- 
tive and  famous  "  American  Bank-note  Company  "  was  orig- 
inally founded  in  1795.  Eventually  it  was  duly  incorporated 
under  the  laws  of  New  York  in  1856,  and  was  reorganized  in  1879  with 
ample  capital.  The  American  Bank-note  Company  engrave  and 
print  bonds,  stocks,  checks,  postage  and  revenue  stamps,  legal  tender 
and  national  bank-notes  of  the  United  States,  and  also  for  foreign  gov- 
ernment. The  company  produces  in  the  highest  style  of  art  bank 
notes,  share  certificates,  bonds  for  government,  and  corporations, 
drafts,  checks,  bills  of  exchange,  from  steel  plates,  with  special  safe- 
guards to  prevent  counterfeiting.  Special  qualities  of  paper  are  manu- 
factured exclusively  for  the  use  of  this  company,  and  all  work  is  ex- 
ecuted in  a  superior  fire-proof  building.  The  company  also  attends 
carefully  to  lithographic  and  type  printing,  railway  tickets  of  im- 
proved styles,  show-cards,  labels,  calendars  etc.  In  its  extensive  es- 
tablishment in  New  York  at  Nos.  78  to  86  Trinity  Place,  the  company 
constantly  employs  600  engravers,  printers,  lithographers,  etc.,  and.its 
trade  extends  not  only  throughout  all  sections  of  the  United  States 
and  Canada,  but  also  to  several  foreign  countries.  The  Boston  estab- 
lishment is  under  the  able  and  careful  management  of  Mr.  B.  C. 
Leonard,  who  promptly  attends  to  orders.  The  following  gentlemen 
are  the  officers:  James  Macdonough,  president;  Aug.  D.  Shepard, 
Touro  Robertson,  vice-presidents;  Theo.  H.  Freeland,  secretary  and 
treasurer;  Jno.  E.  Currier,  assistant  secretary;  J.  K.  Myer,  assistant 
treasurer. 


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EDWARD  S.  CLARK,  Builder  of  Marine  and  Stationary  Engines, 
Boilers,  and  Machinery,  No.  392  Atlantic  Avenue.— The  great 
demand  for  marine  and  stationary  engines  of  all  kinds  places 
their  manufacture  in  the  very  front  rank  of  our  national  in- 
dustries. In  steam  engines,  a  constant  effort  is  being  made  to  pro- 
duce something  which,  while  it  will  do  the  greatest  amount  of  work 
in  a  given  space  of  time,  will  also  unite  economy  of  fuel  and  steam 
with  durability,  compactness,  and  easy  management.  As  a  builder 
of  'marine  and"  stationary  engines,  boilers,  and  machinery,  Mr.  Ed- 
ward S.  Clark,  of  No.  392  Atlantic  Avenue,  has  already  achieved  a 
position  in  this  community  which  is  the  truest  test  of  the  merit  of 
his  productions.  He  established  his  business  here  in  May,  1886,  and 
makes  a  leading  specialty  of  the  manufacture  of  steam  yachts 
and.launches.  His  business  premises  are  spacious  in  size,  thorough- 
ly equipped  with  all  necessary  machinery,  operated  by  steam-power, 
and  provided  with  every  modern  convenience  and  appliance  tending 
to  facilitate  rapid  and  perfect  production.  All  the  operations  of 
the  works  are  conducted  under  the  personal  supervision  of  the  pro- 
prietor, thus  insuring  only  such  products  as  will  withstand  the  sever- 
est test  and  criticism,  both  as  regards  the  materials  used  and  the 
workmanship  employed.  The  specialties  here  manufactured  have 
proved  themselves  beyond  a  doubt  as  equalled  by  few  and  excelled 
by  none  for  workmanship,  material,  and  economy  of  operation, 
possessing  the  advantage  of  being  very  compactly  and  durably 
built,  so  much  so  as  to  seem  like  mere  playthings,  yet  are  (guaran- 
teed to  be  capable  of  exerting  the  full  horse-power  at  which  they 
are  rated.  Facilities  of  the  best  character  are  here  possessed  for 
building  all  kinds  of  special  machinery,  and  repairing  of  every  de- 
scription is  promptly  attended  to.  In  its  business  policy,  the  house 
has  an  enviable  reputation  for  reliability  and  commercial  honor, 
and  it  is  with  pleasure  that  we  commend  it  to  our  readers  as  one 
every  way  worthy  of  their  fullest  trust  and  confidence.  Mr.  Clark 
is  a  native  of  Boston,  a  thoroughly  practical  machinist  and  mechan- 
ic, and  a  young  man  of  high  social  and  business  standing. 


GL.  TURNBULL,  Ready  made  Clothing,  Hats  and  Furnish- 
ing Goods,  Nos.  29  and  31  Meridian  Street.— It  may  not  be 
m  uninteresting  to  the  masculine  reader  of  this  volume  to 
receive  some  information  pertaining  to  the  matters  of 
attire,  for  the  apparel  oft  claims  the  man,  which  may  result  in  fu- 
ture advantage.  As  the  caption  of  this  sketch  indicates,  we  refer  to 
the  house  of  Mr.  G.  L.  Turnbull,  the  popular  and  widely  known 
dealer  in  ready-made  clothing,  hats,  and  furnishing  goods,  Nos.  29 
and  31  Meridian  Street.  The  business  was  originally  established 
by  Mr.  Turubull  at  No.  26  Maverick  Square,  where  it  continued  to 
be  conducted  until  August,  1888,  when  it  was  removed  to  its  present 
eligible  location.  The  premises  occupied  consist  of  a  most  attrac 
tive  store  with  a  frontage  of  fifty  feet  and  a  depth  of  thirty  five 
feet,  and  this  is  most  elegant  and  attractive  in  its  fittings  and  ap- 
pointments. The  stock  shown  embraces  a  full  and  complete  as- 
sortment of  ready-made  clothing  of  the  best  materials  and  work- 
manship and  in  all  the  leading  popular  styles;  also  hats  and  caps 
representing  the  latest  fashions,  and  all  the  newest  styles  of  gen- 
tlemen's furnishing  goods,  including  fine  imported  and  domestic 
hosiery,  shirts,  underwear,  neckwear,  gloves,  etc.  In  fact,  the 
stock  in  all  departments  quite  equals  in  quality  and  variety  any 
that  may  be  found  in  the  metropolis  of  New  England.  A  special 
feature  is  made  of  Carter  &  Churchill's  Lebanon  overalls,  of  which 
a  large  assortment  is  kept  on  hand.  While  the  stock  is  large,  the 
prices  are  low,  and  the  result  is  a  brisk  and  extensive  trade.  Mr. 
Turnbull  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts  and  resides  at  Winthrop.  He 
is  a  wide-awake,  energetic,  courteous  business  man. 

DAPPLETON  &  CO.,  Publishers  of  Serials,  Art,  Medical,  and 
Educational  Works,  Encyclopaedias,  etc.,  Boston  Office,  No. 
B     92  Franklin  Street;  Wm.  J.  Crowley,  Manager   Wholesale 
Department.— The  business  of  D.  Appleton  &  Co.  was  found- 
ed originally  in  1826  in  New  York  by  Daniel  Appleton,  and  the  present 
members  of  the  firm— Messrs.  W.  H.,  Daniel,  Wm.  W.,  Edward,  Chas. 
A.,  and  Sidney  Appleton— all  sons  and  grandsons  of  the  founder. 
The  Boston  house  has  been  established  since  1873.  and  the  wholesale 
department  is  under  the  able  and  careful  management  of  Mr.  W.  J. 
Crowley,  the  educational  branch   under  Mr.  W.  R.  Chase  and  his 
assistant,  Mr.  Geo.  M.  W.  Humphreys;  the  art  department  under  Mr. 
C  B.  Boot;  and  the  American  Encyclopedia  branch  under  Mr.  H 


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educational  works,  encyclopaedias,  etc.  Appleton's  Encyclopaedia  is 
essentally  an  American  production,  and  is  peculiarly  adapted  to 
American  circulation,  being  written  by  our  ablest  writers,  for  Amer- 
icans. The  firm,  in  producing  this  magnificent  work,  have  spared  no 
expense  necessary  to  render  it  the  great  encyclopaedia  of  the  age, 
while  some  idea  of  this  fact  may  be  realized  when  it  is  stated  that 
upwards  of  $1,000,000  have  been  paid  to  the  most  finished  American 
scholars  for  contributions  to  its  pages.  Messrs.  Appleton  &  Co.  like- 
wise publish  many  other  valuable  works,  which  together  with  the 
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GEORGE  S.  MINOR,  Manufacturers'  Agent,  China,  White  Gran- 
ite, and  other  Wares,  Salesroom,  No.  19  Pearl  Street.— Mr. 
George  S.  Minor  has  come  to  be  most  widely  and  favorably 
known  to  the  jobbing  crockery  trade  of  New  England  as  the 
leading  representative  of  the  best  brands,  and  of  the  most  advanced 
and  elegant  styles  of  both  plain  and  decorated  wares.  He  early  in 
life  became  identified  with  the  wholesale  trade  in  china,  crockery, 
etc.,  and  since  1852  has  been  active  in  the  business.  Ten  years  ago 
he  established  an  agency  here  for  the  leading  potteries  of  Ohio  and 
the  west,  and  has  developed  a  trade  of  great  magnitude  with  impor- 
tant connections.  In  1889,  he  represents  the  following  famous  pot- 
tery manufacturers,  viz. :  Knowles,  Taylor  &  Knowles,  proprietors 
of  the  East  Liverpool  Ohio  Pottery  ;  Burford  Bros.,  proprietors  of 
the  Minton  Pottery,  East  Liverpool,  O.;  and  the  Globe  Pottery  Com- 
pany, also  of  East  Liverpool.  These  concerns  are  nationally  fa- 
mous for  manufacturing  the  finest  and  medium  grades  of  china, 
white  granite,  yellow  and  Rockingham  wares,  which  Mr.  Minor 
offers  at  the  manufacturer's  lowest  prices.  His  goods  include  the 
popular  '•  Knowles,  Taylor  &  Knowles'  "  brands  of  Belleck  and  art 
goods,  vitreous  translucent  china,  and  white  granite  ;  the  "  Bur- 
ford"  Blue  Indus  and  C.  C.  wares  ;  and  the  Frederick  Shenkel  and 
Allen  rock  and  cane  ware.  Mr.  Minor  offers  substantial  inducements 
both  as  to  price  and  quality,  and  nowhere  can  the  jobbing-trade  do 
so  well  as  through  him  by  ordering  a  combination-bulk  carload  of 
the  various  wares,  getting  lowest  rates,  on  direct  shipment,  etc.-  Mr. 
Minor  also  represents  the  famous  White  Star  Cement  at  wholesale. 
It  is  much  the  best  and  strongest,  and  invariably  gives  satisfaction. 
Mr.  Minor  is  an  honorable  and  enterprising  merchant,  and  is  well 
worthy  of  the  success  attending  his  efforts  to  introduce  to  the  trade 
such  excellent  crockery  at  such  low  prices. 

SD.  WHITTEMORE,  Real  Estate,  Mortgages,  and  Insurance, 
Rogers  Building,  No.  209  Washington  Street.— There  is  no 
B  feature  of  progress  in  the  country  of  equal  importance  with 
that  of  real  estate,  which  has  long  been  and  ever  will  con- 
tinue to  be  the  principal  form  of  permanent  and  absolutely  safe  in- 
vestment. Choice  and  eligibly  located  parcels  of  property  are  now, 
more  than  ever,  being  sought  for  by  conservative  capitalists,  and  in 
their  investments  they  rely  greatly  upon  the  advice,  experience,  and 
superior  knowledge  of  our  principal  agents  and  brokers.  Prominent 
among  this  number  in  Boston  is  Mr.  S.  D.  Whittemore,  whose  offices 
are  located  at  No.  209  Washington  Street,  in  the  Rogers  Building. 
This  gentleman  has  been  established  in  the  business  here  for  a  period 
of  twenty  years,  and  gives  his  attention  to  real  estate,  mortgages,  and 
insurance.  He  is  considered  a  reliable  authority  on  values,  present 
and  prospective  and  his  advice  on  all  questions  relative  to  realty  in 
this  section  is  appreciated  and  valued  by  a  large  and  intelligent  class 
of  customers.  He  devotes  special  attention  to  the  management  of  es- 
tates; and  some  of  the  largest  estates  in  this  city  are  placed  entirely 
in  his  care,  while  their  owners  go  to  enjoy  travel  and  European  life 
for  years  at  a  time.  He  is  prepared  to  buy,  sell,  let,  exchange,  and 
appraise  all  classes  of  realty,  and  every  ward  in  the  city  is  represented 
upon  his  books,  as  well  as  a  choice  line  of  suburban  property.  Rents 
are  collected,  titles  examined,  deeds,  mortgages  and  leases  are  drawn, 
and  unsurpassed  facilities  are  possessed  for  the  prompt  negotiation 
of  loans  on  bond  and  mortgage.  Insurance  is  placed  in  the  best 
companies  at  the  lowest  rates,  and  a  speedy  and  liberal  adjustment 
of  all  losses  is  guaranteed.  Mr.  Whittemore  is  a  native  of  the  state  of 
Maine,  and  came  to  Boston  in  1861. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


J  FRANKLIN  FULLER,  Civil  Engineer  and  Surveyer,  No.  12 
Pearl  Street,  Rooms  20  and  21.—  There  is  not,  perhaps,  with- 
n  in  the  entire  domain  of  the  arts  and  sciences,  any  feature  of 
progress  in  which  native  genius  and  skill  have  been  displayed 
to  more  advantage  of  late  years  in  the  United  States  than  in  civil 
engineering  and  landscape  architecture.  Among  those  who  have  won 
distinction  in  this  line  in  Boston,  none.stand  higher  in  public  favor  or 
deserve  more  honorable  mention  than  Mr.  J.  Franklin  Fuller,  the 
well-known  civil  engineer  and  surveyor,  whose  offices  are  eligibly 
located  at  No.  12  Pearl  Street.  This  gentleman  has  been  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  his  profession  here  since  1852,  when  he  succeeded  his 
father,  Mr.  Stephen  P.  Fuller,  who  had  been  established  therein  since 
1818.  In  1872,  the  firm  of  Fuller  &  Whitney  was  organized,  which  was 
dissolved  in  1887,  Mr.  Fuller  continuing  the  business  at  the  above  ad- 
dress. Mr.  Fuller  makes  a  leading  specialty  of  improvements  on 
real  estate,  laying  out  lots,  grading,  developing,  and  general  land- 
scape work;  and  special  attention  is  given  to  the  development,  im- 
provement, and  maintenance  of  public  and  private  grounds,  parks, 
cemeteries,  estates,  town  and  country  residences,  suburban  building 
enterprises,  recreation  grounds  for  ball,  tennis,  etc.,  road  construc- 
tion of  stone  or  gravel,  etc.,  also  to  the  ornamention  of  public  and 
private  grounds,  for  city  streets,  suburban,  and  country  roadways, 
railway  depot  grounds,  and  furnishes  information  and  advice  as  to 
location,  topographical  resources,  examinations,  reports,  surveys, 
preliminary  studies,  designs,  working  maps,  estimates,  specifications, 
and  executive  supervision.  He  occupies  spacious  office  quarters,  and 
has  in  his  service  a  corps  of  experienced  and  capable  assistants,  de- 
voting close  personal  supervision,  however,  over  all  work  executed. 
Mr.  Fuller  has  been  for  a  period  of  twenty-eight  years  Iprominently 
identified  with  the  notable  improvements  made  on  the  Back  Bay, 
making  all  surveys  of  the  Back  Bay  improvements ,  and  has  built 
largely  in  the  Fort  Hill  District,  and  is  trustee  for  various  valuable 
estates  in  the  city  and  suburbs.  His  services  and  counsel  are  prompt- 
ly and  faithfully  given,  and  his  patronage  is  large,  first-class,  and 
influential  throughout  all  New  England.  Mr.  Fuller  is  a  native  Bos- 
.tonian,  and  an  accomplished  master  of  his  art  whose  high  repute  and 
standing  in  professional  and  business  circles  places  him  far  beyond 
the  requirements  of  any  praise  which  these  pages  could  bestow. 


FM.  STEVENS  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Rotary  Trimmers  and 
Setters,  Trimmer  Cutters  and  Irons,  No.  19  High  Street.— 
„  We  have  previously  made  numerous  comments  upon  the 
character  of  those  manufacturing  enterprises  which  have 
done  so  much  to  promote  the  wealth  and  prosperity  of  this  city. 
Taking  up  such  industries  in  detail,  special  mention  must  be  made  of 
the  house  conducted  by  Messrs  F.  M.  Stevens  &  Co.  as  manufactur- 
ers of  rotary  trimmers  and  setters,  trimmer  cutters  and  irons,  at  No. 
19  High  Street.  This  enterprise  was  inaugurated  in  1880  by  the  present 
enterprising  proprietors,  who  have  conducted  all  its  branches  with 
marked  ability  and  built  it  up  to  proportions  of  gratifying  magnitude 
and  importance.  The  factory  is  thoroughly  spacious  in  size,  finely 
equipped  with  new  and  improved  machinery,  operated  by  steam -pow- 
er, and  a  force  of  fifteen  skilled  and  expert  assistants  contribute  to 
the  satisfactory  operations  of  the  house.  The  machines  and  imple- 
ments here  manufactured  for  cutting  and  making  edges  and  heels  of 
boots  and  shoes  are  made  from  original  and  ingenious  designs,  upon 
which  patents  have  been  secured,  and  they  have  met  with  great 
favor  from  the  trade,  as  being  the  best,  strongest,  most  simple,  and 
easily  operated  machines  of  the  kind  on  the  market,  and  have  proved 
of  invaluable  benefit  to  shoe-manufacturers  everywhere.  Every  im- 
plement is  constructed  with  unusual  care  and  accuracy,  of  the  best 
and  most  durable  materials,  and  the  skill  and  patience  applied  by  the 
firm  to  the  completion  of  every  article  made  by  them  has  led  to  an 
extended  demand  for  the  products  of  the  house,  and  besides  being 
highly  prized  by  the  trade  throughout  the  United  States,  they  also 
find  a  ready  and  permanent  sale  in  England.  France,  Germany,  and 
other  foreign  countries.  In  all  respects  the  bouse  is  adequate  to  any 
demands  that  may  be  made  upon  its  resources,  and  those  interested 
in  the  purchase  of  its  products  will  find  many  advantages,  in  opening 
business  relations  with  the  firm,  which  cannot  be  secured  elsewhere. 
The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  F.  M.  Stevens  and 
H.  Cunningham,  the  former  a  native  of  Maine,  the  latter  of  Bombay, 
India.  Both  are  practical  machinists  and  highly-esteemed  citizens  of 
Boston,  and  both  devote  their  personal  supervision  to  the  business, 
insuring  satisfaction  to  patrons  and  the  steady  growth  of  the  house. 


RB.  CLARK,  Wool  Broker.  No.  100  High  Street.— The  whole- 
sale and  commission  trade  in  foreign  and  domestic  wool 
m  occupies  a  prominent  position  among  the  diversified  inter- 
ests of  the  great  city  of  Boston;  and  among  the  houses  en- 
gaged therein  that  are  worthy  of  honorable  mention  is  that  of  Mr. 
R.  B.  Clark,  located  at  No.  100  High  Street.  This  gentleman  is  a  well- 
known  oroker,  commission  merchant,  and  general  wholesale  dealer 
in  both  foreign  and  domestic  wools,  selling  mostly  by  sample,  and 
enjoys  a  widespread  and  influential  connection  both  at  home  and 
abroad,  '•'be  business  thus  so  successfully  conducted  was  originally 
established  in  1880  by  Mr.  John  Clark,  who  was  succeeded  at  his  dt  atb, 
in  1886.  by  the  present  proprietor.  The  business  premises  comprise 
three  floors  28x100  feet  each,  and  unsurpassed  facilities  are  at  hand 
for  transacting  business  under  the  most  favorable  auspices  and  upon 
the  largest  scale.  Bringing  ample  resources  to  bear,  receiving  sup- 
plies in  vast  quantities  direct  from  the  centres  of  growth,  and  con- 
trolling the  products  of  many  large  wool-growers  in  the  best  sheep- 
raising  regions  of  the  country,  the  proprietor  is  enabled  to  meet 
promptly  and  satisfactorily  every  demand  made  upon  him,  and  grant 
his  patrons  every  possible  advantage  in  both  goods  and  prices.  The 
trade  of  the  house  extends  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  and  is 
especially  heavy  and  important  throughout  New  England,  annually 
increasing  in  magnitude  and  importance  under  enterprising  and  reli- 
able management.  Mr.  Clark  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  a  well- 
known  citizen  of  Maiden,  and  eminently  popular  by  reason  of  his 
energy,  capacity,  and  integrity,  and  for  the  just  and  equitable  man- 
ner in  which  he  discharges  his  obligations  to  his  patrons. 

WC.  &  A.  F.  "MENTZER,  Chicago  Dressed  Beef,  No.  25^ 
North  Market  Street.— A  long  established  and  well-known 
B  headquarters  for  the  supply  of  Chicago  dressed  beef  and 
provisions  in  this  city  is  the  well  ordered  and  responsible 
concern  conducted  by  W.  C.  &  A.  F.  Mentzer,  at  No.  25J^  North 
Market  Street.  No  firm  engaged  in  this  particular  line  in  Boston  sus- 
tains a  higher  reputation  for  excellent  stock  or  reliable  dealing,  as 
few,  if  any,  enjoy  a  larger  share  of  public  favor  and  confidence, 
while  their  business,  which  is  at  once  large,  prosperous  and  perma- 
nent, affords  evidence  of  steady  and  very  material  increase.  This 
enterprising  and  popular  firm  was  established  in  1872,  and  during  the 
seventeen  years  since  intervening  its  career  has  been  a  record  of 
steady  progress.  They  occupy  for  business  purposes  commodious 
and  well-equipped  quarters,  every  convenience  and  facility  for  the 
handling  and  storage  of  stock  being  at  hand,  while  some  half  a  dozen 
in  help  are  employed.  Messrs.  Mentzer  are  agents  for  Armour  &  Co., 
Chicago,  and  receive  fresh  meat  several  times  a  week  direct  from 
Chicago  and  Kansas  City  by  the  carload,  selling  Armour's  beef  ex- 
clusively. A  heavy  and  prime  stock  is  constantly  carried  on  hand, 
including,  besides  Chicago  dressed  beef,  lean  ends,  fancy  briskets, 
salt  meats  and  provisions,  and  the  trade  of  the  firm,  which  is  of  a 
wholesale  character  altogether,  is  principally  located  in  and  around 
Boston.  Messrs.  Mentzer,  who  are  gentlemen  of  middle  age,  and 
natives  of  Somerville.  Mass  ,  are  both  men  of  ample  experience  in  this 
line,  as  well  as  energy  and  excellent  business  qualities,  and  are  thor- 
oughly conversant  with  the  business. 

WH.  CHESSMAN,  Receiver  and  Dealer  in  Potash,  Pearl- 
ash,  Caustic  Soda,  etc.,  No.  9  Central  Street.  An  es- 
,  sentially  representative  house  in  Boston,  largely  identi- 
fied with  the  potash  and  caustic-soda  trade,  is  that  of 
Mr.  W  H.  Chessman,  No.  9  Central  Street.  This  business  was  estab- 
lished in  1857  by  Mr.  Chessman,  who  has  since  secured  a  liberal  and 
permanent  patronage  from  soapmakers  and  cotton  and  woolen 
manufacturers  in  all  sections  of  the  United  States.  He  is  an  exten- 
sive receiver  and  dealer  of  potash,  pearlash,  caustic  soda,  tallow,  and 
grease,  which  are  noted  for  their  quality  and  reliability,  and  have  no 
superiors  in  t^e  market.  The  premises  occupied  are  central  and 
convenient,  fully  stocked  with  the  above-name!  products,  which  are 
offered  to  customers  at  the  lowest  ruling  market  prices.  Mr.  Chess- 
man makes  a  specialty  of  potash,  and  offers  inducements  in  quality 
and  prices  very  difficult  to  be  secured  elsewhere.  All  orders  are 
promptly  and  faithfully  filled,  while  all  products  are  fully  warranted 
to  be  exactly  as  represented.  He  was  born  in  Maine,  but  has  resided 
in  Boston  for  the  last  forty  years.  He  is  a  liberal,  honorable,  and 
able  business  man,  who  has  obtained  the  entire  confidence  of  his 
numerous  customers  in  all  sections  of  the  country. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


161 


DAVIS  SHOE  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Ladies'  and  Misses' 
Boots  and  Shoes,  Nos.  93  Summer  Street,  Boston,  and  31  Ex- 
cl-ange  Street,  Lynn.— Our  boot  and  shoe  manufacturers'.have 
attained  a  position  in  their  art  which  is  independent  and  repre- 
sentative. American  boots  and  shoes  have  their  own  designs,  their 
own  styles,  and  their  native  qualities,  making  them'distinctive  and  ex- 
pressive, and  meeting  the  approval  of  a  critical  public  both  at  home 
and  aoroad.  The  leading  manufacturers  in  their  special  branch  of 
the  trade  are  the  Davis  Shoe  Company,  manufacturers  of  ladies'  and 
misses'  boots  and  shoes,  whose  factories  are  located  at  Lynn,  Mass. ; 
Kennebunk,  Me. ;  and.Bichmond,  Va. ;  with  office  and  salesrooms  at  No. 
93  Summer  Street,  in  this  city.  This  company  enjoy  a  national  repu- 
tation as  leading  representatives  of  high-class  goods  in  this  country, 
and  their  products  are  sold  to  the  very  highest  order  of  dealers  through- 
out the  United  States.  The  foundation  of  this  business  was  laid  in  1858, 
by  Messrs.  Joseph  Davis  &  Co.,  and  in  1882  the  present  company  was 
incorporated,  with  Mr.  Joseph  Davis  as  president,  he  occupying  that 
position  up  to  1885,  when  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Chase  took  his  place.  The  pres- 
ent officers  are  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Chase,  president;  Mr.  Henry  Keene,  vice- 
president  ;  Geo.  "W.  Williams,  treasurer.  The  success  of  this  company 
has  been  great,  owing  to  the  long  years  of  study  and  attention  given 
to  the  business  by  its  officers  and  managers  in  the  production  of  im- 
proved boots  and  shoes  by  new  and  better  methods  of  manufacture. 
The  combined  product  of  their  factories  is  six  thousand  pairs  per  day, 
and  the  demand  for  them  is  so  great  as  to  drive  the  three  factories  to 
their  utmost  capacity;  while  every  effort  is  constantly  being  made  by 
the  enterprising  managers  to  improve  the  quality  and  enhance  the 
value  of  the  output  in  all  essential  respects.  The  closest  attention  is 
given  to  the  selection  of  materials,  and  other  important  details  of  the 
business ;  so  that  the  position  occupied  by  this  company,  at  the  head 
of  the  trade,  has  been  honestly  earned,  and  is  well  deserved.  All 
goods  of  this. house  are  noted  for  their  superior  workmanship,  fine 
material,  and  elegance  of  finish,  having  all  the  elements  of  durability, 
with  the  added  advantages  of  easy  fit  and  attractive  appearance.  A 
specialty  is  made  of  "wool-boots,"  manufactured  expressly  for 
severe  winter  weather,  in  which  branch  this  company  is  acknowl- 
edged to  excel  all  competition.  Orders  for  these  and  other  products 
of  this  house  are  promptly  and  carefully  filled  in  all  cases.  The  offi- 
cers of  the  Davis  Shoe  Company  are  all  Massachusetts  men  by  birth 
and  training,  in  the  prime  of  life,  of  large  and  valuable  experience  in 
the  shoe  trade,  and  highy  regarded  in  commercial,  financial,  and  trade 
circles  for  their  business  capacity,  strict  probity,  and  solid  personal 
worth 


add  something  of  value  to  their  varied  and  deeply  interesting  stock. 
The  members  of  this  popular  firm  are  Julius  Koopman,  who  resides  in 
this  city,  H.  Koopman,  a  resident  of  New  York,  and  K.  K.  Koopman, 
who  has  personal  charge  of  the  interests  of  the  firm  hi  Holland. 


KOOPMAN  &  CO.,  Importers  of  Antique  Furniture  and  Sil- 
verware, No.  27  Beacon  Street. —The  firm  name  of  Koop- 
man &  Co.  enjoys  a  national  reputation  as  extensive  im- 
porters of  antique  furniture  and  silverware,  having  es- 
tablishments at  No.  27  Beacon  Street,  hi  this  city,  and  No.  326 
Fifth  Avenue,  New  York,  and  then-  main  headquarters  at  Sassen- 
straat,  Zwolle,  Holland.  Tney  have  been  established  in  business 
here  since  1880,  and  early  acquired  an  enviable  and  widespread 
fame  for  dealing  strictly  in  the  most  prized  treasures  of  the  Old 
World,  largely  purchased  by  them  at  the  sales  of  famous  collec- 
tions in  Europe.  Their  salesrooms  in  this  city  are  spacious  in  size, 
eligibly  situated  in  the  most  fashionable  quarter  of  the  town,  and 
elegant  and  attractive  hi  all  their  arrangements  and  appointments. 
Here  is  displayed  the  most  extensive  stock  of  rare  and  choice  antiqui- 
ties in  furniture,  bric-a-brac,  china  and  brass  goods  in  this  city;  includ- 
ing the  most  elegant  drawing-room  appointments  in  suites  and  odd 
pieces,  of  rosewood,  walnut,  mahogany,  and  ebony,  many  being  up- 
holstered in  fine  silks  and  tapestries ;  ormolu-mounted  buhl  cabinets, 
Louis  XTV.  escritoires,  old  carved  oak  furniture  and  handsome  side- 
boards, marqueterie  centre  and  card  tables,  mantel  ornaments  in  ala- 
baster and  ormolu ;  Dresden  china  and  porcelain  vases,  paintings,  and 
brass  novelties  ;  while  the  stock  of  antique  silverware  here  exhibited 
cannot  be  duplicated  elsewhere,much  of  it  being  of  great  value  to  those 
who  appreciate  the  achievements  in  the  silversmith's  art.  As  direct  im- 
porters, this  firm  is  constantly  receiving  furniture  and  bric-a-brac  of 
exceptional  rarity,  coming  from  the  homes  of  various  royal  families 
and  members  of  the  aristocracy  of  Europe.  They  also  manufacture 
furniture  in  antique  designs,  and  conduct  their  immense  business  at 
both  wholesale  and  retail.  They  number  among  their  permanent  cus- 
tomers the  best  classes  of  society,  and  are  constantly  on  the  alert  to 


HERSEY  BROTHERS,  Manufacturers  and  Designers  of  Special 
and  Improved  Machinery,  Corner  of  Second  and  E  Streets, 
South  Boston.— A  most  important  establishment,  and  one  that 
secures  to  Boston  the  most  advanced  methods  and  most  perfect 
facilities  for  the  manufacture  of  special  and  improved  machinery  of 
all  kinds,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Hersey  Brothers,  of  Second  and  E  Streets, 
South  Boston.  The  concern  is  the  oldest,  as  well  as  leader,  in  its  line. 
Messrs.  Hawes  &  Hersey  founded  the  business  in  1859,  Mr.  Charles  H. 
Hersey  being  the  junior  partner.  In  1866,  Messrs.  Charles  H.  and 
Francis  C.  Hersey  formed  the  existing  copartnership,  bringing  to 
bear  vast  practical  experience  as  skilled  designers  and  mechanical 
engineers,  perfected  facilities,  and  influential  connections.  Messrs. 
Hersey  design  and  manufacture  every  description  of  special  and  im- 
proved machinery.  Among  full  outfits  obtainable  here  of  the  most 
perfect  description,  may  be  mentioned  sugar-house  machinery;  salt- 
works machinery ;  soap-works  machinery ;  friction  hoisting-machi- 
nery; gram  and  meal  dryers;  power  and  hand  presses;  power  rotary 
pumps,  etc.  The  works  are  extensive,  being  60x150  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, equipped  with  a  costly  and  elaborate  outfit  of  machinery,  in- 
cluding rolls,  steam  hammers,  punches,  planers,  etc.  An  average  of 
fifty-five  hands  are  employed  under  the  personal  supervision  of  the 
proprietors,  who  maintain  an  enviable  reputation  for  the  perfection 
and  durability  of  all  mechanism  leaving  their  establishment.  They 
use  only  the  best  gradec  of  iron  and  steel,  and  all  workmanship  is 
strictly  first-class.  The  firm  have  fitted  up  several  of  the  great 
sugar-refineries,  soap-works,  factories,  etc.,  of  Boston,  New  Eng- 
land, and  the  west,  and  refer  to  these  establishments  as  to  the  satisfac- 
tory character  of  their  outfit.  Those  contemplating  refitting  or  start- 
ing up  new  soap-works,  salt-works,  sugar-refineries,  machine-shops, 
etc.,  should  secure  estimates  from  this  able  firm,  which  has  coped 
with  the  most  difficult  problems  in  the  progress  of  their  business, 
and  give  customers  the  invaluable  benefit  of  their  wide  range  of  prac- 
tical experience.  Mr.  Charles  H.  Hersey  is  a  prominent  citizen  of 
South  Boston,  and  is  vice-president  of  the  South  Boston  Savings  Bank, 
one  of  the  most  solid  and  prosperous  financial  institutions  in  the 
state;  he  has  also  been  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Alderman,  faith- 
fully discharging  the  duties  devolving  upon  him,  and  ever  pursuing 
a  public-spirited,  upright  policy.  Mr.  Francis  C.  Hersey  is  also 
widely  and  favorably  known  throughout  the  community,  and  is  a 
trustee  of  the  South  Boston  Savings  Bank,  trustee  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Mechanics  Association,  an  honored  citizen,  and  an  able  business 
man,  and  Boston  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  the  permanent  posses- 
sion of  such  a  thoroughly  representative  and  flourishing  establish- 
ment as  that  of  Messrs.  Hersey  Brothers. 


PEOPLE'S  DRUG  STORE,  Corner  Havre  and  Decatur  Streets, 
East  Boston.— The  "People's  Drug  Store,"  located  on  the 
corner  of  Havre  and  Decatur  Streets,  has  been  a  noted  and 
popular  pharmacy  for  the  past  thirteen  years.  Since  Novem- 
ber, 1888,  it  has  been  under  the  direction  and  management  of  Mr.  J. 
H.  C.  Pratt,  who  has  fully  maintained  the  high  reputation  the  house 
has  borne  since  its  inception.  Mr.  Pratt  is  a  graduate  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Pharmaceutical  College,  and  is  a  young  man  of  extended 
practical  experience  in  the  dispensing  of  drugs  and  chemicals.  The 
location  of  the  store  is  a  most  eligible  one,  and  the  store  itself,  which 
has  a  capacity  of  20x35  feet,  is  most  attractive  in  its  arrangement  and 
furnishings,  which  embrace  artistic  shelving  and  shelf  ware,  elegant 
soda-water  fountain,  and  plate-glass  show-cases,  etc.  The  stock  is 
full  and  complete,  and  comprises  fresh,  pure  drugs,  chemicals,  and 
the  reputable  proprietary  medicines,  together  with  toilet  articles, 
perfumes,  extracts,  fancy -goods,  physicians'  and  surgeons'  requisites, 
and  druggists'  sundries  in  great  variety.  Mr.  Pratt  gives  his  personal 
attention  to  the  compounding  of  physicians'  proscriptions  and  family 
recipes,  employs  only  the  most  competent  and  duly  qualified  assist- 
ants, and  uses  only  the  freshest  and  purest  drugs  in  the  market. 
Prompt  service  and  courteous  and  liberal  treatment  are  accorded 
to  all  patrons,  and  satisfaction  guaranteed.  Mr.  Pratt  is  a  native  of 
Boston,  is  a  gentleman  of  fine  scholarly  attainments,  enjoys  the  ut- 
most confidence  of  all  who  know  him,  and  is  drawing  from  the  peo- 
ple hi  the  city  a  very  large  and  lucrative  business. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


MINER,  BEAL  &  CO.,  Men's  and  Boys'  Clothing,  Nos.  63  Sum- 
mer and  6  Chauncy  Streets.— Boston  is  to  be  congratulated 
upon  having,  in  Messrs.  Miner,  Beal  &  Co.,  one  of  the  great 
representative    wholesale  clothing-houses  of    the    United 
States,  and  one  whose  policy,  character,  and  magnitude  of  opera- 
tions are  abundantly  indicative  of  the  skill,  experience,  and  superior 
executive  abilities  of  the  proprietors.    The  business  is  one  of  the 
oldest  in  its  line,  having  been  founded  by  Messrs.  Merritt,  Parkhurst 
&  Co.  in  1863.    They  originally  located  on  Devonshire  Street.    In 
1865,  the  firm  was  changed,  becoming  that  of  Messrs.  Parkhurst, 
Miner  &  Beal.    In  1870,  the  style  of  Messrs.  Miner,  Beal  &  Co.  was 
adopted,  the  concern  steadily  enlarging  its  volume  of  trade.    It  had 
the  misfortune  to  be  burned  out  in  the  great  fire  of  1872,  but,  with 
characteristic  energy  and  enterprise,  were  speedily  in  the  field  again. 


for  the  use  of  the  house,  and  are  of  marble,  five  stories  in  height  and 
100x150  feet  in  dimensions.  The  interior  arrangements  and  outfit 
are  perfect,  and  a  thorough  system  is  enforced  throughout  the  im- 
mense establishment.  All  the  modern  conveniences  are  here,  in- 
cluding safety  passenger-elevator  in  the  centre  of  the  building, 
steam  heat,  etc.  The  firm  manufacture  upon  the  most  extensive 
scale,  employing  from  two  to  three  hundred  hands,  and  selecting 
their  woolens  and  cloths  with  the  utmost  care,  introducing  all  the 
latest  novelties  in  shades,  patterns,  and  textures;  while  they  employ 
the  best  talent  in  their  cutting-department,  and  are  justly  cele- 
brated throughout  the  trade  for  correct,  fashionable  style?,  honest 
workmanship,  and  elegance  and  perfection  of  finish.  The  firm  offer 
substantial  inducements  both  as  to  price  and  quality,  and  carry  an 
immense  and  fully  assorted  stock  of  seasonable  goods,  meeting  the 
^  requirements  of  the  best  circles  of 
the  public.  The  firm  sell  to  the  trade 
all  over  the  United  States,  and  have 
a  staff  of  15  traveling  salesmen  con- 
stantly on  the  road.  The  house  has 
achieved  an  enviable  reputation  as 
the  leader  in  its  line,  and  New  York 
City  can  show  no  finer  stock  at  more 
attractive  prices  than  the  one  at  all 
times  carried  by  this  old,  honorable, 
and  responsible  house, 


G, 


C.  AIKEN,  Wholesale  Dealer  in 
Confectionery,  Cigars,  Tobac- 
,  co,  and  Cigarette?,  No.  83 
Union  Street.— One  of  the 
most  recently  established  houses  in 
the  wholesale  confectionery,  cigars, 
tobacco  and  cigarette  line,  is  that  of 
G.  C.  Aiken  at  No.  83  Union  Street. 
Mr.  Aiken  opened  his  business  at  this 
address  on  the  1st  of  October  1888, 
after  an  experience  of  20  years  in  run- 
ning a  confectionery  team  of  his  own 
to  the  towns  around  Boston.  In  this 
way  he  acquired  a  thorough  know- 
ledge of  the  business,  and  provided 
with  ample  capital  was  enabled  to 
branch  out  on  the  large  scale  in  which 
he  is  at  present  engaged.  The  store 
is  a  commodious  one,  30x40  feet,  and 
finely  fitted-up  for  the  storage  and 
handling  of  goods.  Mr.  Aiken  has  an 
excellent  stock  of  the  finest  domestic 
and  foreign  confectionery,  and  in  the 
line  of  cigars  handles  such  well-known 
and  popular  brands  as  "  G.  C.  A,"  a 
first-class  ten  cent  cigar,  "Yankee 
Star,"  "Howard  and  Acton"  and 
"  Young's  Own"  which  are  sold  at 
five  cents.  In  tobacco  and  cigarettes 
he  also  has  a  large  wholesale  trade, 
his  customers  being  found  all  over 
New  England.  Mr.  Aiken,  who  is  a 
native  of  Vermont,  has  been  twenty 
years  in  Boston,  and  bears  an  excel- 
lent name  in  business  circles,  due  to 
his,  honorable  straightforward  busi- 
ness methods. 


In  1878,  the  firm  of  Miner,  Beal  &  Hackett  was  formed,  continuing 
until  December,  1882,  when  the  present  copartnership  was  formed 
under  the  existing  name  and  style,  composed  of  Mr.  George  A.  Miner, 
Mr.  Leander  Beal,  Mr.  William  W.  Sias,  Mr.  Charles  R.  Shaw,  and 
Mr.  S.  Dexter  Bowker.  Messrs.  Miner  and  Beal  have  been  in  the  house 
ever  since  1863,  and  recognized  authorities  in  this  branch  of  trade. 
Mr.  Sias  was  admitted  in  1876,  and  Messrs.  Shaw  and  Bowker  in  1882. 
The  three  last-named  gentlemen  had  proved  their  abilities  as  suc- 
cessful salesmen,  and  command,  not  only  influential  connections, 
but  a  personal  acquaintance  with  the  leading  clothiers  of  the  United 
States.  The  present  magnificent  premises  were  specially  erected 


ALEX.  WILLIAMS,  Jr.    &  CO.,  Wool  Commission  Merchants, 
No.  552  Atlantic  Avenue.— This  business  was  established  in 
1885  by  Messrs.  Alex.  Williams,  Jr.  and  Charles  C. Williams, 
both  of  whom  were  previously  with  the  widely-known  house 
of  Messrs.  Walter  Brown  &  Co.   Both  partners  are  possessed  of  a  wide 
range  of  practical  experience  and  are  recognized  as  leading  authori- 
ties in  the  wool  market,  while  their  connections  are  both  influential 
and  wide-spread.    They  occupy  a  superior  six-story  building,  75x150 
feet  in  area,  fully  equipped  with  every  appliance  and  facility  for  the 
succesful  prosecution  of  their  growing  business.    Both  Messrs.  Alex. 
and  Charles  C.  Williams  are  natives  and  residents  of  Boston. 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF    NEW    ENGLAND. 


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MERRIMAC  CHEMICAL  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Oil  Vitriol, 
Nitric  and  Muriatic  Acids,  etc.,  No.  13  Pearl  Street.  C.  T. 
Howard  Treasurer;  A.  P.  Howard,  Superintendent.— No  de- 
partment of  commercial  enterprise  in  the  city  of  Boston  is 
of  more  direct  value  and  importance  to  the  community  than  that  in 
which  the  practical  manufacturing  chemist  brings  to  bear  his  scientific 
skill  and  experience.  In  this  connection,  special  attention  is  directed 
in  this  commercial  review  to  the  old  established  and  reliable  Merrirnac 
Chemical  Co.,  manufacturers  of  oil  of  vitriol  and  other  acids,  etc., 
whose  office  is.located  at  No.  13  Pearl  Street.  The  works,  which  are 
admirably  equipped  with  modern  apparatus,  appliances  and  machin- 
ery, and  furnish  constant  employment  to  sixty  skilled  workmen,  are 
situated  at  South  Wilmington  and  North  Woburn  on  the  Boston  & 
Lowell  Railroad.  The  Merrimac  Chemical  Co.  was  incorporated 
under  the  laws  of  Massachusetts  in  1863,  and  has  a  paid-up  capital 
of  $100,000,  and  its  trade  now  extends  throughout  all  sections  of 
New  England  to  New  York  and  other  states.  The  company  manu- 
factures largely  oil  of  vitriol,  muriatic  and  nitric  acids,  Glauber's  salt, 
copperas,  sulphate  of  soda  for  glass  makers'  use,  arseniate  of  soda, 
silicate  of  soda,  alum,  muriate  of  tin,  tin  crystals,  nitrate  of  iron, 
etc.  One  of  its  leading  products  is  a  very  superior  quality  of  alum. 
It  likewise  deals  in  aqua  ammonia,  acetic  acid,  sal  soda,  and  carries 
on  an  extensive  trade  with  woollen,  cotton  and  iron  manufacturers 
and  glass-makers.  All  chemicals  handled  and  manufactured  by  this 
responsible  company  are  unrivalled  for  quality,  purity,  reliability, 
and  general  excellence,  and  have  no  superiors  in  this  country  or 
abroad,  while  the  prices  quoted  are  as  low  as  those  of  any  other  first- 
class  house  in  the  trade.  The  chief  executive  officers  of  the  Merri- 
mac Chemical  Co.  are  Mr.  C.  T.  Howard,  treasurer,  and  Mr.  A.  P. 
Howard,  superintendent.  These  gentlemen  are  highly  esteemed  hi 
trade  circles  for  their  energy  and  integrity,  and  the  prospects  of  the 
company  in  the  near  future  are  of  the  most  favorable  character. 


THE  NATIONAL  REVERE  BANK  OF  BOSTON,  No.  100  Frank- 
lin Street. —George  S.  Bullens,  President;  H.  Blasdale,  Cashier. 
Among  the  substantial  and  responsible  financial  corporations  of 
the  City  of  Boston,  totwhich  business  men  can  always  look  with 
confidence  is  the  National  Revere  Bank,  whose  banking  rooms  are 
eligibly  located  at  No.  100  Franklin  Street.  This  popular  bank  was 
established  in  1859,  and  eventually  was  reorganized  under  the  National 
Banking  Laws  in  1865.  In  1885,  its  charter  was  extended.  The  paid- 
up  capital  of  the  National  Revere  Bank  is  $1,500,000,  which  has  been 
further  augmented  by  a  surplus  and  undivided  profits  of  nearly  $500,- 
000.  The  career  of  the  bank  has  been  a  very  successful  one,  highly 
creditable  to  the  executive  ability  and  judgment  of  its  management. 
The  bank  solicits  the  accounts  of  banks,  bankers,  corporations,  mer- 
chants, manufacturers,  and  others;  and  offers  very  superior  facilities 
for  the  transaction  of  every  branch  of  legitimate  business.  It  makes 
collections  on  all  available  points,  discounts  first  class  commercial 
paper,  deals  in  United  States  bonds,  etc.  All  its  advances  are  made 
with  care  and  prudence,  while  its  ventures  of  capital  are  always  well 
secured.  The  following  gentlemen,  who  are  widely  known  and  es 
teemed  in  business  circles  for  their  executive  ability  and  just  methods, 
are  the  officers  and  directors,  viz.:  George  S.  Bullens,  President; 
H.  Blasdale,  Cashier;  Directors,  George  A.  Alden,  Osmyn  Brewster, 
George  S.  Bullens,  Henry  A.  Rice,  Jr.,  Franklin  E.  Gregory,  John  C. 
Potter,  Gorham  Rogers,  Charles  E.  Raymond,  Joseph  Sawyer, 
James  A.  Woolson,  H.  O.  Houghton.  Mr.  Bullens  has  been  president 
since  1878,  and  Mr.  Blasdale  cashier  since  1864.  The  principal  cor- 
respondents of  the  National  Revere  Bank  are  the  Importers  and 
Traders',  Hanover  and  Bank  of  Republic,  of  New  York;  and  the 
Continental  and  Union  of  Chicago.  The  National  Revere  Bank,  by  a 
just  and  honorable  course,  has  secured  a  prominent  position  among 
the  solid  financial  institutions  of  the  United  States,  and  fully  merits 
the  entire  confidence  of  the  community. 

PEIRCE  &  WAYNE,  Manufacturers'  Agents,  Nos.  16  and^!7  India 
Street. — Prominent  among  the  manufacturers'  agents  in  this 
city  is  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Peirce  &  Wayne,  whose  offices  are 
located  at  Nos.  16  and  17  India  Street.    This  firm  established 
their  business  here  in  1886,  and  have  already  buildup  a  high  reputation 
and  a  widespread  trade.    They  are  influential  and  sole  agents  for  the 
sale  of  the  following  popular  specialties,  viz. :  Koko  Soap,  Celluloid 
Starch,  Reed's  Blacking,  Van  Haagan's  Fine  Toilet  Soaps,  India  Star 
Cigars,  Peirce's  Dry  Foot  Mustards,  Alabaster  Soap,  and  Plymouth 


Rock  Mince-meat.  They  sell  goods.direct  from  the  sources  of  pro- 
duction. The  reputation  enjoyed  by  the  firm  for  the  expeditious  and 
discriminating  manner  in  which  they  conduct  all  business  intrusted 
to  them  merits  the  approbation  of  those  with  whom  relations  have 
been  effected,  and  tends  to  promote  the  annual  increase  of  business. 
They  sell  to  jobbers  and  grocers  every  where,  and  have  extended 
their  business  into  every  state  in  the  Union  and  the  Dominion  of 
Canada.  Their  intimate  and  influential  connections  with  manufac- 
turers enable  them  to  supply  the  trade  to  the  full  extent  of  its  wants, 
and  to  offer  inducements  as  regards  both  superiority  of  goods  and 
liberality  of  terms  and  prices  which  cannot  be  duplicated  elsewhere. 
Every  class  of  dealers  find  it  advantageous  to  secure  then-  supplies 
through  this  responsible  agency,  being  always  sure  of  obtaining  relia- 
ble goods  and  liberal  treatment,  combined  with  prompt  attention  to 
their  wants  and  an  intelligent  appreciation  of  what  will  best  suit 
their  respective  needs.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are 
Messrs.  George  A.  Peirce  and  Arthur  A.  Wayne.  Mr.  Peirce  was 
born  in  this  state,  and  was  engaged  in  the  grocery  trade  in  this  city 
for  twelve  years  previous  to  embarking  in  his  present  business.  Mr. 
Wayne  is  a  native  of  Wisconsin,  experienced  in  trade  circles,  still  hi 
the  prime  of  life.  They  form  a  firm  of  wide  popularity,  commanding 
ability,  and  solid  worth. 


SUMNER  CROSBY  &  SON,  Dealers  In  Grain,  Meal,  Feed,  and 
Flour,  No.  69  Dorchester  Avenue.— The  leading  Boston  house 
devoted  to  the  manufacture  of  and  trade  in  grain,  meal, 
feed,  and  flour  is  that  of  Messrs.  Sumner  Crosby  &  Son, 
of  No.  69  Dorchester  Avenue.  The  business  is  very  old-established, 
having  been  founded  by  the  late  Mr.  Sumner  Crosby  in  1853.  In  1867, 
his  son,  Mr.  William  S.  Crosby,  was  admitted  into  copartnership  under 
the  existing  name  and  style.  The  lamented  decease  of  Mr.  Sumner 
Crosby  occurred  in  1875,  after  a  long  and  honored  career;  since  which 
date  his  son  has  conducted  the  business  under  the  old  and  favorably 
known  name  and  style.  He  is  specially  qualified  to  mention  the  lead 
in  his  line,  bringing  to  bear,  as  he  does,  the  widest  range  of  practical 
experience,  perfected  facilities,  and  influential  connections.  He  has 
occupied  his  present  spacious  store-house  since  1883.  It  is  two  stories 
in  height,  covers  a  large  area,  thus  affording  immense  floor  space, 
and  all  is  needed  for  the  heavy  stock  of  gram,  flour,  and  feed  that 
is  carried.  Opposite  are  Mr.  Crosby's  mills,  known  as  the  "  South 
Boston  Grain  Mills,"  and  which  are  of  brick,  three  stories  in  height, 
40x73  feet  hi  dimensions,  and  fitted  up  in  a  strictly  first-class  man- 
ner, with  five  run  of  stone,  the  motive  power  being  supplied  by  a 
100-horse  engine.  The  mill  grinds  2000  bushels  per  day,  and  is  one 
of  the  largest  in  New  England.  Mr.  Crosby  is  also  the  president  of 
the  Mandan  Roller  Mill  Company,  which  manufactures  the  finest 
quality  of  superfine  flour  from  choice  wheat,  and  is  deservedly  popu- 
lar with  the  trade.  He  is  one  of  the  leading  dealers  in  grain  of  all 
kinds,  meal  and  feed,  hay  and  straw,  and  offers  substantial  induce- 
ments both  as  to  price  and  quality.  His  facilities  are  such  that  he 
can  promptly  fill  the  largest  orders,  and  numbers  among  his  cus- 
tomers leading  dealers  of  Boston  and  New  England.  Mr.  Crosby  em- 
ploys a  number  of  men  and  teams,  and  is  constantly  enlarging  his 
volume  of  business.  He  is  a  worthy  leader  in  his  line,  an  able  and 
honorable  merchant,  who  has  ever  retained  the  confidence  of  leading 
commercial  circles. 


NEW  ENGLAND  DRUG  MILLS,  No.  95  B*order  Street,  East 
Boston,  L.  L.  Harris,  Proprietor.— The  New  England  Drug 
Mills  of  which  Mr.  L.  L.  Harris  is  the  popular  and  enter- 
prising proprietor,  was  established  16  years  ago  by  Mr. 
Harris,  who  has  since  secured  a  liberal  and  influential  patronage 
from  the  principal  drug  and  spice  houses  of  Boston  and  its  vicin- 
ity. The  New  England  Drug  Mills  are  fully  supplied  with  the  latest 
improved  apparatus  and  grinding-machinery  operated  by  steam- 
power.  Mr.  Harris  grinds  all  kinds  of  materials  to  order,  and 
makes  a  specialty  of  drugs,  and  spices,  and  graded  powders.  He  keeps 
constantly  on  hand  select  pulverized  charcoal,  and  is  agent  in  Boston 
for  the  Patent  Nonpareil  Reversible  Motion  Crushing  and  Grinding 
Mills  for  grinding  drugs,  coffee,  spices,  bones,  and  grain.  All  orders 
are  promptly  and  carefully  filled  at  extremely  low  prices,  while  entire 
satisfaction  is  guaranteed  to  patrons.  Mr.  Harris  was  born  in  Nashua, 
N.  H.,  but  has  resided  in  East  Boston  for  the  last  18  years.  His  order- 
boxes  in  Boston  are  at  107  Milk  Street  and  Corner  Hawley  Street  and 
Hawley  Place. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


HENRY  J._PRESTON,  Architect,  No.  8  Exchange  Place,  Room 
13.— The  public  and  private  buildings  of  Boston  stand  as  a 
sample  of  architectural  beauty,  simplicity,  grandeur,  and  ap- 
propriateness of  design  that  the  citizens  may  pardonably  feel 
proud  of  as  being  unsurpassed  in  any  city  on  the  American  Continent. 
The  ecclesiastical  and  educational  edifices,  the  public  buildings,  com- 
mercial-houses and  factories,  and  mansions  of  the  "  Hub"  are  indeed 
the  pride  and  glory  of  the  city.  The  beauty  of  design  and  the  enriched 
aspect  of  these  buildings  are  to  be  attributed  to  the  talent  of  our  local 
architects,  prominent  among  whom  is  Mr.  Henry  J.  Preston,  whose 
office  is  in  room  13,  No.  8  Exchange  Place.  This  gentleman  is  a  native 
of  Ohio  and  an  old  resident  of  Boston.  ^He  has  been  identified  with 
the  architectural  profession  for  more  than  thirty  years,  and  was  for 
a  long  period  foreman  for  Mr.  G.  F.  Meecham.  Sixteen  years  ago  he 
began  business  on  his  own  account,  and  has  since  drawn  to  himself  a 
patronage  of  a  most  flattering  character.  While  giving  attention  to 
the  designing  and  superintending  the  erection  of  all  kinds  of  buildings, 
the  preparation  of  plans  for  factories,  photographic  galleries,  etc  , 
form  with  Mr.  Preston  a  leading  specialty.  The  Revere  Rubber 
Company's  works,  the  Para  Rubber  Shoe  Company's  works,  and  the 
Masonic  buildings  at  Chelsea,  Lynn,  and  Weymouth  may  be  men- 
tioned as  specimens  of  some  of  the  structures  which  have  been 
erected  from  Mr.  Preston's  designs.  In  the  work  of  remodeling 
buildings  his  services  are  in  frequent  request,  and  in  all  instances  he 
has  demonstrated  to  his  patrons  .that  he  is  a  thorough  expert  in  his 
business,  while  he  is  prompt  and  reliable  in  everything  he  undertakes 
to  perform.  He  is  held  in  high  regard  in  the  profession. 


CH.  BANGS,  Manufacturer  of  Druggists'  Furniture,  No.  343 
Washington  Street.— There  is  no  branch  of  the  mechanical 
B  arts  in  which  such  rapid  progress  and  improvement  have 
been  madeVithin  recent  years;as  in  the  production  of  artistic 
store  fixtures.  The  leading  exponent  of  this  particular  branch  of  in- 
dustry in  this  country  is  Mr.  C.  H.  Bangs,  the  well-known  manufact- 
urer of  druggists'  furniture,  solid  mahogany  and  cherry  fixtures,  sec- 
tional drug  stores,  counters,  prescription  desks,  and  show-cases,  whose 
manufactory  is  located  at  Everett,  Mass.,  with  main  offices  and  sales- 
rooms at  No.  342  Washington  Street,  Boston,  and  No.  35  Murray  Street 
New  York.  Mr.  Bangs  enjoys  an  international  reputation  as  the  only 
exclusive  manufacturer  of  druggists'  furniture  in  the  United  States, 
and  as  the' inventor  and  patentee  of  the  sectional  drug  stores,  which 
have  completely  revolutionized  this  branch  of  industry  in  this  country. 
His  manufactory  at  Everett  is  splendidly  equipped  with  new  and 
improved  machinery,  operated  by  steam-power;  and  steady  employ- 
ment is  given  to  some  fifty  skilled  and  expert  workmen.  A  fine 
store  is  always  a  permanent  and  effective  advertisement,  and  a  notice 
to  the  public  that  the  best  is  dealt  in.  Believing  that  the  best  results 
are  to  be  obtained  through  good  fixtures,  this  house  refuses  to  supply 
other  than  the  best,  preferring  to  supply  good  work  at  a  cheap  price 
rather  than  cheap  work  at  any  price.  Mr.  Bangs  makes  a  leading 
specialty  of  planning  and  building  drug  stores,  thoroughly  under- 
stands the  wants  of  his  customers,  and  ministers  to  their  various 
needs  and  demands  with  eminent  success  and  perfect  satisfaction  in 
all  cases.  No  imitation  woods  are  used,  and  all  the  fixtures  here 
made  are  furnished  at  a  fair  and  equitable  price.  This  house  gives 
the  trade  the  benefit  of  long  experience  in  the  drug  business.  In  ad- 
dition to  this,  the  customer  obtains  the  most  practical  style  of  fixtures 
in  the  world.  The  trade  of  the  house  is  immense  and  influential  not 
only  throughout  this  country,  but  hi  South  America,  Central  Amer 
ica,  Mexico,  and  many  other  foreign  countries.  Mr.  Bangs  is  a  native 
of  Portland,  Me. 


GEORGE  A.  CLOUGH,  Architect,  No.  53  Tremont  Street.— The 
subject  of  this  sketch,  Mr.  George  A.  Clough,  was  born  in 
Maine,  and  early  in  life  manifested  an  aptitude  for  architect- 
ural studies.    He  made  rapid  progress,  and  eventually  com- 
menced the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Boston,  twenty-seven  years 
ago,  having  been  a  pupil  of  Mr.  Geo.  Snell  for  six  years.    Mr.  Clough 
has  been  very  successful,  and  has  built  up  a  liberal  and  influential 
patronage,  not  only  in  Boston,  teut  also  in  all  sections  of  New  Eng- 
land.  He  is  a  recognized  authority  upon  school  and  public  buildings, 
and  has  latterly  designed  and  superintended  the  construction  of  the 
following:  viz.,  the  English  High  and  LatinJSchool,  Boston;  pumping- 
station  building,  and  the  V.  M.  C.  Durfee  High-school,  Fall   River, 
Mass.;  Methodist  Church,  Maiden,  Mass.,  and  many  other  notable 


buildings.  Mr.  Clough  was  the  first  architect  in  Boston  to  introduce 
the  foreign  system  of  laying  out  and  planning  large  buildings,  group- 
ing the  exterior  and  the  court-yards,  the  Boston  High  School  being 
the  most  conspicuous;  and  all  the  school  building  and  buildings  of 
a  similar  character  have  been  erected  on  that  principle.  He  is  now 
building  the  Suffolk  County  Court-house,  Pemberton  Square.  His 
buildings  are  greatly  admired  by  experts,  for  their  stability  and  ele- 
gance; while  the  elaboration  of  detail  and  care  bestowed  upon  every 
portion  of  his  work  are  highly  appreciated  by  patrons.  M  .  Clough 
designs  with  the  greatest  care,  iu  order  to  meet_the  wants  and  re- 
quirements of  owners,  and  his  estimates  are  always  accurate;  while, 
in  supervising  building  operations,  he  adheres  closely  to  specifica- 
tions, and  has  achieved  an  excellent  reputation  with  property-own- 
ers for  his  professional  skill  and  ability.  He  was  for  nine  years  city 
architect,  having  been  the  first  in  Boston  elected  to  that  position. 


FRANCK  SHUTE  &'_CO.,  Hardware,  Iron  and  Blacksmiths'  Sup- 
plies, No.  39  Pearl  Street.— A  leading  headquarters  in  this  city 
for  Hardware,  Iron  and  Blacksmiths'  Supplies  is  the  establish- 
ment of  Franck  Shute  &  Co.,  located  at  No.  39  Pearl  Street. 
This  firm  conuct  and  extensive  business  in  this  line  at  both  whole- 
sale and  retail,  and  no  house  in  this  section  of  the  country  is  better 
prepared  to  take  proper  care  of  its  large  and  still  growing  interests, 
or  covers  a  wider  territory  in  its  operations.  It  was  originally  estab- 
lished in  January,  1873,  by  Messrs.  Chase,  Shute  &  Co.,  who  were  suc- 
ceeded by  the  present  firm  in  1875.  The  premises  occupied  for  trade 
purposes  comprise  two  floors,  25x125  feet  each,  all  of  which  splendid 
floor  space  is  utilized  in  the  disposal  of  the  immense  stock  that  is 
constantly  carried.  A  leading  specialty  is  made  of  horseshoes  and 
general  blacksmiths'  supplies,  while  a  full  and  complete  line  is  also 
carried  of  builders'  and  general  hardware,  shelf  goods,  machinists' 
tools  and  manufacturers'  supplies,  foreign  and  domestic  iron  and 
steel,  refined  iron,  bar  iron,  horse-shoe  nails,  and  tools  for  all  trades. 
To  attempt  an  enumeration  of  all  the  articles  displayed  by  this  firm 
would  be  to  present  the  reader  with  an  immense  catalogue.  It  is 
safe  to  say  they  keep  everything,  "from  a  needle  to  an  anchor." 
The  supplies  are  purchased  direct  from  manufacturers  and  at  ad- 
vantageous rates,  enabling  the  house  to  offer  superior  advantages 
and  inducements  in  the  matter  of  terms  and  prices,  as  well  as  to 
guarantee  the  prompt  and  satisfactory  fulfilment  of  all  orders.  Mr. 
Franck  Shute,  the  active  member  of  the  firm,  is  a  native  of  Boston, 
a  resident  of  the  suburban  town  of  Belmont,  and  was  for  eight  years 
connected  with  the  well-known  hardware-house  of  Moseley  &  Hodge- 
man  previous  to  embarking  in  his  present  enterprise.  Managed  with 
enterprise,  tact  and  liberality,  employing  ample,  capital,  and  com- 
manding advanced  opportunities  for  the  procurement  of  supplies, 
this  establishment  may  be  considered  as  a  tower  of  strength  in  the 
field  of  commerce. 

LEWIS  F.  TENNEY,  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  122  Summer  Street.— 
The  house  of  Mr.  Lewis  F.  Tenney,  at  No.  122  Summer  Street, 
has  for  the  past  twelve  years  been  'honorably  identified  with 
the  wholesale  boot  and  shoe  trade  throughout  the  country,  and, 
by  his  sterling  enterprise,  ability,  and  integrity,  the  proprietor  has 
built  up  a  trade  of  enormous  magnitude.  Mr.  Tenney  controls  the 
products  of  two  shoe  factories,  one  at  Natick  and  the  other  at  Brock- 
ton, and  possesses  every  essential  conducing  to  permanent  success  and 
the  steady  development  of  a  business  national  in  its  extent.  The 
goods  handled  are  mostly  boots  and  shoes  for  men's  wear,  and  of  a 
low-priced  grade.  They  are  made  not  simply  to  sell,  but  with  an  idea 
that  they  are  to  be  worn  and  must  please  the  consumer.  By  this 
course,  he  has  gained  an  enviable  reputation  on  the  policy  that  goods 
can  be  made  to  fit  easily  and  still  have  durability  and  solid  worth. 
The  goods  go  into  every  state  and  territory  of  the  Union;  and  in 
many  markets  they  are  preferred  by  dealers  over  all  other  makes,  by 
reason  of  their  great  salability>nd  intrinsic  merits.  The  demands  up- 
on the  resources  of  the  house  necessitate  the  carrying  of  an  immense 
stock  at  all  times,  to  the  end  that  no  delay  may  be  experienced  in 
the  filling  of  orders;  while  inducements  are  continually  offered  to  the 
trade  in  the  matter  of  terms  and  prices  which  cannot  be  duplicated 
by  rival  concerns.  Mr.  Tenney  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  a  resident 
of  Stoneham,  Mass.,  and  honored  and  esteemed  in  this  city  and  by 
the  ti  ^de  everywhere  as  a  reliable,  responsible,  and  successful  mer- 
chant, and  a  solid,  substantial  business  man,  with  whom  it  is  ever 
pleasant  and  profitable  to  open  trade  relations. 


THE    METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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ASAHEL  WHEELER,  Dealer  in  Artists'  and  Painters'  Supplies, 
No.  145  Milk  Street.— Among  the  most  enterprising  men  en- 
gaged in  the  paint  trade  in  Boston  is  Mr.  Asahel  Wheeler,  at 
No.  145  Milk  Street,  who  commenced  business  in  1842  at  No. 
59  Union  Street,  as  a  dealer  in  paints,  artiste'  and  painter's  supplies.  It 
was  there  he  invented  the  Florence  White,  which  was  subsequently 
changed  to  Constant  White,  so  famous  for  interior  painting,  having 
a  perfect  enamelled  surface,  and  has  been  proved  to  last  forty 
years  without  repainting.  It  was  he  who  first  discovered  the  process 
of  dissolving  copal  gum  in  alcohol,  making  a  brilliant  spirit  varn- 
ish. In  1861  he  removed  to  the  corner  of  Water  and 
where  he  was  when  the  great  Boston  fire  occurred^  Yswhch 
swept  away  his  store,  with  all  other*  i;>;jtlm,-^ne^r^  of  s'eventy 
acres.  He  was  left  entir-j';;  ^e'stitute,  but  honesty  was  rewarded  by 
"f. ,,..  ,..r  offerings,  and  within  two  days  he  was  again  re-established 
in  business,  on  Batterymarch  Street,  engaged  as  cheerfully  as 
though  nothing  had  occurred.  (Some  humorous  artist  kindly 
sketched  a  battery  of  artillery  and  four  horses  on  the  march  in  a 
letter  containing  an  order  for  goods,  and  sent  to  him.)  At  this  place 
he  remained  until  the  present  store  No  145  Milk  Street,  was  completed 
for  him.  It  was  here  he  instituted  the  plan,  which  has  been  adopted 
since  by  others,  of  having  a  clean,  respectable  salesroom  for  busi- 
ness, in  lieu  of  the  former  system  of  a  dirty  paint-shop  so  common 
everywhere.  Mr.  Wheeler  was  always  a  student  in  his  business, 
determined  to  know  it  practically  and  thoroughly,  its  uses  and 
abuses;  he  reads  any  combination  of  colors  at  sight — can  tell  at  a 
glance  of  what  color  any  tint  is  composed.  He  likewise  under- 
stands their  nature  and  value  for  permanence  when  exposed  to 
the  influence  of  the  elements.  He  understands  the  composition, 
manufacture,  and  value  of  all  the  various  kinds  of  varnishes.  He 
has  made  the  discovery  of  the  most  powerful  and  safe  oxidizer  of 
linseed  oil  ever  known,  it  is  capable  of  perfectly  oxidizing  raw 
linseed  oil  in  six  hours,  and  even  fatty  linseed  oil,  and  yet  pre- 
serve its  elastic  nature.  This  he  considers  his  greatest  feat  in  chem- 
istry, and  required  twelve  months'  study  to  accomplish.  His  investi- 
gations of  pure  white  lead  have  conclusively  proved  to  his  own 
mind  that,  as  a  pigment  employed  for  painting-purposes,  it  is  very 
inferior  to  the  oxide  of  zinc,  but  they  necessarily  require  distinct 
systems  of  management,  and  it  was  with  the  aid  of  the  drier  men- 
tioned, called  Siccohast,  or  hasty  drier  of  raw  oil,  he  was  enabled  to 
complete  the  most  satisfactory  experiments.  By  its  admixture  with 
the  oil,  1  to  10  parts,  the  oil  was  used  before  the  paint,  applying  two 
coats,  thus  forming  a  very  glossy  surface  or  foundation  to  support 
the  zinc  paint,  and  prevent  its  cracking.  It  being  a  perfect  oxide  the 
elements  have  no  influence  upon  it  for  many  years;  and  another  very 
important  feature  in  the  zinc  is  that  it  is  non-poisonous,  thus  saving 
the  health  of  painters,  which  is  of  immense  value  in  point  of  human- 
ity. Pure  white  lead  is  only  a  carbonate,  and,  however  perfectly 
made,  and  combined  with  oil,  it  has  an  affinity  for  hydrogen,  which 
combines  to  saponify  the  oil,  while  a  chemical  change  in  the  lead 
takes  place,  and  it  becomes  an  oxide,  in  the  course  of  about  twenty- 
one  months,  and  the  lead  is  liberated,  so  that  at  the  touch  it  will  rub 
off.  Now,  unless  something  is  applied  to  prevent,  it  will  continue 
to  fall  until  the  structure  is  completely  denuded  of  the  lead.  Thus, 
it  is  seen  that  the  real  virtue  of  the  white  lead  paint  as  a  protection 
to  exterior  surfaces  is  less  than  two  years'  duration,  while  zinc,  if 
intelligently  applied,  lasts  four  times  that  period.  This  analysis  of 
these  two  popular  pigments  employed  in  painting,  we  have  never 
before  seen  but  believe  it  must  awaken  a  thought  in  the  public 
mind  which  will  prove  of  great  benefit  hereafter. 


NEAL,  MORSE  &  CO.,  Woolens,  New  Boylston  Building,  Corner 
Boylston  and  Washington  Streets.— Boston  has  long  been 
noted  as  the  center  of  the  wholesale  trade  of  the  New  Eng- 
land States  in  woolens,  while  the  command  of  large  capital, 
coupled  with  the  well-known  energy  and  enterprise  of  the  represen- 
tative members  of  this  trade  has  permanently  retained  the  suprem- 
acy.   One  of  the  foremost  leaders  of  the  trade  is  the  house  of  Messrs. 
Neal,  Morse  &  Co.,  located  in  the  new  Boylston  Building,  at  the 
corner   of  Washington   and  Boylston  Streets.    The   business   was 
founded  in  1878  by  Messrs.  Day,  Neal  &  Morse,  who  were  succeeded 
by  the  present  firm  hi  January,  1886.    All  the  members  have  had 
large  and  valuable  experience  in  the  business,  and  deservedly  enjoy 
the  confidence  of  a  large  and  growing  list  of  patrons  in  this  city  and 


throughout  New  England,  including  jobbers,  retailers,  and  clothing 
manufacturers.  The  salesrooms  of  the  firm  are  among  the  largest 
and  finest  in  the  city,  covering  a  floorage  area  of  16,000  square  feet, 
perfect  in  convenience  of  arrangement  for  display,  inspection,  and 
sale,  and  stocked  to  repletion  at  all  times  with  a  splendid  assortment, 
of  broadcloths,  cassimeres,  suitings,  vestings,  and  "-  • 

prising  the  finest  goods  from  Enp-1'"1  silA/rereoatings,  com- 

which  are  imported  direct  ^-^^f06^  German,  and  French  looms, 
quality  to  win  tb<-  ^rjp~*y™is  firm,  and  are  of  a  character  and 
critica'  ^  .^ft^^  confidence  and  patronage  of  the  closest  and  most 
xrtiyers.  The  stock  is  kept  up  to  the  highest  standard  of  ex- 
cellence by  fresh  and  frequent  invoices  from  the  most  reputable  and 
fashionable  sources  of  supply  in  this  country  and  Europe,  and  every 
facility  is  possessed  for  filling  all  orders  promptly  and  efficiently,  and 
for  rendering  customers  every  possible  advantage  in  both  reliability 
of  goods  and  liberality  of  terms  and  prices.  The  trade  of  the  house  is 
immense  and  influential  in  all  parts  of  New  England  and  in  the  north- 
west, requiring  in  its  transaction  the  constant  services  of  forty  em- 
ployed, sixteen  of  whom  represent  the  house  upon  the  road.  The 
members  of  this  firm  are  Messrs.  William  H.  Neal,  George  L.  Morse, 
and  Alfred  M.  S.  Butler,  all  native  Bostonians,  and  highly  esteemed 
in  mercantile  life  for.their  business  ability  and  strict  integrity.  The 
firm  are  commended  to  the  trade  as  worthy  of  every  trust  and  confi- 
dence, and  business  relations  entered  into  with  them  are  certain  to 
prove  as  pleasant,  as  they  must  be  advantageous  to  all  concerned. 


DR.  J.  M.  OSGOOD,  Surgeon  Dentist,  No.  37  Tremont  Street.— 
Prominent  among  leading  members  of  the  dental  profession 
in  Boston  is  Dr.  J.  M.  Osgood,  whose  office  is  eligibly  located 
at  No.  37  Tremont  Street.  He  has  had  a  practical  experience 
covering  a  period  of  twenty -eight  years,  and  established  himself  in 
practice  here  in  1871.  Steadily  engaged  in  the  various  branches  of 
dentistry,  and  having  performed  some  of  the  most  difficult  opera- 
tions known  to  the  science,  he  has  won  a  reputation  for  thorough 
skill  and  professional  ability,  which  places  him  among  the  foremost 
dentists  of  the  city  and  state.  The  latest  improvements  In  science 
and  mechanism  are  sure  to  find  a  place  hi  his  office.  The  different 
preparations  of  cocaine  and  vapors  for  the  alleviation  of  pain  in  sen- 
sitive teeth,  previous  to  filling  or  extracting,  have  proved  of  great 
success  in  his  hands.  His  parlors  and  operating-rooms  are  hand- 
somely furnished  and  equipped  with  every  facility  and  convenience 
for  the  ease  and  comfort  of  patrons.  The  department  devoted  to  ar- 
tificial work  is  under  the  personal  supervision  of  Dr.  Osgood,  and  the 
results  in  this  branch  cannot  be  surpassed  for  artistic  taste  and  beau- 
tifying effect.  He  enjoys  a  large,  first-class,  and  influential  patron- 
age, drawn  from  the  best  class  of  citizens  in  city  and  country.  His 
charges  are  very  moderate  and  consistent  with  reliable  service;  his 
engagements  are  always  promptly  and  conscientiously  met,  and  to 
seek  his  services  once  is  to  be  his  patron  always.  Personally,  Dr. 
Osgood  is  universally  esteemed  throughout  the  community.  He  is  a 
native  of  the  state 'of  Maine,  resides  in  Charlestown,  and  has  won  the 
large  measure  of  success  anc1.  popularity  he  now  enjoys  by  honestly 
deserving  it. 


TM.  CLARK,  Architect,  No.  178  Devonshire  Street.— Prominent 
among  the  leading  and  most  reliable  architects  in  this  city  is 
B  Mr.  T.  M.  Clark.  This  gentleman,  who  is  a  Bostonian  by 
birth,  and  who  received  a  thoroughly  practical  training  for 
his  profession,  has  been  in  practice  for  more  than  a  score  of  years, 
and  ranks  among  the  most  talented  and  successful  of  his  competitors. 
He  is  a  prominent  and  highly  esteemed  member  of  the  National  As- 
sociation of  Architects,  and  of  the  Boston  Society  of  Architects.  He 
has  executed  many  important  commissions  for  our  prominent  citi- 
zens, and  has  achieved  an  excellent  reputation  as  an  original  and 
effective  designer  of  plans.  He  designs  and  superintends  the  erection 
of  mansions,  business  blocks,  public  institutions,  schools,  churches, 
etc.,  and  all  over  New  England  and  in  New  York  are  many  ex- 
cellent examples  of  his  Skill  as  an  architect.  He  occupies  a  fine  suite 
of  offices,  employs  a  staff  of  competent  assistants,  and  possesses 
superior  facilities  for  executing  all  orders  in  a  prompt  and  satisfac- 
tory manner.  His  work  bears  evidence  of  artistic  talent,  coupled 
with  a  thorough  knowledge  of  modern  requirements.  Mr.  Clark  has 
achieved  a  success  as  substantial  as  it  is  well  deserved. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


HENRY  J. .PRESTON,  Architect,  No.  8  Exchange  Place,  Room 
13.— The  public  and  private  buildings  of  Boston  stand  as  a 
sample  of  architectural  beauty,  simplicity,  grandeur,  and  ap- 
propriateness of  design  that  the  citizens  may  pardonably  feel 
proud  of  as  being  unsurpassed  in  any  city  on  the  American  Continent, 
rm"'  -i^polesiastical  and  educational  edifices,  the  public  buildings,  com- 

"  *  factories,  and  mansions  of  the  "  Hub"  are  indeed 
board  of  trustees  is  ^ . 
inent   and  popular  in  anaac^^*^  design  and  the  enrich ed 

is  as  follows:  P.  J.  Stone,  presidentT^^^611*  °f  Our  local 
Benj.  F.  Stacey,  clerk;  Trustees,  A.  E.  Cutter,  Otis 
field  Roberts,  Amos  Stone,  Geo.  B.  Neal,  P.  S.  Briggs,  F.  E.  DownST 
Daniel  Williams,  Benj.  F.  Stacey,  Geo.  M.  Starbord,  Francis  Heall, 
E.  B.  Stetson,  C.  F.  Byam,  P.  J.  Stone,  Peter  S.  Roberts,  Augustus  W. 
Stover,  Warren  Sanger,  Albert  D.  S.  Bell,  Wm.  H.  Kent,  Jas.  F. 
Hunnewell,  Samuel  D.  Sarvin.  The  deposits  now  amount  to  $3,602,- 
240.69,  and  the  guarantee  fund  to  $150,000.  The  bank  receives  deposits 
of  five  cents  to  $1000,  thus  accommodating  all  classes.  This  corpo- 
ration was  organized  principally  for  the  purpose  of  encourgaging  our 
working  classes  to  accumulate  a  fund  that  will  be  available  in  sickness 
or  old  age.  It  is  also  a  great  encouragement  to  children,  stimulating 
them  so  save  small  sums,  and  teaching  them  the  valuable  lesson  of 
the  rapidity  with  which  small  amounts  at  a  moderate  rate  of  interest 
accumulate.  It  also  furnishes  administrators,  guardians,  trustees  of 
churches,  lodges,  and  other  societies  a  safe  repository  for  their  funds, 
where  a  moderate  rate  of  interest  may  be  realized.  The  management 
of  this  institution  is  strictly  conservative,  and  advances  of  capital  are 
always  made  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  of  the  bank.  Messrs. 
P.  J.  Stone,  the  president,  and  Amos  Stone,  the  treasurer,  have  held 
their  respective  offices  since  1854.  Mr.  Stone  is  a  gentleman 
whose  sterling  integrity  and  public-spirited  actions  have  won 
for  him  an  influential  place  among  our  representative  citizens. 
He  is  a  director  of  the  Charlestown  Gas  Company.  Mr.  Amos  Stone 
is  an  energetic,  honorable  business  man,  eminently  qualified  for  the 
important  trust  reposed  in  him.  He  is  vice-president  and  a  director 
of  the  Monument  National  Bank,  president  of  the  Mutual  Protection 
Fire  Insurance  Co.,  and  a  prominent  Freemason.  The  bank  is  open 
every  business  day  from  9  A.  M  to  2  p.  M.,  and  on  Wednesdays  and 
Saturdays  from  3  to  5  p.  M. 


LIN.  FREDERICKS,  Book  and  Wood-cut  Printer,  No.  291  Con- 
gress Street.— The  well-known  book-printing  establishment 
m  of  Mr.  L.  N.  Fredericks,  at  No.  291  Congress  Street,  has 
been  in  successful  operation  for  a  period  of  fifteen  years, 
and  has  been  conducted  with  signal  ability  in  all  departments.  The 
proprietor  has  steadily  maintained  the  liighest  standard  of  work  in 
point  of  style  and  execution  by  personal  supervision  over  every  de- 
tail, promptitude  in  the  f  ulfilment  of  orders  on  the  day  promised, 
and  at  prices  the  lowest  possible  consistent  with  good  work.  He  has 
always  been  content  to  rely  upon  the  merit  of  his  work  to  bring  its 
own  reward  in  the  shape  of  continued  and  increased  patronage. 
This  reward  has  been  meted  out  to  him  with  a  liberal  hand.  Once  a 
customer,  always  a  customer,  has  been  the  rule,  and  the  steady  and 
increased  growth  of  the  business  has  so  taxed  the  time  and  energies 
of  Mr.  Fredericks  to  keep  pace  with  the  demands  of  his  patrons  that 
be  has  but  little  need  to  solicit  work.  His  printing-office  is  thorough- 
ly spacious,  finely  equipped,  with  seven  presses  and  ample  steam- 
power,  and  all  the  latest  styles  of  type  are  added  as  fast  as  they  are 
issued.  From  fifteen  to  twenty  skilled  hands  are  constantly  em- 
ployed, and  orders  by  telephone  or  otherwise  are  given  immediate 
attention.  Every  style  of  book-printing  is  executed  with  a  prompt- 
ness and  artistic  merit  that  has  justly  entitled  the  establishment  to 
the  high  reputation  it  has  won  for  originality,  good  taste,  and  fine 
workmanship.  Illustrated  book  printing  is  the  specialty,  and  in  this 
department  of  the  printer's  art  the  house  is  acknowledged  to  excel 
all  its  contemporaries  in  the  city.  Mr.  Fredericks  is  a  native  of 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  is  highly  esteemed  in  this  community  for  busi- 
ness reliability,  strict  integrity,  and  high  personal  worth. 


ORIENTAL    BRASS    FOUNDRY:    Office  and   Works,    No.   76 
Border  Street,  East  Boston.— A  reliable  and  successful  con- 
cern  actively  engaged   in   the   manufacture  of  brass   and 
composition   castings    in    East    Boston   is   that    known   as 
the  Oriental  Brass  Foundry,  No.  76  Border  Street,  of  which  Mr. 
William  Curley  is  the  proprietor.     This  business  was  established 
five  years  ago  by  the  Oriental  Manufacturing  Company,  which  con- 


buildings.  Mr.  Clough  was  the  first  architect  in  Boston  to  introduce 
the  foreign  system  of  laying  out  and  planning  large  buildings,  group- 
ing the  exterior  and  the  court-yards,  the  Boston  High  School  being 
the  most  conspicuous ;  and  all  the  school  building  and  buildings  of 
a  similar  character  have  been  erected  on  that  principle.  He  is  now 
building  the  Suffolk  County  Court-house,  Pemberton  Square.  His 
buildings  are  greatly  admired  by  experts,  for  their  stability  and  ele- 
gance; while  the  elaboration  of  detail  and  care  bestowed  upon  every 
portion  of  his  work  are  highly  appreciated  by  patrons.  M  .  Clough 
designs  with  the  greatest  care,  iu  order  to  meet,the  wants  and  re- 
quirements of  owners,  and  his  estimates  are'always  accurate;  while, 
i^— rising  building  operations,  he  adheres  closely  to  specifica- 

^""-^aiueved  an  excellent  reputation  with  property-own- 
his  prices  for  aii  ^-. -      "•  -.        ,       , 

progressive  house  now  extends^  tnl^ '    He  was  for  nine  years  city 
and  Delaware,  and  is  steadily  increasing,  in  consey^viL^  a  £°S-] 
ority  and  finish  of  its  productions.    Mr.  Curley  is  a  thoroughly  pi  at. 
tical  brass-founder.    He  is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  has  gained  the  en- 
tire confidence  of  his  numerous  patrons,  owing  to  the  careful  and 
prompt  manner  in  which  all  orders  are  executed. 

JE.  FARWELL  &  CO.,  Printers,  No.  45  Pearl  Street.— In  "  the 
art  preservative  of  all  arts"  it  is  safe  to  say  that  the  firm  of  J. 
B  E.  Farwell  &  Co.,  at  No.  45  Pearl  Street,  corner  of  Franklin, 
stands  unexcelled,  having  for  fifty  years  kept  steadily  abreast 
ofjthe  times  and  the  improvements  of  the  age,  and  their  establishment 
is  to-day  admitted  to  be  one  of  the  best  equipped  and  best  managed 
of  its  kind  in  the  country.  No  house  has  been  more  successful  in  letter- 
press printing,  and  none  has  produced  a  better  class  of  work  in  this 
line  Jof  art.  The  business  was  founded  in  1839,  by  Messrs.  Upton  & 
Farwell,  the  junior  partner,  Mr.  J.  E.  Farwell,  succeeding  to  the  sole 
control  in  1843,  and  conducting  the  business  since  that  date  under  the 
present  firm  name  and  style.  Mr.  Farwell  was  born  in  Lancaster, 
Mass.,  and  learned  his  trade  with  Messrs.  Carter  &  Andrews,  in  his  na- 
tive town.  In  1835  he  came  to  Boston,  and  since  that  tune  he  has  been 
prominent  in  public  life  and  business  affairs,  serving  three  years  as  a 
member  of  the  State  Legislature,  and  several  years  as  a  director  of 
the  State  Prison.  At  three-score  and  ten,  he  still  gives  his  business 
the  benefit  of  his  close  personal  attention,  and  vast  practical  experi- 
ence, thus  insuring  to  his  host  of  customers  only  such  work  as  will 
withstand  the  severest  criticism.  The  business  premises  comprise  two 
floors,  one  measuring  30x140  feet,  the  other  30x100  feet,  all  admirably 
arranged  and  equipped  with  every  modern  convenience  and  facility 
tending  to  insure  rapid,  systematic,  and  successful  work,  and  includ- 
ing sixteen  presses  of  the  latest  and  most  approved  inventions,  and  a 
variety  of  plain  and  ornamental  type  unsurpassed  by  any  establish- 
ment in  the  United  States,  together  with  ample  steam-power;  while 
employment  is  given  to  a  large  force  of  expert  hands,  ranging  in 
number  from  forty  to  seventy -five.  Fancy  and  mercantile  printing 
of  every  description  is  executed  by  the  best  of  skilled  workmen,  and 
an  immense  business  is  annually  transacted.  The  work  here  per- 
formed is  equal  to  anything  at  home  or  abroad,  and,  being  thorough 
ly  practical  in  every  branch  of  the  printer's  art,  this  house  enjoys  a 
deservedly  high  reputation  for  artistic  merit,  second  to  none  in  the 
New  England  States.  No  solicitors  have  ever  been  employed,  while 
the  prices  which  prevail  are  such  as  add  materially  to  the  popularity 
of  the  house. 


HENRY  N.  BELLOWS,  Wool  broker,  No.  232  Purchase  Street.— 
One  of  the  popular  brokerage-houses  in  the  wool  trade  in  this 
city  is  that  of  Mr.  Henry  N.  Bellows.  The  proprietor  has  been 
established  in  the  business  here  since  1876,  and  has  built  up 
an  influential  patronage  throughout  all  the  New  England  States.  He 
buys  throughout  the  country  on  orders,  and  sells  on  brokerage  from 
sample,  and  also  on  commission,  and  handles  chiefly  domestic  wools 
of  the  various  grades.  He  has  become  broadly  identified  with  the  great 
wool  industry  centred  in  this  city ;  and  the  care  with  which  he  selects 
"  clips"  and  grade,  as  to  quality,  has  ranked  him  among  the  most  ex- 
pert and  responsible  buyers  in  this  section  of  the  country.  Many  mills 
buy  their  wool  through  him,  availing  themselves  of  his  more  intimate 
knowledge  of  the  market,  and,  as  the  wool-seller  pays  the  brokerage 
commission,  the  extent  of  the  trade  through  responsible  brokers  like 
Mr.  Bellows  is  very  large.  The  rise  and  success  of  this  house  is  an 
illustration  of  what  ability  and  perseverance,  backed  by  honesty  and 
intelligence  as  buyers,  can  accomplish  in  legitimate  trade.  Mr.  Bel- 
lows is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  in  the  early  prime  of  life,  and 
known  and  honored  in  business,  financial,  and  trade  circles. 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF    NEW    ENGLAND. 


165 


ASAHEL  WHEELER,  Dealer  in  Artists'  and  Painters'  Supplies 
No.  145  Milk  Street.-Among  the  most  enterprising  men  en- 
gaged in  the  paint  trade  in  Boston  is  Mr.  Asahel  Wheeler,  at 
No.  145  Milk  Street,  who  commenced  business  in  1842  at  No 
59  Union  Street,  as  a  dealer  in  paints,  artiste'  and  painter's  supplies.  It 
was  there  he  invented  the  Florence  White,  which  was  subsequently 
changed  to  Constant  White,  so  famous  for  interior  painting,  having 
a  perfect  enamelled  surface,  and  has  been  proved  to  last  forty 
years  without  repainting.    It  was  he  who  first  discovered  the  process 
of  dissolving  copal  gum  in  alcohol,  making  a  brilliant  spirit  varn- 
ish.   In  1861  he  removed  to  the  corner  of  Water  and  Bath  Slre*^ 
where  he  was  when  the  great  Boston  fire  occurred,!"   '"-;  g-£ 
swept  away- his  store,  with  all  others  •"••'  "  ' 
acres.    He  was  left  ent>'-»'"  '  — 


inaugurated  in  1882.  under  the  style  of  Blair  &  Hallett.  The  firm 
was  successful  in  acquiring  a  large,  influential  patronage,  and  an  en- 
viable reputation  for  excellence  of  work.  The  premises  occupied 
consist  of  a  spacious  floor  50x100  feet  in  area,  equipped  with  nine 
superior  presses,  operated  by  steam-power,  every  description  of 
type,  together  with  all  the  accessories  belonging  to  the  outfit  of  a 
first  class  printing  establishment.  A  large  force  of  skilled  hands  are 
employed,  and  printing  in  all  its  various  branches  is  executed  prompt- 
ly and  in  the  most  workmanlike  manner.  The  prices  are  invariably 
reasonable  and  satisfaction  is  assured  all  patrons.  The  present  pro- 
prietor of  the  business,  Mr.  A.  A.  Blair,  is  a  native  Bostonian,  and 
is  held  in  high  esteem  among  his  contemporaries  and  all  who  have 
transactions  with  him.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Master  Print- 
ers' Club,  to  which  a  cordial  support  is  given,  and  in  the  equitable 
methods  which  are  employed  in  the  conduct  of  affairs  the  house  is 
representative  of  the  highest  principles  of  business  management. 


MESSENGER  BROS.  &  JONES,  Tailors  and  Importers,  No. 
388   Washington   Street. — A  house   in   Boston  which   has 
done  more  than  any  other  in  the  way  of  artistic  elegance 
and   excellence  in  custom-made  clothing    is  that  of   the 
representative  and  old-established  firm  of  Messrs.  Messenger  Bros. 
&  Jones.    This  extensive  business  was  established  in  1847  by  Messrs. 
Richardson  &  Messenger,  who  were  succeeded  by  Messenger  &  Ca- 
hill.   Eventually  in  1873  the  present  firm  was  organized  and  assumed 
the  management,  the  copartners  being  Messrs.  Francis  A.,  Charles  A. 
and  Winthrop  Messenger,  and  W.  E.  Jones.    The  premises  occupied 


throughout  New  England,  including  jobbers,  retailers,  and  clothing 
manufacturers.  The  salesrooms  of  the  firm  are  among  the  largest 
md  finest  in  the  city,  covering  a  floorage  area  of  16,000  square  feet 
perfect  in  convenience  of  arrangement  for  display,  inspection  and 
ale,  and  stocked  to  repletion  at  all  times  with  a  splendid  assortment. 
)f  broadcloths,  cassimeres,  suitings,  vestings,  and  •"•-  «*.  this  firm 
prising  the  finest  goods  from  Enf'-'-1  ^ulte  capable  of  practi- 

which  are  imported  direct  br -pel-intending  every  branch  of  this  first- 
quality  to  win  th<-  _^y  riding-habit,  mantle,  or  garment  made  by  this 
critica'  .b  _ad  noted  house  is  always  indorsed  by  fastidious  critics  as 
superior  in  every  respect,  and  the  great  experience  and  skill  of  the 
firm  make  it  the  recognized  authority  and  leader  in  this  artistic  busi- 
ness. The  direct  connections  of  the  house  with  Parisian  and  London 
centres  of  fashion,  and  its  facilities  for  arriving  at  reliable  decisions 
as  to  the  prevailing  modes  for  any  season,  have  made  Messrs.  Mes- 
senger Bros.  &  Jones'  patterns  of  tailor-made  dresses,  habits,  and 
mantles  as  popular  as  they  are  eagerly  sought  after  for  artistic  beauty, 
novelty,  utility,  economy,  and  fashionable  elegance.  Messrs.  Mes- 
senger brothers  are  natives  of  Mass.,  while  Mr.  Jones  was  born  in 
England. 


THOMAS  J.  HIND,  Slate,  Tin  and  Copper,  Composition  and 
Gravel  Roofing;  Agent  for  Warren's  Natural  Asphalts,  etc., 
Office,  No.  101  Milk  Street.— Although  in  business  on  his  own 
account  but  a  comparatively  short  period,  Thomas  J.  Hind, 
slate,  metal,  composition  and  gravel  roofer,  also  dealer  in  asphalts, 
roofing,  and  kindred  materials,  Office  No.  101  Milk  Street,  with  wharf 
and  storehouse  located  at  East  First,  foot  of  First  Street,  has  already 
established  a  name  and  acquired  a  patronage  second  to  few  engaged 
in  this  line  in  Boston.  For  thoroughly  first-class  work,  and  for  prompt- 
ness and  reliability  in  executing  contracts  and  general  jobbing,  not  one 
in  the  business  in  this  city  sustains  a  better  reputation ;  among  the  more 
noteworthy  jobs  recently  done  by  this  gentleman  being  the  roofing  of 
the  Thomson  Electric  Whedden  Works,  at  Lynn ;  the  huge  works  of 
George  W.  Pope,  and  an  extensive  block  of  buildings  on  South  Street. 
Mr.  Hind,  who  is  a  native  of  Boston,  is  a  practical  and  expert  roofer,  of 
long  and  varied  experience  in  the  exercise  of  his  art,  and  is  thorough 
ly  conversant  with  the  business  in  all  its  branches,  having  formerly 
been  superintendent  of  the  roofing  department  of  the  Warren 
Chemical  &  Manufacturing  Company.  The  office  is  connected  by 
telephone  (394),  and  a  heavy  and  complete  stock  is  constantly  carried 
on  hand  at  the  storehouse.  Mr.  Hind  is  agent  for  Warren's  Natural 
Asphalts,  gravel  roofing,  2  and  3-ply  ready  roofing,  cellar  flooring, 
and  general  roofing  materials,  while  some  twenty  in  help  are  em- 
ployed. Everything  in  the  line  of  slate,  tin,  copper,  composition,  and 
gravel  roofing  is  done  hi  the  most  expeditious  and  excellent  manner, 
and  special  attention  is  given  to  repairing  and  jobbing. 

CURRY  &  HANMER,  Hardware,  Cutlery,  Paints,  Oils,  Varn- 
ishes, etc.,  Nos.  1287-1289-1291  Washington  Street.— This  firm 
are  extensive  dealers  in  hardware,  cutlery,  paints,  oils,  and 
varnishes,  and  make  a  leading  specialty  of  dogs'  collars,  and 
furnishings,  builders'  hardware,  and  mechanics'  tools.  The  general 
stock  carried  is  very  elaborate  and  diversified.  The  assortments 
are  kept  full  and  complete,  and  embrace  builders'  hardware  and 
shelf  goods,  carpenters',  mechanics',  and  machinists'  tools,  lock- 
smiths' and  butchers'  supplies,  table  and  pocket  cutlery,  fire-arms, 
cartridges,  and  ammunition,  Abbey  &  Imbrie's  fishing  tackle,  Chal- 
lenge Dog  Food,  dog-collars  and  furnishings,  Little's  "Soluble 
Phenyle,"  paints,  oils,  and  varnishes,  and  general  painters'  supplies. 
All  goods  are  received  direct  from  the  manufacturers,  and  special  at- 
tention is  given  to  the  character  and  quality  of  the  productions.  Sig- 
nificant advantages  are  extended  to  customers  in  the  matter  of 
prices.  Fiftee  clnerks  and  three  delivery  wagons  are  kept  busy,  and 
the  trade  is  brisk  and  lively  at  all  times.  The  members  of  this  firm, 
Messrs  J.  T.  Curry  and  J.  R  Hanmer,  received  their  training  in  the 
hardware  store  of  Gardner  &  Chandler,  and  enter  upon  the  respon- 
sibilities of  mercantile  life  well-equipped,  thoroughly  informed,  and 
keenly  alive  to  all  its  needs  and  requirements.  Mr.  Curry  was  born 
in  Tennessee,  and  Mr.  Hanmer  is  a  Connecticut  man  by  birth,  and 
the  firm  are  brimful  of  energy,  pluck,  and  enterprise,  and  are  ac- 
counted among  that  class  of  young  business  representatives  in  whose 
hands  the  continued  development  of  the  city  rests. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


X^HARLESTOWN  FIVE  CENTS  SAVINGS  BANK.  Thompson 
I  Square,  Charleetown. — This  representative  and  reliable  five- 
^y  cents  savings  bank  was  duly  incorporated  in  1854  under  the 
laws  of  Massachusetts.  Its  career  has  been  a  very  successful 
one,  and  it  now  ranks  among  the  solid  institutions  of  New  England. 
.JEI~— <l£,j£e.1'5town  Five  Cents  Savings  Bank  is  ably  officered,  and  its 
— 'iiomposed  of  gentlemen  more  than  usually  prom- 
board  of  trustees  is  ^  -!««  ^uncommercial  circles.  The  list 
inent  and  popular  in  finau^.  -"-  '--^a™^  stone,  treasurer; 
is  as  follows:  P.  J.  Stone,  president;  ^^-^.j^yL  j  Wake. 
Benj.  F.  Stacey,  clerk;  Trustees,  A.  E.  Cutter,  Otis  *-'  * 
field  Roberts,  Amos  Stone,  Geo.  B.  Neal,  P.  S.  Briggs,  F.  E. 
Daniel  Williams,  Benj.  F.  Stacey,  Geo.  TU.  Starbord,  Francis  Heall, 
E.  B.  Stetson,  C.  F.  Byam,  P.  J.  Stone,  Peter  S.  Roberts,  Augustus  W. 
Stover,  Warren  Sanger,  Albert  D.  S.  Bell,  Wm.  H.  Kent,  Jas.  F. 
Hunnewell,  Samuel  D.  Sarvin.  The  deposits  now  amount  to  $3,602,- 
240.69,  and  the  guarantee  fund  to  $150,000.  The  bank  receives  deposits 
of  five  cents  to  $1000,  thus  accommodating  all  classes.  This  corpo- 
ration was  organized  principally  for  the  purpose  of  encourgaging  our 
working  classes  to  accumulate  a  fund  that  will  be  available  in  sickness 
or  old  age.  It  is  also  a  great  encouragement  to  children,  stimulating 
them  so  save  small  sums,  and  teaching  them  the  valuable  lesson  of 
the  rapidity  with  which  small  amounts  at  a  moderate  rate  of  interest 
accumulate.  It  also  furnishes  administrators,  guardians,  trustees  of 
churches,  lodges,  and  other  societies  a  safe  repository  for  their  funds, 
where  a  moderate  rate  of  interest  may  be  realized.  The  management 
of  this  institution  is  strictly  conservative,  and  advances  of  capital  are 
always  made  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  of  the  bank.  Messrs. 
P.  J.  Stone,  the  president,  and  Amos  Stone,  the  treasurer,  have  held 
their  respective  offices  since  1854.  Mr.  Stone  is  a  gentleman 
whose  sterling  integrity  and  public-spirited  actions  have  won 
for  him  an  influential  place  among  our  representative  citizens. 
He  is  a  director  of  the  Charlestown  Gas  Company.  Mr.  Amos  Stone 
is  an  energetic,  honorable  business  man,  eminently  qualified  for  the 
important  trust  reposed  in  him.  He  is  vice-president  and  a  director 
of  the  Monument  National  Bank,  president  of  the  Mutual  Protection 
Fire  Insurance  Co.,  and  a  prominent  Freemason.  The  bank  is  open 
every  business  day  from  9  A.  M  to  2  p.  M.,  and  on  Wednesdays  and 
Saturdays  from  3  to  5  p.  M. 

L|N.  FREDERICKS,  Book  and  Wood-cut  Printer,  No.  291  Con- 
gress Street.— The  well-known  book-printing  establishment 
m  of  Mr.  L.  N.  Fredericks,  at  No.  291  Congress  Street,  has 
been  in  successful  operation  for  a  period  of  fifteen  years, 
and  has  been  conducted  with  signal  ability  in  all  departments.  The 
proprietor  has  steadily  maintained  the  liighest  standard  of  work  in 
point  of  style  and  execution  by  personal  supervision  over  every  de- 
tail, promptitude  in  the  fulfilment  of  orders  on  the  day  promised, 
and  at  prices  the  lowest  possible  consistent  with  good  work.  He  has 
always  been  content  to  rely  upon  the  merit  of  his  work  to  bring  its 
own  reward  in  the  shape  of  continued  and  increased  patronage. 
This  reward  has  been  meted  out  to  him  with  a  liberal  hand.  Once  a 
customer,  always  a  customer,  has  been  the  rule,  and  the  steady  and 
increased  growth  of  the  business  has  so  taxed  the  time  and  energies 
of  Mr.  Fredericks  to  keep  pace  with  the  demands  of  his  patrons  that 
he  has  but  little  need  to  solicit  work.  His  printing-office  is  thorough- 
ly spacious,  finely  equipped,  with  seven  presses  and  ample  steam- 
power,  and  all  the  latest  styles  of  type  are  added  as  fast  as  they  are 
issued.  From  fifteen  to  twenty  skilled  hands  are  constantly  em- 
ployed, and  orders  by  telephone  or  otherwise  are  given  immediate 
attention.  Every  style  of  book-printing  is  executed  with  a  prompt- 
ness and  artistic  merit  that  has  justly  entitled  the  establishment  to 
the  high  reputation  it  has  won  for  originality,  good  taste,  and  fine 
workmanship.  Illustrated  book  printing  is  the  specialty,  and  in  this 
department  of  the  printer's  art  the  house  is  acknowledged  to  excel 
all  its  contemporaries  in  the  city.  Mr.  Fredericks  is  a  native  of 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  is  highly  esteemed  in  this  community  for  busi- 
ness reliability,  strict  integrity,  and  high  personal  worth. 


ORIENTAL    BRASS    FOUNDRY:    Office  and   Works,    No.   76 
Border  Street,  East  Boston.— A  reliable  and  successful  con- 
cern  actively  engaged   in   the   manufacture  of  brass   and 
composition   castings    in   East    Boston   is   that    known   as 
the  Oriental  Brass  Foundry,  No.  76  Border  Street,  of  which  Mr. 
William  Curley  is  the  proprietor.     This  business  was  established 
five  years  ago  by  the  Oriental  Manufacturing  Company,  which  con- 


ducted it  till  1885,  when  Mr.  Curley  became  sole  proprietor,  he  hav- 
ing subsequently  been  foreman  of  the  Boston  Machine  Company  for 
eighteen  years.  The  foundry  is  well  equipped  with  all  modern  ap- 
pliances, apparatus,  and  machinery.  Here  fifteen  skilled  brass  found- 
ers are  employed,  and  the  machinery  is  driven  by  steam-power. 
Mr.  Curley  makes  a  specialty  of  box  and  gear  metal.  Faithful  atten- 
tion is  given  to  whatever  may  be  required  in  brass,  bronze,  or  compo- 
sition work,  and  great  care  is  takes  in  the  selection  of  proper  quali- 
ties of  metal,  and  also  in  the  delicate  processes  of  casting,  especially 
where  soundness  and  accuracy  are  required  in  the  finished  articles. 
All  work  turned  out  by  Mr.  Curley  is  unrivalled  for  quality,  reliability, 
sniP'  and  has.  no  superior  in  this  city  or  elsewhere,  while 
his  prices  fo/au^T^8  are  ^  low  ^  the  l°wesk  The.trade  of  this 
progressive  house  now  extends  tnr'J'",6' hout  Ne^  England,  New  York, 
and  Delaware,  and  is  steadily  increasing,  in  conseq  "<f^lfe  of  the  superi 
ority  and  finish  of  its  productions.  Mr.  Curley  is  a  thoroughly  pi  m, 
tical  brass-founder.  He  is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  has  gained  the  en- 
tire confidence  of  his  numerous  patrons,  owing  to  the  careful  and 
prompt  manner  in  which  all  orders  are  executed. 

JE.  FARWELL  &  CO.,  Printers,  No.  45  Pearl  Street.— In  "  the 
art  preservative  of  all  arts"  it  is  safe  to  say  that  the  firm  of  J. 
E.  Farwell  &  Co.,  at  No.  45  Pearl  Street,  corner  of  Franklin, 
stands  unexcelled,  having  for  fifty  years  kept  steadily  abreast 
ofjthe  times  and  the  improvements  of  the  age,  and  their  establishment 
is  to-day  admitted  to  be  one  of  the  best  equipped  and  best  managed 
of  its  kind  in  the  country.  No  house  has  been  more  successful  in  letter- 
press printing,  and  none  has  produced  a  better  class  of  work  in  this 
line  |of  art.  The  business  was  founded  in  1889,  by  Messrs.  Upton  & 
Farwell,  the  junior  partner,  Mr.  J.  E.  Farwell,  succeeding  to  the  sole 
control  in  1843,  and  conducting  the  business  since  that  date  under  the 
present  firm  name  and  style.  Mr.  Farwell  was  born  in  Lancaster, 
Mass.,  and  learned  his  trade  with  Messrs.  Carter  &  Andrews,  in  his  na- 
tive town.  In  1835  he  came  to  Boston,  and  since  that  time  he  has  been 
prominent  in  public  life  and  business  affairs,  serving  three  years  as  a 
member  of  the  State  Legislature,  and  several  years  as  a  director  of 
the  State  Prison.  At  three-score  and  ten,  he  still  gives  his  business 
the  benefit  of  his  close  personal  attention,  and  vast  practical  experi- 
ence, thus  insuring  to  his  host  of  customers  only  such  work  as  will 
withstand  the  severest  criticism.  The  business  premises  comprise  two 
floors,  one  measuring  30x140  feet,  the  other  30x100  feet,  all  admirably 
arranged  and  equipped  with  every  modern  convenience  and  facility 
tending  to  insure  rapid,  systematic,  and  successful  work,  and  includ- 
ing sixteen  presses  of  the  latest  and  most  approved  inventions,  and  a 
variety  of  plain  and  ornamental  type  unsurpassed  by  any  establish- 
ment in  the  United  States,  together  with  ample  steam-power;  while 
employment  is  given  to  a  large  force  of  expert  hands,  ranging  in 
number  from  forty  to  seventy -five.  Fancy  and  mercantile  printing 
of  every  description  is  executed  by  the  best  of  skilled  workmen,  and 
an  immense  business  is  annually  transacted.  The  work  here  per- 
formed is  equal  to  anything  at  home  or  abroad,  and,  being  thorough 
ly  practical  in  every  branch  of  the  printer's  art,  this  house  enjoys  a 
deservedly  high  reputation  for  artistic  merit,  second  to  none  in  the 
New  England  States.  No  solicitors  have  ever  been  employed,  while 
the  prices  which  prevail  are  such  as  add  materially  to  the  popularity 
of  the  house. 

HENRY  N.  BELLOWS,  Wool  broker,  No.  232  Purchase  Street— 
One  of  the  popular  brokerage-houses  in  the  wool  trade  in  this 
city  is  that  of  Mr.  Henry  N.  Bellows.  The  proprietor  has  been 
established  in  the  business  here  since  1876,  and  has  built  up 
an  influential  patronage  throughout  all  the  New  England  States.  He 
buys  throughout  the  country  on  orders,  and  sells  on  brokerage  from 
sample,  and  also  on  commission,  and  handles  chiefly  domestic  wools 
of  the  various  grades.  He  has  become  broadly  identified  with  the  great 
wool  industry  centred  in  this  city;  and  the  care  with  which  he  selects 
"  clips"  and  grade,  as  to  quality,  has  ranked  him  among  the  most  ex- 
pert and  responsible  buyers  in  this  section  of  the  country.  Many  mills 
buy  their  wool  through  him,  availing  themselves  of  his  more  intimate 
knowledge  of  the  market,  and,  as  the  wool-seller  pays  the  brokerage 
commission,  the  extent  of  the  trade  through  responsible  brokers  like 
Mr.  Bellows  is  very  large.  The  rise  and  success  of  this  house  is  an 
illustration  of  what  ability  and  perseverance,  backed  by  honesty  and 
intelligence  as  buyers,  can  accomplish  in  legitimate  trade.  Mr.  Bel- 
lows is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  in  the  early  prime  of  life,  and 
known  and  honored  in  business,  financial,  and  trade  circles. 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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A    A.    BLAIR,  Printer,  No.  197  Devonshire   Street.— A   house 
which  has  kept  full  progress  with  the  times  in  the  "  art  pre- 
B     servative,"  and  which  can  safely  bear  comparison  with  any 
similar  concern  in  the  city,  is  the  printing  establishment  of 
A.  A.  Blair,  located  at  No.  197  Devonshire  Street.    The  industry  was 


inaugurated  in  1882.  under  the  style  of  Blair  &  Hallett.  The  firm 
was  successful  in  acquiring  a  large,  influential  patronage,  and  an  en- 
viable reputation  for  excellence  of  work.  The  premises  occupied 
consist  of  a  spacious  floor  50x100  feet  in  area,  equipped  with  nine 
superior  presses,  operated  by  steam-power,  every  description  of 
type,  together  with  all  the  accessories  belonging  to  the  outfit  of  a 
first  class  printing  establishment.  A  large  force  of  skilled  hands  are 
employed,  and  printing  in  all  its  various  branches  is  executed  prompt- 
ly and  in  the  most  workmanlike  manner.  The  prices  are  invariably 
reasonable  and  satisfaction  is  assured  all  patrons.  The  present  pro- 
prietor of  the  business,  Mr.  A.  A.  Blah",  is  a  native  Bostonian,  and 
is  held  in  high  esteem  among  his  contemporaries  and  all  who  have 
transactions  with  him.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Master  Print- 
ers' Club,  to  which  a  cordial  support  is  given,  and  in  the  equitable 
methods  which  are  employed  in  the  conduct  of  affairs  the  house  is 
representative  of  the  highest  principles  of  business  management. 


MESSENGER  BROS.  &  JONES,  Tailors  and  Importers,  No. 
388  Washington   Street. — A  house   in   Boston  which   has 
done  more  than  any  other  in  the  way  of  artistic  elegance 
and   excellence  in  custom-made  clothing    is  that  of   the 
representative  and  old-established  firm  of  Messrs.  Messenger  Bros. 
&  Jones.    This  extensive  business  was  established  in  1847  by  Messrs. 
Richardson  &  Messenger,  who  were  succeeded  by  Messenger  &  Ca- 
hill.   Eventually  in  1873  the  present  firm  was  organized  and  assumed 
the  management,  the  copartners  being  Messrs.  Francis  A.,  Charles  A. 
and  Winthrop  Messenger,  and  W.  E.  Jones.    The  premises  occupied 


are  handsome  and  commodious,  and  are  fully  supplied  with  appli- 
ances and  facilities  for  the  proper  execution  of  the  business,  and  the 
comfort  and  convenience  of  patrons.  Messrs.  Messenger  Bros.  &  Jones 
make  a  specialty  of  London  garments,  ladies'  habits,  coats,  ulsters, 
mantles,  etc.  One  hundred  skilful  tailors  are  kept  constantly  at  work, 
a  number  of  whom  are  engaged  ha  producing  new  and  tasty  designs, 
and  are  artists  of  no  small  reputation.  All  the  members  of  this  firm 
are  accomplished  tailors  and  cutters,  and  are  quite  capable  of  practi- 
cally executing,  as  well  as  superintending  every  branch  of  this  first- 
class  business.  Any  riding-habit,  mantle,  or  garment  made  by  this 
popular  and  noted  house  is  always  indorsed  by  fastidious  critics  as 
superior  in  every  respect,  and  the  great  experience  and  skill  of  the 
firm  make  it  the  recognized  authority  and  leader  in  this  artistic  busi- 
ness. The  direct  connections  of  the  house  with  Parisian  and  London 
centres  of  fashion,  and  its  facilities  for  arriving  at  reliable  decisions 
as  to  the  prevailing  modes  for  any  season,  have  made  Messrs.  Mes- 
senger Bros.  &  Jones'  patterns  of  tailor-made  dresses,  habits,  and 
mantles  as  popular  as  they  are  eagerly  sought  after  for  artistic  beauty, 
novelty,  utility,  economy,  and  fashionable  elegance.  Messrs.  Mes- 
senger brothers  are  natives  of  Mass.,  while  Mr.  Jones  was  born  in 
England. 


THOMAS  J.  HIND,  Slate,  Tin  and  Copper,  Composition  and 
Gravel  Roofing;  Agent  for  Warren's  Natural  Asphalts,  etc., 
Office,  No.  101  Milk  Street. — Although  in  business  on  his  own 
account  but  a  comparatively  short  period,  Thomas  J.  Hind, 
slate,  metal,  composition  and  gravel  roofer,  also  dealer  in  asphalts, 
roofing,  and  kindred  materials,  Office  No.  101  Milk  Street,  with  wharf 
and  storehouse  located  at  East  First,  foot  of  First  Street,  has  already 
established  a  name  and  acquired  a  patronage  second  to  few  engaged 
in  this  line  in  Boston.  For  thoroughly  first-class  work,  and  for  prompt- 
ness and  reliability  hi  executing  contracts  and  general  jobbing,  not  one 
in  the  business  in  this  city  sustains  a  better  reputation ;  among  the  more 
noteworthy  jobs  recently  done  by  this  gentleman  being  the  roofing  of 
the  Thomson  Electric  Whedden  Works,  at  Lynn ;  the  huge  works  of 
George  W.  Pope,  and  an  extensive  block  of  buildings  on  South  Street. 
Mr.  Hind,  who  is  a  native  of  Boston,  is  a  practical  and  expert  roofer,  of 
long  and  varied  experience  in  the  exercise  of  his  art,  and  is  thorough 
ly  conversant  with  the  business  in  all  its  branches,  having  formerly 
been  superintendent  of  the  roofing  department  of  the  Warren 
Chemical  &  Manufacturing  Company.  The  office  is  connected  by 
telephone  (394),  and  a  heavy  and  complete  stock  is  constantly  carried 
on  hand  at  the  storehouse.  Mr.  Hind  is  agent  for  Warren's  Natural 
Asphalts,  gravel  roofing,  2  and  3-ply  ready  roofing,  cellar  flooring, 
and  general  roofing  materials,  while  some  twenty  in  help  are  em- 
ployed. Everything  in  the  line  of  slate,  tin,  copper,  composition,  and 
gravel  roofing  is  done  hi  the  most  expeditious  and  excellent  manner, 
and  special  attention  is  given  to  repairing  and  jobbing. 

CURRY  &  HANMER,  Hardware,  Cutlery,  Paints,  Oils,  Varn- 
ishes, etc.,  Nos.  1287-1289-1291  Washington  Street.— This  firm 
are  extensive  dealers  in  hardware,  cutlery,  paints,  oils,  and 
varnishes,  and  make  a  leading  specialty  of  dogs'  collars,  and 
furnishings,  builders'  hardware,  and  mechanics'  tools.  The  general 
stock  carried  is  very  elaborate  and  diversified.  The  assortments 
are  kept  full  and  complete,  and  embrace  builders'  hardware  and 
shelf  goods,  carpenters',  mechanics',  and  machinists'  tools,  lock- 
smiths' and  butchers'  supplies,  table  and  pocket  cutlery,  fire-arms, 
cartridges,  and  ammunition,  Abbey  &  Imbrie's  fishing  tackle,  Chal- 
lenge Dog  Food,  dog-collars  and  furnishings,  Little's  "Soluble 
Phenyle,"  paints,  oils,  and  varnishes,  and  general  painters'  supplies. 
All  goods  are  received  direct  from  the  manufacturers,  and  special  at- 
tention is  given  to  the  character  and  quality  of  the  productions.  Sig- 
nificant advantages  are  extended  to  customers  in  the  matter  of 
prices.  Fif  tee  clnerks  and  throe  delivery  wagons  are  kept  busy,  and 
the  trade  is  brisk  and  lively  at  all  times.  The  members  of  this  firm, 
Messrs  J.  T.  Curry  and  J.  R  Hanmer,  received  their  training  in  the 
hardware  store  of  Gardner  &  Chandler,  and  enter  upon  the  respon- 
sibilities of  mercantile  life  well-equipped,  thoroughly  inf ormed,  and 
keenly  alive  to  all  its  needs  and  requirements.  Mr.  Curry  was  born 
in  Tennessee,  and  Mr.  Hanmer  is  a  Connecticut  man  by  birth,  and 
the  firm  are  brimful  of  energy,  pluck,  and  enterprise,  and  are  ac- 
counted among  that  class  of  young  business  representatives  in  whose 
hands  the  continued  development  of  the  city  rests. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


WH.  DAVIS  &  CO.,  East  India  House,  No.  51  Summer 
Street.— An  important  branch  of  commercial  enter- 
prise, and  one  deserving  of  special  mention  in  a  re- 
view of  the  leading  business  interests  of  Boston,  is 
the  importation  of  Oriental  and  Eastern  fabrics  and  fancy  goods 
as  carried  on  by  the  representative  East  India  House  of  W.  H. 
Davis  &  Co.,  located  at  No.  51  Summer  Street,  with  direct  cor- 
respondents in  China,  India,  and  the  Orient.  This  being  the  only 
house  in  its  special  line  of  trade  in  the  United  States,  its  business  has 
naturally  assumed  large  proportions,  owing  to  the  increasing  demand 
for  luxurious  surroundings,  of  which  this  class  of  goods  forms  an  in- 
separable basis.  The  firm  established  their  business  here  in  1878,  and 
speedily  developed  a  trade  of  great  and  growing  importance.  The  soft 
draping  silks,  cashmeres,  velveteens,  cottons,  etc.,  in  rare  colors  and 
exclusive  designs,  are  particularly  adapted  for  artistic  costumes,  and 
interior  hangings  and  decorations.  The  stock  includes  genuine  India 
and  China  silks,  soft  satins,  gauzes,  and  muslins  in  superb  colorings; 
the  richest  of  embroideries,  useful  for  various  purposes;  sixteenth- 
century  Portuguese  embroideries,  Canton  crapes,  seersuckers,  pon- 
gees, grass  linens,  tiger-skins ;  bamboo  lounges,  chairs,  and  stools,  Rus- 
sian bowls  and  soaps,  Bokhara  down,  Madras  handkerchiefs,  Indian 
fans,  pillows,  bamboo  verandah  blinds,  chutines,  curries,  gingers,  etc., 
and  numberless  articles  suitable  for  furnishings  of  town  and  country 
houses.  A  new  departure  has  recently  been  made,  in  the  import  to 
personal  order,  of  gowns,  hats,  wraps,  etc.,  for  ladies  and  children, 
made  in  London,  of  these  charming  fabrics,f.in  an  artistic,  graceful, 
and  unconventional  manner;  and  which  have  been  much  prized  by 
ladies  of  refinement  and  correct  taste.  The  stock  embraces  at  all 
tunes  many  novelties  in  textures,  patterns,  styles,  and  shades  that 
are  not  found  elsewhere ;  while  to  the  trade  and  consumers  the  dis- 
play here  presented  offers  features  in  completeness  of  assortment, 
quality,  and  desirability  of  goods  that  cannot  be  duplicated  in  the 
United  States.  Boston,  the  original  seat  of  the  East  India  trade  in 
this  country,  is  to  be  congratulated  upon  having  permanently  located 
in  her  midst  such  a  representative  house  as  that  of  W.  H.  Davis  & 
Co.,  who  are  always  pleased  to  furnish  samples,  estimates,  and  par- 
ticulars. Mr.  Davis,  the  active  member  of  the  firm,  is  a  native  and 
well-known  citizen  of  Boston,  and  one  of  its  most  enterprising  and 
successful  importers.  With  the  advantages  of  several  years'  resi- 
dence in  India  and  yearly  trips  to  the  Oriental  and  European  mar- 
kets, he  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  what  can  be  had,  and  the  de- 
mands of  the  trade  hi  this  country.  The  goods  carried  in  stock  are 
nearly  all  made  to  order,  and  personal  selections.  He  is  the  author- 
ized agent  of  Liberty  &  Co.,  of  Regent  Street,  London,  whose  colors 
and  fabrics  are  known  and  appreciated  all  over  the  world. 


THE  NATIONAL  WEBSTER  BANK,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  Fran- 
cis A.  Peters,  President;  John  C.  Palfrey,  Vice-president; 
Charles  L.  Riddle,  Cashier.— A  leading  representative  finan- 
cial institution  of  Boston  is  the  National  Webster  Bank, 
noted  for  the  sound  and  conservative  policy  which  has  ever  char- 
acterized its  operations.  The  inception  of  this  institution  dates  back 
to  1853,  when  it  was  organized  under  the  state  laws  as  the  Webster 
Bank.  In  1865  it  was  reorganized,  under  the  National  Banking  Act, 
as  the  National  Webster  Bank  with  a  capital  of  $1,500,000.  It  has 
continued  thus,  with  ever-augmenting  prosperity,  its  charter  having 
been  duly  renewed  in  1885.  The  National  Webster  Bank  transacts  a 
general  banking  business,  the  accounts  of  banks  and  other  corpora- 
tions, merchants,  and  individuals  being  received,  and  the  usual  finan- 
cial facilities  afforded.  The  bank  has  a  very  influential  circle  of  cus- 
tomers and  depositors,  and  it  discounts  much  of  the  most  desirable 
commercial  paper  offered  in  Boston.  It  has  every  facility  for  making 
collections,  among  its  correspondents  being  the  Importers  &  Trad- 
ers National  Bank  and  the  American  Exchange  National  Bank  of 
New  York.  The  directors  are  as  follows:  Messrs.  Francis  A.  Peters, 
H.  H.  Hunnewell,  Stephen  W.  Marston,  Joseph  A.  Laforme,  Samuel 
Johnson,  Wm.  S.  Houghton,  John  C.  Palfrey,  Joseph  S.  Kendall, 
Henry  Whitman,  Thos.  Motley,  Jr.,  and  Stanton  Blake.  A  more 
representative  body  of  active  business  men  and  capitalists  could  not 
have  been  gathered  together,  and  their  names  are  synonymous  with 
equity,  stability,  and  integrity.  Mr.  Francis  A.  Peters,  the  president, 
was  elected  in  1884;  and  his  ability  as  one  of  Boston's  most  re- 
spected financiers  is  proverbial,  being  a  vigorous  exponent  of  the 
soundest  principles  governing  banking  and  finance.  Mr.  John  C. 


Palfrey,  the  vice-president,  was  also  elected  in  1884,  and  is  an  effi- 
cient and  able  financier,  ever  upholding  a  conservative,  sound  mone- 
tary policy.  Mr.  Charles  L.  Riddle,  the  cashier,  has  been  with  the 
bank  since  it  first  opened,  thirty-five'  years  ago.  He  has  become 
thoroughly  familiarized  with  its  workings,  and  with  every  detail  of  a 
great  business  such  as  is  transacted  here,  and  since  1876  has  most 
efficiently  and  faithfully  discharged  the  duties  of  cashier.  Loyal  to 
this  time-honored  and  solid  old  institution,  its  executive  has  a  most 
creditable  record  as  the  result  of  its  guidance,  having  now  $3,344,210 
of  resources,  of  which  no  less  than  $321,029.60  are  surplus  and  profits. 
These  are  figures  speaking  more  eloquently  than  any  words  can,  as  to 
the  wisdom  of  its  management;  and  its  deposits,  verging  closely  on  a 
million  and  a  half,  with  loans  and  discounts  of  over  two  millions  and 
a  half,  indicate  how  prosperous  it  is,  and  with  what  a  degree  of  con- 
fidence the  public  select  it  as  the  channel  of  their  monetary  and  com- 
mercial transactions. 


EDWARD  L.  QUIGLEY,  Insurance,  Corner  of  City  Square  and 
Park  Street,  Charlestown,  and  No.  42  Congress  Street,  Boston.— 
The  placing  of  risks  on  life  and  property  constitutes,  as  it  goes 
without  saying  a ,  sphere  of  usefulness  of  peculiar  importance  in 
every  centre  of  industry,  commerce,  and  trade;  but  it  may  be  added 
that  it  is  a  branch  of  business  that  occupies  the  attention  of  some  of  the 
most  stanch  and  sagacious  citizens  in  every  progressive  commun- 
ity. Among  those  engaged  in  this  line  in  Charlestown  there  is 
perhaps  none  who  are  better  known  or  sustain  a  higher  reputa- 
tion for  integrity  and  reliability,  as  few  enjoy  a  larger  measure  of 
public  confidence  and  favor,  than  Edward  L.  Quigley,  whose  office 
is  located  at  the  corner  of  City  Square  and  Park  Street,  with  head- 
quarters with  Charles  W.  Holden,  at  No.  42  Congress  Street,  Bos- 
ton, Mass.  Mr.  Quigley,  who  resides  in  Charlestown,  is  a  gentleman 
of  entire  probity  in  his  business  relations,  as  well  as  a  man  of  energy 
and  judicious  enterprise,  and  is  thoroughly  conversant  with  every 
feature  and  detail  pertaining  to  fire  and  life  insurance.  He  has  been 
engaged  in  an  insurance  office  over  seventeen  years,  giving  personal 
attention  to  the  management  of  both  offices,  and  has  built  up  a  very 
fine  connection.  He  conducts  a  general  fire  and  life  insurance 
business,  placing  all  desirable  risks  with  first-class  companies,  at  the 
lowest  rates  consistent  with  absolute  security,  and  is  agent  also  for 
the  following  solid  and  substantial  institutions:  Sun,  of  London; 
Royal,  of  Liverpool;  Merchants,  of  Newark;  Washington  Life  Ins. 
Co.,  and  others.  Mr.  Quigley  makes  a  special  feature  of  the  prompt 
settlement  of  just  claims. 


COLEMAN  COOK  &  CO.,  Auctioneers,  Real-estate  and  Fire  In- 
surance Agency,  Nos.  8  and  10  Maverick  Square,  East  Boston. 
—This  business  was  originally  established  in  1865  by  Mr. 
Coleman  Cook,  the  present  firm  being  organized  in  1884  by  the 
admission  of  Mr.  Andrew  P.  Fisher  to  partnership.  Having  the  ad- 
vantage of  long  experience  hi  fire-insurance  matters,  and  being 
thoroughly  acquainted  with  every  department  from  the  framing  of 
contracts  to  the  adjustment  of  losses,  these  gentlemen  are  eminent  ly 
fitted  to  serve  their  patrons  with  intelligence  and  ability,  and  de- 
servedly enjoy  a  high  reputation  in  insurance  circles.  They  are- 
agents  here  for  the  following  well-known  and  reliable  companies: 
viz.,  the  Phoanix,  the  City  of  London,  the  Guardian,  and  the  Norwich 
Union,  of  England;  the  Bowery  and  the  Continental,  of  New  York; 
the  Franklin  and  the  Spring  Garden,  of  Philadelphia  ;  the  North 
American  and  the  Dorchester  Mutual,  of  Boston.  Controlling  the 
interests  of  these  companies  in  East  Boston,  they  are  prepared  to 
effect  insurance  in  any  or  all  of  these  companies  in  respect  of  all 
kinds  of  insurable  property  at  the  lowest  possible  rates  consistent 
with  security ;  and  they  promptly  adjust  and  pay  all  losses  that  occur. 
In  addition  to  their  extensive  insurance  business,  this  firm  are  also 
prominent  and  popular  as  auctioneers  and  real  estate  agents,  having 
an  intimate  knowledge  of  real  estate  in  this  section  of  the  city  and  a 
wide  acquaintance  with  capitalists,  investors,  and  property-owners. 
Their  services  are  promptly  rendered,  and  are  of  great  value  to  those 
who  need  reliable  counsel  and  sound  advice.  Mr.  Cook  is  a  native 
of  Provincetown,  Mass.,  and  has  resided  in  East  Boston  since  1843. 
Mr.  Fisher  was  born  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  and  came  to  this  city  in- 
1851. 


THE     METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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JAMES  TOWNSEND  &  SON,  Insurance  and  Real-estate  Agents, 
No.  238  Meridian  Street,  East  Boston.— The  best-known  and  most 
popular  medium  through  which  to  obtain  fire-insurance  pol 
icies  in  East  Boston  is  the  agency  conducted  by  Messrs.  James 
Townsend  &  Son,  at  No.  238  Meridian  Street.  These  gentlemen  have 
been  established  in  the  insurance  business  here  for  a  period  of  twenty 
years,  and  their  large  experience  and  thorough  knowledge  of  all  mat- 
ters pertaining  thereto  has  made  them  an  accepted  authority  upon 
the  subject  and  given  them  a  high  standing  in  both  business  and  in- 
surance circles.  Their  prominence  as  underwriters  is  best  shown  by 
the  following  list  of  first-class  companies  whose  interests  they  repre 
sent:  viz.,  the  Phenix,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  the  Union,  of  Philadel- 
phia; The  Insurance  Company  of  N.  A.,  of  Phila. ;  the  Providence- 
Washington,  of  Providence,  R.  1.;  the  Connecticut,  of  Hartford, 
Conn. ;  the  Franklin,  of  Columbus,  Ohio ;  the  Michigan  Fire  and  Marine, 
of  Cetroit;  the  London  and  Lancashire  and  the  North  British  and 
Mercantile,  of  Edinburgh;  the  New  Hampshire,  of  Manchester,  N.  H. ; 
the  Traders  and  Mechanics  Mutual,  of  Lowell,  Mass. ;  the  Cambridge 
Mutual,  of  Cambridge,  Mass. ;  the  Quincy  Mutual  of  Quincy,  Mass. ; 
and  the  Mutual  Benefit  Life  Insurance  Company,  of  Newark,  N.  J. 
Representing,  as  they  do,  many  millions  of  dollars  of  assets  and  re- 
sources, they  are  prepared  at  all  times  to  promptly  place  the  largest 
risks  upon  business  and  residential  property  of  every  description, 
distributing  the  same  in  the  most  judicious  manner,  quoting  the 
lowest  rates  of  premium,  and  guaranteeing  a  prompt  and  liberal  ad- 
justment of  all  losses.  They  are  in  a  position  to  conduct  all  operations 
under  the  most  favorable  auspices,  and  to  place  all  transactions  upon 
a  thoroughly  substantial  and  satisfactory  basis.  As  agents  for  the 
above-named  companies,  and  as  a  thoroughly  informed  and  experi- 
enced underwriters  Messrs.  Townsend  &  Son  are  eminently  worthy  of 
trust  and  confidence;  and  their  facilities  for  doing  business,  justly  en- 
title them  to  the  patronage  which  they  now  enjoy,  and  which  they 
know  so  well  how  to  foster  and  promote.  Mr.  Townsend  is  a  native 
of  the  State  of  Maine,  and  one  of  the  useful,  substantial,  and  honor- 
able citizens  of  this  community,  with  whom  it  is  ever  pleasant  and 
profitable  to  deal.  They  make  a  specialty  of  handling  real-estate,  buy- 
ing and  selling,  and  loan  money  on  real  estate  and  personal  property ; 
in  addition  to  their  insurance  business,  possesses  unsurpassed  facilities 
for  the  negotiation  of  loans  on  bond  and  mortgage,  and  grant  their 
patrons  every  possible  advantage  and  benefit. 

AH.  ADAMS  &  CO.,  Remnant  Leather,  Roundings,  Shoulder- 
splits  and  Heel  Stock,  Calf  and  Kip  Skirting,  Specialties, 
No.  132  Summer  Street.— This  house  was  founded  in  1846  by 
Mr.  A.  H.  Adams,  and  in  1882  the  present  firm  was  organ- 
ized by  the  admission  to  partnership  of  Mr.  O.  W.  Allen,  who  had 
been  connected  with  the  house  since  1874.  The  firm  commands  all 
the  advantages  that  are  naturally  accumulated  through  long  years  of 
identification  with  a  special  industry,  and  are  thus  enabled  to  render 
the  most  valuable  service  to  those  who  commit  their  interests  to  the 
care  of  this  house.  Every  convenience  and  facility  is  at  hand  for 
the  transaction  of  a  large  and  active  business,  and  no  similar  con- 
cern in  the  country  is  more  thoroughly  prepared  for  taking  proper 
care  of  its  extensive  and  still  growing  interests.  The  supplies  are 
purchased  in  large  quantities  from  the  different  leather-sections  of 
the  country,  and  special  attention  is  given  to  the  character  and 
quality  of  the  goods  handled.  The  leading  specialty  of  the  trade  is 
in  remnant  leather,  in  which  branch  of  business  this  house  is  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  leading  houses  in  the  city.  A  splendid  stock  of 
these  products  is  constantly  carried,  carefully  selected  from  the  best 
sources  of  supply.  The  goods  are  shipped  to  all  parts  of  the  New- 
England  and  western  states.  The  copartners  are  Massachusetts  men 
of  large  experience  and  commanding  ability  as  merchants. 


EDWARD  HARKINS  &  CO.,  Oils  and  Candles,  No.  27  India  Street, 
Corner  of  Milk.— In  noting  the  many  and  varied  business  con- 
cerns that  contribute  to  the  general  sum  of  industrial  and 
commercial  activity  on  India  Street,  more  than  passing  men- 
tion ought  to  be  made  of  the  well-known  and  responsible  firm  of 
Edward  Harkins  &  Co.,  manufacturers  and  dealers  in  oils  and  can- 
dles, whose  office  and  salesroom  are  located  at  No.  27  that  busy 
thoroughfare,  corner  of  Milk  Street.    This  pushing  and  prosperous 
firm  was  established  on  January  25,  1881,  and  bounded  at  once  into 
prominence  and  prosperity.    Producing  and  handling  a  very  supe- 
rior class  of  goods,  prompt  and  thoroughly  reliable  in  filling  all 


orders,  and  being  withal  fully  conversant  with  every  detail  of  the 
business,  the  result  could  scarcely  have  been  other  than  the  well- 
merited  success  that  has  attended  the  enterprise  from  the  start. 
They  occupy  ample  quarters  at  27  India  Street,  the  manufacturing 
being  done  by  contract,  and  several  competent  salesmen  are  em- 
ployed. A  full  and  first  class  stock  is  constantly  carried  on  hand, 
including  pure  sweet-oil,  wax  and  spermacetti  candles  in  all  sizes, 
while  all  orders  are  attended  to  in  the  most  prompt  and  trustworthy 
manner,  the  firm  selling  to  jobbers,  churches,  and  undertakers,  and 
the  trade  of  the  house,  which  is  large  and  active,  extends  all  over  the 
New  England  States.  Mr.  Harkins,  who  is  a  gentleman  in  the  prime  of 
life  and  a  native  of  this  city,  is  a  man  of  entire  probity  in  his  dealings, 
as  well  as  of  energy  and  wide  business  experience,  and,  prior  to  start- 
ing on  his  own  account  under  the  firm  name  that  heads  this  sketch 
had  been  for  twenty-two  years  with  Maguire  &  Campbell  to  the  same 
line.  Mr.  Harkins  is  a  director  of  the  Union  Savings  Bank,  and  is  a 
respected  citizen. 

ELLIOTT  PAPER  BOX  COMPANY  C.  S.  Cram,  President  and 
Treasurer,  No.  Ill  Mill  Street.— The  Elliott  Paper  Box  Company 
is  widely  and  favorably  known,  being  one  of  the  leading  con- 
cerns of  the  kind  supplying  the  trade.  This  company  are  the 
owners  and  proprietors  of  the  Elliott  Patent  Folding  Boxes,  and  be- 
came incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Massachusetts,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1885.  Subsequently  Mr.  C.  S.  Grain  purchased  the  entire 
business  and  patent-rights  of  the  concern,  and  has  since  operated  the 
enterprise  with  marked  ability.  The  premises  occupied  for  manu- 
facturing and  trade  purposes  comprise  two  floors,  25x125  feet  each. 
The  line  of  manufacture  embraces  every  size  and  shape  of  folding 
and  standing  paper  boxes,  and  for  every  conceivable  purpose,  while  a 
leading  specialty  is  made  of  boxes  to  order.  The  Elliott  patent  box 
applies  to  a  class  having  the  capacity  for  holding  one  dozen,  two 
dozen,  or  three  dozen  eggs,[and  all  sizes  of  folding  bottle-boxes,— and 
all  susceptible  of  being  folded  in  the  most  concise  and  accurate  man- 
ner when  being  transported  empty.  Employment  is  given  to  from 
twenty-five  to  forty  skilled  hands,  and  the  output  is  one  of  great 
variety  and  value.  The  reputation  of  the  house  for  first-class  work 
is  maintained  by  systematic  attention  to  every  detail.  Boxes  and 
baskets  for  shipping  eggs  for  hatching  is  a  leading  interest  in  the 
business  in  its  season.  Mr.  Cram  is  a  native  of  the  State  of  Vermont, 
in.  the  prime  of  life,  and  was  formerly  in  the  wholesale  shoe  trade. 

EO.  THOMPSON,  Tailor,  Importer  and  Clothier,  No.  344  Wash- 
ington Street;  also  New  York  and  Philadelphia.— For  fine 
clothing  -having  every  feature  of  excellence  in  fashionable 
materials  cut  in  the  latest  London  styles,  honestly  made  and 
sold  at  a  moderate  price,  we  strongly  recommend  the  famous  estab- 
lishment at  No.  344  Washington  Street  near  the  Old  South  Church,  of 
which  Mr.  E.  O.  Thompson  is  the  enterprising  proprietor.  As  is 
well  known,  Mr.  Thompson  is  the  pioneer  in  the  introduction  of 
strictly  the  finest  English  made  clothing  to  this  market,  and  has 
achieved  the  great  success  his  enterprise  so  richly  deserves.  Some 
years  ago,  Mr.  Thompson,  who  by  30  years  of  application  had  built 
up  one  of  the  finest  merchant-tailoring  trades  in  New  York  and  Phil- 
adelphia, perceiving  the  growing  tendency  towards  English  styles, 
resolved  to  make  up  a  stock  of  superior  clothing  in  London,  where 
the  tailors  should  impart  to  them  that  peculiar  character  and  style 
sought  after  by  all  good-dressers.  The  success  of  this  "new  idea" 
was  instant  and  brilliant;  and  'in  the  course  of  a  very  few  years  two 
large  stores  in  Philadelphia,  one  central  establishment  in  New  York,  a 
store  in  Boston,  with  workshops  of  their  own  in  London,  hardly  suffices 
to  keep  up  with  demands  for  their  special  goods.  In  every  case,  by 
reason  of  the  manifest  superiority  of  his  imported  clothing,  it  has 
secured  a  very  wide  circle  of  customers,  who  had  previously  confined 
themselves  to  the  custom  tailor.  In  September,  Mr.  Thompson 
opened  his  fine  Boston  store  in  its  present  central  location,  and 
where,  under  the  able  and  experienced  management  of  Mr.  John 
Hamilton,  is  carried  the  finest  stock  of  ready-made  clothing  in  Bos- 
ton. It  is  all  manufactured  in  London  expressly  for  American  trade, 
and  in  every  respect  a  leader  in  style,  originality,  and  seasonable 
variety  of  new  shades,  patterns,  and  textures,  coupled  with  elaborate 
workmanship.  Custom  tailors  import  their  goods  in  the  piece  and 
get  their  styles  from  London.  Mr.  Hamilton  is  already  very  widely 
and  favorably  known  to  the  Boston  public.  He  was  formerly  a 
partner  of  the  Continental  Clothing  Company,  and  is  a  practical  ex- 
pert and  authority  in  this  branch  of  trade. 


172 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


WB.  CLARKE  &  CO.,  Importers,  Booksellers,  and  Station- 
ers, No.  340  Washington  Street.— One  of  Boston's  oldest 
business  houses,  surrounded  by  pleasant  historic  asso- 
ciations, is  the  book  and  stationery  store  of  W.  B. 
Clarke  &  Co.  It  was  founded  many  years  ago  by  W.  H.  Piper  &  Co., 
and  was  purchased  by  the  present  firm  in  1874.  Here  men  con- 
spicuous in  literature  in  their  day— Longfellow,  Lowell,  Hawthorne, 
Holmes,  Emerson,  and  others  of  wide  fame  in  the  world  of  Ameri- 
can letters— were  wont  to  gather  for  the  interchange  of  good  fellow- 
ship and  art.  Under  the  energetic  auspices  of  the  present  manage- 
ment, this  house  has  become  one  of  the  most  complete  retail  book 
and  stationery  establishments  in  the  country.  The  literary  men  of 
Boston  make  it  their  chief  rendezvous.  The  store  is  spacious  in  size, 
attractive  in  all  its  appointments,  and  stocked  to  overflowing  with 
new  and  current  literature,  standard  works  of  prose  and  poetry,  fine 
stationery  and  fancy  goods.  It  is  a  very  popular  shopping-place  for 
ladies,  who  largely  patronize  its  church  department  for  prayer- 
books,  hymnals,  and  Bibles.  It  has  a  department  for  medical,  scien- 
tific, and  agricultural  works;  another  for  theological  literature;  an- 
other for  guide-books;  one  for  books  in  fine  bindings,  illustrated 
works,  etc. ;  one  for  sporting  and  yachting  books,  and  out-door  liter- 
ature generally;  one  for  juvenile  works,  toys  and  games;  and 
special  counters  for  blank  books,  stationery,  albums  and  fancy 
goods,  and  paper  novels.  This  house  is  never  without  the  last  "  new 
thing  "  in  English  or  American  literature.  It  also  does  a  large  im- 
porting business;  purchases  second-hand  books,  and  offers  sub- 
scriptions to  leading  periodicals  at  "club  rates."  All  kinds  of  print- 
ing can  here  be  contracted  for;  blank  books  are  promptly  made  to 
order;  and  town  libraries  and  clubs  are  supplied  at  short  notice.  A 
corps  of  twenty-four  efficient  clerks  and  salesmen  contribute  to  the 
satisfactory  operations  of  the  establishment.  Mr.  Clarke,  the  enter- 
prising proprietor,  is  a  native  of  Northampton,  Mass.,  a  resident  of 
Boston  for  twenty-four  years,  and  one  of  its  leading  society  leaders 
and  business  representatives,  a  lieutenant  of  the  Boston  Cadets,  a 
member  of  various  clubs,  and  eminently  popular  in  literary  circles. 


PROVIDENT  LIFE  AND  TRUST  COMPANY  of  Philadelphia. 
Boston  Office,  No.  119  Devonshire  Street;  David  N.  Holway, 
General  Agent. — One  of  those  great  representative  and  relia- 
ble institutions  which  are  contributing  so  largely  to  Philadel- 
phia's prosperity  is  the  Provident  Life  and  Trust  Company.    The 
Boston  office  of  this  famous  corporation,  under  the  able  and  efficient 
management  of  Mr.  David  N.  Holway,  is  located  at  No.  119  Devon- 
shire Street.    This  Company  was  duly  incorporated  under  the  laws 
of  Pennsylvania  in  1865,  and  is  empowered  to  insure  lives  and  grant 
annuities,  to  execute  trusts,  to  act  as  executor  or  administrator,  as- 
signee and  guardian  of  minors,  and  also  in  other  fiduciary  capaci- 
ties.   While  organized  originally  with  a  view  of  promoting  life  in- 
surance among  the  Society  of  Friends  in  the  United  States,  it  has 
never  by  any  means  confined  itself  to  that  field,  but  extends  its 
benefits  and  advantages  to  all  other  persons  of   similar  careful 


habits.  Its  claims  to  public  patronage  are  of  the  most  forcible 
character,  which  are  manifest  to  any  one  interested  in  the  subject. 
The  following  gentlemen,  who  are  wid -ly  and  favorably  known  in 
financial  and  business  circles  fr>r  their  prudence,  executive  ability, 
and  integrity,  are  the  officers  and  directors:  Samuel  R.  Shipley, 
President;  T.  Wistar  Brown,  Vice-President ;  Asa  S.  Wing,  Vice- 
President  and  Actuary;  Joseph  Ashbrook,  Manager  of  Insurance 
Department;  J.  Roberts  Foulke,  Trust  Officer;  Dr.  Thomas  Wistar, 
Chief  Medical  Examiner;  Jos.  B.  Townsend,  Samuel  Dickson,  Legal 
Advisers;  Directors— Samuel  R.  Shipley,  T.  Wistar  Brown,  Henry 
Haines,  Richard  Cadbury,  Richard  Wood,  William  Hacker,  J. 
Morton  Albertson,  James  V.  Watson,  Israel  Morris,  Chas.  Harts- 
horne,  William  Gummere,  Frederic  Collins,  Asa  S.  Wing,  Philip  C. 
Garrett,  Justus  C.  Strawbridge.  The  condition  of  the  company,  Jan- 
uary 1,  1889,  was  as  follows:  Assets  at  present  value,  $15,040,879.23; 
liabilities  (Massachusetts  Standard),  $12,833,879.23;  surplus  to  policy- 
holders,  $2,207,000;  20,736  policies  outstanding,  insuring  $64,003,- 
694;  3810  policies  issued  in  1888,  insuring,  $11,122,075;  amount  paid 


upon  policies  to  date,  $9,550,748.26;  increased  assets  in  1888,  $1,608,- 
330.59;  increased  amount  of  outstanding  insurance,  $6,866,041.  The 
relations  of  the  two  departments  of  the  business  are  fixed  by  the 
provisions  of  the  charter.  The  entire  surplus  in  the  Insurance  De- 
partment accumulates  for  the  benefit  of  the  policy-holders.  The 
only  advantage,  direct  or  indirect,  which  the  stockholders  of  tins 
company  can  at  any  time  have  from  the  union  of  the  two  features 
of  their  business  results  from  the  fact  that  the  management  of 
trusts,  from  which  they  derive  their  profits,  is  done  for  them  with- 
out charge.  The  accounts  of  the  insurance  and  trust  departments 
are  kept  entirely  distinct  and  separate.  The  Provident  Life  and 
Trust  Company  has  never  during  its  whole  history  contested  a 
death  claim,  but  has  always  conducted  its  business  upon  the  endur- 
ing basis  of  equity  and  just  dealing.  Its  policies  are  models  of  sim- 
plicity and  brevity,  and  include  every  feature  of  liberality  and 
security  to  policy-holders.  Its  rates  are  exceedingly  moderate,  and 
those  contemplating  life  insurance  should  send  for  its  rate-book. 
Mr.  David  N.  Holway,  the  general  agent,  has  been  twenty-two  v»«r: 
with  the  company,  and  took  charge  of  the  Boston  offic^  m  1886, 
upon  the  death  of  Mr.  G.  C.  Hoag.  Previously1"  iiad  acted  as  gen- 
eral agent  in  New  York,  and  was  a'  -*.c  years  at  the  home  office 
in  Philadelphia  in  tv>"  j  ^ai  \\Jork  of  qualifying  agents.  He  is  now 
the  oldest  representative  of  the  Provident  in  the  United  States.  Mr. 
Holway  is  the  author  of  "The  Science  of  Life  Assurance,"  "The 
Progress  of  Life  Assurance,"  and  a  recent  work  entitled  "  Endow- 
ments." The  two  latter  works  are  copyrighted  and  have  an  enor- 
mous circulation.  Mr.  Holway  is  First  Vice-President  of  the  Boston 
Life  Underwriters'  Association,  which  recently  celebrated  its  sixth 
annual  banquet.  In  both  its  departments  of  business  the  Provident 
Life  and  Trust  Company  has  taken  a  leading  position,  not  only 
provincial  but  national  in  its  character  and  extent  of  operations, 
and  is  in  every  respect  a  permanent  source  of  credit  and  honor  ta 
its  officers  and  directors. 


McKAY  &  BIGELOW  HEELING  MACHINE  ASSOCIATION, 
No.  108  Summer  Street.— In  the  invention  of  all  kinds  of  labor- 
saving  machines  American  manufacturers  are  greatly  ahead 
of  all  the  nations  of  the  world.  In  this  connection,  we  desire 
to  make  special  reference  in  this  mercantile  review  of  Boston  to  th& 
famous  McKay  &  Bigelow  Heeling  Machine  Association,  whose  offices 
are  located  at  No.  108  Summer  Street.  This  association  was  organized 
a  quarter  of  a  century  ago,  and  its  trade  now  is  by  no  means  confined 
to  the  United  States  and  Canada,  but  extends  to  ah1  parts  of  the  civ- 
ilized world.  The  company's  factory  is  at  Lawrence,  Mass.,  and  its 
principal  offices  are  located  in  Boston.  The  heeling  machinery  of  this 
company  is  absolutely  unrivalled  for  efficiency,  utility,  economy,  re- 
liability, and  general  excellence,  and  has  no  superior  in  this  country 
or  Europe.  The  McKay  Metallic  Fastening  Association  are  manu- 
facturers and  owners  of  the  Standard  Screw  Machine,  Cable  Wire 
Tucker,  and  String  Nail  Tucker.  These  machines  are  general  favor- 
ites with  manufacturers  wherever  introduced,  and  are  positively 
unequalled.  The  association  issues  a  superior  illustrated  catalogue 
and  price-list  of  spare  parts,  which  is  forwarded  promptly  upon  ap- 
plication. 


IRA  A.  BOWEN,  Dry-goods  Commission  Merchant,  No.  48  Sum- 
mer Street.  —  This  gentleman  is  especially  prominent  in  the 
trade  as  agent  for  Henry  Newman  &  Co.,  of  New  York,  im- 
porters of  British,  French,  and  German  goods  for  clothing  and 
dry -goods  trade,  and  converters  of  cotton  goods;  also  agent  for  the 
City  Mills  Company's  lambs'  wool  wadding.  He  established  himself 
in  business  here  in  1881,  and  by  reason  of  Iris  influential  connections, 
ample  resources,  and  strict  attention  to  the  wants  of  the  trade,  he 
has  built  up  a  large  and  prosperous  business,  which  extends  to  all 
parts  of  the  New  England  States.  He  sells  entirely  by  sample,  and 
is  prepared  to  supply  the  trade  with  dry-goods,  trimmings,  and 
clothiers'  supplies  hi  quantities  to  suit,  at  the  shortest  possible 
notice,  and  at  terms  and  prices  which  defy  successful  competition. 
His  facilities  for  transacting  business  upon  the  largest  scale  are  in- 
usually  complete.  Its  reputation  for  honorable  and  liberal  dealing  is 
firmly  established  beyond  the  requirements  of  praise.  Mr.  Bowen, 
the  enterprising  and  popular  agent,  was  born  in  New  Hampshire, 
and  came  to  Boston  in  1865.  He  has  a  foundation  understanding  of 
all  the  needs  and  requirementts  of  the  dry-goods  trade. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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PENOBSOOT  BAY  LAND  COMPANY,  Stockton,  Me.;  Branch 
Office,  No.  31  Milk  Street.— This  successful  corporation  was 
duly  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Maine  in  1884,  with  a  paid- 
up  capital  of  $400,000.  The  property  of  the  Penobscot  Bay 
Land  Company  is  situated  on  a  bold  headland  known  as  Fort  Point 
on  Penobscot  Bay,  in  the  town  of  Stockton,  Waldo  County,  Me.— 
thirty  miles  from  Bangor,  and  easily  reached  by  both  land  and  water. 
The  property  forms  a  peninsula,  and  has  several  miles  of  seashore 
on  Penobscot  Bay.  The  company  own  and  control  500  acres  of 
land,  which  are  subdivided  into  3000  lots.  The  following  gentlemen, 
are  the  officers:  D.  Lancey,  President;  A.  H.  Soden,  Secretary 
and  Treasurer;  Directors  B.  S.  Grant,  T.  H.  Dale,  C.  H.  Hursh,  L.  J. 
Morse,  Wm.  C.  Cluffln,  ex-Governor  of  Massachusetts.  The  land  for 
sale  commands  a  magnificent  view  of  ocean,  island,  mountain,  and 
forest  scenery;  while  in  its  immediate  vicinity  are  charming  inland 
views  and  delightful  drives.  The  climate  is  perfection,  mosquitoes 
and  flies  are  unknown,  while  rowing,  fishing,  bathing,  and  canoeing 
can  be  enjoyed  to  perfection.  Here  can  be  secured  a  pleasant  and 
healthful  summer  home,  with  almost  every  convenience  for  enjoy- 
ment, surrounded  by  pure  air  and  charming  scenery,  and  with  the 
best  of  facilities  for  access  and  departure  either  by  Boston  and 
Bangor  steamers  or  Boston  and  Maine  Central  Railroad ;  and,  with  its 
many  miles  of  seashore,  commanding  location  and  delightful  climate, 
bids  fair  to  become  one  of  the  finest  summer  resorts  on  the  coast. 
The  company  also  owns  the  "  Woodcliff,"  a  large  and  elegant  hotel, 
one  of  the  finest  on  the  coast,  containing  one  hundred  and  twenty-five 
large  and  airy  rooms  fitted  with  all  the  modern  conveniences  and 
beautifully  situated  in  an  elevated  position  commanding  an  unsur- 
passed view.  For  further  particulars,  plans,  maps  etc.,  intending 
purchasers  are  referred  to  the  office,  No.  31  Milk  Street.  The 
company  also  own  The  Harvard  Land  Company,  which  is  situated 
on  Mt.  Desert  Island,  at  South  West  Harbor,  and  at  Winter  Harbor, 
on  Frenchman's  Bay,  Maine;  which  is  the  largest  and  most  fashion- 
able summer  resort  on  Mt.  Desert  Island,  excepting  Bar  Harbor, 
comprising  many  large  hotels  and  beautiful  cottages,  churches, 
schools,  post-office,  and  stores  of  all  kinds,  and  is  the  landing-place  of 
all  steamers  running  to  and  from  Bar  Harbor  and  the  east.  The  com- 
pany own  here  about  two  hundred  acres  of  land,  situated  a  short 
distance  from  South  West  Harbor  proper,  known  as  the  "  Sea  Wall " 
property,  beautifully  located,  with  an  unobstructed  view  of  the  ocean 
and  surrounding  mountains,  and  extending  for  two  miles  along  the 
shore.  They  are  the  proprietors  of  the  new  Sea  Wall  Hotel,  located 
about  six  hundred  feet  from  the  shore  and  facing  the  sea;  with  wide 
verandas,  from  which  there  is  a  most  beautiful  and  varied  view  of  all 
the  loftiest  peaks  celebrated  for  their  beauty,  and  the  broad,  rolling 
ocean,  dotted  here  and  there  with  picturesque  islands.  The  company 
also  own  a  tract  of  land  situated  at  Lower  Winter  Harbor,  less  than 
one  mile  from  Whiter  Harbor  Village,  on  the  eastern  shore  of  French- 
man's Bay,  Maine.  It  was  formerly  known  as  the  "  College  Tract," 
having  belonged  to  Harvard  University— hence  its  present  name. 
There  are  about  two  hundred  acres  of  land,  divided  into  eight  hun- 
dred beautifully  located  building-lots  containing  five  thousand  square 
feet  each  (after  deducting  thirty  per  cent  for  streets).  And  it  has  a 
continuous  frontage  extending  for  two  miles  along  the  shore,  the  land 
rising  in  gradual  slopes  from  twenty  to  seventy  feet  above  the  water- 
level.  Thus  this  company  offers  special  inducements  to  investors. 
The  capital  stock  of  the  company  is  $350,000,  divided,  into  70,000 
shares;  par  value,  $5  per  share. 


PROF.    F.    H.    BAILEY,  Astronomical   Inventor,  Author  and 
I-ecturer,  No.  86  Federal  Street.— The  man  who  possesses  the 
inventive  faculty  and  can  perfect  his  own  inventions  has  a 
large  field  for  the  exercise  of  his  talents  on  this  continent. 
Such  an  one  is  Prof.  F.  H.  Bailey,  the  celebrated  astronomical  in- 
ventor, author  and  lecturer,  whose  office  is  located  at  No.  86  Federal 
Street.    As  the  inventor  of  Bailey's  Cosmosphere  and  Bailey's  Astral 
Lantern,  this  gentleman  stands  deservedly  high  in  educational  cir- 
cles throughout  the  country.    He  is  a  Vermonter  by  birth,  a  gradu- 
ate of  Hillsdale  College,  Mich.,  and  still  in  the  early  prime  of  life. 
He  resides  in  Cambridge,  and  opened  his  office  in  this  city  in  1 887. 
He  is  everywhere  acknowledged  to  be  without  a  rival  in  qualifica- 
tions and  equipment  for  the  platform  presentation  of  "  The  Queen  of 
the  Sciences."    Being  an  easy  extemporaneous  speaker,  and  pro- 
vided with  the  best  illustrative  apparatus  ever  invented,  Prof.  Bailey 


adapts  himself  readily  to  an  audience  of  any  class  or  grade,  from  one 
of  primary  school  children  to  one  of  University  students;  and  by 
the  selection  of  common  elemental  subjects,  and  the  treatment  of 
them  in  an  uncommon,  but  simple  manner,  a  popular  audience  of 
wide  range  is  both  interested  and  instructed.  No  previous  knowl- 
edge of  astronomy  is  necessary  for  the  complete  comprehension  of 
his  popular  lectures  on  "Phenomena  and  Poetry  of  the  Heavens," 
illustrated  with  his  mammoth  globe  eighteen  feet  and  ten  inches  in 
circumference.  He  gave  his  lecture  on  "  Phenomenal  Astronomy  " 
before  a  large  audience  in  Cooper  Institute,  on  December  22,  1888, 
and  is  prepared  to  lecture  in  any  part  of  the  country  at  the  shortest 
notice.  Bailey's  Cosmophere  is  the  only  one  of  the  kind  in  existence, 
and  the  largest  globe  in  America,  as  transparent  as  glass,  and  bril- 
liantly illuminated;  illustrates  more  celestial  phenomena  than  any 
other  instrument,  shows  the  heavens  as  seen  from  any  point  on 
earth  for  every  minute  of  the  year,  and  the  movements  of  sun, 
moon,  and  stars  for  any  length  of  time,  and  presents  to  the  eye  clear 
and  exact  figures  of  the  creatures  with  which  the  fancy  of  the 
ancients  peopled  the  heavens.  Astronomers  agree  that  "  the  skill 
and  accuracy  with  which  it  illustrates  the  precession  of  the  equi- 
noxes is  a  real  triumph  of  inventive  genius."  The  "  Astral  Lantern" 
is  an  illustrated  panorama  of  the  heavens,  showing  the  position  and 
movement  of  the  stars  for  every  minute  of  the  year.  It  is  adjusta- 
ble to  every  latitude,  but  especially  adapted  to  the  North  Temperate 
Zone,  and  it  supplies  a  long-felt  need,  enabling  the  student  of  the 
heavens,  with  the  least. possible  labor,  and  without  a  teacher,  to 
learn  the  names,  positions,  and  movements  of  the  stars  and  constella- 
tions. It  provides  a  most  interesting  and  instructive  evening  enter- 
tainment for  old  and  young.  It  brings  the  knowledge  of  the  stars 
within  the  reach  of  all  and  makes  the  study  of  astronomy  both  easy 
and  fascinating.  It  has  elicited  unqualified  praise  from  the  best  as- 
tronomers and  most  prominent  educators  in  the  country,  many  of 
whom  have  prophesied  that  it  would  not  only  revolutionize  methods 
of  teaching  Ouranography,  but  be  the  means  of  introducing  the 
study  of  the  heavens  into  thousands  of  schools  and  families.  These 
inventions  are  manufactured  by  Messrs.  F.  R.  Beal  &  Co.  of  No.  86 
Federal  Street,  and  are  placed  upon  the  market  at  prices  which 
brings  them  within  the  reach  of  all  institutions  of  learning.  They 
are  earnestly  recommended  to  schools  and  colleges  by  prominent 
educators,  as  a  most  useful  adjunct  to  lessons  in  astronomy  and  as 
superior  to  anything  in  use  for  the  purpose  intended. 


BD.  EISENDRATH  &  CO.,  Manufactures  of  Racine  Dongola, 
No.  15  South  Street;  P.  W.  Forbush,  Manager.— The  history 
m  of  the  growth  and  progress  of  industrial  activity  in  the 
United  States  prevents  few  counterparts  to  the  develop- 
ment of  the  tanning  interests  during  the  past  quarter  of  a  century. 
And  it  may  be  added,  also,  that  the  improvement  made  in  the  article 
produced  within  the  period  mentioned  has  fully  kept  pace  with 
the  growth  of  the  industry.  Especially  is  this  true  with  regard  to 
the  upper  leather  known  to  the  trade  as  "  Dongola  goat,"  in  which 
a  high  degree  of  excellence  has  been  attained  by  some  of  our  leading 
tanners,  notably  by  the  widely-known  and  enterprising  firm  of  B. 
D.  Eisendrath  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  "  Racine"  Dongola,  whose 
capacious  and  well-equipped  tanneries  are  located  at^Racine,  Wis., 
and  who  are  represented  in  this  city  by  P.  W.  Forbush,  with  office 
and  salesroom  at  No.  15  South  Street.  The  productions  of  this  flour- 
ishing firm  are  goods  of  exceptional  merit,  being  the  ne  plus  ultra  in 
"Dongola,"  and  are  in  extensive  and  growing  demand  throughout 
the  entire  country,  particularly  so  among  the  New  England  shoe 
manufactories,  owing  to  the  uniformly  high  standard  of  excellence 
at  which  the  article  is  maintained.  The  Boston  office  of  the  concern 
was  established  in  May,  1888,  in  order  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the 
large  and  rapidly-increasing  eastern  business,  and  the  unequivocal 
success  that  has  attended  the  venture  here  from  the  first  abundantly 
attests  the  wisdom  that  inspired  the  enterprise,  as  well  as  the  energy 
and  ability  displayed  in  its  management.  A  full  and  fine  line  of  stock 
is  constantly  kept  on  hand,  all  orders  being  promptly  and  reliably 
filled  and  the  trade  which  extends  all  over  the  New  England  States, 
is  very  substantial  and  grows  apace.  Mr.  Forbush,  who  is  a  gentle 
man  of  middle  age  and  a  Bostonian  by  birth  is  a  man  of  many  years 
practical  experience,  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  business,  and 
prior  to  assuming  charge  here  for  B.  D.  Eisendrath  &  Co.  had  been 
engaged  in  the  leather  trade  in  Chicago  for  eighteen  years,  and  for 
some  time  subsequently  also  at  Racine. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


WL.  GARRISON  &  CO. ,  Commercial  Paper  and  Western 
Mortgages,  No.  132  Federal  Street,.— The  securities 
offered  by  western  farm  mortgages  are  becoming  to 
be  generally  recognized  as  of  a  much  more  desirable 
character  than  those  which  are  presented  to  capitalists  in  the 
eastern  states,  as  they  are  constantly  increasing  in  value,  while 
real  estate  securities  in  the  east  have,  as  a  rule,  reached  their  highest 
point  and  their  values  in  many  cases  are  diminishing  instead  of 
increasing.  A  leading  house  engaged  in  handling  western  mortgages 
and  commercial  paper  of  various  kinds  in  this  city  is  that  of  Messrs. 
W.  L.  Garrison  &  Co.,  located  at  No.  132  Federal  Street.  The  busi- 
ness here  conducted  was  originally  established  by  Mr.  Wm.  Lloyd 
Garrison  in  1885,  the  present  firm  being  organized  January  1,  1889,  by 
the  admission  of  Mr.  Percival  S.  Howe  to  partnership.  This  firm 
deal  in  Kansas  farm  and  city  mortgages,  and  in  some  Chicago  and 
Minnesota  property,  and  are  making  a  leading  specialty  at  the 
present  time,  of  wool  and  electric  light  paper.  Both  gentlemen  are 
able  and  experienced  financiers,  noted  for  their  sound  judgment  and 
sterling  integrity,  and  give  their  close  personal  attention  to  all  the 
details  of  their  business.  Their  office  is  one  of  the  best  managed 
mediums  in  this  city  through  which  to  invest  in  western  farm  mort- 
gages or  in  any  commercial  paper  desired.  Every  guarantee  and 
safeguard  is  secured,  all  loans  are  on  first  mortgage  only,  and  on  the 
farms  of  reputable  and  thoroughly  responsible  farmers.  The  secur- 
ity must  be  worth  at  least  three  times  the  amount  of  the  mortgage, 
while  the  terms  are  strict  and  explicit.  Loans  are  confined  to  the 
best  sections  of  the  most  fertile  States  in  the  west,  where  farms  are 
constantly  rising  in  value,  and  where  loans  are  used  to  improve  the 
security  and  increase  the  productive  capacity  of  the  property.  The 
electric  light  and  other  paper  handled  by  this  firm  is  thoroughly  first- 
class  and  reliable,  commending  itself  on  its  own  merits  to  the  confi- 
dence of  careful  and  prudent  investors,  and,  as  every  transaction 
of  the  firm  is  placed  upon  a  thoroughly  substantial  basis,  their  office 
is  a  favorite  resort  for  capitalists.  Mr.  Garrison  has  been  treasurer 
of  the  Edison  Electric  Illuminating  Company,  of  Brockton,  since  its 
formation,  and  is  esteemed  in  social  and  financial  life.  Mr.  Howe  is 
also  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  education,  and  well  known  in 
the  business  circles  of  this  city. 


^OHEN  &  SONS,  Manufacturers  of  Hats  and  Caps,  No.  282  Devon- 
shire Street.— -A  noted  establishment  in  the  hat  and  cap  man- 
^^  ufacturing  industry  in  Boston  is  that  of  Messrs.  Cohen  &  Sons, 
located  at  No.  282  Devonshire  Street.  This  house  has  been  in 
successful  operation  for  a  period  of  twenty-five  years,  and  has  won  a 
national  reputation  and  a  trade  coextensive  with  the  limits  of  the 
country.  The  firm  are  extensive  manufacturers,  importers,  and  job- 
bers of  hats,  caps,  military  hats,  and  uniform  and  society  head-gear 
of  all  kinds,  and  carry  one  of  the  largest  and  finest  stocks  in  this  line 
ever  brought  to  this  city.  They  occupy  very  large  and  commodious 
premises  for  both  manufacturing  and  sales  purposes,  and  give  steady 
employment  to  a  force  of  fifty  experienced  hands.  The  hats  and  caps 
manufactured  by  this  firm  are  of  the  very  finest  quality  that  are  put 
upon  the  market,  and  are  unexcelled  for  style,  elegance,  and  artistic 
workmanship  in  this  or  any  other  country.  They  meet  with  ready 
appreciation  and  a  permanent  demand  wherevever  introduced,  and 
in  many  markets  of  the  country  are  preferred  by  dealers  over  all 
other  makes  on  account  of  their  great  salability  and  uniform  excel- 
lence. Patrons  can  rely  upon  securing  the  most  desirable  goods  in 
this  line,  either  of  domestic  or  foreign  production  as  they  prefer,  and 
can  also  depend  upon  terms  and  prices  equally  satisfactory.  The 
house  commands  all  the  advantages  naturally  accumulated  by  long 
years  of  identification  with  a  special  branch  of  trade,  while  its  ample 
resources,  perfect  facilities,  widespread  and  influential  connections 
both  at  home  and  abroad,  enable  it  to  grant  its  customers  induce- 
ments that  cannot  readily  be  duplicated  elsewhere,  and  also  entitle  it 
to  the  confidence  and  patronage  of  the  trade  everywhere.  Although 
recently  burned  out  and  sustaining  a  heavy  loss,  this  firm  are  now  con 
ducting  their  business  upon  the  same  broad  and  liberal  scale  as'be- 
fore,  and  are  offering  the  rarest  bargains  to  be  found  in  their  line  of 
trade.  They  have  just  completed  the  purchase  of  one  of  the  largest 
Scotch  cap  factories  in  the  country,  and  will  continue  the  manufac- 
ture of  all  kinds  of  Scotch  caps  and  Stotch  Windsors  suitable  for  all 
classes  of  trade.  Orders  may  be  sent  to  the  Hub  Scotch  Cap  Co., 
No.  3f  John  Street,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  or  to  Cohen  &  Sons,  Boston. 


THEOPHILE  JOUVAL,  Maison  de  Modes,  No.  431  Washington 
Street.— In  every  branch  of  mercantile  activity  in  Boston 
there  is  one  house  that  is  justly  and  popularly  spoken  of  as 
the  representative  of  its  class.  In  the  line  of  the  finest  imported 
millinery  goods,  the  position  of  supremacy  is  held  by  Mr.  Tbeophile 
Jouval,  the  popular  proprietor  of  the  Maison  de  Modes,  at  No.  431 
Washington  Street.  This  house  was  originally  established  in  1856  by 
Mr.  M.  Daridon,  and  after  some  changes,  the  present  proprietor 
came  into  possession  in  1877,  as  successor  to  J.  Auguste.  Mons.  Jou- 
val is  deservedly  prominent  as  an  extensive  importer  of  fine  artificial 
flowers,  parures  for  balls,  and  all  kinds  of  Paris  nouveautes;  also, 
bonnets,  hats,  and  coiffures  from  Paris,  and  which  are  also  made  to 
order ;  also  a  large  assortment  of  perfumeries,  and  shell  combs  of 
every  description,  making  a  specialty  of  bridal  veils,  wreaths,  and 
bride's  hair-dressing.  Laces  are  also  repaired  and  done  up,  orna- 
mental hairwork  is  manufactured  for  ladies  and  gentlemen,  and  hair 
dressed  in  the  latest  style.  The  stock  here  displayed  is  the  largest 
and  finest  of  its  kind  in  the  city,  imported  direct  from  the  most  fa- 
mous Parisian  houses,  and  offered  to  customers  at  extremely  low 
prices.  The  assortments  are  replete  with  the  richest  novelties  in 
flowers,  feathers,  ribbons,  ornaments,  trimmings,  silks,  and  satins, 
while  the  hats  and  bonnets  imported  by  this  house  are  seen  every  day, 
worn  by  the  most  fashionable  members  of  Boston  society.  The  house 
steadily  maintains  the  lead  against  all  competition,  the  result  of 
sound  judgment,  correct  taste,  and  the  handling  of  only  the  choicest 
and  latest  importations  in  the  line  of  millinery  gocds.  Mons.  Jouval 
was  born  in  France,  where  he  was  engaged  in  business  previous  to 
emigrating  to  Boston  in  1871.  He  entered  this  house  as  a  clerk,  was 
promoted  to  the  position  of  manager,  and  finally  succeeded  to  the 
sole  control.  He  is  still  in  the  prune  of  life,  alert  and  energetic  in 
promoting  the  interests  of  his  house,  and  commands  the  respect 
and  esteem  of  the  business  community  and  the  general  public  by  rea- 
son of  bis  promptness,  courtesy,  and  thorough  reliability. 


MILTON  A.  KENT,  Manufacturer  and  Wholesale  Dealer  in 
Gloves  and  Mittens,  No.  92  Arch  Street.— The  leading  repre- 
sentative of  the  wholesale  trade  in  buck,  kid,  and  castor 
gloves  is  Mr.  Milton  A.  Kent.  He  was  born  in  Berkshire 
County,  Mass  ,  and  early  in  life  became  actively  identified  with  this 
branch  of  trade.  For  a  period  of  fifteen  years  he  was  one  of  the  best 
known  trawlers  in  the  glove  trade  in  the  United  States,  represent- 
ing the  most  famous  factories  and  offering  the  most  substantial  in- 
ducements. In  1863.  he  established  the  present  business,  and  now 
does  a  trade  of  great  magnitude.  He  is  both  manufacturer  and 
wholesale  dealer.  His  factories  are  situated  at  Gloversville,  N.  Y. ; 
Bristol,  N.  H.;  and  Enosburg  Falls,  Vt.  At  the  latter  establishment, 
Mr.  Kent  manufactures  the  famous  seamless  wool  gloves  in  all 
sizes  and  shades;  also  the  finest  quality  of  yarns,  used  for  this  class 
of  goods.  He  manufactures  buckskin  and  kid  gloves  at  Gloversville 
and  Bristol,  and  upon  the  most  extensive  and  comprehensive  scale. 
In  his  salesrooms  are  over  300  styles  of  gloves.  This  shows  an  extent 
and  variety  of  stock  unequalled  elsewhere.  The  general  stock  includes 
such  specialties  as  genuine  hand  sewed  Plymouth,  the  popular  glove 
of  the  day;  full  lines  of  buck  gloves;  Standard  seamless,  all  wool  fulled 
gloves  and  mitts;  also  all-wool,  seamless  Scotch  gloves,  mittens  of 
all  grades,  etc.  Mr.  Kent  controls  the  best  class  of  trade  in  New 
England,  and  quality  is  his  first  consideration,  all  goods  of  his  man- 
ufacture are  justly  celebrated  for  their  excellence  of  material,  work- 
manship, and  finish.  Mr.  Kent  was  burned  out  in  1872,  at  that  time- 
being  located  corner  of  Chauncy  and  Summer  Streets. 


FW.  BOYD,  Wool,  No.  114  Federal  Street.— Among  Boston's 
leading  and  most  responsible  wool  brokers  may  be  men- 
f     tioned  the  name  of  F.  W.  Boyd.    Mr.  Boyd,  who  is  a  com- 
paratively young  man,  is  a  Bostonian  by  birth,  but  resides 
at  Hyde  Park.    He  is  a  gentleman  of  entire  reliability  in  his  dealings, 
as  well  as  a  man  of  energy  and  ample  experience,  and  is  thoroughly 
conversant  with  the  trade.    He  has  been  in  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count about  six  years,  and  from  the  first  he  has  steadily  pushed  his 
way  to  prominence  and  prosperity.    Mr.  Boyd  is  a  general  broker  in 
foreign  and  domestic  wool  of  all  kinds,  and  has  a  chain  of  correspond- 
ents in  the  principal  wool  centres  of  the   United    States,  buying 
largely  in    the  west  and  couthwest  on    orders   for  New  England 
manufacturers,  and  is  prepared  to  execute  all  orders  for  anything  in 
this  line  in  the  most  expeditious  and  satisfactory  manner. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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SAMUEL  CABOT,  Inventor  and  Sole  Manufacturer  of  Creosote 
Shingle  Stains,  No.  70  Kilby  Street.— Progress  is  noticeable  in 
every  branch  of  the  skilled  industries  of  the  age,  and  especially 
so  in  all  that  conduces  to  the  perfection  and  beautifying  of  the 
modern  building.  In  this  connection,  special  mention  should  be  made 
of  the  world-famous  Creosote  Staius,  which  were  duly  patented  on 
April  29,  1884,  and  have  since  that  date  come  into  wide  spread  use 
among  architects  and  builders.  The  sole  manufacturer  of  these  stains 
is  Mr.  Samuel  Cabot,  with  headquarters  at  No.  70  Kilby  Street.  For 
shingles,  clap-boards,  and  other  exterior  woodwork,  likewise  for  vari- 
ous styles  of  interior  finish,  these  stains  are  unquestionably  without  a 
rival.  Nowhere  in  the  world  is  there  anything  approaching  them  for 
economy,  preservation  of  the  wood,  the  beautiful  artistic  effects,  ease 
of  application,  and  marked  durability.  These  stains  are  admirable  from 
every  point  of  view,  and,  once  introduced  into  a  neighborhood,  prove 
their  own  best  advertisement.  The  use  of  creosote  is  a  distinctive 
feature  of  these  stains.  This  substance  is  a  well-known  preservative  of 
wood,and  causes  it  to  resist  all  changes  from  water  or  climatic  changes ; 
while  it  protects  the  wood  from  insects  and  notably  that  destructive 
pest,  the  white-ant  of  the  south.  These  stains  are  made  by  Mr.  Cabot 
upon  the  most  extensive  scale  and  in  every  desirable  shade  and  color 
at  his  large  and  splendidly  equipped  factory,  situated  at  Chelsea. 
Twenty-six  hands  are  there  employed  in  the  production  of  a  vast  va- 
riety of  stains  and  other  products.  The  stains  are  put  up  in  barrels, 
half-barrels,  kegs,  and  one  to  ten  gallon  cans  ready  for  use  by  the  most 
inexperienced  persons.  Any  one  can  dip  the  shingles  in  the  liquid, 
while  any  boy  can  apply  it  with  a  brush.  Mr.  Cabot  started  the  man- 
ufacture of  coal-tar  products  in  1877;  and  after  a  series  of  experiments 
and  tests,  began  the  manufacture  of  Creosote  Stains  in  1880.  He  is  a 
practically  experienced  and  scientific  chemist,  a  former  student  of 
the  Institute  of  Technology;  and  he  pursued  his  studies  for  some  time 
in  Zurich,  Switzerland.  He  is  a  business  man  of  marked  executive 
ability,  and  has  developed  his  industry  systematically  and  upon  a  thor- 
ough basis  of  efficiency.  His  stains  are  now  sold  all  over  the  United 
States,  and  Canada.  These  stains  combine  every  feature  that  is  de- 
sired for  shingle  roofs  and  clapboard-houses.  It  preserves  the 
wood  from  dry-rot  or  decay  through  dampness.  Mr.  Cabot  has 
tested  its  powers  in  the  most  practical  manner,  and  finds  it  to  be  from 
one  third  to  one  seventh  cheaper  than  paint.  It  is  as  durable  as  the 
best  paint,  the  coloring  effects  are  more  beautiful  and  more  clearly 
defined,  while  the  creosote  acts  as  a  fire-protector — wood  so  treated 
burning  with  difficulty.  These  stains  contain  no  water  or  benzine, 
and  are  the  only  exterior  ones  not  adulterated  with  kerosene.  Those 
interested  and  architects  and  builders  everywhere  should  send  for 
Mr.  Cabot's  samples,  consisting  of  pieces  of  shingle  cedar,  colored 
with  his  Creosote  Stains  in  about  twenty  shades  of  russet,  brown, 
olive  green,  red,  buff,  yellow,  etc.  The  public  labor  under  heavy 
obligations  to  Mr.  Cabot  for  the  invention  of  these  magnificent  sub- 
stitutes to  paint  for  outside  decoration  and  preservation ;  and  he  is 
well  worthy  of  the  large  measure  of  success  attending  his  ably  di- 
rected efforts. 


EJ.  KNIGHT  &  CO.,  Stock-brokers,  No.  5  Court  Street,  Room 
1.— Although  a  comparatively  young  firm,  E.  J.  Knight  & 
m  Co.,  the  popular,  responsible  stock-brokers,  with  office  at  No. 
5  Court  Street,  room  1,  have  attained  a  standing  in  financial 
circles  both  in  New  York  and  Boston,  and  have  established  a  c-Ment- 
age  vouchsafed  to  but  few  among  the  stock-broking  firms  that  have 
come  into  prominence  of  recent  years  in  this  city.  They  occupy  neat 
and  well  equipped  quarters,  having  a  direct  wire  with  New  York,  and 
also  a  local  wire,  besides  stock -indicator  tickers  and  every  appurten- 
ance to  a  well-ordered  office  ®f  the  kind ;  and  all  orders  are  executed 
in  the  most  judicious  and  reliable  manner.  The  firm  deal  in  stocks, 
grain,  and  provisions,  selling  on  margin  and  commission  hi  Boston 
and  New  York,  and  enjoy  most  favorable  connections.  All  business 
intrusted  to  this  house  is  transacted  on  sound  and  conservative 
methods,  all  their  operations  being  characterized  by  sagacity,  energy, 
and  ability,  while  strictly  honorable  principles  govern  every  transac- 
tion, and  altogether  the  firm  have  a  flourishing  patronage.  They 
are  gentleman  of  entire  probity  in  their  dealings,  as  well  as  young 
men  of  ample  experience,  foresight,  and  judicious  enterprise,  and 
sustain  an  excellent  reputation  in  financial  circles.  They  have  been 
established  in  business  here  something  over  one  year,  succeeding 
Nelson  Tibbetts,  who  was  successor  to  Mr.  Irving;  and  from  the  first, 
their  efforts  have  been  attended  with  highly  gratifying  success. 


FRANK  WOOD,  Steam  Printer,  No.  352  Washington  Street.— The 
•'  art  preservative  of  all  arts  "  has  a'most  able  and  enterprising 
representative  in  the  person  of  Mr.  Frank  Wood,  whose  large 
steam -printing  house,  so  centrally  and  advantageously  located 
at  No.  352  Washington  Street,  is  pronounced  the  best  equipped  in  Bos- 
ton or  New  England  for  all  and  every  description  of  book,  news,  job, 
and  fine  commercial  printing.  He  has  been  a  resident  Bostonian  from 
childhood,  and  here  thoroughly  learned  the  art  typograpical  in  every 
minute  detail.  He  brings  to  bear  thirty -five  years'  practical  experi- 
ence, and  started  in  business  upon  his  own  account  about  twenty  years 
ago.  In  1872  he  removed  to  his  present  premises,  50x160  feet  in  di- 
mensions, and  where  he  has  at  all  times  maintained  the  finest  possible 
improved  equipment,  with  repeated  additions  of  fast  presses,  etc. ; 
their  enlarged  faculties  enabling  him  to  cope  with  the  steady  growth 
of  trade.  He  now  has  fifteen  presses  in  position,  run  by  steam-power. 
His  type  and  materials  are  all  new  and  of  the  best  description,  and 
comprehensive  of  every  style  of  fancy  display  and  wood  type  adapted 
to  fine  job  and  commercial  work ;  also  full  fonts  of  book  and  news 
type.  He  employs  an  average  force  of  fifty  hands,  including  the  most 
skilful  compositors,  proof-readers,  foremen,  etc. ;  and  over  all  gives 
his  own  close  personal  supervision.  He  served  for  seven  years  as  an 
apprentice;  for  seven  more  foreman  of  a  large  office,  in  which  he 
learned  his  trade,  and  acknowledged  to  be  the  best  house  in  Boston  in 
its  day;  for  four  years  junior  partner  of  the  firm  of  Batchelder  & 
Wood;  and  for  sixteen  years  in  business  upon  his  own  account.  The 
finest  class  of  work  has  ever  been  characteristic  of  his  office,  and  he 
numbers  among  his  customers  many  of  the  leading  commercial 
houses  of  the  city.  Those  who  want  any  sort  of  printing  done  in 
an  elegant,  typograpically  perfect  manner,  with  promptitude  and 
despatch,  we  commend  to  this  fine  establishment,  which  has  justly 
achieved  such  an  enviable  reputation  throughout  the  community. 

MKILLILEA,  Manufacturer  of  Marine  and  Stationary  Boilers, 
Tuft's  Wharf,  Mill  Street,  East  Boston.— A  representative 
t  and  progressive  concern  in  East  Boston  is  that  of  Mr.  M. 
Killilea,  whose  works  are  conveniently  located  on  Tuft's. 
Wharfs,  Mill  Street.  This  business  was  established  seventeen  years 
ago  by  Mr.  Killilea,  who  is  a  thoroughly  practical  and  expert  boiler- 
maker.  All  the  operations  of  his  works  are  conducted  under  his  per- 
sonal supervision,  thereby  insuring  to  patrons  only  such  productions 
as  will  withstand  the  most  critical  tests.  His  workshops  are  spa- 
cious, and  are  fully  supplied  with  modern  tools,  appliances,  and 
machinery.  Here  often  80  experienced  mechanics  and  boiler-mak- 
ers are  employed.  Mr.  Killilea  manufactures,  to  order  or  otherwise, 
marine  and  stationary  boilers,  oil  and  ship  tanks,  stills,  etc.,  a  spec- 
ialty being  made  of  yacht  boilers.  All  work  turned  out  by  this  re- 
liable house  is  unsurpassed  for  quality  of  materials,  workmanship, 
and  general  excellence.  Mr.  Killilea  has  constantly  on  hand  new 
and  second-hand  boilers,  and  likewise  promptly  and  carefully  at- 
tends to  repairing,  all  work  being  executed  in  a  first-class  manner, 
at  moderate  rates.  The  trade  of  the  house  now  extends  throughout 
all  sections  of  New  England.  Mr.  Killilea  was  born  in  Ireland,  but 
has  resided  iu  the  United  States  for  the  last  fifty-one  years.  He  is 
a  man  of  untiring  industry  and  skill  in  his  line,  and  is  deservedly 
esteemed  in  trade  circles. 


MONUMENT  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  BOSTON,  Thompson 
Square,  Charlestown. — The  Monument  National  Bank  of 
Boston,  was  incorporated  in  1854,  and  eventually,  in  1865, 
was  reorganized  under  the  national  banking  laws.  It  has  a 
paid-up  capital  of  $150,000,  which  is  now  further  augmented  by  a  sur- 
plus of  $150,000.  It  transacts  a  regular  banking  business,  such  as  the 
opening  and  care  of  current  accounts,  discounting  first  class  com- 
mercial paper,  making  collections,  and  also  advancing  on  good  col- 
lateral security.  The  management  of  the  Monument  National  Bank 
is  judicious,  prudent,  and  progressive,  neglecting  no  point  of  effi- 
ciency demanded  by  modern  commercial  practice,  and  at  the  same 
time  carefully  guarding  the  interests  of  its  depositors,  and  scrupu- 
lously protecting  them  against  possibility  of  risk.  It  officers  and 
board  of  directors  are  men  of  experience,  ability,  and  integrity.  The 
list  is  as  follows:  James  O.  Curtis,  president;  Warren  Sanger,  cashier; 
John  H.  Gibbs,  teller;  Directors,  James  O.  Curtis,  Amos  Stone,  Henry 
C.  Rand,  Francis  Hull,  A.  D.  S.  Bell,  George  B.  Neal,  Warren  Sanger. 
Mr.  James  O.  Curtis,  the  president,  is  now  84  years  old.  He  is  still 
hale  and  hearty,  and  a' vigorous  exponent  of  sound  banking. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


WM.  P.  SULLIVAN,  Mill  Wrappers,  Manilla  Paper,  Twine  and 
Paper  Stock,  Iron  and  Metals,  No.  46  India  Street.— For 
over  thirty  years  the  well-known  establishment  of  Wm. 
P.  Sullivan,  dealer  in  mill  wrappers,  mauilla  paper,  twine, 
and  paper  stock,  whose  commodious  warehouse  is  located  at  No.  46 
India  Street,  hi  the  oldest  and  most  historic  part  of  Boston,  and  in 
close  proximity  to  the  railroads  and  shipping,  has  been  in  prosperous 
existence.  It  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  responsible  concerns  of 
the  kind  in  Boston,  in  fact,  the  pioneer  house  in  the  business,  and  has 
a  large  active  business  connection,  its  trade  extending  all  over  New 
England,  and  also  to  parts  of  New  York  State.  The  business  was  es- 
tablished in  1858  by  J.  O.  Sullivan  (deceased),  who  conducted  the  same 
up  to  about  three  years  ago,  when  it  passed  into  control  of  his  son  and 
successor,  the  gentleman  whose  name  heads  this  sketch.  The  ware- 
house occupies  four  25x75  floors,  and  is  well  ordered  and  equipped 
throughout,  while  an  efficient  force  of  help  is  regularly  employed.  A 
heavy  and  carefully  assorted  stock  is  constantly  carried  on  hand,  com- 
prising, besides  mill  wrappers,  manilla  paper,  twine,  and  kindred  arti- 
cles; also  paper  stock,  metals,  iron,  etc.,  consignments  being  received 
in  any  quantity  and  cash  paid  for  old  paper,  and  all  orders  for  any- 
thing in  this  line  are  filled  in  the  most  prompt  and  reliable  manner. 
Mr.  Sullivan  supplies  the  Boston  Herald  with  wrappers  in  immense 
quantities,  the  average  circulation  of  the  daily  Herald  for  the  month 
of  November,  1888,  being  145,738,  and  the  average  circulation  of  the 
Sunday  Herald  for  the  same  month  being  100,395  the  circulation  of 
the  Wednesday  edition  of  Nov.  7, 1888,  after  the  Presidential  election, 
being  441,738.  Mr.  Sullivan  receives  all  the  surplus  paper  from  the 
daily  papers  of  Boston,  the  public  libraries,  railroads,  book  binderies, 
and  most  of  the  large  insurance  and  banking  houses.  When  once  the 
books  and  papers  come  into  his  hands,  their  contents  never  become 
matters  of  interest  to  any  one  else.  Many  firms  are  particular  in  this 
respect,  not  caring  to  have  outside  parties  become  conversant  with 
then-  business  methods  through  the  medium  of  second-hand  book 
collectors  and  dealers.  Mr.  Sullivan  has  in  his  possession  a  letter  from 
a  large  banking  house,  acknowledging  the  receipt  of  $25,000.00  worth 
of  mining  stock  which  he  found  in  a  lot  of  old  papers  it  sold  to  him. 
He  is  a  native  of  this  city,  is  a  young  man  of  energy  and  judicious 
enterprise,  strictly  responsible  in  his  dealings,  and  is  thoroughly 
conversant  with  the  business. 


HIGGINS  &  THIBAUDEAU,  Machinists,  Die,  Mould  and  Model 
Makers,  No.  114  Pearl  Street.— This  business  was  established 
in  1887  on  Lincoln  and  Essex  Streets  by  the  present  pro- 
prietors and  thence  removed  to  the  present  location,  where 
they  occupy  an  entire  floor,  25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  this  is 
equipped  with  all  modern  facilities  as  regards  machinery,  tools,  and 
the  latest  invented  labor  saving  appliances.  A  staff  of  experienced 
and  skilled  mechanics  are  permanently  employed  in  building  all  kinds 
of  light  machinery,  making  dies,  moulds,  and  moldels,  and  in  repair- 
ing engines,  machinery,  and  small  tools  of  all  kinds.  Messrs.  Higgins 
&  Thibaudeau  are  thoroughly  practical  mechanics.  All  the  operations 
of  their  establishment  are  conducted  under  their  personal  supervision, 
thereby  insuring  to  patrons  only  such  productions  as  will  withstand  the 
most  critical  tests,  both  in  regard  to  the.  materials  used  in  the  construc- 
tion of  the  machinery  and  workmanship  employed.  They  make  a 
specialty  of  constructing  experimental  machinery,  and  of  developing 
the  crude  plans  of  inventors,  and  also  of  dies,  moulds,  and  models. 
The  individual  members  of  the  partnership  are  Mr.  James  Higgins 
and  Mr.  Charles  Thibaudeau.  The  former  is  a  Massachusetts  man 
by  birth  and  resides  in  Boston,  and  the  latter,  who  is  a  native  of 
Canada,  resides  in  Somerville.  Both  gentlemen  are  held  in  high  re- 
gard by  the  community  for  their  mechanical  ability  and  integrity. 


LB.  WILDER  &  CO.,  Mercantile  Printers,  Lithographers,  En- 
gravers, Blank  Book  Manufacturers,  etc.,  Charles  A.  Patch, 
m     Sole  Proprietor,  No.  145  High  Street.— This  is  in  all  respects 
one  of  the  best  equipped  concerns  in  its  line  in  the  city,  and 
it  controls  a  trade  fully  commensurate  with  the  capacity  of  the  es- 
tablishment.   The  business  was  organized  in  1861  under  the  style  of 
Locke  &  Wilder  and  from  its  very  inception  secured  well  deserved 
public  favor  and  confidence.    Subsequently  Mr.  Locke  retired,  and 
for  a  time  the  business  was  continued  under  the  sole  management  of 
Mr.  L.  B.  Wilder  who,  in  1871  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  Charles 
A.  Patch.    The  style  of  the  concern  was  then  changed  to  L.  B.  Wilder 


&  Co.,  and  this  style  is  still  perpetuated,  although  Mr.  Wilder  died  in 
1875,  and  Mr.  Patch  has  ever  since  been  the  only  proprietor.  He  is  a 
thoroughly  practical  printer,  an  able,  enterprising  business  man, 
and  has  developed  a  trade  of  great  magnitude.  The  business  prem- 
ises are  commodious,  equipped  with  printing  and  lithographic 
presses,  cutting-machines,  steam-power,  modern  and  antique  types 
of  every  description,  and  all  the  necessary  paraphernalia  of  a  first- 
class  mercantile  printing,  engraving,  and  blank-book  manufacturing 
establishment.  A  full  complement  of  operatives  are  employed  in  the 
several  departments,  and  there  is  nothing  in  the  whole  realm  of  the 
printer's  art  which  this  concern  is  not  able  to  execute.  In  the  en- 
graving and  blank-book  manufacturing  departments  the  governing 
rule  is  that  of  the  highest  perfection  in  everything  executed. 


CHAS.  EMMEL,  Wood-Carver,  No.  58  Thayer  Street.— The  work 
to  which  Mr.  Unas.  Emmel,  of  No.  58  Thayer  Street,  devotes 
his  tune  and  talents  has  become  an  art  requiring  originality  of 
conception,  technical  training,  patient  endeavor,  assiduous  and 
intelligent  application,  and  the  very  acme  of  expert  workmanship,  to 
secure  an  artistic  totality  of  a  substantial  and  enduring  quality.  To 
fully  meet  these  essential  requisites  has  been  Mr.  Enamel's  lifework. 
He  was  born  in  Germany,  where  he  early  learned  the  rudiments  of 
the  business  of  wood  and  stone-carving,  and  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1859.  He  was  for  some  years  in  the  employ  of  A.  H.  Daven- 
port &'Co.,  furniture  dealers  of  this  city,  and  established  himself  in 
the  practice  of  his  art  in  1883.  He  manufactures  the  finest  carved 
wood-work  for  interior  decorations,  also,  the  choicest  and  most  ex- 
pensive carved  antique  and  modern  furniture  for  the  drawing  room, 
library  and  dining-room,  including  carved  sideboards,  tables,  mantels 
and  chairs.  He  is  now  making  a  specialty  of  stone-carving,  designing 
his  patterns  in  plaster  and  then  producing  them  on  the  stone  trim- 
ming of  fine  residences  and  public  buildings.  He  is  at  present  en- 
gaged in  the  execution  of  carved  designs  on  several  of  the  handsomest 
buildings  now  hi  process  of  construction  in  this  city.  Many  elaborate 
and  artistic  patterns  are  now  worked  on  mantels  and  sideboards  in 
paper  mache,  and  this  department  of  j  artistic  endeavor  also  enlists 
the  attention  of  Mr.  Emmel,  and  with  the  most  brilliant  results.  All 
work  proves  as  represented,  is  guaranteed  in  every  respect.  The  full- 
est extent  of  artistic  possibility  has  signalized  his  many  productions, 
which  in  themselves  are  his  only  needed  endorsement.  He  is  not 
only  an  artist-designer,  but  an  artist-workman  as  well.  He  has  done 
some  of  the  finest  work  in  the  city,  and  first-class  furniture  dealers 
desiring  any  costly  or  elaborate  work  in  furniture-carving  invariably 
depend  upon  Mr.  Emmel,  who  employs  a  number  of  the  most  expert 
and  skilled  designers  and  workmen  in  the  country  at  all  times. 


AMERICAN  ELECTRIC  REGISTER  COMPANY.,  W.  W.  Mont- 
gomery, Manager,  No.  620  Atlantic  Avenue.— The  electric 
fare  register  ought  to  attract  the  attention  of  every  street 
railway  manager  in  the  country,  since  by  its  adoption  on  car 
lines  thousands  of  dollars  which  are  annually  being  misappropriated 
can  be  saved  to  railway  companies.  A  recent  telegram  from  Chicago 
affirms  that  a  very  serious  "  leakage  "  has  been  going  on  in  the  West 
Side  Street  Railway  Company,  of  that  city.  A  certain  conductor  in- 
terested in  the  scheme  to  beat  the  company  has  confessed,  and  impli- 
cated several  of  his  confreres  in  the  crime.  One  of  these  men,  it 
seems,  discovered  how  to  set  back  the  "  fare  registers,"  and  managed 
in  the  course  of  a  year  to  pay  for  a  house  and  lot  with  his  ill-gotten 
gains,  and  came  to  the  conclusion  that  he  could  make  a  good  thing 
by  retailing  the  information  among  his  fellow  conductors.  He  fixed 
the  price  at  twenty -five  dollars  a  head,  and  found  many  customers, 
one  of  whom  has  now  betrayed  him.  The  fare  registers  in  use  in 
Chicago,  as  upon  every  other  street  railway  line  in  the  country,  are 
purely  mechanical  in  their  operations,  and  differ  very  materially  from 
the  electric  machines  which  are  now  being  introduced  by  the  Amer- 
ican Electric  Register  Company  of  Boston.  The  unique  character 
and  the  simple  construction  of  this  new  apparatus  will  at  once  com- 
mend it,  but  better  still,  it  cannot  be  altered,  set  back,  or  tampered 
with  by  any  human  agency,  to  the  detriment  of  the  company  owning 
it.  It  registers  unfailingly  every  fare  collected,  both  exteriorally  and 
interiorally.  If  we  are  not  greatly  mistaken,  it  will  come  rapidly  into 
use  on  all  car  lines.  The  electric  railways  of  the  country  ought  es- 
pecially to  investigate  this  new  register,  and  if  found  right,  adopt  it. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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JA.  MELVIN,  Meats,  Nos.  8-10  Lakeman  Market.— The  business 
career  of  Mr.  J.  Melvin  embraces  a  period  of  thirty -five  years, 
B  and  in  all  that  time  he  has  given  his  attention  to  furnishing 
fresh  meats  to  the  citizens.  He  is  one  of  the  oldest  dealers  in 
Lakeman  Market,  where  he  has  been  since  1868,  and  become  widely 
known,  and  established  a  first-class,  substantial  wholesale  and  retail 
trade.  The  stall  he  occupies  is  numbered  8  to  10,  and  being  large  and 
commodious,  affords  every  opportunity  for  making  a  fine  display  of 
the  choicest  beef,  pork,  and  mutton,  which  he  receives  fresh  daily,  and 
supplies  to  the  trade  and  his  customers  at  the  lowest  prices.  He  is 
an  energetic  business  man,  and  can  always  be  depended  on,  and  keeps 
only  the  very  best  and  choicest  meats  to  be  found  in  the  market. 
He  was  born  in  Charlestown,  and  has  always  been  closely  identified 
with  the  affairs  of  the  city,  and  is  well  known  and  popular  as.  a  mar- 
ket man.  About  ten  years  ago  Mr.  Melvin  discovered  the  valuable 
medicinal  preparation  known  as  the  niarketman's  remedy  for  rheu- 
matism and  dyspepsia,  which  he  prepares  and  has  placed  before 


the  public,  and  which  has  attained  a  celebrity  throughout  the  Union 
as  a  certain  speedy  cure  for  dyspepsia,  rheumatism,  liver,  kidney, 
and  rheumatic  diseases.  This  compound  is  purely  vegetable,  with 
no  poisonous  mineral  ingredients  of  any  kind,  the  spirits  used  in  its 
preparation  being  only  sufficient  to  preserve  the  medicine  in  any 
climate.  It  will  purify  and  quicken  the  action,  and  remove  any  un- 
natural acrid  or  acid  humor  of  the  blood,  relieving  pain  and  prevent- 
ing all  irregularities  of  the  system.  Never  before  has  there  existed 
a  remedy  as  unfailingly  successful  as  this  botanic  curative.  It  is 
invaluable  in  all  diseases  of  the  stomach,  liver,  kidneys,  spleen,  pan- 
creas, heart,  brain  and  lungs;  and  it  removes  like  magic  soreness, 
stiffness,  and  inflammation  of  the  muscles  and  rheumatic  affections, 
one  bottle  producing  a  cure  in  the  most  obstinate  cases.  This  cele- 
brated botanic  curative  has  been  used  by  all  classes  of  people,  and 
that  it  will  do  all  that  is  claimed  for  it  is  substantiated  by  testimo- 
nials from  business  men  in  Boston  and  vicinity,  throughout  New 
England,  and  in  fact  from  all  parts  of  the  country.  The  price  of  the 
remedy  is  one  dollar  per  bottle,  and  it  is  to  be  found  on  sale  in  all 
parts  of  the  United  States,  and  at  wholesale  by  George  C.  Goodwin, 
Weeks  &  Potter,  Carter  &  Hawley,  Heist  Bros.  &  Bird,  Cutter  Bros., 
Smith,  Doolittle  &  Smith,  Gilman  Bros.,  Richardson,  and  Laurence 
Pike,  of  this  city.  Circulars  will  be  furnished  and  also  testimonials, 
and  all  inquiries  by  mail  or  otherwise  promptly  answered,  by  ad- 
dressing Mr.  John  A.  Melvin,  No.  47  Blackstone  Street,  Boston. 


HW.  ROBY,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Provisions,  Nos. 
24  and  25  Dock  Square.— The  establishment  of  Mr.  H.  W. 
B  Roby,  at  Nos.  24  and  25  Dock  Square,  is  the  head  and  cen- 
tre of  the  most  desirable  class  of  patronage  in  the  meat 
and  provision  trade  of  this  city.  The  business  of  this  popular  house 
was  originally  established  in  1881,  by  Messrs.  Parker  &  Roby,  the  pres- 
ent proprietor  succeeding  to  the  sole  control  in  July,  1887.  It  has 
continued  to  extend  its  operations  and  enlarge  its  proportions  on  the 
solid  basis  of  the  choicest  meats,  fruits,  vegetables,  and  game,  fresh 
received  each  day  and  sold  at  reasonable  prices.  The  proprietor  is  a 
merchant  of  large  practical  experience,  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
wants  of  the  public,  and  all  necessary  faculties  to  meet  the  same. 
He  is  recognized  as  a  leading  representative  of  this  branch  of  mercan- 
tile activity,  and  both  at  wholesale  and  retail  he  controls  the  most 
influential  connections.  His  business  premises  are  eligibly  located, 
spacious  in  size,  and  admirably  equipped  with  refrigerators  and  all 
modern  conveniences  for  handling  and  storing  the  choise  and  varied 
stock.  In  the  choicest  beef,  pork,  and  mutton  the  stock  here  dis- 
played is  unrivalled.  In  the  season  for  poultry  and  game  the  pro- 
prietor handles  many  tons'  weight;  and  having  splendid  cold-storage 
accommodations,  he  is  always  ready  to  fill  orders  of  any  magnitude 


promptly  and  satisfactorily.  Fruits  and  early  vegetables  in  their 
season  are  specialties  with  this  house,  and  its  trade  is  brisk  and  lively 
in  this  branch  throughout  the  city  and  surrounding  country.  Our 
readers  are  recommended  to  secure  their  supplies  in  this  line  here, 
where  both  quality  and  extent  of  stock  insure  satisfaction.  Mr.  Roby 
is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  a  resident  of  Boston  for  the  past  21 
years,  and  of  high  repute  and  standing  in  business  and  trade  circles. 


A&  O.  W.  MEAD  &  CO.,  Produce  and  Provision  Commission 
Merchants,  No.  35  North  Market  Street  and  No.  35  Clinton 
B  Street.— In  the  wholesale  commission  trade  in  produce  and 
provisions,  there  are  no  firms  having  a  higher  reputation  in 
the  city  of  Boston  than  Messrs.  A.  and  O.  W.  Mead  &  Co.,  whose  office 
and  salesrooms  are  situated  at  No.  35  North  Market  Street  and  No. 
35  Clinton  Street.  This  business  was  established  upwards  of  forty 
years  ago.  The  present  copartners,  Messrs.  Adelbert,  Oliver  W.  and 
Varnum  B.  Mead  have  had  great  experience,  and  are  recognized 
authorities  in  the  produce  and  provision  markets.  Their  facilities  are 
perfect,  and  their  connections  influential,  enabling  them  to  prompt- 
ly and  satisfactorily  handle  the  largest  consignments  of  produce, 
effecting  at  all  times  quick  sales  and  always  making  immediate  re- 
turns. They  deal  extensively  in  butter,  cheese,  eggs,  poultry,  meats 
of  all  kinds,  game,  domestic  fruits,  and  vegetables.  Only  the  best 
stock  is  handled  and  the  trade  of  the  house  now  extends  throughout 
the  principal  cities  and  towns  of  New  England.  All  orders  are  prompt- 
ly and  carefully  filled  at  the  lowest  ruling  market  prices,  and  the  firm 
number  among  their  customers  many  of  the  leading  grocers,  dealers, 
and  jobbers  in  Boston  and  its  vicinity.  The  premises  occupied  com- 
prise a  commodious  four-story  and  basement  building,  which  is  fully 
equipped  with  every  appliance  and  facility  for  the  successful  prose- 
cution of  the  business.  The  partners  were  all  born  in  Boxford.  Mass. 
They  are  prominent  members  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  where 
they  are  highly  regarded  for  their  enterprise,  promptness,  and  integ- 
rity, and  it  is  to  such  responsible  houses  as  this  one,  that  Boston  is 
indebted  for  her  supremacy  in  the  produce  and  provision  commission 
trade  of  New  England. 

k  ALLEY  &  AYER,  Commission  Merchants  for  the  Sale  of  Hides, 
Rough  Leather,  Calf  and  Sheep  Skins,  etc.,  Nos.  250  and  252 
Purchase  Street. — This  firm  are  extensive  commission  mer- 
chants in  bides,  rough  leather,  calf  and  sheep  skins,  rough 
splits  and  finished  card  leather,  handling  domestic  goods  exclusively, 
and  established  then-  business  here  in  May,  1888,  succeeding  the  well- 
known  firm  of  Butler,  Hayden  &  Co.,  in  this  branch  of  their  business. 
They  occupy  spacious  and  commodious  quarters,  and  carry  at  all 
times  a  large  and  valuable  stock  of  tannages  suited  to  the  require- 
ments of  this  market,  including  the  finest  grades  of  leather  for  welt- 
ing known  to  the  trade.  Consignments  are  received  from  all  parts 
of  the  United  States,  and  an  extensive  and  rapidly  increasing  demand 
is  supplied  throughout  the  states  of  Massachusetts  and  New  York. 
Shippers  to  this  house  have  the  advantages  of  getting  their  goods 
placed  on  orders  direct,  as  the  firm  have  established  a  superior  con- 
nection with  large  buyers,  and  are  on  the  ground  where  the  princi- 
pal consumers  of  the  country  are  located.  They  are  prepared  to 
make  liberal  advances  upon  all  consignments,  and  then*  quick  re- 
turns, advantageous  sales,  strict  probity,  aad  careful  management 
have  won  for  them  the  confidence  of  consignors  and  the  respect  and 
consideration  of  the  trade  in  general. 

K ELTON  &  BRUCE,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Mill  Sup- 
plies, etc.,  No.  35  Lincoln  Street.— A  successful  and  progress- 
ive house  in  Boston,  actively  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and 
sale  of  "Indian  tanned"  lace  leather  and  mill  supplies,  is 
that  of  Messrs.  Kenton  &  Bruce.  The  firm's  factory,  which  furnishes 
constant  employment  to  thirty  skilled'operatives,  is  situated  in  Salem. 
Mass.  This  business  was  established  hi  1884  by  Mr.  C.  F.  Kelton,  who 
conducted  it  till  1886,  when  Mr.  E.  P.  Bruce  became  a  partner,  the 
firm  being  known  by  the  style  and  title  of  "  Kelton  &  Bruce."  The 
firm  manuracture  the  "  Indian  tanned  "  lace  leather  and  deal  largely 
hi  all  lands  of  mill  supplies,  universal  combination  packing,  also  en- 
gine and  pump  packings,  leather,  rubber,  cotton  and  round  belting, 
cotton  waste,  lace  leather  and  belt  hooks,  cotton,  linen,  and  rubber 
hose,  sheet  packing  and  gaskets.  They  also  keep  in  stock  tanners' 
rubber  and  canvas  aprons  of  the  best  make,  and  the  prices  quoted  ha 
all  cases  are  as  low  as  the  lowest. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


GEO.  W.  BEARDSLEY,  Agent  for  the  Famous  Bliithner  Pianos, 
No.  158  Tremont  Street.— In  this  age  of  well-nigh  universal 
musical  education,  when  in  every  family  of  refinement  a  piano- 
forte is  a  necessity,  it  is  a  matter  of  general  interest  to  secure 
some  reliable  advice  as  to  the  selection  of  the  best  instrument.  There 
are  good  pianos  of  numerous  American  makes;  but  when  we  come  to 
eliminate,  investigate,  and  critically  compare  the.merits  of  these  along- 
side those  of  the  world-famous  Bliithner  Piano,  manufactured  by  Herr 
Julius  Bliithner,  in  Leipsic,  Germany,  we  are  constrained  to  admit 
that  the  latter  are  by  far  the  best  instruments  in  the  world.  So  re- 
markable for  their  superiority  indeed,  as  to  receive  the  highest  in- 
dorsation from  the  eminent  Liszt,  Reinecke,  Joseffy,  and  hundreds  of 
other  famous  artists,  musicians  and  composers.  It  is  twenty-six  years 
ago  since  the  first  Bliithner  piano  was  imported  into  the  United  States; 
and  since  that  date  they  have  become  the  popular  favorites  wher 
ever  heard,  and  the  sales  are  annually  increasing  in  magnitude.  In 
1880,  Messrs.  Harwood  and  Beardsley  became  sole  American  agents, 
and  early  developed  an  active  demand  and  a  thriving  trade.  In 
1884,  they  were  obliged  to  move  into  larger  warerooms,  at  No.  158 
Tremont  Street,  and  where  the  business  has  since  continued.  The 
lamented  decease  of  Mr.  Harwood  occurred  in  November,  1887, 
since  which  date  Mr.  George  W.  Beardsley  has  been  sole  proprietor. 
He  is  a  leading  expert  authority  on  the  pianoforte,  bringing  to  bear 
vast  practical  experience,  having  been  with  the  well-known  house 
of  Chickering  &  Co.  for  twenty  years  before  embarking  in  busi- 
ness upon  his  own  account.  In  his  fine  warerooms  he  carries  a 
full  line  of  the  Bluthner  Uprights  and  Grands,  all  equally  good  and 
in  a  variety  of  styles.  To  meet  diversified  tastes,  he  also  deals  in 
S.  G.  Chickering,  Kroeger  &  Sous,  and  other  popular  American 
makes  ;  and,  while  we  mention  this  fact  as  giving  the  widest  scope  in 
selection,  we  would  specially  refer  our  readers  to  the  splendid  Bluth- 
ner, with  its  inimitable  singing  quality  of  tone,  its  perfection  of  ac- 
tion, and  elaborate  finish.  It  is  indeed  a  revelation  to  American 
pianists  and  manufacturers  alike,  and  embodies  the  greatest  inven- 
tion of  the  age,  namely,  the  "  Alignot  System,"  which  may  be  briefly 
described,  in  the  words  of  Herr  Julius  Bluthner,  as  consisting  of  "  a 
fourth  string  in  the  treble,  which  is  suspended  above  the  trichord, 
and  tuned  an  octave  above  it.  The  hammers  do  not  strike  these 
fourth  strings  at  all ;  but  they  emit  a  charming  "sympathetic  over- 
tone vibration,"  caused  by  the  blow  of  the  hammer  upon  the  trichords 
beneath.  The  tone  of  the  treble  is  thus  mellowed  and  beautified,  and 
the  sustained  singing  quality  becomes  marvelously  pronounced.  The 
most  delicate  shades  of  tone-coloring  can,  by  means  of  this  wonder- 
ful invention,  together  with  the  careful  use  of  the  sensitive  Bluthner 
action,  be  developed  to  a  remarkable  degree.  The  Bluthner  is  the 
court  piano  of  the  world,  and  over  30,000  are  now  in  use.  It  wins 
the  first  grand  prize  wherever  exhibited,  and  are  copied  by  all  the 
first  makers  in  the  United  States,  yet  duplicated  by  none.  Be  sure 
to  write  to  Mr.  Beardsley  for  his  interesting  descriptive  catalogue, 
and  which  quotes  these  beautiful  instruments  as  low  as  $400  up- 
wards. Since  writing  the  above,  we  take  pleasure  in  announcing 
that  Mr.  Beardsley  has  associated  with  himself  Mr.  Charles  P.  Cum- 
rnings,  a  well-known  business  man  in  Boston ;  and  the  firm  name  will 
hereafter  be  known  as  Beardsley  &  Cummings,  Nos.  158  Tremont 
and  37  Mason  Streets. 


facility  for  transacting  his  extensive  and  steadily  increasing  business, 
and  is  enabled  to  promptly  place  at  the  service  of  masters  of  vessels 
the  most  desirable  crews.  Mr.  Hodnett  is  widely  known  among  ship- 
owners and  brokers  aud  masters  of  vessels,  and  can  be  fully  relied 
upon  to  satisfactorily  carry  out  all  obligations  into  which  he  enters. 


WM.  HODNETT  &  CO.,  Shipping-agents  for  the  British  Con- 
sulate, No.  188  Commercial  Street.— The  immense  develop- 
ment of  the  import  and  export  trade  of  the  port  of  Boston 
during  recent  years,  has  been  greatly  due  to  the  enterprise 
of  our  ship  and  steamship  brokers  and  merchants,  as  well  as  to  the 
excellent  facilities  afforded  to  the  largest  classes  of  vessels  to  promptly 
secure  outward-bound  cargoes  and  reliable  crews.  A  leading  and  reli- 
able firm  of  shipping-agents  in  the  city,  actively  engaged  in  supplying 
crews  for  vessels  engaged  in  both  the  coast  service  and  foreign  trade, 
is  that  of  Messrs.  William  Hodnett  &  Co.,  whose  office  is  located  at 
No.  188  Commercial  Street.  The  business  of  this  agency  was  founded 
twenty  seven  years  ago  by  Messrs.  Wheelock  and  Hodnett,  and  in 
1880,  on  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Wheelock,  the  proprietorship  became 
vested  solely  in  Mr.  Hodnett,  who  has  since  conducted  the  enterprise 
under  the  style  of  William  Hodnett&  Co.  Mr.  Hodnett  was  born  in  Ire- 
land fifty-six  years  ago,  and  for  thirty -two  years  has  been  a  resident 
of  Boston.  He  has  seen  a  good  deal  of  sea-service,  both  as  a  sailor 
and  master,  and  knows  just  the  kind  of  men  that  are  needed  on 
board  ships.  He  holds  the  agency  for  the  British  Consulate,  has  every 


TB.  BAILEY  &  CO.,  Perfumers,  No.  21  Hamilton  Street.— As 
manufactoring  perfumers,  the  firm  of  Messrs.  T.  B.  Bailey 
&  Co.  are  widely  prominent  and  popular.  The  business  was 
founded  iu  1873  by  Mr.  T.  B.  Bailey,  and  in  1885  the  present 
firm  was  organized  by  the  admission  of  Mr.  F.  I.  Bailey,  the  son  of 
the  founder,  to  partnership.  The  manufactory,  laboratory,  and 
salesrooms  are  perfectly.equipped,  and  models  of  system,  order,  and 
good  management;  while  twelve  expert  assistants  contribute.to  the 
satisfactory  operations  of  the  house.  The  most  delicious  perfumes 
of  every  kind  and  variety  are  here  manufactured  and  prepared  for 
the  trade.  The  business  is  conducted  exclusively  at  wholesale,  and 
the  facilities  of  the  firm  for  promptly  and  efficiently  filling  all  orders 
are  of  the  most  complete  character.  The  output  comprises  a  large 
number  of  fragrant  and  lasting  perfumes  for  the  toilet,  distilled 
from  flowers,  including  white  heliotrope,  white  rose,  lily  of  the  val- 
ley, violet,  musk,  jasmine,  white  lilac,  etc.  All^these  goods  are  put 
up  in  bottles  of  different  sizes  for'the  trade,  while  the  firm  also 
prepare  a  superior  article  of  toilet-water,  a  variety  of  cologne, 
sachet  powders,  etc.;  and  druggists  and  dealers  in  fancy-goods  can 
find  here  everything  they  need  in  these  lines,  at  rock-bottom  prices. 
The  trade  is  large,  first-class,  and  influential  throughout  New  Eng- 
land and  New  York.  The  Messrs.  Bailey  are  Massachusetts  men  by 
birth  and  education,  and  are  practical  druggists  and  expert  perfum- 
ers. The  senior  partner  has  been  identified  with  the  drug  business 
for  thirty  years,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association. 

CHAS.  E.  PERRY  &  CO.,  Paper  Cutting,  Nos.  46  Federal  and  143 
Congress  Streets. — The  leading  exponent  of  paper-cutting, 
block  and  pad  manufacturing,  folding,  etc.,  in  this  city  is  the 
house  of  Chas.  E.  Perry  &  Co.,  located  at  Nos.  46  Federal  and 
143  Congress  Streets.  The  proprietor,  Mr.  Perry,  started  iu  business 
in  1879,  with  one  paper-cutter,  to  supply  the  demands  of  printers  and 
paper-dealers  for  work  in  this  line;  and  the  steady  growth  of  his 
trade  has  been  such  that  now  nine  machines  are  needed,  and  are  in 
constant  operation  to  meet  the  exigencies  of  the  business,  as  well  as 
a  force  of  eleven  expert  assistants.  His  business  premises  are  spa- 
cious in  size,  amply  supplied  with  steam-power;  and  business  is  brisk 
and  lively  from  one  day's  end  to  another.  Paper,  card-board,  label, 
picture,  and  cloth  cutting  is  promptly,  accurately,  and  satisfactorily 
executed,  at  the  shortest  possible  notice  and  at  minimum  prices; 
also,  block  and  pad  manufacturing  and  folding  are  given  skilful 
attention,  and  the  wants  of  all  classes  of  patrons  are  ministered  to 
with  eminent  success  and  conscientious  care  in  all  cases.  Taking 
into  consideration  these  facts  concerning  its  facilities,  management, 
and  success,  it  may  well  be  judged  that  this  house  is  one  with  which 
it  is  ever  pleasant  to  form  business  relations,  and  that  it  has  earned 
its  success  and  popularity  on  the  broad  basis  of  supply  and  demand. 
Mr.  Perry  is  a  native  Bostonian,  and  a  young  man  thoroughly  alive 
to  the  opportunity  of  making  himself  felt  in  this  busy  world,  alert 
and  active  in  winning  his  way  to  popular  favor,  and  merits  the  good- 
will and  confidence  of  the  entire  community. 


JG.  BOWDEN,  Manufacturers'  Agent,  Bindings,  Tapes,  Web- 
bing, Braids,  etc..  No.  33  Kingston  Street  —In  the  lines  of  bind- 
B     ings,  braids,  webbings,  etc.,  the  leading  agent  for  manufact- 
urers is  Mr.  J.  G.  Bowden.    The  business  was  founded  in  1870 
by  Mr.  J.  W.  Lynch,  and  succeeded  in  1886  by  Mr.  Bowden,  who  repre- 
sents the  leading  foreign  and  domestic  manufacturers  of  Prussian  and 
Petersham  binding,  slipper,  blanket,  and  carpet  binding;  bed  lace, 
tapes,  webbing,  galloons,  cotton  braid,  worsted  braid,  shoe  laces,  etc. 
The  stock  is  the  heaviest  in  New  England,  occupying  two  entire 
floors,  and  is  also  the  most  comprehensive.    Substantial  inducements 
are  offered  both  as  to  price  and  quality,  and  Mr.  Bowden  commands 
a  trade  of  great  magnitude,   including  not  only  New  England,  but 
every  section  of  the  United  States.    He  is  a  resident  of  Melrose,  for 
twenty  years  actively  engaged  in  business  in  Boston,  and  is  a  worthy 
exponent  of  the  most  legitimate  mercantile  methods. 


THE     METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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HOLMES  &  CO.,  Jersey- fitting  Underwear,  No.  17  Kingston 
Street. — This  house  occupies  a  niche  in  the  commercial  ac- 
tivity of  this  city  peculiarly  its  own.  It  was  founded  in  1861 
by  John  Holmes  &  Co ,  was  burned  out  on  Arch  Street  in 
the  great  fire  of  '72,  and  occupied  its  present  site  two  years  later. 
The  firm  style  of  Holmes  &  Co.  was  adopted  in  1878,  and  the  busi- 
ness has  been  steadily  conducted  throughout  all  these  years  under 
the  personal  management  of  Mr.  John  Holmes,  one  of  Boston's  old- 
est and  best-known  merchants,  who,  in  his  present  specialty,  has 
gained  a  national  reputation  and  built  up  a  trade  co-extensive  with 
the  country.  He  occupies  spacious  and  commodious  quarters,  and 
gives  constant  employment  to  thirty  skilled  and  accomplished  assist 
ants.  The  special  attention  of  our  lady  readers  is  called  to  the  Jer- 
sey-fitting Union  Undergarments,  manufactured  and  sold  exclusively 
through  this  enterprising  and  reliable  house.  They  were  patented 
April  7,  1885,  and  this  firm  now  hold  the  patent  and  trade-mark. 
They  are  made  for  ladies  and  children,  in  silk,  wool,  merino,  cotton, 
and  Dr.  Jayer's  imported  all  wool  yarn,  in  winter,  extra  heavy,  and 
summer  weight,  and  are  simply  faultless  in  fit,  while  the  peculiar 
elasticity  of  the  fabric  renders  them  delightfully  agreeable.  As  a 
foundation  to  a  close-fitting  dress  or  riding-habit,  they  appeal  to  the 
discernment  of  the  most  fastidious  woman.  Each  garment  is  made 
by  itself  in  two  separate  pieces,  from  the  neck  to  the  ankle,  with 
selvage  edge,  and  formed,  while  being  knit,  so  as  to  fit  the  body,  and 
the  weight  of  the  garment  is  equally  divided  over  every  inch  of  the 
body.  In  a  word,  they  are  simply  perfect  in  quality,  workmanship, 
and  price.  They  are  sent  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  with 
rules  for  self-measure,  by  this  firm,  and  are  warranted  to  give  satis- 
faction. This  firm  are  also  extensive  manufacturers  of  athletic  and 
gymnasium  goods,  including  jersey-fitting  shirts  for  bicycle  riders, 
lawn-tennis  players,  yachting  and  rowing,  base-ball  and  foot-ball, 
gymnasium,  etc.,  in  league  color,  gray  mixed,  black,  navy,  or  any 
color,  plain  or  striped.  Each  garment  bears  the  trade-mark  of  this 
firm,  and  are  indorsed  by  the  best  manufacturers  of  bicycles,  and 
by  professional  gymnasts.  Mr.  Holmes  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by 
birth  and  training,  and  is  reckoned  among  our  solid  business  men. 


THE  LINCOLN  NATIONAL  BANK,  Equitable  Building,  No.  150 
Devonshire  Street,  Nathaniel  J.  Rust,  President ;  Edmund  C. 
Whitney,  Cashier.— This  is  one  of  the  strongest  and  most  pop- 
ular banks  in  the  city  of  Boston.  It  was  organized  under  the 
National  Banking  Laws  in  1883,  with  a  paid-up  capital  of  $300,000. 
which  has  now  been  further  augmented  by  a  surplus  of  $31,500  and 
undiviled  profits  of  $24,000.  The  management  of  the  Lincoln  Na- 
tional Bank  is  thoroughly  conservative,  and  it  has  gained  the  confi- 
dence of  the  business  community  in  the  highest  degree.  A  general 
banking  business  is  carried  on,  collections  being  made  on  all  points  in 
the  United  States  and  Canada.  The  bank  likewise  makes  telegraphic 
transfers  of  money,  and  receives  on  favorable  terms  the  accounts  of 
banks,  bankers,  corporations,  manufacturers,  merchants,  and  others. 
The  investments  of  this  responsible  bank  are  made  with  care  and 
judgment,  and  its  ventures  of  capital  are  always  well  secured.  The 
following  gentlemen  are  the  officers  and  directors  :  Nathaniel  J. 
Rust,  president;  Edmund  C.  Whitney,  cashier;  Directors— Nathaniel 
J.  Rust,  Joseph  Davis,  William  T.  Parker,  John  Shepard,  Isaac  P.  T. 
Edmands,  Irving  O.  Whiting,  Horatio  S.  Burdett,  Frank  M.  Ames, 
Owen  J.  Lewis,  Edward  K.  Butler,  Benjamin  W.  Currier,  George  W. 
Williams.  Mr.  Rust  and  Mr.  Whitney  have  held  office  since  1883. 
They  are  able  and  honorable  bank  officers,  with  every  qualification 
for  their  responsible  positions.  The  directors  are  influential  citizens 
of  Boston,  and  their  connection  with  the  Lincoln  National  Bank  at 
once  places  it  among  the  leading  fiscal  corporations  of  the  state.  The 
bank's  New  York  correspondent  is  the  National  Bank  of  the  Repub- 
lic, No.  33  Nassau  Street. 


GROUT,  WARREN  &  BLANCHARD.  Woolens,  No.  77  Chauncy 
Street.— Few  mercantile  houses  in  Boston  are  so  widely  known 
as  that  of  Messrs.  Grout,  Warren  &  Blanchard,  wholesale  deal- 
ers in  woolens.  The  business  was  originally  established  in  1865, 
by  Messrs.  Richardson,  Smith  &  Co.,  the  present  senior  partner  being 
a  member  of  the  firm,  which  was  succeeded  in  1873  by  Stebbins.  Grout 
&  Co.,  and  by  the  present  firm  hi  1878.    The  business  premises  of  the 
firm  were  destroyed  in  the  great  fire  of  '72,  and  the  present  site  was 
soon  after  occupied.    The  establishment  is  four  stories  high,  40x100 
feet  in  dimensions,  and  elegantly  filled  up  for  the  successful  prosecu- 


tion of  the  business.  The  house  has  continued  to  grow  in  strength,  in- 
fluence, and  volume  of  trade,  and  now  holds  a  commanding  position 
among  the  principal  mercantile  institutions  of  this  great  metropolis. 
For  variety,  freshness,  and  completeness  of  assortment,  the  stock  of 
woolens  here  displayed  has  few  equals  and  no  superiors.  It  is  thor- 
oughly complete  in  material,  designs,  and  novelty,  and  the  very  best 
sources  of  European  production  have  contributed  to  its  wealth.  The 
goods  are  purchased  direct  from  the  principal  manufacturers  of 
Europe,  and  the  newest  styles  and  freshest  novelties  are  obtained 
immediately  as  they  are  ready  for  the  trade,  while  in  regard  to  terms 
and  prices,  the  long-established  reputation  of  the  house  is  so  well 
known  as  to  guarantee  the  lowest  quotation  that  the  market  affords. 
In  a  word,  the  stock  gives  the  limit  of  manufacture  in  high-class 
woolens.  The  trade  is  broadly  distributed  throughout  the  entire 
country,  and  in  every  important  market  the  reputation  of  this  house 
for  promptness  and  reliability  is  unexcelled.  The  copartners,  Messsr. 
Grout,  Blanchard  and  Warren,  are  all  prominent  and  popular  Bos- 
tonians,  long  identified  with  his  line  of  trade  as  salesmen  and  princi- 
pals, members  of  the  Boston  Merchants  Association,  and  business 
men  of  rare  business  tact. 


CLEVELAND,  BROWN  &  CO.,  Neckwear  Manufacturers,  No.  11 
Otis  Street,  Winthrop  Square.— In  the  manufacture  of  neckwear 
y^  of  every  description,  the  great  representative  house  of  Boston 
and  New  England  is  that  of  Messrs.  Cleveland,  Brown  &  Co., 
whose  establishment  is  so  advantageously  located  at  No.  11  Otis  Street, 
Winthrop  Square.  Mr.  L.  S.  Cleveland  and  Mr.  G.  A.  Brown  formed 
the  existing  copartnership  in  1882.  From  the  start  their  product  met 
the  approbation  of  the  trade  by  reason  of  its  superiority,  and  the  busi- 
ness has'continued  to  develop  at  a  rapid  rate.  The  premises  are  very 
spacious,  being  60xpO  feet  in  dimensions,  and  well  lighted.  They  are 
equipped  in  strictly  first-class  style,  and  the  manufacturing  depart- 
ment affords  employment  to  upwards  of  140  hands.  They  select 
their  silks,  satins,  ribbons,  and  other  materials  with  the  utmost  care, 
and  are  the  first  to  secure  all  the  imported  novelties  in  shades,  pat- 
terns, and  textures.  The  firm's  ability  and  enterprise  is  shown  in 
their  frequent  original  designs,  which  "  catch  on"  with  the  trade  and 
the  public,  and  receive  the  indorsation  of  the  feeble  imitations  of 
competitors.  In  their  salesrooms,  buyers  will  find  all  the  latest  styles 
in  the  newest  shapes,  and  no  first-class  gents'  furnisher  can  afford  to 
be  without  them.  The  firm  not  only  lead  in  all  the  fine  grades  of  silk 
neckwear,  but  also  in  full  lines  of  summer  ties,  including  linen  pique 
and  lawn  novelties.  Their  trade  has  deservedly  attained  proportions 
of  great  magnitude,  and  the  copartners  devote  that  close  personal  at- 
tention to  the  business  that  assures  continual  success.  They  sell  to 
the  trade  of  Boston  and  New  England,  likewise  of  the  Provinces; 
while  a  growing  demand  exists  in  the  west.  Mr.  Cleveland  is  a 
native  of  Maine,  and  Mr.  Brown  of  Massachusetts,  both  of  whom 
are  popular  young  business  men. 

EDWARD  JEWELL  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants  in  Hides  and 
Leather,  No.  275  Congress  Street.— For  the  past  thirteen 
years  the  house  of  Edward  Jewell  &  Co.,  at  No.  275  Congress 
Street,  has  been  recognized  as  a  prominent  factor  in  promot- 
ing the  commission  trade  in  Hides  and  leather  in  this  city  and 
throughout  New  England.  Originated  in  1876  by  its  present  esteemed 
proprietor,  the  business  has  continued  to  enlarge  from  year  to  year, 
capital  and  facilities  expanding  together,  until  the  house  ranks  equal 
with  any  of  its  contemporaries  here  or  elsewhere.  Handling  hides 
and  leather  of  every  description  on  commission,  this  firm  offers  every 
advantage  to  both  buyer  and  seller  that  is  known  to  the  trade.  Con- 
signments are  solicited,  promptly  acknowledged,  and  carefully  han- 
dled with  profit  to  the  shipper  and  satisfaction  to  the  buyer  in  all 
cases.  The  demands  upon  the  resources  of  the  house  are  such  that  a 
very  large  and  complete  stock  is  necessarily  carried  at  all  tunes,  to 
the  end  that  no  delay  may  be  experienced  in  the  filling  of  orders. 
Every  inducement  is  offered  to  the  trade  in  both  goods  and  prices 
that  can  be  accorded  in  this  market,  and  a  business  is  annually  trans- 
acted of  great  magnitude  and  value,  which  extends  to  all  parts  of 
New  England,  and  is  constantly  increasing  in  volume  and  importance 
under  enterprising,  progressive,  and  reliable  management.  Mr.  Ed- 
ward Jewell,  the  active  member  of  the  firm,  is  a  native  of  Massachu- 
setts, and  a  well-known  and  prominent  citizen  of  Boston,  whose  high 
repute  and  standing  in  commercial,  financial,  and  trade  circles  places 
him  far  beyond  the  requirements  of  any  praise  which  these  pages 
could  bestow. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


CHARLES  H.  MOULTON,  Mauufacturer  of  Boots  and  Shoes, 
No.  27  High  Street.— Boston  has  long  been  noted  as  being  the 
centre  of  the  wholesale  boot  and  shoe  trade  of  the  United 
States,  and  the  command  of  large  capital,  coupled  with  the 
well-known  energy  and  enterprise  of  the  representative  members  of 
the  trade,  has  permanently  retained  this  supremacy.  Prominent 
among  the  reliable  and  progressive  houses  extensively  engaged  in 
this  important  trade,  is  that  of  Mr.  Charles  H.  Moulton,  whose  office 
ttnd  salesroom  are  located  at  No.  27  High  Street.  Mr.  Moulton  owns 
•and  operates  two  spacious  and  well  equipped  factories,  one  being  at 
Dover,  N.  H.,  and  the  other  at  Natick,  Mass.  These  factories  fur- 
nish constant  employment  to  600  skilled  operatives,  who  turn  out 
•daily  1000  pairs  of  plow-shoes  and  brogans.  This  extensive  business 
was  established  twenty  years  ago,  by  Mr.  L.  W.  Nute.  In  1880  Mr. 
Charles  H.  Moulton  became  a  partner,  the  firm  being  known  by  the 
style  and  title  of  "  L.  W.  Nute  &  Co."  On  October  1888,  Mr.  Nute 
died,  after  a  successful  career,  when  the  business  became  the  prop- 
erty of  Mr.  Moulton,  who  has  since  associated  with  him  Mr.  Charles 
E.  Bigelow  of  New  York,  as  special  partner.  Mr.  Bigelow  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Bay  State  Shoe  Company,  and  is  a  resident  of  New  York 
City.  The  brogans,  plow-shoes,  etc.,  manufactured  by  Mr.  Moulton, 
are  general  favorites  with  the  trade  and  public,  and  are  unrivalled  for 
quality,  durability,  strength,  and  workmanship.  All  orders  are  care- 
fully and  promptly  filled  at  the  lowest  possible  prices,  and  the  trade 
of  the  house  now  extends  throughout  all  sections  of  the  United  States 
and  Canada.  Mr.  Moulton  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  and  is  a  res- 
ident of  Waltham,  where  he  filled  the  office  of  alderman  for  several 
years.  He  is  an  enterprising  and  honorable  business  man,  liberal 
and  just  in  all  transactions,  and  is  achieving  a  substantial  and  well- 
merited  success. 


LONDON  AND  LANCASHIRE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  QF 
LIVERPOOL,  Geo.  W.  Taylor,  General  Agent  for  New  Eng- 
land, No.  19  Central  Street.— Few,  if  any,  among  the  many 
stanch  and  responsible  institutions  devoted  to  the  placing  of 
fire  risks  in  the  United  States  at  the  present  day.  either  American  or 
English,  have  secured  a  firmer  hold  on  public  confidence  and  favor 
than  the  well-known  and  deservedly  popular  London  and  Lancashire 
Insurance  Company  of  Liverpool,  of  which  Geo.  W.  Taylor,  with 
office  at  No.  19  Central  Street,  'this  city,  is  general  agent  for  New 
England,  Messrs.  Sawyer  and  Blake  being  local  agents  in  Boston. 
The  "  London  and  Lancashire  "  is  in  all  respects  one  of  the  foremost, 
soundest,  and  most  progressive  companies  of  the  kind  to-day  in 
existence,  and  its  history  of  the  inception  of  the  institution  twenty- 
five  years  ago  marks  a  record  of  steady  and  substantial  progress, 
while  the  business  of  the  company  is  fully  commensurate  with  its 
name  and  standing.  The  Boston  office  was  established  in  1878,  and  has 
been  under  its  present  efficient  management  since  July,  1888.  Mr. 
Taylor,  the  company's  New  England  representative,  is  a  gentleman 
of  middle  age,  and  a  native  of  this  city,  with  residence  at  Lexington. 
He  is  a  man  of  the  highest  personal  integrity  as  well  as  energy,  sagac- 
ity, and  thorough  experience  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  fire  risks. 
having  been  actively  engaged  in  the  line  for  over  twenty  years,  and 
prior  to  resuming  charge  here  for  the  "  London  and  Lancashire  "  had 
been  for  many  years  special  agent  for  the  North  British  and  Mercantile 
Insurance  Company.  Mr.  Taylor  has  in  service  an  efficient  corps  of 
sub-agents  throughout  the  New  England  States,  besides  regular  local 
agents  in  every  city,  town,  and  village,  and  his  business,  which  is  of 
a  most  substantial  character,  grows  apace 

JOHN  F.  SCANNELL,  Sanitary  Plumbing,  No.  17  Milk  Street, 
Room  3.— Not  in  many  of  the  industrial  arts  has  there  been 
made  more  steady  and  notable  progress  of  late  years  than  in 
plumbing.  Especially  is  this  the  case  with  regard  to  house 
drainage,  ventilation,  and  general  sanitary  work,  which  is  now  con- 
ducted upon  exact  scientific  principles  by  all  those  thoroughly  skilled 
in  the  business.  And  while  on  this  subject,  it  may  not  appear  invidi- 
ous to  single  out  for  complimentary  notice  among  Boston's  leading 
master  plumbers  the  name  of  John  F.  Scannell,  who  has  his  office  at 
No.  17  Milk  Street  (room  3),  and  who  has  long  enjoyed  deservedly  an 
excellent  reputation  for  skill  and  reliability.  Mr.  Scannell,  who  is  a 
gentleman  in  the  prime  of  life,  was  born  in  Ireland,  but  has  resided 
jn  the  city  some  thirty-four  odd  years.  He  is  a  practical  and  expert 
plumber  himself,  of  long  and  varied  experience  in  the  exercise  of  his 
art,  and  is  a  well-known  member  of  the  Boston  Master  Plumbers'  As- 
sociation. He  has  been  established  in  business  on  his  own  account  since 


187^,  and  from  the  first  he  has  enjoyed  a  large  and  active  patronage 
throughout  the  New  England  States;  among  the  more  recent  pieces 
of  work  done  by  him  being  the  residence  of  E.  S.  Draper  at  Hopedale, 
Mass.,  the  dwelling  of  Dr.  Wheelworth  at  Jackson,  N.  H.,  and  the 
house  of  E.  C.  Fitz,  at  the  same  place.  Mr.  Scaunell  is  prepared  to 
enter  into  contracts  for  all  classes  of  plumbing,  making  a  leading 
specialty,  however,  of  ventilation,  drainage,  and  general  sanitary 
plumbing,  while  estimates  are  promptly  furnished,  and  all  work  in- 
trusted to  this  gentleman  is  certain  to  be  executed  in  the  most  super- 
ior and  satisfactory  manner. 


HUGH  CAREY,  Tailor,  No.  6  Hamilton  Place.— Among  the 
merchant  tailors  in  Boston  there  are  none  more  popular 
than  Mr.  Hugh  Carey,  who  is  one  of  the  oldest  exponents  of 
the  art  in  the  city.  He  has  been  established  in  the  business 
since  1856,  and  from  that  date  up  to  1879  was  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Freeman  &  Carey,  whom  he  succeeded,  and  in  1883  removed  to  the 
handsome  and  very  desirable  premises  now  occupied.  Mr.  Carey 
has  always,  during  his  long  career,  maintained  a  first-class  reputa- 
tation  not  only  as  a  correct  cutter  and  fitter,  but  also  in  the  remark- 
able good  taste  and  judgment  displayed  in  selecting  stock,  and  it 
may  be  said  that  he  gives  his  customers  an  Al  assortment  to  choose 
from.  The  stock,  consisting  of  fine  imported  and  American  woolens 
and  suitings,  cloths,  etc.,  is  in  great  variety,  and  embraces  every- 
thing new,  stylish,  and  fashionable,  which  are  cut,  trimmed,  and 
made  up  in  the  very  best  manner,  in  perfect  accord  with  the  fashion- 
plates  of  the  day.  Mr.  Carey  is  one  among  the  first  to  introduce  the 
new  goods  and  fashions,  and'  as  regards  perfection  of  fit,  the  gar- 
ments made  by  him  will  be  found  superior  in  every  respect.  His 
large  patronage  is  derived  from  the  best  class  of  the  community, 
and  is  held  in  esteem  by  all  who  have  dealings  with  him.  He  is 
from  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  and  about  sixty-two  years  old,  and  has 
lived  in  Boston  nearly  all  his  life. 

JOHN  R.  NEAL  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Fresh  and  Frozen  Fish,  No. 
22  T  Wharf.— Among  the  old-established  and  reliable  wholesale 
fish  commission  houses  of  Boston,  a  prominent  one  is  that  of 
Messrs.  John  R.  Neal  &  Co.,  whose  office  and  salesrooms  ure 
located  at  No..22  T  Wharf.  This  business  was  established  33  years  ago 
by  Crowell  &  Lumbert,  who  were  succeeded  in  1875  by  Mr.  J.  R.  Neal. 
In  January,  18s8,  Mr.  Frank  W.  Neal  became  a  partner,  the  firm  being 
known  by  the  style  and  title  of  John  R.  Neal  &  Co.  The  firm  handle 
all  kinds  of  ocean  frozen  and  fresh-water  fish,  including  mackerel, 
cod,  haddock,  herring,  salmon,  trout,  halibut,  white-fish,  lobsters, 
terrapin,  green  turtle,  etc.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  com- 
modious three-story  building,  which  is  fitted  up  with  every  appliance 
and  convenience  for  the  storing  and  preservation  of  stock.  They 
make  liberal  advances  on  consignments,  and  guarantee  quick  sales 
and  prompt  returns.  All  orders  are  promptly  and  carefully  filled  at 
the  lowest  ruling  market  prices,  and  their  trade  now  extends 
throughout  all  sections  of  the  United  States.  Messrs.  John  R.  and 
Frank  W.  Neal  are  natives  of  WeUfleet,  Mass.  They  are  members  of 
the  T  Wharf  Fish  Dealers'  Association  and  of  the  Atlantic  Halibut 
Company.  Both  partners  are  highly  esteemed  in  trade  circles  for 
their  enterprise  and  just  methods,  and  have  gained  the  confidence 
of  all  with  whom  they  have  commercial  relations. 

GATES  &  CO.,  Printers,  No.  117  Summer  Street.— One  of  the 
best-equipped  among  the  many  printing-houses  in  Boston  is 
that  of  the  firm  of  Gates  &  Co.  The  establishment  of  the 
business  dates  from  1870  when  it  was  started  by  Mr.  James 
Harris  on  Spring  Lane  and  carried  on  by  him  until  1878,  when  he 
was  succeeded  by  the  present  firm,  who  five  years  ago,  in  order  to 
meet  the  demands  of  the  large  growing  trade,  removed  to  the  premi- 
ses now  occupied,  which  have  an  area  of  30x100  feet,  and  one  thor- 
oughly equipped  with  all  the  latest  improved  machinery  and  appli- 
ances requisite  for  doing  all  kinds  of  work  pertaining  to  the  art. 
Besides  ample  fonts  of  new  type  there  are  five  job  and  a  large  cylin- 
der press,  cutting  machines,  etc.,  and  from  8  to  10  expert  pressmen 
and  compositors  are  kept  constantly  employed.  Mr.  J.  G.  Gates  who 
is  the  head  of  the  business  and  upon  whom  devolve  the  general 
management,  has  had  many  years  practical  experience  and  executes 
work  which  for  neatness  and  superiority  is  not  surpassed.  He  is 
particularly  expert  in  fine  commercial  printing  and  book-work.  All 
kinds  of  plain  and  ornamental  and  general  job-work  receives  his 
attention,  and  he  is  very  reasonable  in  his  charges. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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THOMAS  O'GRADY,  JR..  Architect,  No.  68  Devonshire  Street.— 
One  of  the  most  distinguishing  features  of  Boston  is  the  un- 
usual size  and  splendor  of  its  buildings,  and  in  this  connection 
it  need  scarcely  be  said  that  the  fine  character  of  these  metro- 
politan edifices  is  but  a  reflex  of  the  talent  and  skill  of  the  architects 
whose  ability  created  them.  This  arduous  and  exacting  profession 
has  many  exponents  in  this  city,  among  whom  Mr.  Thomas  O'Grady, 
Jr.,  holds  a  conspicuous  place.  This  popular  architect  has  been  estab- 
lished in  practice  here  since  1883,  and  occupies  commodious  office- 
quarters  at  No.  68  Devonshire  Street.  He  is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  is 
known  and  honored  both  here,  at  home,  and  throughout  the  country 
as  an  eminently  capable  and  skilful  professional  man,  ardently  devot- 
ed to  his  work,  and  conscientiously  discharging  his  duties  towards 
those  who  favor  him  with  commissions.  His  plans  and  estimates  are 
prepared  with  great  care  and  accuracy,  and  are  based  upon  an  extend- 
ed knowledge  of  quantities  and  values,  as  well  as  a  large,  scientific  and 
mechanical  experience.  He  has  achieved  great  success  both  as  regards 
exterior  elegance  and  the  equally  important  details  of  the  interior, 
embodying,  at  the  same  time,  all  the  suggestions  and  requirements 
of  the  owner.  He  closely  follows  specifications  in  supervising  con- 
struction, and  in  every  possible  way  subserves  the  best  interests  of 
his  patrons.  Limits  of  space  prevent  us  from  naming  but  a  few  of 
the  prominent  structures  designed  and  erected  by  Mr.  O'Grady  in 
different  parts  of  the  country.  Among  the  number  special  mention 
should  be  made  of  St.  Ann's  School  of  Industry,  at  Albany,  N.  Y. ; 
Good  Shepherd's  Convent,  Troy,  N.  Y. ;  Reformatory  of  the  Good 
Shepherd,  Albany,  N.  Y. ;  the  parochial  residence  for  St.  James  Par- 
ish; and  the  monument  to  St.  Alphonsus  de  Liguori,  for  the  Redemp- 
torist  Order,  Boston,  Calvary  Cemetery,  Boston.  These,  and  many 
others  equally  worthy  of  note,  have  elicited  the  warmest  commenda- 
tions from  all  who  have  inspected  them.  He  is  at  present  busily  en- 
gaged in  the  preparation  of  plans  and  designs  for  numerous  patrons, 
and  is  always  prepared  to  undertake  the  most  important  public  and 
private  contracts.  Mr.  O'Grady  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Bos- 
ton Society  of  Architects,  and  a  young  man  of  wide  acquaintance, 
commanding  ability,  and  high  social  and  business  standing. 


PALEN,  NELSON  &  CO.,  Export  Commission  Merchants,  Sole 
and  Upper  Leather,  etc.,  Nos.  158  Summer  and  181  Federal 
Streets. — Prominent  among  the  principal  leather  export  com- 
mission-houses is  that  of  Messrs.  Palen,  Nelson  &  Co. 
The  firm's  headquarters  is  in  New  York,  at  No.  87  Gold  Street. 
This  business  was  established  eighteen  years  ago  by  Messrs.  Wm. 
Palen  and  Richard  Nelson,  both  of  whom  are  able  and  enterprising 
export  commission  merchants,  fully  conversant  with  the  wants  and 
requirements  of  the  European  markets.  The  firm  export  largely  sole 
and  upper  leather,  and  occasionally  ship  apples  and  other  produce  to 
Norway,  Sweden,  Germany,  Great  Britain,  France,  Austria,  Holland, 
etc.  They  make  liberal  advances  on  consignments  of  leather,  and 
guarantee  at  all  times  to  shippers  quick  sales  and  immediate  returns. 
The  firm's  Boston  office  is  utilized  for  buying  and  consignments, 
while  the  export  business  is  conducted  from  New  York.  Mr  Palen 
takes  charge  of  the  New  York  business,  while  the  Boston  office  is  con- 
trolled by  Mr.  Nelson  and  Mr.  I.  G.  Marsh,  who  attend  to  all  finished 
leather  business.  Both  partners  are  natives  of  New  York.  Their  in- 
timate knowledge  of  the  wants  and  requirements  of  foreign  countries, 
coupled  with  their  high  mercantile  standing,  affords  ample  assurance 
that  all  business  intrusted  to  them  will  receive  prompt  and  faithful 
attention. 


WHITCHER   &    EMERY,   Leather  and  Findings,  Manufac- 
turers of  Sheep-skins,  No.  4   High    Street.— The   repre- 
sentative, and   one  of   the  oldest-established  houses   in 
the   city,    actively    engaged    in    this    trade,    is   that   of 
Messrs.  "Whitcher  &  Emery.    This  business  was  originally  founded 
in  1826,  and  the  present  firm  of  Messrs.  Whitcher  &  Emery  suc- 
ceeded Jas.  P.   Phinney  &  Co.,  six  years  ago      The  members  of 
this  copartnership,  Messrs.  O.  W.  &  F.  W.  Whitcher  and  J.  Henry 
Emery,  have  had  great  experience  in  the  manufacture  of  leather  of 
all  kinds,  and  possess  an  intimate  knowledge  of  every  detail  of  this 
important  industry,  and  the  requirements  of  manufacturers  in  all  sec- 
tions of  the  country.    They  operate  two  factories  in  the  state  of 
Maine,  three  in  Massachusetts,  one  in  New  Jersey,  and  two  in  New 
York.    Their  factories  are  fully  equipped  with  the  latest  improved 
apparatus,  appliances,  and  machinery,  and  furnish  constant  employ- 


ment to  some  hundreds  of  workmen.  Messrs.  Whitcher  &  Emery 
manufacture  and  deal  extensively  in  sheep-skins,  leather,  and  find- 
ings, and  their  trade  now  extends  not  only  throughout  the  entire 
United  States  and  Canada,  but  also  to  South  America,  the  West 
Indies,  England,  France,  Germany,  etc.  All  sheep-skins  and  other 
specialties  manufactured  by  this  reliable  firm  are  unsurpassed  for 
quality  and  general  excellence,  and  have  no  superiors  in  the  American 
or  European  markets.  The  Boston  premises  comprise  a  superior 
store,  basement  and  fourth  floor,  which  are  fully  stocked  with  the 
firm's  goods.  The  partners  are  natives  of  Massachusetts. 


SMITH,  WHITING,  CONNER  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Jobbers 
of  Clothing,  No.  87  Summer  Street.— Boston  has  long  been  noted 
for  being  one  of  the  centres  of  the  wholesale  clothing  trade  of 
the  country.  Prominent  among  the  largest  houses  which  give 
tone  and  character  to  the  trade  is  that  of  Messrs.  Smith,  Whiting,  Con- 
nor &  Co.  This  is  widely  recognized  as  one  of  the  most  extensive  and 
best-patronized  houses  in  its  line  in  the  city.  It  was  founded  in  1866, 
by  Messrs.  Goddard,  Smith  &  Attwood,  and  subsequent  changes  in 
the  firm  occurred,  making  the  name  successive,  Smith,  Richardson  & 
Austin,  Smith,  Richardson  &  Bates,  and  Smith,  Bates  &  Co.,  until 
January,  1889,  when  the*  present  firm  was  organized.  The  business 
premises  comprise  a  fine  four-story  building  40x125  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, well  adapted  for  manufacturing  and  sales  purposes.  The  store 
and  warerooms  are  handsomely  appointed,  and  are  stocked  with 
very  extensive  assortments  of  ready-made  clothing  suited  to  all 
classes  and  requirements  of  the  trade.  The  manufacturing-depart- 
ment is  equipped  with  every  mechanical  device  tending  to  facilitate 
rapid  and  perfect  production,  and  employment  is  given  to  forty 
hands  inside  and  to  an  army  of  workmen  outside.  This  firm  manu- 
facture and  handle  all  grades  of  clothing,  each  line  being  distin- 
guished for  some  excellence  peculiarly  its  own,  while  the  finer  grades 
are  equal  In  every  respect  to  the  best  custom  work  in  fit,  finish,  ele- 
gance and  fashion.  The  goods  find  a  ready  market  among  jobbers 
and  dealers  everywhere,  and  heavy  shipments  are  continually  made 
to  all  parts  of  the  country.  Backed  by  large  and  ample  capital  and 
supplied  with  every  facility  calculated  to  raise  the  standard  and 
cheapen  the  cost  of  production,  this  house  is  enabled  to  name  induce- 
ments in  prices  and  quality  of  goods  that  are  rarely  duplicated  by 
rival  concerns.  Tbe  individual  members  of  this  responsible  firm  are 
Messrs.  John  O.  Smith,  George  Whiting,  Edward  R.  Smith,  Charles 
P.  Connor,  and  Geo.  S.  Smith.  The  senior  partner,  Mr.  John  O. 
Smith,  was  one  of  the  original  founders  of  the  business,  while  the  re- 
maining partners  were  admitted  in  1886,  with  the  exception  of  Mr. 
Geo.  S.  Smith,  a  son  of  the  senior  member,  who  entered  the  firm  in 
January,  1889. 


WD.  BRACKETT  &  CO.,  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  121  Summer 
Street.— A  leading  exponent  of  the  boot  and  shoe  indus- 
B  try  is  the  house  of  Messrs.  W.  D.  Brackett  &  Co.,  whose 
main  office  is  located  at  No.  121  Summer  Street,  in  this 
city  with  factories  at  Nashua,  N.  H.,  Stoneham,  Mass.,  and  Windsor, 
Vt.  This  firm  are  widely  known  as  manufacturers  of  women's, 
misses',  and  children's  polish  and  polkas,  and  button  boots,  and  men's, 
boys',  and  youth's,  in  the  popular  and  leading  styles.  The  busi- 
ness was  founded  in  1868  by  Messrs.  Cressey  &  Brackett,  who  were 
succeeded  by  Mann  &  Brackett  the  following  year,  and  in  1880  the 
present  style  was  adopted.  In  1886,  Mr.  W.  Hobart  Emerson  became  a 
partner  with  Mr.  Brackett,  forming  the  firm  as  at  present  constituted. 
The  output  of  this  firm  is  one  of  great  magnitude  and  variety,  with  a 
capacity  of  ten  thousand  pairs  a  day  in  their  different  factories.  These 
goods  are  well  known  and  in  demand  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States, 
obtained  by  the  uniform  good  quality  of  the  products,  as  the  result 
of  unremitting  care  and  close  personal  attention  on  the  part  of  the 
proprietors,  the  purchase  of  the  best  raw  materials,  and  sparing 
nothing  in  expense  or  labor  to  improve  the  quality  and  enhance  the 
value  of  the  goods.  At  the  spacious  salesrooms  of  the  firm  in  this 
city  can  be  found  the  various  specialties  or  the  house,  and  orders  are 
filled  of  any  magnitude,  with  the  utmost  dispatch;  and  we  commend 
the  house  to  our  readers  and  the  trade  everywhere  as  one  whose  fa- 
culties, goods,  and  terms  are  sure  to  be  found  up  with  the  times  and 
highly  satisfactory.  The  copartners  are  both  Massachusetts  men  by 
birth  and  training,  and  of  large  and  valuable  experience  in  the  shoe 
trade. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON., 


HALLET  &  DAVIS  CO.,  Grand,  Upright  and  Square  Piano- 
Fortes,  No.  179  Tremont  Street;  Factory,  Harris  ju  Avenue. 
—To  those  contemplating  the  purchase  of  a  high-class  piano- 
forte, much  of  the  bewilderment  occasioned  by  conflicting 
claims  of  manufacturers  may  be  avoided  by  following  the  unbiassed 
opinions  cf  the  most  eminent  masters  of  this  noble  instrument.    No 
instruments  have  received  such  emphatic  and  direct  commendations 
of  this  character  as  those  manufactured  by  the  Hallet  &  Davis  Com- 
pany of  this  city.    Here  is  what  the  world  renowned  composer  and 
leader,  Johann  Strauss,  has  to  say :    Messrs.  Hallet  &  Davis.    Gen- 
tlemen :  Having  heard  your  pianos  at  the  World's  Peace  Jubilee, 
and  also  used  them  during  my  stay  in  Boston,  I  am  free  to  say  that 
I  have  never  before  seen  pianos .  possessing  such  a  combination  of 


fording  employment  to  over  250  skilled  hands :  the  capacity  being  00 
pianos  per  week.  The  employees  are,  as  a  body,  the  most  experienced 
and  reliable  in  America.  They  turn  out, the  best  possible  work  in  every 
minute.detaQ;  150  of  them  have  been  employed  by  this  house  upwards 
of  ten  years;  90  for  over  fifteen  years;  CO  for  twenty  years;  23  for 
thirty -five  years ;  and  14  for  over  forty  years. .  Only  pianos  of  the  high- 
est grade  are  produced  here,  embracing  every  modern  improvement, 
including  many  exclusive  to  the  company's  instruments.  Every  part 
of  their  pianos  is  made  under  their  own  supervision  in  then-  own  fac- 
tory. This  is  one  secret  of  the  remarkable  uniform  excellence  of  all 
Hallet  &  Davis  pianos.  Their  instruments  have  been  awarded  91  first 
prizes,  obtained  in  open  competition  with  the  best  makers  of  Europe 
and  America.  Over  35,000  Hallet  &  Davis  pianos  have  been  made, 


truly  wonderful  quality  and  quantity  of  tone,  meeting  at  once  the 
wants  of  the  largest  concert-hall  and  the  drawing-room.  I  consider 
them  superior  to  any  pianos  that  have  come  under  my  observation. 
Scores  of  other  similar  opinions,  couched  in  language  of  the  super- 
lative degree,  from  the  most  eminent  pianists,  composers,  teachers, 
etc  ,  are  printed  in  the  company's  handsomely  illustrated  descriptive 
catalogue  procured  on  application  at,  or  by  sending  to  their  elegant 
warerooms,  No.  179  Tremont  Street.  The  business  was  established 
fifty  years  ago  by  Messrs.  Hallet  &  Davis,  and  who  reared  an  imperish- 
able record  as  skilled,  practical,  and  honorable  piano  manufacturers. 
Though  both  members  of  the  original  firm  are  deceased,  their  estab- 
lishment is  in  the  hands  of  trusted  and  exceptionally  able  successors. 
Ten  years  ago  the  business  was  put  into  a  stock  company  under  Mas- 
sachusetts laws,  as  the  name  and  plant  was  of  such  value  and  import- 
ance that  it  demanded  an  incorporated  existence,— which  never  dies, 
— and  its  vast  interests  are  not  depreciated  by  the  death  of  any  one 
member  of  the  corporation.  The  company's  factory  is  an  immense 
six-story  structure,  occupying  an  entire  block  on  Harrison  Avenue, 
equipped  with  the  latest  improved  machinery  and  appliances,  and  af- 


and  are  in  use  preferentially  by  the  most  advanced  of  the  music-lov 
ing  public.  While  it  is  needless  to  state  that  the  very  best  of  mater- 
ials only  enter  into  the  construction  of  these  splendid  instruments,  it 
may  be  added  that  some  very  important  recent  inventions  have  been 
introduced,  including  the  Suspension  Agraffe  Bridge,  the  only  infal- 
lible preservative  of  the  natural  rich  tone  of  the  piano  for  the  entire 
lifetime  of  the  instrument;  the  Grand  Action,  and  the  Movable  Key 
Board,  are  appreciated  improvements,  while  their  uprights  have 
theirPatent  Rolling  Felt-Board  and  Music  Desk.  The  Hallet  &  Davis 
pianos  are  rich  and  sweet  in  tone,  perfect  in  their  elastic  touch,  beau- 
tiful hi  design,  elaborate  in  finish,  and  of  extraordinary  durability. 
Though  the  finest  pianos  on  the  market  to-day,  the  company,  by 
reason  of  its  splendid  manufacturing  facilities  and  large  capitol,  sells 
them  at  moderate  prices;  and  all  interested  should  see  and  hear  these 
magnificent  pianos  at  the  company's  warerooms,  comprising  two  en- 
tire floors  35x120  feet  each.  The  company's  trade  covers  the  entire 
United  States  and  Canada,  with  a  heavy  and  growing  export  demand 
to  Europe,  and  South  America.  The  officers  and  managers  are  to  be 
congratulated  upon  the  success  attending  their  efforts. 


THE     METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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BARRY,  THAYER  &  CO.,  Cotton  Commission  Merchants,  No.  32 
India  Street.— The  magnitude  of  the  cotton-manufacturing 
interests  of  New  England  is  forcibly  demonstrated  by  the  im- 
portant trade  in  raw  cottons,  which  is  so  firing-  and  perma- 
nently centred  in  Boston.  The  oldest-established  and  leading  cotton- 
commission  house  of  this  city  is  that  of  Messrs.  Barry,  Thayer  &  Co., 
whose  office  and  warehouse  are  so  conveniently  located  at  No.  32 
India  Street.  The  business  conducted  here  was  founded,  in  1820,  \)y 
Messrs.  C.  W.  Cartwright  &  Co.  With  the  house  was  connected  Mr. 
Charles  L.  Thayer,  who  came  into  partnership  in  1826,  under  the  style 
of  Cartwright  &  Thayer,  and  during  the  long  intervening  period  of 
half  a  century  the  following  changes  in  name  and  style  occurred:  C. 
&  N.  Thayer;  then  Thayer  &  Rice;  Thayer,  Rice  &  Co.;  Thayer,  Brig- 
ham  &  Field;  Thayer,  Brigham  &  Co.  •  and  finally,  in  1880,  the  firm  of 
Barry,  Thayer  &  Co.  Mr.  C.  L.  Thayer,  who  had  retired  after  a  long 
and  honorable  career,  died  in  1884;  Mr.  Brigham  died  in  1888.  The 
copartners,  Mr.  Royal  P.  Barry,  Mr.  Nathaniel  N.  Thayer,  and  Mr. 
George  Coffin,  bring  to  bear  special  qualifications  for  the  prompt 
filling  of  all  orders  for  the  purchase  of  cotton.  Their  intimate  prac- 
tical knowledge  of  all  growths  of  this  staple,  both  foreign  and  do- 
mestic, is  allied  with  the  best  facilities  and  influential  connections. 
They  number  among  their  permanent  customers  the  leading  mills 
and  cotton-manufacturing  corporations  of  New  England,  and  fill 
large  orders  by  yearly  or  other  contracts.  They  always  carry  a  large 
stock  of  different  growths,  and  are  prepared  to  insure  immediate 
delivery  to  consumers.  Mr.  Barry  has  been  connected  with  the 
house  since  1855.  He  entered  the  firm  in  1865.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  board  of  directors  of  the  National  City  Bank.  Mr  Thayer  is  a 
son  of  the  late  Mr.  Charles  L.  Thayer.  Mr.  Coffin  is  a  young  and 
active  business  man,  a  native  of  Boston.  As  thus" constituted,  the 
firm  of  Messrs.  Barry,  Thayer  &  Co.  is  the  leader  in  its  line,  an  able 
and  responsible  representative  of  the  most  important  branch  of 
staple  trade  in  New  England. 


JH.  LONG,  Practical  Machinist,  No.  164  High  Street.— Mr.  J.  H. 
Long  is  the  successor  to  the  business  founded  in  1881  by  the 
B  Golden  Gate  Concentrator  Company,  for  whom,  for  a  period 
of  seven  years,  he  was  superintendent.  He  succeeded  to  the 
enterprise  in  1888.  and  under  his  sole  management  the  business  has  un- 
dergone great  development,  due  to  the  industry  and  high  mechanical 
skill  he  has  brought  to  bear.  Mr.  Long  is  a  practical  machinist  of  long 
experience  and  great  talent,  and  gives  special  attention  to  the  elabo- 
ration of  the  crude  plans  and  designs  of  inventors,  and  constructs  all 
kinds  of  experimental  machinery.  He  also  makes  models,  builds  light 
and  heavy  machinery  of  all  kinds,  and  devotes  special  attention  to 
the  repairing  of  marine  and  stationary  engines.  In  all  this  class  of 
work  he  is  a  thoroughly  accomplished  workman ;  and  he  exercises 
the  closest  supervision  over  the  execution  of  every  job  intrusted  to 
him.  His  business  premises  are  located  at  No.  164  High  Street,  and 
these  comprise  one  floor,  with  a  capacity  of  25x100  feet.  This  work- 
shop is  supplied  throughout  with  the  best  machinery,  tools,  and  ap- 
pliances which  inventive  genius  has  produced,  and  the  machinery  is 
operated  by  steam-power.  A  force  of  ten  skilled  workmen  are  con- 
stantly employed,  and  this  number  is  augmented  as  occasions  de- 
mand. The  work  turned  out  is  as  perfect  as  skill  and  labor  can 
make  it,  and  Mr.  Long  justly  prides  himself  upon  the  satisfaction 
afforded  to  all  his  patrons.  He  is  prompt  in  carrying  out  all  orders, 
and  is  at  all  times  fair  and  equitable  in  his  charges.  He  has  a  fine, 
large  local  trade,  which  is  steadily  increasing.  He  is  a  native  of 
Northfield,  Mass.,  and  commands  the  respect,  confidence,  and  esteem 
of  all  who  have  been  thrown  in  contact  with  him. 


HOMER  F.  LTVERMORE,  Superior  Steel  and  Iron  Castings,  No. 
20  India  Square.— A  prominent  agent  for  several  of  the  best 
foundries  in  the  United  States  which  manufacture  superior 
steel,  gray,  and  malleable  iron  castings  is  Mr.  Homer  F.  Liv- 
ermore,  who  occupies  eligible  office  quarters  at  No.  26  India  Square. 
in  this  city.    He  is  an  experienced  and  thoroughly  practical  represen- 
tative of  this  important  branch  of  trade,  and  established  his  present 
business  here  in  1887.    He  was  formerly  connected  with  the  Suffolk 
Iron-works,  also  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Boylston  Iron-works,  is 
intimately  conversant'with  all  the  needs  and  requirements  of  large  con  - 
sumers  of  castings,  and,  by  the  quality  and  finish  of  work  and  prompt 
fulfilment  of  orders,  is  rapidly  developing  a  large  trade  in  his  special- 


ties. He  represents  well-known  iron-works  of  Philadelphia,  as  well  as 
New  England  foundries,  in  this  market,  and  is  prepared  to  supply  the 
trade.  The  small  fine  castings  which  he  furnishes  cannot  be  sur- 
passed. One  specialty  is  steel  castings  manufactured  by  a  patent 
process  which  prevents  blow  and  pin-holes,  being  very  close  and  com- 
pact, and  of  an  even  and  soft  texture,  easily  worked,  which  after  be- 
ing heated  to  a  dull  cherry,  can  be  drawn  into  any  shape  and  hard- 
ened in  water.  Pattens  made  for  gray  and  malleable  iron  castings 
can  be  used  for  steel  castings  by  this  process  with  the  same  shrink 
age.  He  is  in  constant  receipt  of  sample  castings  and  drawings  for 
estimates,  and  it  is  quite  interesting  to  see  the  diversities  of  forms  and 
purposes  for  which  his  castings  are  made.  His  relations  with  manu- 
facturers are  of  that  intimate  character  that  enables  him  to  offer 
inducements  to  the  trade  in  quality  of  goods  and  economy  of  prices 
that  cannot  be  excelled  in  liberality  by  any  contemporary  house.  Mr. 
Livermore  is  a  native  Bostonian,  and  his  business  place  is  well  located 
for  reception  and  develop  ment  of  New  England  inventions  making 
fine  castings  a  necessity. 


KELLEY  &  PAGE,  Contracting  Plasterers,  Plain  and  Ornament- 
al Stucco  Workers,  Nos.  259  Tremont  and  164  Devonshire 
Streets.— Stucco  work  is  one  of  the  decorative  arts  which  has 
been  of  late  years  largely  taken  up  in  this  country,  and  it  is  a 
subject  of  gratulation  to  know  that  our  American  artists  have  proved 
themselves  fully  equal,  and,  in  not  a  few  instances,  superior  to  those  of 
the  Old  World,  which  is  the  birthplace  of  the  art.  Among  the  ablest 
exponents  of  this  branch  of  industry  in  this  city  is  John  Kelley  and 
Harvey  C.  Page,  whose  fine  premises  are  desirably  located  on  Tre- 
mont and  Devonshire  Streets.  The  business  was  founded  in  1822  by 
P.  and  T.  Kelley,  then  located  on  Kingston  Street.  From  here  it  was 
removed  to  No.  41  Bromfleld  Street.  They  were  succeeded  by  Kelley 
and  Mooney,  who  were  succeeded  in  1876  by  H.  C.  Page,  who  was 
succeeded  by  the  present  firm.  In  1888,  Mr.  John  Kelley,  brother  of 
the  founders  of  the  house,  and  who  had  been  connected  with  it  for 
twelve  years  previously,  resumed  business  again  with  Mr.  Page. 
This  business  has  thus  been  hi  the  hands  of  the  Kelley  family  for 
over  two  thirds  of  a  century.  The  spacious  double  apartment,  40x60 
feet  in  dimensions,  is  fitted  up  in  a  manner  appropriate  to  the  business. 
The  attractive  show  rooms  contain  a  large  exhibit  of  various  designs 
in  stucco  work,  and  the  workroom  in  the  rear  is  supplied  with  all 
requisite  methods  and  appliances  for  the  advantageous  prosecution 
of  the  work.  A  competent  corps  of  experienced  workmen  is  em- 
ployed under  the  immediate  supervision  of  the  proprietors,  who  are 
experienced  artists  in  this  line,  and  the  many  exquisite  designs  in 
centre-  pieces,  cornices,  and  other  varieties  of  ornamental  work 
turned  out  by  the  establishment  are  in  continuous  and  profitable  de- 
mand in  and  about  the  city.  They  are  both  practical  and  skilful  ex- 
ponents of  then-  art,  and  have  reared  a  business  which  distinguishes 
them  as  the  representative  stucco-workers  of  this  vicinity. 


TO.  GARDNEB  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Infants'  Fine  Ribbed 
Saxony  Shirts,  Hand-knit  Zephyr  Worsted  Goods,  etc.,  No. 
39  Kingston  Street. -Boston  is  the  seat  of  an  important 
branch  of  skilled  industry,  which  is  being  conducted  by 
Messrs.  T.  O.  Gardner  &  Co.  in  such  an  able,  enterprising  manner 
as  to  render  them  the  leading  representatives  in  their  line  through 
out  the  United  States.  The  manufacture  of  the  finest  ribbed  Saxony 
shirts  and  hand-knit  zephyr  worsted  goods  was  begun  in  Boston  by 
Messrs.  R.  H.  Stearns  &  Co.  in  1876.  Mr.  Gardner  is  very  widely  and 
favorably  known  throughout  Boston's  commercial  circles,  and  in  his 
branch  of  effort  he  permanently  retains  the  lead  for  the  excellence 
of  product,  elegance  of  style  and  elaborate  finish.  He  makes 
a  specialty  of  the  finest  hand -made  ribbed  Saxony  shirts  for  infants, 
the  finest  grade  of  hand-knit  zephyr  worsted  goods,  and  full  lines  of 
ladies'  and  children's  mittens  of  the  finest  texture,  soft,  warm,  and 
durable.  These  are  goods  that  appeal  to  the  best  class  of  trade,  and 
Messrs.  Gardner  &  Co.  find  a  ready  market  for  their  product  not 
only  with  leading  fancy-goods  and  infants'-wear  dealers  thoughout 
Boston  and  New  England,  but  also  have  a  steadily  growing  demand 
from  all  over  the  United  States,  and  sell  to  jobbers  in  all  the  large 
cities.  Their  New  York  office  is  at  No.  51  Leonard  Street.  Mr. 
Gardner  devotes  himself  to  the  carrying  on  of  his  business  with 
characteristic  energy  and  enterprise,  and  has  become  the  recog- 
nized leader  in  his  line. 


184 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON 


CODMAN  &  SHURTLEFF,  Manufacturers.  Importers,  etc.,  of  Sur- 
gical and  Deutal  Instruments,  Nos.  13  and  15  Treinont  Street.— 
The  firm  name  of  "  Codman  &  Shurtleff  "  has  been  so  long  and 
honorably  identified  with  the  trade  in  the  finest  classes  of  Sur- 
gical and  Dental  Instruments,  trusses,  etc.,  that  it  represents  what  a 
trade  mark  does  in  other  branches  of  business.  This  extensive  business 
was  originally  founded  in  1838.  In  1853,  Messrs.  B.  S.  Codman  &  Co. 
succeeded  to  the  management,  and  26  years  ago  Messrs.  Benj.  S.  Cod- 
man and  A.  M.  Shurtleff  assumed  control  under  the  style  and  title  of 
"Codman  &  Shurtleff."  Mr.  F.  O.  Whitney  became  a  member  of 
the  firm  in  1868.  Messrs.  Codman  &  Shurtleff  and  the  largest  and 
most  noted  importers,  manufacturers,  and  wholesale  and  retail  deal- 
ers in  surgical  and  dental  instruments  in  New  England,  and  are 
manufacturers  of  all  kinds  of  approved  trusses,  abdominal  support- 
ers, shoulder-braces,  and  spinal  supporters,  silk  elastic  hose  for 
varicose  veins,  swelled  limbs,  ankles,  and  knees,  silk  elastic 
pregnancy  supporters,  London  abdominal  supporters,  frames  for 
correcting  bow-legs,  knock-knees,  weak  ankles,  club-feet,  and  all 
kinds  of  deformities.  They  occupy  in  Boston  a  superior  four-story 
and  basement  building,  which  is  utilized  for  salesrooms,  etc.,  and 
where  they  have  convenient  application-rooms  with  a  lady  attend- 
ant for  ladies.  The  factory  of  the  firm,  which  is  admirably  equipped 
with  special  machinery,  tools,  and  appliances,  and  furnishes  con- 
stant employment  to  100  skilled  mechanics  and  surgical-instrument 
makers,  is  at  No.  139  Columbus  Avenue.  The  reputation  achieved 
by  this  responsible  firm  of  the  highest  character.  All  surgical  and 
dental  instruments,  trusses,  elastic  hose,  galvanic  batteries,  etc  , 
sent  out  from  their  establishment  are  of  superior  finish,  and  are 
absolutely  unrivalled  in  the  United  States  or  Europe.  Mtissrs,  Codmau 
&  Shurtleff  were  the  first  firm  in  America  to  manufacture  steam  and 
hand  atomizers  for  employing  atomized  liquids  in  diseases  of  the 
throat  and  lungs,  and  have  succeeded  in  producing  a  very  simple,  ef- 
ficient, and  satisfactory  apparatus,  which  is  now  in  large  demand.  All 
instruments  bearing  the  name  of  "Codman  &  Shurtleff"  are  fully 
warranted.  The  firm's  dental  department  is  at  No.  167  Tremout 
Street,  and  is  conducted  under  the  title  of  the  Boston  Dental  Manufact- 
uring Company.  Benjamin  L.  Codman,  M.D.,  graduated  in  the  Har- 
vard Medical  School,  1845,  and  for  the  past  25  years  has  made  surgical 
appliances  his  specialty,  has  been  an  active  member  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Medical  Society  and  Suffolk  District  Medical  Society  for  more 
than  forty  years.  Dr.  Codman  is  a  native  of  Boston,  Mr.  Shurt- 
leff of  New  Hampshire,  and  Mr.  Whitney  of  Massachusetts.  Their 
patronage  extends  not  only  throughout  all  sections  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada  but  also  to  the  West  Indies,  South  America,  Eng- 
land, France,  Germany,  India,  and  Australia. 


of  money,  etc.  The  bank  has  always  paid  good  dividends  to  stock- 
holders, and  no  emergency  has  ever  occurred  in  which  its  standing  or 
strength  could  be  questioned.  The  president,  Mr.  W.  A.  French,  is  a 
gentleman  of  marked  business  ability,  as  widely  known  for  his  con- 
servative judgment  as  for  the  just  manner  in  which  he  attends  to  the 
interests  of  the  bank  Mr.  C.  W.  Perkins,  the  cashier,  has  been  with 
the  bank  for  the  last  twenty  years.  He  is  an  able  and  careful  bank 
officer,  eminently  qualified  for  his  responsible  position. 


MASSACHUSETTS  NATIONAL  BANK  OF  BOSTON,  No.  95 
Milk  Street.  William  A.  French,  President;  Charles  W. 
Perkins,  Cashier.— Sixteen  years  before  the  dawning  of  the 
nineteenth  century  this  substantial  and  reliable  bank  was 
founded,  and  its  reputation,  preserved  for  generations  untarnished, 
has'been  well  maintained  by  the  successors  of  the  founders.  It  was 
organized  originally  hi  1784  as  the  "Massachusetts  Bank, "and  event- 
ually, in  1865,  became  a  National  Bank.  The  following  is  a  statement 
of  its  capital  from  the  inception  of  business,  viz,:  Capital:  1784, 
300,000  Mexican  dollars;  1786,  100,000,  Mexican  dollars:  1791  $200,000 
(American);  1792,  $400,000;  1807,  $800,000;  1809,  $1,600,000;  1821,  $800,- 
000.  At  the  present  day  the  capital  of  the  Massachusetts  National 
Bank  is  $800,000.  which  has  been  further  augmented  by  a  surplus  of 
$120.000.  The  administration  of  its  affairs  has  always  been  char- 
acterized by  prudence  and  honorable  methods,  and  its  officers  and 
directors  have  ever  been  vigorous  exponents  of  the  soundest  princi- 
ples governing  banking  and  finance.  The  list  is  as  follows:  Wil- 
liam A.  French,  president;  Charles  W.  Perkins,  cashier;  Directors, 
Henry  A.  Rice,  Edward  Whitney,  Arthur  T.  Lyman,  Nathaniel  G. 
Chapin,  Alexander  H.  Rice,  Edward  T.  Russell,  William  A.  French, 
George  P.  Gardner,  George  Munroe  Endicott,  Robert  D.  Evans.  A 
general  business  is  transacted,  and  every  modern  system  which 
tends  to  benefit  financial  transactions  is  followed,  while  every  con- 
venience and  facility  are  extended  to  customers.  The  bank  receives 
upon  favorable  terms  the  accounts  of  banks,  bankers,  corporations, 
and  individuals.  It  issues  travelers'  and  commercial  letters  of  credit, 
available  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  Canada,  and  Europe ;  makes 
collections,  discounts  first-class  commercial  paper,  deals  in  govern- 
ment bonds  and  foreign  exchange,  and  makes  telegraphic  transfers 


FP.  BAKER  MOULDING  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  White, 
Gold,  Metal,  Ornamented  and  Picture-rod  Mouldings,  No.  47 
t  Hanover  Street,  Factory  at  Chelsea.— One  of  the  representa- 
tive industries  of  Boston  is  that  so  successfully  conducted  by 
the  F.  P.  Baker  Moulding  Company,  as  manufacturers  of  white,  gold, 
metal,  ornamented,  and  picture-rod  mouldings,  with  a  factory  at  Chel- 
sea, and  salesrooms  at  No.  47  Hanover  Street,  in  this  city.  This  enter- 
prise was  inaugurated  in  1874,  and  has  been  conducted  with  marked 
ability  and  steadily  increasing  success.  The  factory  of  the  company, 
at  the  corner  of  Margin  and  Hawthorne  Streets,  Chelsea,  is  thoroughly 
equipped  for  systematic  and  successful  production,  the  outfit  of  ma- 
chinery including  every  late  and  valuable  invention  calculated  to 
promote  the  interests  of  the  business  and  enhance  the  value  of  the 
output.  Employment  is  given  here  to  some  eighty  skilled  workmen. 
The  finest  material  is  used  in  every  case,  and  the  several  stages  of 
completion  are  guarded  with  scrupulous  care  and  vigilance.  The 
superiority  in  finish  and  workmanship  of  the  specialties  here  pro- 
duced, has  long  been  recognized  in  the  market,  and  the  company  is 
firmly  established  in  the  favor  of  the  building  fraternity.  The  high 
quality  of  the  mouldings  here  manufactured,  and  the  great  preference 
enjoyed  by  these  goods,  is  shown  in  the  influential  and  steadily  in- 
creasing demand  made  for  them  in  this  city  and  throughout  the  New 
England  States,  and  from  Maine  to  Australia.  A  heavy  stock  is  con- 
stantly carried,  and  the  house  is  thus  enabled  to  fill  all  orders  prompt- 
ly, while  inducements  are  offered  in  terms  and  prices  that  cannot  be 
afforded  by  smaller  concerns.  Mr.  Baker,  the  moving  spirit  of  this 
enterprise,  is  a  native  of  Maine,  of  large  and  valuable  experience  in 
this  branch  of  manufacture,  thoroughly  original  in  designing  and 
progressive  hi  executing,  and  perfectly  reliable  and  responsible  in  all 
his  dealings. 

EAST  BOSTON  SAVINGS  BANK,  Corner  Maverick  Square  and 
Henry  Street,  East  Boston;  George  T.  Sampson,  President; 
William  B.  Pigeon,  Treasurer.— This  savings  bank  was  duly 
incorporated  in  1848;  and  from  its  inception  to  the  present 
time  its  officers  and  directors  have  included  many  of  the  ablest  finan- 
ciers in  the  city.  The  following  are  its  officers  and  trustees  for  the 
year  1889:  President,  George  T.  Sampson;  Vice-president,  John 
Thompson;  Treasurer,  William  B.  Pigeon;  Board  of  Investment, 
John  Thompson,  Nathaniel  M.  Jewett,  Andrew  M.  Morton,  William 
B.  Pigeon,  Ebenezer  |M.  McPherson,  George  L.  Thorndike,  Rufus 
Cushman,  Edward  Brigham,  Robert  Crosbie;  Trustees,  Mark  Goo- 
gins,  Albert  Bowker,  Henry  Pigeon,  Edward  Brigham,  Frederick 
Pease,  George  T.  Sampson,  Henry  B.  Hill,  Nathaniel  Seaver,  John 
Thompson,  Nathaniel  M.  Jewett,  William  L.  Sturtevant,  Rufus  Cush- 
man, Andrew  M.  Morton,  William  B.  Pigeon,  William  H.  Grainger, 
Ebenezer  M.  McPherson,  James  Smith,  George  L.  Thomdike.  Robert 
Crosbie,  Emery  D.  Leighton,  Randall  J.  Elder,  James  L.  Walsh,  Wes- 
ley A.  Gove,  William  Waters,  Jr.,  Joseph  W.  Robbins.  The  banking- 
rooms  of  the  institution  are  spacious  and  well  appointed.  The  meth- 
ods in  vogue  are  practically  the  same  as  those  of  other  great  savings 
banks  throughout  the  country.  Its  executive  officers  are  gentlemen 
of  financial  ability  and  business  experience,  in  whose  hands  the  duties 
of  their  respective  offices  are  wisely  and  honestly  administered.  De- 
posits of  one  dollar  to  one  thousand  are  received;  and  interest  allowed 
on  deposits  of  $3  and  upwards,  and  upon  the  interest  accumulating 
thereon,  until  the  principal  with  interest  amounts  to  $1600.  The 
bank  is  open  for  deposits  and  drafts  from  nine  to  two  o'clock  daily, 
and  on  Saturday  evenings  from  7  to  9.  The  following  statement  Oc- 
tober 10,  1888,  shows  the  affairs  of  the  East  Boston  Savings  Bank  to 
be  in  a  thoroughly  sound  and  flourishing  condition.  Number  and 
amount  of  deposits  received  during  year  ending  Jan.  9,  1889,  11,596— 
$600,222.61 :  number  and  amount  of  withdrawals  during  year  ending 
Jan.  9,  1889,  7308— $488,068.38;  number  of  accounts  opened  during 
year  ending  Jan  9,  1889, 1594;  number  of  accounts  closed  during  the 
year  ending  Jan.  9,  1889, 1078.  All  securities  at  par. 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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CR.  ENGLISH,  Importer,  Agent  and  Contractor  for  Cotton, 
Woolen,  Worsted,  etc.,  Machinery,  No.  35  Oliver  Street.— The 
prosperous  house  of  Mr.  C.  R.  English,  at  No.  35  Oliver 
Street,  is  one  which,  devoted  to  a  given  line  of  trade,  thus 
receives  all  the  advantages  to  be  gained  from  undivided  attention. 
Mr.  English  is  an  extensive  importer  of,  agent  and  contractor  for 
cotton,  woolen,  worsted,  and  other  machinery,  and  a  dealer  in  mill 
supplies  of  every  description,  making  a  leading  specialty  of  card 
clothing,  and  established  his  business  here  in  1886.  He  enjoys  a  special 
prestige  in  the  trade  circles  of  this  country  as  the  sole  representative 
in  the  United  States  and  Canada  of  the  "  Walker  &  Hacking"  cotton 
preparing  and  spinning  machinery;  Thornt in  Brothers' woolen  and 
worsted  preparing  and  spinning  machinery ;  George  Whiteley's  card 
clothing  for  cotton,  woolen  and  worsted;  and  Henry  Livesey,  Limited, 
slasher  sizing  machines,  etc.  Handling  such  widely  famous  pro- 
ducts, this  house  has  become  an  important  source  of  supply  to  manu- 
factures and  mill-owners,  and  a  most  substantial  success  has  been 
achieved  during  the  comparatively  short  period  of  its  operation.  No 
house  in  Boston  and  elsewhere  is  better  prepared  to  minister  to  the 
public  want  in  its  line,  while  Mr.  English  is  a  gentleman  of  vast  prac- 
tical experience  and  tried  ability,  in  whose  judgment  and  integrity 
the  fullest  confidence  can  be  safely  placed.  He  is  thoroughly  con- 
versant with  all  the  needs  and  requirements  of  cotton  and  woolen 
mills,  while  his  unequalled  connections  with  manufactures  of  ma- 
chinery enable  him  to  promptly  and  satisfactorily  meet  every  de- 
mand in  this  line.  Many  of  the  largest  mill-owners  in  New  England 
make  their  purchases  of  mill  machinery  and  supplies  of  Mr.  English, 
being  attracted  by  the  honorable  methods  in  force,  the  superior  in- 
ducements offered,  and  the  eminently  satisfactory  manner  in  which 
their  orders  are  fulfilled.  The  trade  is  rapidly  extending  to  all  parts 
of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and  the  house  is  eminently  popular 
with  its  patrons  everywhere.  Mr.  English  was  born  in  England,  and 
trained  in  mill  work  from  boyhood.  He  is  still  hi  the  prime  of  life, 
active,  alert,  and  enterprising  in  meeting  the  wants  of  his  patrons, 
and  thoroughly  reliable  and  responsible  in  all  his  dealings. 

J  MERRILL  BROWN,  Architect,  No.  68  Devonshire  Street.— Bos- 
ton has  proven  a  fruitful  field  for  the  exercise  of  the  highest 
B  order  of  talent  in  the  line  of  modern  architecture,  and  on 
every  hand  are  evidences  of  the  skill,  talent,  and  enterprise 
that  have  reared  such  permanent  monuments  of  constructive  effort. 
In  reviewing  the  progress  of  architectural  education  in  our  midst,  the 
name  of  Mr.  J.  Merrill  Brown  will  at  once  suggest  itself  to  many  of 
our  readers.  This  gentleman  occupies  eligible  office  quarters  at  No. 
68  Devonshire  Street,  and  is  widely  known  as  an  accomplished  mas- 
ter of  his  art  in  all  its  branches.  He  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth 
and  training,  and  established  himself  here  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession in  1878.  At  the  present  day  he  is  recognized  as  a  thoroughly 
representative  member  of  the  distinctive  American  school  of  archi- 
tecture, and  has  been  eminently  successful  in  solving  the  complex 
problem  of  how  best  to  utilize  the  minimum  of  building  area  with  the 
maximum  of  accommodation  and  architectural  beauty  of  design 
Proofs  of  Mr.  Brown's  skill  and  proficiency  are  numerous  in  this  city 
and  throughout  all  New  England,  as  embodied  in  the  many  splendid 
edifices  which  he  has  designed  and  erected  in  the  last  few  years,  and 
which  are  greatly  admired  by  experts  for  their  stability  and  elegance. 
He  has  also  executed  a  number  of  important  commissions  in  New 
York  and  New  Jersey,  among  them  being  the  construction  of  Swift's 
Packing-house  at  Jersey  City.  He  is  at  all  times  prepared  to  give 
estimates  and  furnish  plans  to  meet  the  views  of  those  intending  to 
build,  and  spares  no  pains  to  meet  the  expectations  of  his  patrons 
placing  his  terms  at  a  just  and  equitable  figure  and  guarding  well  the 
interests  committed  to  his  care.  Mr.  Brown  is  greatly  respected  by 
the  community  at  large  for  his  ability  and  probity,  is  a  member  of 
the  Boston  Society  of  Architects,  and  a  young  man  of  sufficient 
energy,  zeal,  and  determination  to  win  the  highest  laurels  in  his 
chosen  field  of  labor. 

WOODBURY   &   LEIGHTON,  Building  Contractors,  No.  164 
Devonshire  Street.— Among  the  largest  contractors  and 
builders  in  the  city  are  Messrs.  Woodbury  &  Leigh  ton. 
This  firm   established  their  business  here  in  1880,  and 
have  achieved  a  reputation  and  acquired  a  patronage  that  place 
them  in  the  front  rank  of  popularity  and  success.    Their  business 
premises  comprise  a  workshop  containing  one  floor  and  basement, 
125  by  50  feet  each,    together  with  a  spacious  lumber-yard,  all 


equipped  with  derricks,  hoisting  engines,  and  other  requisite  appli- 
ances for  conducting  mason  and  carpenter  work  of  every  descrip- 
tion, while  steady  employment  is  given  to  two  hundred  skilled  and 
expert  hands.  The  perfect  facilities  and  ample  resources  apper- 
taining to  this  house  render  the  firm  competent  to  offer  induce- 
ments of  the  most  desirable  nature  to  patrons.  Numerous  proofs  of 
their  prominence  and  ability  as  builders  are  to  be  found  in  this  city 
and  elsewhere,  and,  as  an  example  of  their  prowess,  they  are  now 
engaged  in  building  the  new  Public  Library  of  Boston,  which  is  to 
cover  an  entire  block,  measuring  230  by  225  feet,  to  be  built  of  Milf ord 
pink  granite  from  the  Milford  Pink  Granite  Co.,  of  Milford,  Mass., 
of  which  Messrs.  Woodbury  &  Leighton  are  the  practical  owners, 
and  to  cost  $1,500,000.  The  copartners,  Messrs.  I.  F.  Woodbury, 
who  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  and  Geo.  E.  Leighton,  of  Maine, 
are  acknowledged  leaders  in  their  line  of  industry.  Mr.  Woodbury 
is  a  practical  mason,  and  Mr.  Leighton  is,  a  trained  carpenter.  Their 
carpenter  shop  and  mason  yard  is  at  No.  40  Thayer  Street. 

JALBA  DAVIS  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Sheep 
and  Goat  Skin  Stock,  Nos.  73  and  75  High  Street. —There  is 
no  house  connected  with  the  leather  industry  that  is  more 
widely  and  favorably  known  than  that  of  J.  Alba  Davis  & 
Co.,  of  Nos.  73  and  75  High  Street,  this  city,  which  has  for  the  last 
quarter  of  a  century  been  identified  with,  and  actively  promoting 
the  interests  of  its  important  branch  of  commerce  and  manufacture. 
The  business  was  founded  thirty  years  ago  by  Mr.  Davis,  success 
and  prosperity  have  followed  his  intelligent  and  enterprising  man- 
agement. Mr.  Davis  carries  on  general  operations  as  a  wholesale 
dealer  in  sheep  and  goat  skin  stock,  making  a  leading  specialty  of 
white  linings  and  skivers.  The  factory  whose  product  he  controls 
is  located  at  Peabody,  Mass.,  and  is  thoroughly  equipped  for  an  ex- 
tensive output  of  superior  quality,  the  provision  of  machinery  being 
as  complete  and  perfect  as  it  can  be  made,  while  the  work  is  carried 
on  in  that  systematic  manner  which  insures  the  best  results  in  every 
stage  of  manufacture  through  which  the  materials  pass.  At  the 
salesrooms  in  this  city  a  heavy  stock  is  carried.  The  goods  are  re- 
cognized as  standard  in  the  trade,  and  command  a  decided  prefer- 
ence throughout  New  England  and  the  west,  to  all  parts  of  which 
extensive  shipments  are  made.  The  ample  resources  of  the  estab- 
lishment enable  it  to  offer  better  inducements  than  could  be  afforded 
by  concerns  less  favorably  situated,  and  orders  are  filled  at  terms 
which  it  would  be  difficult  to  duplicate.  Mr.  Davis  was  born  in 
Maine,  but  has  resided  in  Boston  for  the  last  forty  years,  and  has 
seen  it  grow  from  a  comparatively  small  city  to  the  great  metropo- 
lis it  now  is.  He  is  know  for  his  sterling  integrity  of  character  and 
sound  business  ability,  and  enjoys  the  respect  of  the  entire  com- 
munity. 

SIMONS,  HATCH  &  WHITTEN,  Importers  and  Manufacturers 
of  Mens'  Furnishing  Goods,  No.  1  Winthrop  Square,  and  Nos. 
18  to  32  Otis  Street.— Boston  is  ably  and  prominently  repre- 
sented in  the  wholesale  mens'  furnishing-goods  trade  by  the 
widely  and  favorably  known  house  of  Messrs.  Simons,  Hatch  & 
Whitten.  The  business  was  founded  upwards  of  twenty-five  years 
ago  by  the  firm  of  Simons  Bros.  &  Co.  They  thus  continued  up  to 
1878,  when  the  present  copartnership  was  formed.  The  firm  is  com- 
posed of  Mr.  Stephen  B.  Simons  (the  leading  authority  in  his  line). 
Mr.  C.  P.  Hatch,  and  Mr.  H.  C.  Whitten,  who  has  also  been  identified 
with  the  trade  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  past.  The  firm  are  direct 
importers  of  fine  hosiery,  gloves,  underwear,  handkerchiefs,  etc., 
and  are  the  leading  manufacturers  in  New  England  of  white  muslin 
shirts,  flannel  shirts,  neck- wear,  etc.  They  have  factories  in  opera- 
tion at  Watertown,  Natick,  and  Provincetown,  Mass.  They  employ 
upwards  of  200  hands  in  the  various  departments,  and  manufacture 
fine  white  dress  shirits  as  a  specialty.  These  are  goods  that  com- 
mand the  best  class  of  trade,  being  cut  from  best  muslins  and  linens, 
cut  accurately  and  made  up  in  the  most  thorough  and  careful  manner. 
The  firm's  flannel  shirts  also  maintain  the  lead  for  all  purposes.  At 
No.  1  Winthrop  Square  are  the  firm's  magnificent  salesrooms  on  the 
first  floor,  60x140  feet  in  dimensions,  and  elegantly  fitted  for  the  dis- 
play of  this  mammoth  stock  of  men's  furnishing  goods  of  all  medium 
and  fine  grades.  The  house  has  trade  relations  extending  all  over 
the  United  States.  Messrs.  Simons  &  Whitten  have  been  actively 
identified  with  the  men's  furnishing  goods  trade  for  twenty-five  years 
past.  Mr.  Hatch  is  also  widely  experienced,  and  a  worthy  exponent 
of  the  trade. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


THE  ABESTOS  PACKING  COMPANY,  Miners  and  Manufact- 
urers of  Abestos,  Patented;  Asbestos  Packings,  Fire-proof 
Sheathings,  Fibre,  Threads,  Cloth,  Shutters,  Roofing.  Boiler 
Coverings,  etc. ;  General  Manufacturing  Agents,  Salamander 
Felting  Company,  etc;  Office,  No  169  Congress  Street.— The  mineral 
Asbestos,  instead  of  being,  as  formerly,  merely  a  curiosity  for  the 
cabinet  of  the  mineralogist,  has,  in  the  last  few  years,  been  utilized 
into  manufactures  of  value  and  importance.  It  is  a  peculiar  form 
assumed  by  the.  minerals  hornblende,  augite  and  serpentine,  yet  the 
origin  of  its  fibrous  forms  so  far,  has  not  been  explained,  other  than 
it  is  due  to  some  process  of  decomposition.  Mention  is  made,  in  the 
liistory  of  the  16th  and  17th  centuries,  of  cloth  and  handkerchiefs 
made  of  the  material,  but  until  a  recent  period  it  had  no  commercial 
importance  or  utilization,  and  beyond  its  well-known  indestructi- 
bility by  any  degree  of  heat,  none  realized  its  other  valuable  quali- 
ties, or  its  adaptability  for  "uses  peculiarly  its  own.  Asbestos  is  found 
almost  everywhere  in  greater  or  smaller  quantities,  but  principally 
in  Italy,  Russia,  Germany,  Australia,  South  America,  United  States 
and  Canada.  Previous  to  1878,  Italy  furnished  the  only  reliable 
source  of  supply,  but  since  that  time  Canada  has  furnished  the 
largest  source  of  supply,  and  the  finest  fibre  for  practical  purposes. 
The  Asbestos  Packing  Company  of  Boston  are  the  original  Asbestos 
manufacturers  of  the  United  States,  and  to  their  enterprise  may  be 
attributed  the  extensive  use  which  the  material  now  enjoys.  Pre- 
vious to  1878,  the  only  Asbestos  for  manufacture  was  imported  from 
Italy,  but  in  that  year  the  company  opened  the  celebrated  Thetford 
Mines  in  the  Province  of  Quebec,  Canada,  which  produces  fibre  un- 
equalled by  any  recent  discoveries.  The  marked  difference  between 
the  different  qualities  of  Asbestos  would  hardly  be  realized  by  any- 
one not  familiar  with  the  different  formations  in  different  sections. 
While  the  Italian  Asbestos  possesses  a  strong  fibre,  it  lacks  the  fine- 
ness and  silky  qualities  of  the  Canadian,  yet  it  excels  the  Asbestos  • 
found  in  the  southern  United  States.  At  first  Asbestos  was  utilized 
principally  for  piston  and  joint  packings,  for  steam-work,  non-con- 
ducting coverings,  for  steam-pipes,  boilers,  etc.,  until  an  increased 
knowledge  of  its  adaptability  for  other  uses,  with  the  added  informa- 
tion as  to  its  manufacture,  have  extended  the  field,  until  now  it  has 
an  extensive  sale  as  a  fire-proof  paper  for  building  purposes,  between 
floors,  under  clapboards,  shingles,  etc  ,  being  a  good  non-conductor 
of  sound,  and  heat,  as  well  as  a  fire  preventative.  It  is  also  made  in 
different  thicknesses  like  card-board,  for  use  wherever  a  fire-proof 
and  indestructible  material  is  desired.  It  is  spun  into  threads,  cords, 
and  ropes,  made  into  cloth  for  filtering  purposes,  theatre  curtains, 
gloves,  and  other  uses,  and  used  as  in  indestructible  fibre  in  cements, 
for  various  heat-resisting  purposes,  unexcelled  for  various  uses  for 
electrical  purposes  and  its  use  is  rapidly  extending.  The  Asbestos 
Packing  Company  are  constantly  adding  to  their  already  large  list  of 
manufactured  articles,  demonstrating  the  value  of  Asbestos  for  new 
nses.  They  have  lately  made  large  additions  to  their  manufacturing 
facilities  at  Baldwinsville,  Mass.,  as  demanded  by  their  large  and 
growing  trade,  not  only  in  the  United  States,  but  all  over  Europe, 
South  America  and  the  Colonies.  The  principal  office  of  the  Asbestos 
Packing  Company  is  at  No.  169  Congress  Street,  Boston,  with 
branches  at  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Chicago,  and  London. 

GEORGE  W  CUSHMAN,  Gents'  Outfitter,  No.  36  Cornhill,  after 
October  1st  will  be  at  No.  17  Court  Street  (Adams  Building).— 
The  leading  and  most  popular  gents'  outfitter  in  this  city  is 
Mr.  George  Cushman,  located  at  No.  36  Cornhill,  but  after 
October  1st  at  No.  17  Court  Street  (Adams  Building).  This  house 
was  founded  twenty -five  years  ago  by  Messrs.  Henderson  and  Stan- 
wood,  who  were  succeeded  by  Messrs.  Briggsand  Cushman,  the  pres- 
ent proprietor  assuming  sole  control  in  1885.  He  possesses  facilities 
both  as  a  retailer  of  gents'  furnishing  goods  and  as  a  custom  shirt- 
maker,  enjoyed  by  no  other,  while  his  aim  and  policy  have  ever  been 
to  attain  a  still  higher  standard  of  perfection  in  every  article  made  or 
sold,  to  render  his  stock  absolutely  comprehensive  of  everything  de- 
sirable both  in  foreign  and  domestic  products,  and  as  a  designer  and 
manufacturer,  to  make  good  his  claim  as  a  leader  by  originating 
exclusive  new  styles,  accepted  by  the  elite  as  en  regie,  and  to  which 
the  homage  of  the  trade  is  rendered  by  a  close  imitation.  Mr.  Cush- 
man brings  to  bear  large  practical  experience  in  catering  to  the  wants 
of  the  fashionable  public  in  this  line,  and  when,  with  his  experience 
and  knowledge,  are  coupled  with  ample  resources,  perfected  import- 
ing and  manufacturing  facilities,  and  unrivalled  connections,  it  can 


be  readily  realized  how  he  has  outstripped  all  competitors.  His  store 
is  a  magnificent  exhibit  of  modern  taste  and  achievement  in  this  line. 
The  stock  is  displayed  to  the  best  advantage,  from  the  three  show- 
windows,  di-essed  as  none  others  are  to  the  lengthy  array  of  shelv- 
ing and  show-cases,  where  are  carried  everything  stylish,  novel,  and 
valuable  in  hosiery,  gloves,  and  underwear,  white  and  colored  shirts, 
scarfs,  cravats  and  ties,  dressing-gowns,  slippers  and  smoking  caps, 
umbrellas  and  walking-sticks,  collars  and  cuffs,  silk  and  cambric 
handkerchiefs,  and  other  outfittings  of  the  most  desirable  quality. 
Here  also  is  headquarters  for  the  finest  shirts  made.  Gentlemen  are 
measured  in  the  store  and  there  select  their  linens,  which  are  prompt- 
ly made  up  by  skilled  hands.  In  this  branch  Mr.  Cushman  safely 
defies  competition,  guaranteeing  the  latest  mode  and  a  perfect  fit, 
and  placing  bis  prices  at  an  eminently  fair  and  equitable  figure.  Mr. 
Cushman  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  education,  a  resident 
of  Cambridge,  and  a  gentleman  of  fine  taste  and  sound  judgment 
who  has  won  a  brilliant  mercantile  success  by  intelligent  enterprise 
and  honest,  honorable  methods. 


AD.  ROGERS,  Commission-Merchant  in  Produce  and  Provi- 
sions, No.  46  North  Market  Street.— For  a  score  of  years  or 
B  more,  Mr.  A.  D.  Rogers  has  been  one  of  the  best  known, 
most  successful,  and  popular  commission-merchants  doing 
business  on  North  Market  Street.  He,  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Plummer,  Rogers  &  Co.,  founded  his  enterprise  in  1868,  and  this  was 
the  style  of  the  house  until  1875  when  the  firm  was  dissolved  and  Mr. 
Rogers  became  the  sole  proprietor.  He  has  since  developed  the 
trade  to  large  proportions,  and  one  which  extends  throughout  Massa- 
chusetts and  New  Hampshire.  Mr.  Rogers'conducts  a  general  whole- 
sale trade  in  beef,  veal,  lamb,  poultry,  and  provisions  and  country  pro- 
duce of  every  description.  His  premises  at  No.  46  comprise  a  base- 
ment with  an  area  of  25x60  feet,  and  this  is  provided  with  every  con- 
venience that  can  in  any  way  facilitate  the  transaction  of  business. 
On  the  second  floor  of  the  building  Mr.  Rogers  has  a  well-appointed 
office.  He  was  the  first  in  Boston— and  that  was  twenty  years  ago — 
to  receive  a  load  of  Hammond's  Chicago  dressed  beef  that  arrived 
here,  and  to  begin  the  wholesale  trade  in  this  article  which  he  still 
continues  to  handle  in  immense  quantities.  His  stock  in  every  de- 
partment is  always  kept  fresh,  choice,  and  up  to  the  highest  standard 
of  excellence.  Consignments  are  received  daily  from  the  most  re- 
liable producers  and  shippers  in  the  country,  and  as  these  find  a 
ready  sale  through  the  medium  of  Mr.  Roger's  establishment,  this 
gentleman  is  enabled  to  make  quick,  nr^urate  and  satisfactory  re- 
turns. Dealers  find  here  the  highest  classes  of  goods  in  the  market 
at  the  lowest  prices,  and  courteous,  liberal,  and  honorable  treatment. 
The  trade  of  the  house  requires  the  services  of  five  assistants,  and  is 
annually  growing  in  volume.  Mr.  Rogers  is  a  native  of  Sudbury, 
Mass.,  and  one  of  the  most  esteemed  of  our  local  merchants. 

EM.  TAPPEN,  Wholesale  Dealer  and  Jobber  in  Chicago  Dressed 
Beef,  Nos.  44  North  Market  and  44  Clinton  Streets.— The 
„  wholesale  and  commission  trade  in  mutton,  lamb,  veal,  and 
poultry  has  no  more  enterprising  and  successful  exponent 
in  this  city  than  Mr.  E.  M.  Tappan,  who  succeeded  Thos.  Hixon  &  Co. 
in  March  1,  1889,  and  who  was  formerly  associated  with  that  firm  for 
over  two  years.  His  establishment  has  been  in  existence  for  a  period 
of  six  years,  and  has  become  a  noted  source  of  supply  for  dealers  and 
large  buyers  of  the  above  named  products.  The  premises  used  for 
traoV?  purposes  are  spacious  in  size  and  equipped  with  refrigerators 
and  other  modern  facilities  for  preserving  the  choice  and  valuable 
stock.  The  management  is  in  possession  of  the  best  possible  facili- 
ties for  procuring  supplies  from  the  most  reputable  producing 
sources,  enabling  it  to  offer  customers  fresh  and  first-class  goods  at 
prices  which  preclude  successful  competition.  Only  the  best  stock  Is 
handled,  and  the  greatest  skill  and  experience  are  brought  to  bear  in 
selecting  the  requisite  goods  to  supply  the  demands  of  an  exacting 
and  critical  trade.  Many  of  the  largest  and  leading  hotels,  restau- 
rants, public  institutions,  and  dealers  in  this  city  are  furnished  with 
mutton,  lamb,  veal,  and  poultry  from  th  s  house,  which  proves  the 
esteem  in  which  it  is  held  by  those  who  cater  to  the  tastes  of  the  pub- 
lic and  are  best  able  to  judge  of  such  commodities.  The  stock  is  kept 
steadily  up  to  the  highest  standard  of  excellence  by  fresh  and  fre- 
quent invoices  from  the  best  producers  and  shippers  in  the  country, 
and  inducements  are  continually  offered  to  the  trade,  in  goods  and 
prices,  which  are  rarely  duplicated  elsewhere. 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 


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ALBERT  G.  MEAD.  Machinist,  No.  364  Atlantic  Avenue.-One 
of  the  most  skillful  and  best  known  among  Boston's  ma- 
chinists is  Albert  G.  Mead,  who  enjoys  an  Al  reputation  for 
skill  and  reliability.    Mr.  Mead  was  born  in  Berkshire, 
Mass.,  and  has  resided  in  Boston  many  years.    He  is  a  practical 
and  expert  machinist  and  die  maker,  of  long  and  varied  experi- 
ence, and  is  a  thorough  master  of  his  art  in  all  its  branches.    He 
started  in  business  in  1863,  as  partner  in  the  firm  of  Mead  &  Addy, 


whom  lie  succeeded  in  1872  as  sole  proprietor.  The  shop  occupies  a 
25x75  feet  floor  with  ample  steam  power  and  complete  facilities, 
while  several  experienced  hands  are  employed.  Mr.  Mead  is  pre- 
pared to  execute  all  kinds  of  work  in  the  line  of  light  machinery 
construction  and  repairs,  making  a  specialty,  however,  of  glove 
fasteners  and  dies  for  the  same,  printing  presses,  stamping  presses 
for  stamping  note  paper,  etc.,  while  particular  attention  is  given 
also  to  small  mechanical  devices,  models  and  experimental  work. 

DE.  W.  A.  POWER,  Canine  Specialist,  No.  0  School  Street.— 
The  dog  is  an  animal  peculiarly  susceptible  to  disease,  which 
may  be  brought  on  by  climatic  changes,  improper  feeding, 
want  of  exercise  and  in  many  ways.  As  soon  as  the  first 
symptoms  appear  the  owner  of  a  valuable  animal  should  consult 
and  follow  the  advice  of  the  skilled  canine  specialist,  and  we  know 
of  no  one  having  a  larger  experience  or  who  is  better  qualified  than 
Dr.  W.  A.  Power  of  this  city,  with  a  branch  office  at  Greenwood, 
Mass.,  where  a  well-equipped  canine  hospital  and  pharmacy,  aid 
him  in  administering  to  the  ailments  of  his  numerous  patients. 
The  Doctor  has  for  many  years  made  a  special  study  of  canine  dis- 
eases and  is  familiar  with  the  anatomy  of  dogs,  and  their  complaints 
and  knows  how  and  when  to  apply  the  proper  remedies,  and  is  proba- 
bly better  equipped  in  this  respect  than  any  other  in  this  city  or  in 
the  country.  Dogs  are  boarded  while  under  treatment  and  every 
attention  is  given  to  their  welfare.  He  is  highly  endorsed  by 
prominent  owners  of  hunting,  watch  and  pet  dogs,  and  is  considered 
one  of  the  most  capable,  efficient,  experienced  and  successful 
canine  specialists  in  the  United  States  or  Canada.  Dr.  Power  is 
also  the  owner  of  the  Greenwood  Mastiff  Kennels,  located  on  Main 
street,  Greenwood,  Mass.,  on  the  Boston  and  Maine  R.  R.,  nine 
miles  from  the  city.  These  kennels  have  been  established  for 
years  and  have  a  world- wide  reputation.  Here  he  makes  a  spec- 
ialty of  breeding  the  English  mastiff  from  the  best  imported, 
registered,  pedigreed  and  prize-winning  strains  in  existence,  thus 
securing  not  only  strength,  activity,  beauty,  intelligence,  symmetry 
and  courage,  but  the  true  type  and  character.  He  also  buys,  sells 
and  exchanges  mastiffs,  and  always  has  fine  specimens  of  this 
breed  in  the  stud  and  has  for  sale  stud  dogs,  brood  bitches  and  pup- 
pies of  both  sexes  at  reasonable  prices.  The  English  mastiff  stands 
pre-eminently  the  peer  of  all  house  and  watch  dogs  and  here  is 
their  headquarters  and  home.  The  spacious  box  stalls  which  these 
superb  animals  occupy,  are  models  of  neatness  and  order,  while 
the  grounds  surrounding  the  kennels  with  their  wired  exercise 
yards,  and  clean-cut  lawns  form  a  picture  not  soon  to  be  forgotten. 
The  hospital  and  pharmacy  could  hardly  be  improved,  cases  con- 


taining the  finest  surgical  instruments  and  appliances,  also  di  ig- 
gists'shop  furniture  bottles,  well  filled  with  the  necessary  drugs 
and  medicines,  and  apparatus  for  the  compounding  of  pills,  pow- 
ders, ointments,  tinctures  and  liniments  meet  the  eye  on  all  sides. 
Every  care  and  attention  is  given  to  the  feed  of  the  animals  and 
none  but  the  best  materials  are  used.  Dr.  Power  is  Kennel  editor  of 
one  paper  and  correspondent  to  several  others,  a  fact  which  en- 
hances his  judgment  and  opinion  on  matters  pertaining  to  doggy 
affairs  and  interests.  He  has  a  large  correspondence  from  all  parts 
of  the  world.  Polite  and  prompt  attention  is  given  to  all  inquiries 
and  he  is  always  pleased  to  furnish  information  in  regard  to  English 
mastiffs,  and  dogs  generally,  also  as  a  canine  specialist, 

JOTT  GRANT,  Manufacturer's  Agent,  Water  Filters,  No.  13 
Doane  Street.— An  examination  of  the  merits  of  the  deserv- 
edly popular  King  Water  Filter  (reversible)  of  which  Jott 
Grant,  manufacturer's  agent,  is  the  patentee  and  proprietor, 
is  in  all  respects  the  most  effective,  complete,  reliable  and  alto- 
gether superior  appliance  for  the  purposes  intended  yet  introduced. 
Convenient  as  it  is  to  have  water  laid  into  our  houses,  it  has  be- 
come an  admitted  fact  that  the  water  often  supplied  is  unfit  for 
drinking  purposes,  and  hence  resource  must  be  had  to  some  system 
of  filtration.  In  these  days  nothing  need  be  said  to  enforce  the 
desirability— nay,  absolute  necessity  to  health— of  a  supply  of  pure 
water.  To  insure  this,  it  is  of  the  utmost  importance  that  the  fil- 
ter employed  should  be  capable  of  being  frequently  and  easily 
cleansed.  The  King  water  filter  answers  all  these  purposes. 
While  removing  from  water  all  its  dirt  and  atoms  of  mineral,  ani- 
mal and  vegetable,  it  increases  the  volume  of  health-giving  oxy 
gen,  and  renders  water  markedly  improved  and  sweeter  to  the 
taste.  Mr.  Grant  is  patentee  of  and  agent  for  several  other  useful 
devices  also,  including  napkin  holders,  trouser  stretchers,  and 
other  patented  novelties  of  merit,  and  has  a  large  active  trade 
throughout  the  United  States;  agents  being  wanted  everywhere. 

WELCH  &  HALL,  Blue  Front  Stable,  Nos.  155  and  157 
Portland  Street.— This  firm  have  constantly  on  hand 
and  for  sale  a  fine  assortment  of  Vermont,  Canada 
and  western  horses,  including  draft,  business,  gents' 
driving  and  family  horses,  all  of  which  are  warranted  as  repre- 
sented. They  employ  a  corps  of  experienced  buyers  In  var- 
ious parts  of  the  country,  and  are  constantly  in  receipt  of  ani- 
mals suited  to  the  requirements  of  all  classes  of  buyers  and  which 
recommend  their  own  good  qualities  to  the  confidence  and  patron- 
age of  critical  and  discriminating  customers.  The  members  of  the 
firm  are  expert  horsemen,  excellent  judges  of  the  noble  animal, 
and  are  in  a  position  to  conduct  the  business  with  entire  satisfac- 
tion to  all  concerned.  They  sell  on  the  average  from  fifteen  hun- 
dred to  two  thousand  horses  per  year,  and  have  built  up  a  large 
and  influential  patronage  throughout  New  England.  All  repre- 
sentations made  by  them  concerning  the  stock  can  be  relied  upon 
implicitly.  The  copartners,  Messrs.  C.  D.  Welch  and  11.  E.  Hall, 
are  both  Vermonters  by  birth,  and  well  and  favorably  known  in 
this  city  and  all  through  New  England.  Messrs.  Welch  &  Hall 
established  the  business  some  twenty  years  ago,  the  present  linn 
being  organized  in  1883,  and  altogether  a  creditable  and  steadily 
increasing  custom  has  been  developed. 


AALDRICH  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants,  Wholesale  and 
Retail  Dealers  in  Butter,  Cheese,  Eggs,  Lard,  Beans,  Etc. ; 
Stall,  No.  82  and  Basement,  No.  14  (North  Side,)  Faneuil 
Hall  Market.— One  of  the  oldest  among  the  well  known 
produce  commission  houses  in  Boston  is  that  of  the  firm  of  A. 
Aldrich  &  Co.  It  was  established  as  far  back  as  1826  by  Mr.  A. 
Aldiich  who  conducted  it  until  1853  when  he  associated  with  him 
Mr.  A.  S.  Morse  who  succeeded  to  the  business  in  1870  and  has 
since  continued  it  under  the  old  firm  name.  The  operations  ex 
tend  throughout  New  England  where  the  house  has  extensive  con- 
nections and  is  constantly  receiving  consignments  of  farm  and 
dairy  products.  Every  facility  is  provided  for  the  reception  of 
goods  and  a  large  widespread  wholesale  trade  is  done  in  creamery 
and  dairy  butter  and  cheese,  and  in  eggs,  lard,  beans  and  farm 
produce  generally.  Mr.  Morse  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire.  He 
has  lived  in  Boston  upwards  of  forty  years  and  is  thoroughly  iden- 
tified with  the  affairs  of  the  city. 


188 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


PARIS  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Chil- 
dren's Sleds  and  Sleighs,  Toboggans,  Boys'  Carts,  etc. ;  Works, 
South  Paris,  Me. ;  A.  H.  Gushing,  manager,  No.  151  Congress 
Street.— One  of  the  most  enterprising  and  popular  merchants 
of  Boston  is  Mr.  A.  H.  Gushing,  the  representative  of  the  celebrated 
Paris  Manufacturing  Company,  and  sole  proprietor  of  the  Ports- 
mouth Wrench  Company.  The  Paris  Manufacturing  Company  is  a 
very  old  and  prosperous  concern,  and  is  now  one  of  Maine's  leading 
industries.  It  was  established  over  eighteen  years  ago,  originally 
being  known  as  the  Paris  Hill  Manufacturing  Company.  In  1883  it 
was  recognized  under  the  existing  title,  and  is  now,  under  the 
skilled  and  progressive  guidance  of  Mr.  George  B.  Crockett,  treas- 
urer of  the  company,  the  leading  manufacturer  of  children's  sleds 
and  sleighs  of  all  grades;  the  popular  "Comet"  toboggan;  all  sizes 
and  styles  of  boys'  carts  and  wagons,  wheelbarrows,  etc. ;  also  of 
folding  laundry  benches,  tables  and  chairs,  step  ladders,  the  Garfleld 
cot  bed,  etc.  Mr.  Gushing  became  representative  of  the  company 
in  July,  1885,  and  early  developed  important  connections  and  a 
rapidly -growing  demand  for  its  goods.  This  is  in  fact  the  company's 
principal  shipping  depot  to  numerous  points.  Mr.  Gushing  is  also 
proprietor  of  the  Portsmouth  Wrench  Company,  which  manufacture 
that  remarkably  clever  and  useful  invention,  the  "Always  ready 
wrench."  This  wrench  sells  on  sight;  it  is  the  best  special  article 
that  either  merchants  or  agents  ever  handled  and  yields  good  profits. 
This  is  the  wrench  of  the  age,  and  Mr.  Cushing's  sound  judgment  is 
manifest  in  his  obtaining  exclusive  control.  Mr.  Gushing  also  has 
important  commercial  interests  in  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  being  senior 
partner  of  the  widely  and  favorably  known  hardware  house  of 
Gushing,  Morris  &  Co.  He  has  been  active  in  the  hardware  trade 
for  25  years  past,  and  is  a  recognized  leading  authority  therein.  He 
bought  the  Wrench  Company  in  December,  1886,  and  the  same  spirit 
of  push  and  progress  with  which  he  guides  its  operations  is  devoted 
to  the  handling  and  sale  of  the  goods  of  the  Paris  Manufacturing 
Company.  Mr.  Gushing  has  ever  retained  the  confidence  of  leading 
financial  and  mercantile  circles,  and  his  ably  and  honorably  directed 
policy  is  one  of  direct  benefit  and  value  to  the  great  city  of  Boston. 


DH.  TULLY  &  CO.,  General  Importers;  Sicily  Produce  a 
specialty;  Office,  No.  70  Kilby  Street;  Warehouse,  No.  19 
B  Central  Wharf.— One  of  the  great  representative  commer 
cial  establishments  of  Boston,  and  the  oldest  established  in 
its  line,  is  that  of  Messrs.  D.  H.  Tully  &  Co.,  general  importers  and 
commission  merchants.  In  Sicily  products  and  merchandise  from 
tho  Mediterranean  the  firm  have  long  been  justly  celebrated,  and  are 
very  important  factors  in  promoting  Boston's  commercial  prosperity. 
The  business  was  founded  away  back  in  1819  by  Frank  Spellman,  the 
following  being  the  changes  in  the  firm:  Stanton  &  Spellman;  Stan- 
ton,  Fisk  &  Nichols;  Stanton,  Nichols  &  Co.;  Stanton,  Nichols  & 
Whitney;  Nichols  &  Whitney;  Hallett  &  Blake;  John  S.  Blake;  John 
S.  Blake  &  Co.,  Mr.  Tully  being  the  junior  partner.  In  1873  Mr.  Tully 
formed  the  firm  o£  D.  H.  Tully  &  Co.,  developing  a  trade  of  great 
magnitude.  His  decease  occurred  in  1887,  since'which  date  the  busi- 
ness has  been  conducted  by  Mr.  E.  A.  Kinney,  Jr.,  his  nephew,  and 
Mr.  A.  J.  Maher.  They  are  able,  practical  merchants,  and  have  wisely 
retained  the  old  and  honored  name  and  style.  They  are  direct  im- 
porters of  fruits,  nuts,  brimstone,  sumac,  etc.,  and  receive  a  notably 
high  quality  of  these  products.  They  are  also  the  Boston  agents  for 
the  famous  warehouse  Marsala  wines,  which  are  standards  with  the 
trade  of  New  England  and  western  and  middle  states.  They  are  also 
heavy  commission  importers  from  England  and  France,  and  are  the 
Boston  agents  for  Pajero  lead  seal  sumac,  the  finest  quality  known  to 
the  dye-stuffs'  trade.  The  firms  warehouse  is  centrally  located  at  No. 
19  Central  Wharf,  and  is  five  stories  in  height.  Here  the  firm  carry 
large  stocks  of  Sicily  produce,  and  are  prepared  to  promptly  fill  the 
most  extensive  orders  of  a  quality  and  at  prices  which  cannot  be 
duplicated  elsewhere.  The  house  of  D.  H.  Tully  &  Co.  has  ever 
maintained  the  reputation  of  handling  the  best  goods  in  its  line,  and 
of  ever  exercising  most  upright  and  enterprising  methods 


tools,  and  cabinet  hardware.  The  business,  which  has  under  his  able 
and  honorable  proprietorship  grown  to  proportions  of  such  magni- 
tude, was  originally  founded  in  1861  by  the  firm  of  Carter,  Stratton 
&  Co.,  succeeded  by  Stratton,  Orton,  &  Corey,  and  then  by 
Stratton,  Corey  &  Co.  Eventually  in  1873,  Mr.  Stratton  succeeded 
to  the  sole  proprietorship.  He  is  a  native  of  Lancaster,  Mass., 
and  from  early  in  life  has  been  actively  identified  with  this  branch 
of  trade.  He  carries  a  full  line,  and  represents  to  the  trade  the 
goods  of  the  following  world-famous  manufacturers:  Henry  Dis- 
ston  &  Sons'  saws,  files,  etc.;  American  Machine  Company,  gem 
freezers,  wringers,  etc.;  Yerkes  &  Plumb,  hammers,  sledges, 
etc.;  Van  Wagoner  and  Williams  Co.,  spring  hinges,  door  springs, 
etc.,  and  Oliver  Ames  &  Sons'  great  works,  whose  shovels,  spades, 
and  scoops  are  the  finest  in  the  world.  Mr.  Stratton  does  a  business 
with  jobbers  and  dealers,  contractors,  etc.,  all  over  New  York  State 
and  New  England,  the  Provinces,  etc.,  and  travels  extensively  him- 
self, having  also  another  representative  on  the  road. 


HORACE  BUTTON  &  CO.,  Paper  Manufacturers'  Supplies, 
Agent  for  Piqua  Felts,  Pearl  Starch  and  Glens  Falls  Lime, 
No.  11  Federal  Street.— The  leading  head-quarters  in  this  city 
for  paper  manufacturers'  supplies  of  various  kinds  is  the  es- 
tablishment of  Messrs.  Horace  Dutton  &  Co.,  located  at  No.  13  Fed- 
eral Street.  This  firm  are  extensive  dealers  in  rags,  chemicals,  siz- 
ing and  old  paper,  and  enjoy  a  high  prestige  in  trade  circles  as  the 
agents  for  a  number  of  manufacturing  concerns  of  national  reputa- 
tion and  importance.  The  business  was  founded  in  1883  by  Mr. 
Horace  Dutton,  and  on  January  1, 1889,  the  present  firm  was  organ- 
ized by  the  admission  of  Messrs.  B.  T.  French,  P.  M.  Herrick  and 
H.  R.  Smith  to  partnership.  A  specialty  made  of  handling  imported 
goods,  and  the  connections  enjoyed  with  the  best  sources  of  supply 
abroad,  enable  the  firm  to  secure  their  goods  in  vast  quantities  and 
at  the  most  advantageous  rates.  This  firm  are  also  agents  for  the 
sale  of  Piqua  felts,  pearl  starch,  and  Glens  Falls  lime,  and  have  de- 
veloped a  large  and  influential  trade  with  paper  mills  throughout  the 
entire  United  States.  It  is  apparent  that  the  greatest  care  and  scien- 
tific research  have  been  exercised  to  bring  the  specialties  handled  by 
this  house  to  their  present  point  of  perfection;  they  are  admirably 
adapted  for  the  purposes  to  which  they  are  applied,  and  have  no 
superior  in  this  or  any  other  market.  They  are  held  in  high  favor 
by  paper  manufacturers  all  over  the  country,  while  numerous  testi- 
monials from  eminent  firms  and  corporations  bear  undoubted  evi- 
dence with  regard  to  their  value  and  efficiency.  The  establishment 
of  Messrs.  Horace  Dutton  &  Co.  is  a  lasting  source  of  credit  to  its 
management,  and  to  the  city  in  which  it  is  so  permanently  located. 
The  copartners  are  all  well-known  Bostonians,  expert  and  practical 
representatives  of  the  trade  which  they  so  successfully  represent, 
and  of  excellent  standing  in  business,  financial  and  social  life. 


HO.  STRATTON,  Manufacturers'  Agent,  Hardware,  Tools, 
etc.,  No.  159  Franklin  Street.— Among  the  important  and 
m     old-established  mercantile  houses  of  this  city,  is  that  of 
which  Mr.  H.  O.]Stratton,  is  the  esteemed  and  enterprising 
proprietor.    As  manufacturers'  agent  he  has  for  many  years  past 
represented  several  of  the  most  famous  producers  of  saws,  files, 


WS.  HILL,  Manufacturer  of  Electric  Lamps,  Dynamos,  Fix- 
tures, etc.,  No.  133  Oliver  Street.— A  reliable  and  pro- 
„  gressive  house  in  the  city  of  Boston,  successfully  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  electric  lamps,  apparatus, 
etc.,  is  that  of  Mr.  W.  S.  Hill,  whose  office  and  factory  are  located  at 
No.  133  Oliver  Street.  This  business  was  established  eight  years  ago  by 
Mr.  Hill,  who  is  a  thoroughly  trained  electrical  engineer  and  expert, 
fully  conversant  with  every  detail  of  the  manufacture  of  all  kinds  of 
electric  appliances,  and  the  requirements  of  patrons.  His  factory  is 
fully  supplied  with  special  tools  and  machinery,  and  furnishes  con- 
stant employment  to  thirty  skilled  and  experienced  workmen.  Mr. 
Hill  manufactures  to  order  or  otherwise,  electric  lamps,  dynamos, 
fixtures,  and  other  electrical  apparatus,  and  makes  a  specialty  of 
small  dynamos,  arc  lights,  and  switches.  All  electrical  goods  and 
specialties  turned  out  from  his  factory  are  unrivalled  for  reliability, 
utility,  finish,  and  workmanship,  and  have  no  superiors  in  this  coun- 
try, while  his  prices  in  all  cases  are  extremely  moderate.  Being  a 
thorough  mechanic,  all  goods  are  manufactured  under  his  immediate 
supervision,  thus  affording  a  guarantee  to  patrons  that  all  work 
leaving  this  establishment  shall  be  perfect  in  every  respect,  and 
those  who  once  use  Mr.  Hill's  electric  apparatus  and  fixtures  are  en  • 
listed  in  their  support  ever  after.  Mr.  Hill  is  a  native  of  Manchester, 
N.  H.  He  is  highly  regarded  in  trade  circles  for  his  mechanical  skill 
and  just  methods,  and  his  prospects  in  the  near  future  in  this  im- 
portant industry  are  of  the  most  favorable  character. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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HB.  SWAZEY  &  CO.,  Lumber  Commission  Merchants,  No.  31 
Doane  Street.— The  members  of  the  firm  of  Messrs.  H.  B. 
m  Swazey  &  Co.,'the  well-known  lumber  and  general  commis- 
sion merchants,  at  No.  21  Doane  Street,  have  been  closely 
identified  with  the  lumber  trade  of  this  city  for  many  years,  and 
their  extensive  experience,  superior  judgment,  and  influential  con- 
nections enable  them  to  cater  most  successfully  to  the  demands  of 
the  trade.  The  business  was  founded  in  1840  by  Cbas.  Buck  &  Co. 
On  Mr.  Buck's  decease,  in  18(51,  the  business  was  continued  by  Mr. 
Swazey.  In  1863,  Mr.  Foster  was  associated  with  the  firm,  which 
continued  for  about  fifteen  years,  when  the  present  firm  was  formed 
in  1878,  consisting  of  Henry  B.  and  George  H.  Swazey.  The  senior 
partner  was  a  member  of  the  original  firm,  while  the  junior  partner 
is  his  son,  and  the  treasurer  of  the  Boston  Lumber  Trade  Association. 
They  deal  at  wholesale  by  car  and  cargo  lots,  handling  lumber  ex- 
tensively on  commission.  They  are  selling-agents  for  Wm.  M.  Dwight 
&  Co.,  dealers  in  dressed  pine  and  hard  woods,  of  Detroit,  and  enjoy 
the  most  intimate  relations  with  manufacturers  in  the  principal  lum- 
ber-producing regions.  They  are  recognized  authority  in  the  lumber 
market,  and  there  are  few  of  their  fellow-merchants  so  well  informed 
in  every  detail  of  this  important  trade  as  are  the  Messrs.  Swazey. 
They  represent  many  of  the  leading  lumbermen  of  the  west  and 
northwest,  selling  on  commission;  and  their  facilities  for  promptly 
filling  all  orders  are  of  the  most  complete  and  satisfactory  character. 
Shipments  are  made  direct  from  the  mills,  and  lumber  is  supplied  in 
carload  or  cargo  lots,  either  in  the  rough  or  dressed,  and  cut  in  any 
dimensions  desired.  Promptitude,  liberality,  and  probity  have  been 
the  characteristics  of  this  house  from  the  commencement,  and  the 
success  achieved  is  due  to  a  rigid  adherence  to  these  principles.  Mr. 
H.  B.  Swazey  was  born  in  Maine,  and  came  to  Boston  forty  years 
ago.  He  is  one  of  the  best-known  lumber  men  in  this  section  of  the 
country,  and  has  contributed  to  the  development  of  the  trade  with 
energy,  discrimination,  and  great  success.  Mr.  G.  H.  Swazey  was 
born  in  Chelsea,  and  combines  his  enterprise  and  ability  to  form  a 
firm  of  commanding  influence,  wide  popularity,  and  solid  worth. 


JOHN  ERLANDSON,  Manufacturer  of  Modern  and  Antique 
Furniture,  No.  41  Bristol  Street. — There  is  perhaps  not  one 
among  the  industrial  arts  in  which  more  steady  and  notable 
progress  has  been  made  of  recent  years  than  cabinet-making 
and  kindred  branches.  The  improvement  effected  in  fashionable 
furniture  for  the  drawing-room,  library,  and  office  of  late  is  one  of 
the  features  of  the  times,  while  the  variety  and  beauty  of  designs 
and  exquisite  workmanship  in  the  articles  indicated  produced  in 
a  first-class  shop  in  these  days  are  especially  worthy  of  note. 
Among  those  who  have  established  a  reputation  for  A 1  work  in  this 
line  in  Boston  may  be  mentioned  the  name  of  John  Erlandson, 
manufacturer  of  modern  and  antique  furniture,  No.  41  Bristol  Street, 
and  than  whom  none  in  the  business  in  this  city  excels  for  skill  and 
originality.  Mr.  Erlandson,  who  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age,  and 
a  native  of  Sweden,  is  a  practical  and  expert  workman  himself,  of 
many  years'  experience,  and  is  a  thorough  master  of  his  art.  He 
started  in  business  on  his  own  account  here  in  1883,  and  soon  won 
his  way  to  favor  and  recognition,  owing  to  the  superiority  of  his 
work,  building  up  a  large  and  flourishing  trade.  Mr.  Erlandson 
occupies  as  shop  the  whole  of  a  50x60  foot  floor,  and  has  in  service 
ample  and  complete  facilities,  while  employment  is  furnished  to 
from  seven  to  twenty  skilled  hands.  The  productions  include  artis- 
tic furniture,  both  modern  and  antique,  handsomely  carved  and 
superbly  finished ;  elegant  cabinets,  beautiful  bookcases,  cheffoniers, 
wardrobes,  desks,  etc.,  while  furniture  is  made  to  order  likewise  in 
new  and  original  designs  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art,  at  short 
notice;  Mr.  Erlandson  doing  a  large  amount  of  high  class  work  for 
the  leading  furniture  houses  of  Boston,  and  the  principal  cities  of 
the  United  States. 


THE  TROTT  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of 
Horse  Furnishings,  No.  137  Pearl  Street.— Among  the  leading 
houses  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  horse  furnish, 
ings  in  the  city  of  Boston  special  mention  should  be  made  of 
The  Trott  Manufacturing  Company,  No.  137  Pearl  Street,  of  which 
Messrs.  J.  Steinbacher  and  C.  H.  Bagley  are  the  popular  proprietors. 
This  business  was  established  18  years  ago  by  Mr.  C.  H.  Trott  who 
conducted  if  till  1886,  when  he  was  succeededlby  the  present  company. 
The  premises  occupied  comprise  two  spacious  floors  25x70  feet  in  area, 


fully  supplied  with  every  appliance  ana  jonvenience  for  the  success- 
ful conduct  of  this  steadily  growing  business.  The  company  manu- 
factures largely  harness,  saddles,  bridles,  blankets,  and  a  general  line 
of  horse-furnishing  goods,  which  are  fully  equal  in  every  respect  to 
the  best;custom  work.  The  Trott  Manufacturing  Company  promptly 
fill  orders  at  the  lowest  possible  prices,  and  their  trade,  which  is 
wholesale,  now  extends  throughout  all  sections  of  New  England,  the 
middle  and  western  states.  Mr.  Steinbacher  was  born  in  Germany, 
but  has  resided  in  the  United  States  for  the  last  23  years,  while  his 
partner,  Mr.  Bagley,  is  a  native  of  Boston.  They  are  highly  esteemed 
in  trade  circles  as  liberal.and  honorable  business  men,  and  guarantee 
entire  satisfaction  to  customers  in  every  particular. 


GEORGE  C.  HOW,  Manufacturer  of  Ladies'  Fine  Slippers.  No. 
285  Devonshire  Street.— In  no  way  can  the  advantages  of  a 
city  be  better  portrayed  than  by  a  brief  review  of  the  extent 
and  character  of  those  establishments  already  located  within 
its  limits,  and.in  successful  operation;  and  though  their  success  is  to 
a  great  extent  the  result  of  the  individual  ability  of  those  who  are 
managing  them,  it  is  also  proof  that  advantages  of  location,  ship- 
ping facilities,  etc.,  must  have  contributed  in  no  small  degree  to 
their  subsequent  success.  An  establishment  that  ranks  among  the 
most  important  of  its  kind  in  the  city,  is  that  of  Mr.  George  C.  How, 
of  No.  285  Devonshire  Street.  Mr.  How  is  a  manufacturer  of  ladies' 
fine  leather  slippers,  and  has  been  established  for  the  past  ten  years, 
during  which  time  he  has  developed  a  large  influential  trade,  having 
its  ramifications  throughout  the  entire  Union,  and  his  goods  sustain 
an  enviable  reputation  among  first-class  dealers.  The  extensive 
factory,  which  is  located  in  Haverhill,  is  equipped  with  the  most  im- 
proved machinery,  driven  by  steam-power,  and  steady  employment 
is  furnished  a  force  of  sixty  expert  operatives.  The  factory  has  a 
productive  capacity  of  four  hundred  pairs  of  slippers  per  day,  and 
the  output  is  a  heavy  one.  Mr.  How,  who  resides  in  Haverhill,  and 
personally  directs  his  factory,  manufactures  ladies'  fine  leather 
slippers,  using  only  the  best  of  materials,  and  the  goods  turned  out 
are  admirable  specimens  of  finished  workmanship.  A  large  stock  is 
carried,  favorable  and  advantageous  terms  are  quoted,  and  all  or- 
ders are  filled  without  delay.  Mr.  How  has  had  long  experience  in 
the  trade,  and  possessing  every  advantage  to  be  gained  by  extensive 
facilities,  he  will  doubtless  long  retain  that  high  commercial  stand- 
ing and  business  prosperity  which  he  now  enjoys. 

EAGLE  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Makers  of  Improved 
Wire  Hah"  Brushes,  and  Commission  Merchants,  Nos.  93  and 
94  Broad  Street.— The  latest  and  most  popular  specialty  in  hair 
brushes  is  that  introduced  by  the  Eagle  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany of  Nos.  92  and  94  Broad  Street,  in  this  city,  who  have  gained  an 
international  reputation  as  makers  of  improved  wire  hair  brushes. 
These  brushes  are  well-known  and  appreciated  all  over  this  continent, 
and  are  in  steadily  -increasing  demand  throughout  Great  Britain  and 
Europe.  This  company  was  incorporated  January  2,  1888,  under 
the  laws  of  the  state  of  Massachusetts,  and  its  affairs  are  under  the 
personal  management  of  the  treasurer,  Mr.  G.  L.  Hergert,  who  is  also 
the  principal  owner,  and  who  was  the  founder  and  manager  of  the 
Eagle  Metallic  Brush  Company,  which  was  in  operation  here  for  ten 
years,  and  were  bought  out  by  the  present  company  in  1887.  The 
Eagle  Manufacturing  Company  are  also  agents  for  L.  Leichner.  of 
Berlin,  manufacturers  of  grease,  paints,  and  face  powder.  As  man- 
ufacturers of  improved  wire  hair  brushes,  this  company  possess 
every  modern  facility  and  appliance  for  the  systematic  and  successful 
prosecution  of  the  business,  occupying  spacious  and  commodious 
premises,  employing  a  large  force  of  skilled  and  expert  hands,  and 
making  altogether  sixteen  patterns  of  hair  brushes.  These  goods 
have  merited  the  claim  of  being  absolutely  unrivalled  for  quality, 
durability,  utility,  and  uniform  excellence  in  this  or  any  other  mar- 
ket. They  are  widely  preferred  by  dealers  over  all  other  makes  on 
account  of  their  great  salability  and  solid  qualities,  while  they  are 
placed  to  customers  at  prices  which  defy  successful  competition. 
The  company  carries  at  all  times  a  large  and  complete  stock,  thereby 
insuring  the  prompt  execution  of  all  orders,  and  their  determination 
to  yield'  their  patrons  entire  satisfaction  is  steadily  securing  for  them 
the  most  pleasant  results.  Mr.  Hergert,  the  treasurer,  is  a  native  of 
Germany,  a  resident  of  this  country  for  twelve  years,  and  a  gentle- 
man rated  high  in  the  commercial  world. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON 


BF.  STAGEY,  Pharmacist,  Bank  Building,  Thompson  Square, 
Charlestown.— The  most  popular  and  best-managed  phar- 
B  macy  in  the  Charlestown  district  is  that  of  Mr.  B.  F.  Stacey. 
The  proprietor  first  opened  a  drug  store  here  in  the  year  1860, 
on  the  corner  of  Vine  and  Moulton  Streets,  which  he  successfully 
conducted  for  two  years,  and  then  removed  to  a  new  store,  erected 
by  him,  at  the  corner  of  Vine  and  Tufts  Streets.  In  1876  he  fitted  up 
his  present  establishment,  which  has  since  been  recognized  as  the 
most  complete  and  handsome  store  of  its  kind  in  the  city,  and  has 
enjoyed  the  largest  patronage  of  any  similar  institution  hi  the  dis- 
trict. The  store  is  especially  arranged  for  insuring  a  large  amount  of 
light,  ventilation,  and  practical  conveniences  for  the  efficient  and 
proper  compounding  of  physicians'  prescriptions,  which  is  the  lead- 
ing specialty  of  the  house.  Here  prescriptions  are  successfully  dis- 
pensed with  an  invariable  accuracy,  and  with  instructions  to  em- 
ployees to  use  only  the  best  quality  of  drugs.  Special  attention  is 
also  given  to  the  manufacture,  from  choicest  materials,  of  Stacey's 
Sarsaparilla,  Stacey's  Cough  Syrup,  Stacey's  Jamaica  Ginger,  Stacey's 
Glove  Cleaner,  Kurd's  Liniment,  also  a  diarrhea  mixture,  and  in- 
fant's cordial,  and  several  other  preparations  highly  prized  by 
patrons  for  their  efficacy  and  curative  properties,  and  which  have 
given  this  house  a  prestige  and  a  popularity  shared  by  but  few  con- 
temporary establishments  in  this  section  of  the  country.  Mr.  Stacey 
was  born  in  Gloucester,  Mass.,  in  183 1,  and  served  his  apprenticeship 
in  the  drug  business  with  Charles  H.  Atwood,  on  the  corner  of  Green 
and  Leverett  Streets,  Boston.  He  dates  his  citizenship  in  Charles- 
town  from  the  year  1859,  and  has  been  prominent  in  both  business 
and  public  life  from  that  time  to  the  present.  He  has  been  an  advo. 
cate  of  the  principle  that  every  citizen  should  devote  some  of  his  time 
to  public  duties,  and  has  been  often  called  to  positions  of  trust,  some 
of  which  he  has  accepted.  He  has  served  as  secretary,  trustee,  and 
president  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy;  also  as  presi- 
dent of  the  Massachusetts  Druggists'  Alliance,  and  is  now  president 
of  the  Massachusetts  Pharmaceutical  Association— an  honor  in  itself 
of  no  small  magnitude.  He  was  appointed  by  Mayor  Prince  a  trustee 
of  the  Boston  City  Hospital,  and  officiated  in  that  capacity  for  four 
years.  Since  the  establishment  of  the  Charlestown  Free  Dispensary 
he  has  been  its  treasurer,  promoting  its  success  with  energy,  dis- 
crimination, and  practical  skill.  Although  he  has  never  sought  for 
political  preferment,  his  personal  and  business  popularity  has  caused 
him  to  be  chosen  as  the  candidate  of  his  party  on  many  important 
occasions.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Charlestown  Common  Council 
from  old  "Ward  2  in  I860,  receiving  746  votes  out  of  998,  and  in  1867, 
when  he  was  re-elected,  he  received  a  larger  vote  than  any  other  man 
on  any  ticket  in  the  field.  In  1867  and  '68  he  was  elected  to  the  Board 
of  Aldermen  and  in  '75  to  the  Boston  Common  Council.  He  has  also 
served  one  term  in  the  Legislature,  and  at  the  last  city  election  was 
again  triumphantly  elected  an  alderman  for  the  Second  District,  over  . 
Philip  Doherty,  his  republican  opponent.  Mr.  Stacey  is  also  a 
trustee  of  the  Charlestown  Five  Cent  Savings  Bank,  a  vestryman  of 
St.  John's  Episcopal  Church,  and  active  in  support  of  all  measures 
pro  bono  publico  in  this  community. 


everything  required  to  meet  their  wants.  All  trimmings,  satins, 
silks,  etc.,  used  in  their  goods  are  selected  with  the  utmost  care.  The 
facilities  of  this  house  for  the  fulfilment  of  orders  are  unsurpassed. 
The  prices  charged  are  extremely  reasonable  when  due  consideration 
is  given  to  the  superiority  of  the  productions. 


TOLMAN  &  BILLINGS,  Merchant  Tailors,  No.  7  Park  Street.— 
The  merchant  tailors  of  Boston  have  always  held  a  pre-emi- 
nent position  among  their  brethren  throughout  the  United 
States,  owing  to  the  excellence  of  their  productions.  An  old 
and  reliable  house  that' can  trace  the  date  of  its  foundation  back  to 
1835,  over  a  half  a  century  ago,  is  the  well-known  establishment  of 
Messrs.  Tolman  &  Billings,  merchant  tailors,  at  No.  7  Park  Street, 
which  remains  yet  among  the  leaders  of  styles  and  fashions.  It  is  one 
of  the  oldest  of  its  kind  in  Boston,  and  was  established  originally  by 
Mr.  James  Tolman.  The  present  firm  was  formed  in  1879,  consisting 
of  Tolman  &  Billings,  since  which  date  it  has  been  continued  with 
great  success  under  the  present  firm  title.  Mr.  Billings  was  horn  in 
Canton,  Mass.,  and  is  a  thoroughly  practical  skilled  tailor  and  cutter, 
having  commenced  business  first  on  his  own  account  in  Cambridge, 
in  1868,  where  he  remained  until  his  connection  with  this  house,  then 
on  Washington  Street;  subsequently  in  1888  removed  to  the  present 
address.  The  premises  occupied  are  elegantly  appointed  and  equipped 
with  every  appliance  and  convenience  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
splendid  stock  of  piece-goods.  The  assortment  of  broadcloths,  cassi- 
meres,  suitings,  etc.,  comprise  the  finest  productions  of  English, 
French,  and  German  looms  and  the  most  fastidious  and  critical  can- 
not fail  to  be  suited,  while  the  more  conservative  in  dress  will  find 


FROST  &  DEARBORN,  Restaurant,  No.  6  Pearl  Street.— The 
business  over  which  this  firm  presides  was .  originally  estab- 
lished hi  1846,  by  Mr.  S.  E.  Kendall,  under  the  Old  State-House, 
and  in  1862  Mr.  J.  N.  Dearborn,  who  had  been  connected  with 
the  house  since  1853,  became  a  partner  under  the  firm  name  of  S.  E. 
Kendall  &  Co.  In  1875.  Mr.  Kendall  died,  and  the  present  firm  was 
organized  by  the  accession  to  membership  of  Mr.  Morrill  Frost,  who 
had  been  proprietor  of  the  Albany  Railroad  depot  lunch-room  for 
twenty-one  years,  and  as  thus  constituted,  the  firm  of  Frost  & 
Dearborn  took  possession  of  their  present  quarters.  Here  they  oc- 
cupy the  ground-floor  and  basement,  41x100  feet  each,  having  a  seat- 
ing capacity  for  one  hundred  and  twenty-six  guests,  and  fitted  up 
and  furnished  in  keeping  with  the  sound  judgment  and  correct  taste 
of  the  proprietors.  They  cater  to  the  wants  of  from  five  hundred  to 
six  hundred  people  per  day,  and  have  acquired  a  reputation  and  a 
patronage  that  places  their  establishment  in  the  foremost  ranks  of 
enterprise,  popularity,  and  success.  Their  restaurant  is  open  to  the 
public  from  7  A.M.  to  6  P.M.  and  is  daily  patronized  by  hundreds  of 
our  leading  business  men.  The  cuisine  is  in  charge  of  experienced 
chefs,  and  any  dish  is  cooked  to  order  in  the  finest  manner  and  at 
moderate  prices.  All  the  choicest  delicacies  of  the  season  are  served 
in  abundance,  and  a  corps  of  twenty -six  expert  assistants  contribute 
to  the  satisfactory  operations  of  the  house ;  cigars  are  kept  for  the 
use  of  guests.  Mr.  Frost  is  a  native  of  Maine,  and  came  to  Boston  in 
1844.  Mr.  Dearborn  was  born  in  Newburyport,  Mass. ,  and  has  resided 
in  this  city  for  the  past  thirty-six  years.  Both  are  accomplished  and 
expert  caterers. 

GEORGE  COLEMAN,  Blank  Book  Manufacturer,  No.  21  Federal 
Street;  Elevator,  No:  170  Devonshire  Street.— This  gentleman 
has  been  established  in  the  business  here  since  1855,  and  from 
the  first  his  establishment  has  been  justly  celebrated  for  the 
uniform  excellence  and  artistic  finish  of  its  productions.  The  skill, 
energy,  and  tact  brought  to  bear  in  the  management  of  the  business 
give  every  guarantee  that  this  determination  will  be  carried  into  ef- 
fect, with  credit  to  its  proprietor  and  satisfaction  to  its  host  of  patrons. 
The  steady  growth  of  the  business  has  been  thoroughly  gratifying. 
All  the  latest  improved  machinery  and  appliances  are  utilized,  and 
constant  employment  is  furnished  to  twenty  five  skilled  and  expert 
hands.  Stationers'  work  of  every  description  is  a  leading  specialty  of 
the  house.  Mr.  Coleman  gives  to  every  department  of  his  business  his 
strict  personal  attention,  and,  being  familiar  with  every  detail  and 
requirement  of  the  trade,  he  is  prepared  to  give  assurance  to  all  his 
patrons  that  no  work  shall  leave  his  house  which  is  not  wrought  in  the 
highest  style  of  the  art.  The  trade  throughout  the  city  speak  in  the 
highest  terms  of  the  work  here  executed.  Mr.  Coleman  is  a  native  Bos- 
tonian,  well  known  and  highly  esteemed  in  business  and  trade  circles. 


B  WELKINS  &  CO.,  Book,  Law  and  Commercial  Printers,  and 
Blank  Book  Manufacturers,  No.  197  Devonshire  Street.  —The 
m  business  of  this  successful  concern  was  founded  many  years 
ago  by  C.  H.  Crosby  &  Co.,  who  were  among  the  first  to 
engage  in  lithography  in  this  city.  In  1885,  Mr.  Wilkins  became  the 
proprietor,  adopting  the  present  firm  style.  The  premises  occupied 
cover  an  area  of  40x100  feet,  and  are  equipped  in  the  most  approved 
manner,  the  outfit  embracing  eight  first-class  presses,  driven  by  steam 
power,  and  employment  is  afforded  a  force  of  twenty-five  experienced 
hands.  The  facilities  of  the  house  for  doing  all  kinds  of  book,  law, 
and  general  commercial  printing,  and  also  for  manufacturing  blank 
books,  are  of  the  best,  and  are  equal  to  any  demands  that  may  be 
made  upon  them.  The  trade  extends  to  all  parts  of  New  England 
and  New  York,  and  is  both  permanent  and  influential  in  character. 
Mr.  Wilkins  being  so  favorably  known,  it  is  needless  for  us  to  use 
laudatory  terms  regarding  his  house;  we  can  only  add,  that  business 
relations  established  with  him  cannot  fail  to  be  of  the  most  satisfac- 
tory character,  as  in  dealings  with  customers  he  has  ever  been  found 
prompt,  reliable,  and  decisive. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


191 


FRANCIS  T.  CHURCH  &  CO.,  Manufacturing  Chemists  and 
Apothecaries,  Corner  of  Court  and  Howard  Streets.— This  is 
one  of  the  oldest  concerns  of  the  kind  in  Boston,  having  been 
founded  by  the  late  Andrew  J.  Almy  in  1845.  As  successor  to 
him  was  Mr.  Frederick  H.  Simmons,  and  eventually,  in  1852,  Mr.  F.  T. 
Church  became  sole  proprietor.  He  is  a  practical  pharmacist  of  the 
highest  standing  and  great  experience  in  his  profession,  and  has 
achieved  an  enviable  reputation  for  the  accuracy  of  his  prescriptions, 
purity,  and  strength  of  all  ingredients,  and  comprehensive  stock  of 
drugs,  chemicals,  essential  oils,  proprietary  remedies,  etc.  Mr. 
Church's  establishment  is  prominently  located^on  a  corner,  and  is  most 
handsomely  fitted  up  with  hard  wood  and  marble  counters,  tile  floor, 
ornate  soda  fountain,  and  a  most  attractive  display  of  stock.  Mr. 
Church  has  devoted  his  attention  with  most  important  results  to  the 
compounding  and  manufacture  for  the  trade,  and  his  own  customers, 
a  series  of  pharmaceutical  preparations  of  the  greatest  therapeutic 
value,  and  which  are  recommended  by  the  medical  profession,  and 
have  attained  a  widespread  sale  and  use.  His  firm  are  proprietors  of 
Sarsaparilla  with  Iodide  of  Potassium  and  Iron,  the  best  blood-purifier 
and  tonic  in  the  market — it  has  restored  thousands  to  health ;  Church 
&  Co.'s  Citrate  Magnesia;  Church  &  Co.'s  Essence  Jamaica  Ginger: 
Church  &  Co.'s  Rheumatic  Liniment;  Church  &  Co.'s  Compound 
Hair  Tonic;  Church  &  Co.'s  Compound  Orris  Tooth  Paste;  Church  & 
Co.'s  Expectorant  Cough  Balsam;  Blah-' s English  Remedy;  Chloro- 
form Anodyne  Toothache  Drops;  Dorvault's  Regulator;  Liebig's  Corn 
Remover,  Church  &  Co.'s  Beef.  Iron  and  Wine,  the  favorite  tonic;  and 
Church  &  Co.'s  Vegetable  Compound  for  Female  Complaints.  These 
can  be  fully  relied  on  as  the  best  series  of  specifics  in  the  field  they 


plete  stock  is  carried,  and  Mr.  Meyers  sells  to  jobbers,  manufac- 
turers, etc.,  all  over  the  United  States  and  Canada.  The  offices  of 
the  concern  are  at  No.  32  Murray  Street,  New  York,  a/id  Nos.  152  and 
154  Lake  Street,  Chicago. 


AMERICAN  GOLD  PAINT  COMPANY,  No.  13  Meridian  Street, 
East  Boston. — This  establishment  is  located  at  No.  13  Meridian 
Street,  East  Boston,  and  since  it  was  founded  in  1887  has  risen 
into  great  prominence.  It  is  the  leading  concern  in  its  line 
here,  and  the  large  measure  of  success  thus  far  gained  is  an  augury  of 
greater  achievements  in  the  near  future.  The  company  are  the  man- 
ufacturers of  the  American  Gold  Paint,  Acme  Fluid  Gold,  etc.,  which 
have  had  a  remarkably  large  sale,  and  are  now  being  shipped  to  all 
parts  of  the  country.  The  company  also  manufacture  picture-frames 
of  every  description  and  deal  in  picture-frames  and  other  fine-art 
goods,  bronze  powders,  etc.  The  trade  is  of  both  a  wholesale  and 
retail  character  and  extends  to  every  section  of  the  United  States. 
The  store,  which  has  a  frontage  of  25  feet  and  a  depth  of  65  feet,  is 
very  elegant  and  attractive  in  its  appointments  and  arrangements, 
and  it  is  fully  stocked  with  a  valuable  and  choice  selection  of  oil 
paintings,  steel  engravings,  oleographs,  etchings,  water-color  draw- 
ings, etc.,  picture -frames  in  great  variety,  bronze  powders,  gold 
paint,  etc.  In  the  rear  of  the  store  is  a  well-equipped  workshop 
where  several  hands  are  kept  busy  in  manufacturing  picture-frames, 
gold  paint,  etc.  All  the  departments  of  the  enterprise  are  under  the 
personal  supervision  of  the  proprietors,  who  are  qualified  for  their 
positions  by  long  practical  experience  in  the  trade.  They  are  both 
residents  of  East  Boston,  and  enjoy  the  esteem  of  all  who  know  them. 

EMIL  MEYERS,  Kaiser  Wilhelm  Blacking,  Universal  Metal  Putz- 
pomade,  Finest,  Quickest,  Cheapest,  and  easiest-working  Metal 
Polish  in  the  Market  for  any  kind  of  metal.  Sole  Importer 
and  General  Agent,  No.  113  Broad  Street. — Boston  is  the  great 
centre  for  the  leather  and  shoe  trade,  so,  also,  is  it  the  great  mart  for 
blacking  and  kindred  goods.  In  the  forefront  among  the  wholesale 
handlers  of  blacking  is  Mr.  Emil  Meyers.  This  gentleman  is  a  native 
of  Liegnitz  (Silesia),  and  in  1881  came  to  Boston'  to  found  his  present 
enterprise.  From  a  small  beginning  the  business  has,  through  the 
indomitable  perseverance  and  energy  of  the  proprietor,  grown  to 
large  proportions,  and  to-day  he  is  one  of  the  most  extensive  dealers 
in  his  line  in  the  city.  ?!r.  Meyers  is  the  sole  importer  and  general 
agent  in  this  country  for  the  Kaiser  Wilhelm  Blacking,  the  most 
popular  blacking  in  Europe,  and  known  to  the  German  army  since 
1884.  It  is  the  only  shoe-blacking  that  contains  vaseline,  and  makes 
the  leather  entirely  waterproof.  It  is  used  by  the  whole  of  the  Ger- 
man army,  and  is  manufactured  by  Schmitt  &  Forderer,  of  Wahlers- 
Hausen-Cassel.  Mr.  Meyers  is  also  the  sole  importer  of  and  general 
agent  for  the  Universal  Metal  Putz-pomade,  the  finest,  quickest, 
cheapest,  and  easiest  working  metal  polish  in  the  market  for  gold, 
silver,  nickel,  brass,  tin,  and  any  other  kind  of  metal.  A  fine,  com- 


ELIJAH  BEACH,  Merchant  Tailor,  No.  503  Washington  Street.— 
This  gentleman  is  a  tower  of  strength  in  the  merchant-tailor- 
ing business.  He  learned  the  trade  in  Middletown,  Ct., 
and  established  himself  ha  business  here  hi  Boston  hi  1863. 
He  occupies  spacious  and  elegant  quarters  and  is  in  a  position  to 
guarantee  the  prompt  and  satisfactory  fulfilment  of  all  orders  and 
commissions.  To  seek  his  services  once  is  to  be  his  patron  always. 
In  his  splendid  salesrooms  is  exhibited  one  of  the  finest  stocks  of 
cloths  and  trimmings  ever  brought  to  this  city.  It  is  complete  in 
material,  design,  and  novelty,  and  the  very  best  sources  of  American 
and  European  production  have  contributed  to  its  wealth.  Mr.  Beach 
devotes  his  time  and  talents  to  fine  custom-clothing,  and  the  garments 
here  produced  are  recognized  as  simply  perfection  in  style,  fit,  and 
artistic  workmanship.  A  corps  of  skilled  and  experienced  tailors  is 
constantly  employed,  and  prices  are  placed  at  the  lowest  point  of 
moderation  consistent  with  first-class  work.  Mr.  Beach  is  a  native  of 
Massachusetts,  and  accounted  one  of  Boston's  most  successful  and 
representative  business  men,  with  whom  it  is  always  pleasant  and 
profitable  to  deal. 


HERBERT  F.  RAY,  Registered  Pharmacist,  No.  119  Main  Street, 
Corner  Thompson,  Charlestown.— The  pharmacy,  situated  on 
the  corner  of  Main  and  Thompson  Streets,  at  Charlestown,  has 
for  more  than  thirty  years  been  recognized  as  one  of  the  most 
reliable  drug  establishments  in  this  section.  The  founder  of  the  busi- 
ness was  Mr.  William  B.  Morse,  who  was  succeeded  in  1884  by  Messrs. 
R.  H.  King  &  Co.,  from  whom  the  present  proprietor,  Mr.  Herbert  F. 
Ray,  purchased  the  business  in  1887.  This  gentleman  was  born  in 
Hartford,  Vt.,  and  is  a  young,  practical  and  accomplished  pharmacist. 
For  about  a  year  he  was  in  the  service  of  Mr.  King  as  clerk,  and  is  the 
inventor  of  a  vaseline  atomizer,  which  lie  disposed  of  to  Messrs. 
Leach  &  Green,  manufacturers  of  surgical  instruments,  Boston.  The 
store  has  an  area  of  25x35  feet,  and  is  very  handsome  and  attractive 
in  its  fittings  and  appointments,  which  include  elegant  plate-glass 
show-cases,  soda-water  fountain,  etc.  The  stock  is  a  most  complete 
one  in  all  its  departments.  The  pure  and  superior  assortment  of 
drugs,  medicines,  and  pharmaceutical  preparations  are  supplied  from 
the  most  reputable  sources,  and  are  selected  with  special  reference  to 
strength  and  freshness.  In  the  line  of  novelties  in  perfumery,  toilet 
articles,  and  fancy  goods  the  enterprise  of  the  proprietor  has  placed 
within  the  reach  of  his  patrons  ttw  best  articles  that  can  be  pur- 
chased. A  specialty  is  made  of  Dr.  Richardson's  Cough  Syrup,  which 
is  a  most  efficacious  remedy,  and  has  a  very  large  sale.  Special  at- 
tention is  given  to  the  compounding  of  prescriptions,  and  absolute 
accuracy  is  assured  in  all  cases.  Both  the  proprietor  and  his  estab- 
lishment are  deservedly  popular,  and  the  success  attained  is  merited. 


FREEMAN  &  GRAY,  Men's  Furnishing  Goods,  No.  124  Tremont 
Street,  opposite  Park  Street  Church.— An  old,  tune-honored  and 
representative  city  house  in  the  men's  furnishing-goods  trade  is 
that  of  Messrs.  Freeman  &  Gray,  located  at  No.  124  Tremont 
Street.  This  business  was  founded  as  far  back  as  1856,  by  Messrs. 
Freeman,  Carey  &  Co.,  and  was  originally  located  on  Water  Street, 
later  on  Washington,  and  finally  in  187'3  was  removed  to  the  present 
site.  In  1878  Mr.  Ira  C.  Gray,  who  previous  to  this  date  had  been  in 
business  for  himself  on  Washington  Street,  succeeded  Mr.  Carey,  and 
the  title  became  as  now— Freeman  &  Gray.  The  store,  20x72  feet  in 
size,  is  fitted  up  in  a  style  of  modern  elegance  and  convenience,  and 
the  large  stock  of  shirts,  collars,  cuffs,  neckwear,  underwear,  gloves, 
hosiery,  dressing-gowns,  breakfast  jackets,  bathing-suits,  and  men's 
furnishings  generally,  is  one  of  the  finest,  best  selected,  and  most  com- 
plete to  be  met  with  hi  the  city  trade.  The  house  has  long  been  a  pop- 
ular source  of  supply  for  the  high-class  city  custom,  and  the  annual 
business  is  of  most  prosperous  volume.  Messrs.  George  E.  Freeman 
&  Ira  C.  Gray,  composing  the  firm,  are  natives,  the  former  of  Boston, 
and  the  latter  of  Reading,  Mass.,  but  long  a  resident  of  the  city.  Both 
are  thoroughly  progressive  and  able  business  men,  long  esteemed  as 
among  the  representative  and  eminently  popular  merchants  in  their 
line. 


192 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


THE  STONE  PATENT  ADJUSTABLE  COAT  COLLAR  SPRING 
Manufactured  only  by  the  Bullock  Coat  Collar  Spring  Com- 
pany; E.  G.  Carleton,  Sole  Agent,  No.  38  Court  Square.— This 
is  truly  an  inventive  age,  and  almost  daily  inventors  are  pro- 
ducing to  the  world  some  new  device  for  lessening  the  hardships  of 


turn  your  coat  collar  up,  place  the  spring  around  your  neck,  turn 
collar  down,  and  you  have  the  effect.  Tailors  and  others  can  find  no 
more  salable  article  to  keep  in  stock  than  this  coat  collar  spring,  and 
the  most  liberal  terms  are  offered  to  the  trade,  who  should  communi- 
cate with  the  sole  wholesale  agent.  His  office  at  No.  38  Court  Square 
is  very  centrally  located  and  easy  of  access,  being  on  the  street  floor. 
Mr.  Carleton  is  one  of  those  jolly  good  fellows  with  whom  it  is  a  pleas- 
ure to  do  business.  He  has  agents  throughout  the  civilized  world,  and 
the  coat  collar  spring  is  bound  to  be  a  success  wherever  coats  are  worn 
and  as  long  as  gentlemen  have  any  regard  for  their  personal  appear- 
ance. Here  a  heavy  stock  of  springs  is  kept  on  hand  to  meet  imme- 
diate orders,  which  are  filled  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  patrons. 


toil  or  in  some  way  promoting  the  comforts  and  pleasures  of  the  peo- 
ple and  making  life  more  enjoyable.  The  latest  manifestation  that 
there  is  still  something  "  new  under  the  sun  "  is  the  Stone  Patent  Ad- 
justable Coat  Collar  Spring,  which  is  manufactured  by  the  Bullock 


GEO.  C.  LITTLEFIELD,  Leather  Broker,  No.  5  High  Street.— 
This  gentleman  has  had  an  experience  of  forty  years  in  this 
business,  and  established  his  present  enterprise  in  1871.  His 
house  has  since  been  recognized  as  a  prominent  factor  in  pro- 
moting the  leather  trade  of  this  city  and  state.  His  connections  have 
continued  to  expand  from  year  to  year,  capital  and  facilities  enlarg- 
ing together,  until  his  house  ranks  equal  with  any  of  its  contempor- 
aries here  or  elsewhere.  Having  a  foundation  understanding  of  all 
the  details  and  requirements  of  the  leather  trade,  Mr.  Littlefield  is  a 
recognized  authority  as  to  quality  and  value  in  this  market.  The  ut- 
most trust  and  confidence  can  be  safely  placed  upon  all  representa- 
tions made  by  him,  and  large  numbers  of  manufacturers  in  this  city 
and  throughout  the  state  depend  upon  him  for  their  supplies  year 
after  year.  All  interests  committed  to  his  keeping  are  closely  watched 
and  intelligently  promoted,  and  he  is  prepared  to  offer  advantages 
and  benefits  that  are  rarely,  if  ever,  duplicated  elsewhere.  Mr.  Little- 
field  is  a  native  of  Stoughton,  Mass.,  a  resident  of  Newton,  and  enjoys 
a  wide  acquaintance  in  trade  circles  and 
the  respect  and  esteem  of  all  in  social, 
financial,  and  commercial  life. 


Coat  Collar  Spring  Company,  of  this  city,  and  for  which  Mr.  E.  G. 
Carleton,  of  No.  38  Court  Square,  is  the  sole  agent.  This  is  an  inven- 
tion that  every  man  who  desires  to  be  decently  attired  will  appreciate, 
and  will  feel  a  covetousness  for  one  as  soon  as  he  sees  it.  We  speak 
from  experience,  and  as  over  a  million  have  already  been  put  upon 
the  market  and  sold  within  the  past  twelve  months,  some  idea  of  ita 
popularity  may  be  gained.  By  its  use  the  coat  collar  and  lappels 
always  retain  their  shape,  and  never  require  pressing,  thereby  saving 
many  times  their  cost  in  a  short  time.  This  spring  is  made  from  best 
oil  tempered  steel  formed  to  fit  the  coat  under  the  collar,  and  hold  it 
in  place  same  as  if  buttoned,  without  any  inconvenience  to  the 
wearer;  also  prevents  the  coat  from  opening  when  exposed  to  the 
wind.  This  is  the  only  thing  always  sure  to  keep  a  coat  in  shape  and 
prevent  the  front  from  breaking  down.  It  saves  the  wear  on  button- 
holes, which  disfigures  a  coat  so  quickly.  For  wearing  with  over- 
coats, it  is  just  the  thing,  as  the  coat  can  be  worn  unbuttoned,  and 
will  not  blow  open,  sag,  crease,  or  spoil  the  set  of  the  coat.  To  adjust. 


HARRISON  &  RENISON,  Carriage 
Manufacturers,  Nos.  327,  339,  and 
331  West  Second  Street,  Near  F 
Street,  South  Boston.— If  long  and 
faithful  apprenticeship,  supplemented  by 
years  of  active  experience  in  a  mechanical 
industry  directed  by  more  than  ordinary 
intelligence,  is  worth  anything  as  an  en- 
dorsement to  public  favor,  then  the  firm 
of  Messrs.  Harrison  and  Renison,  carriage 
manufacturers,  may  be  most  hearti'y  cc  m 
mended.  The  individual  members  of  the 
firm  are  Mr.  Robert  Harrison,  about 
thirty-five  years  of  age,  who  was  born  in 
England,  but  has  been  a  resident  of  the 
United  States  since  boyhood;  and  Mr.  M 
J.  Renison,  a  son  of  Ireland,  a  trifle  older 
than  his  partner,  who  has  resided  here  also 
•ever  since  he  was  a  mere  lad.  Mr.  Harrison 
established  himself  in  business  on  his  own 
account  as  a  carriage  painter  in  1882.  and 
Mr.  Renison  also  started  during  the  same 
year  as  a  wood- worker  in  carriages.  They 
conducted  their  separate  branches  with 
more  than  usual  success  at  then-  old 
stands,  No.  1C9  F  Street,  corner  of  Third  Street  until  January 
1888,  when  they  consolidated  their  interests  under  the  present  firm 
title  and  removed  to  their  present  location.  The  premises  utilized 
comprise  a  two-story  frame  building  fifty  feet  square  in  dimensions, 
in  which  will  be  found  a  full  equipment  of  all  the  necessary  tools,  ap- 
pliances, and  in  fact  everything  that  can  contribute  to  the  production 
of  the  most  efficient,  stylish,  and  reliable  work.  None  but  skilled  and 
perfectly  competent  workmen  are  employed.  They  manufacture  for 
sale  and  to  order  all  kinds  of  carriages,  landaus,  top  and  open  bug- 
gies, road  wagons,  skeleton  and  buck-board  wagons,  sulkies,  sleighs, 
etc.,  all  of  which  are  put  together  in  the  best  and  most  conscientious 
workmanship  known  to  the  trade,  and  in  which  only  the  very  best 
and  most  thoroughly  seasoned  woods  and  best  brands  of  steel 
and  iron  are  used;  while  the  upholstering,  trimmings,  painting,  and 
general  finish  cannot  be  surpassed  by  any  rival  concern  in  this  city. 
They  give  special  attention  to  all  kinds  of  jobbing  and  repairing  in 
their  line,  and  their  prices  are  certainly  reasonable. 


THE     METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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TPARK  BUCHER,  Insurance ,  No.  45  Milk  Street.— Probably 
no  life-insurance  company  in  the  country  has  done  more 
in  recent  years  to  establish  firmly  in  the  mind  of  the  public 
the  advantages  of  the  life-insurance  system  than  has  the 
Ohio  Valley  Life  Company,  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  which  is  repre- 
sented in  this  city  by  Mr.  T.  Park  Bucher,  state  manager,  at  No. 
45  Milk  Street.  This  company  was  organized  in  July,  1878,  for  the 
sole  purpose  of  granting  pure  life  insurance,  upon  a  sound,  safe,  and 
enduring  basis.  It  has  behind  it  the  record  of  eleven  years  of  suc- 
cessful business,  in  which  it  has  paid  all  death-claims  in  full,  and 
furnished  trustworthy  insurance  at  a  lower  cost  than  any  other 
company  has  been  able  to  show  in  the  same  period.  Its  plans  are 
in  harmony  with  the  progress  of  the  age,  and  within  the  reach  of 
all  eligible  to  membership.  It  commends  itself  to  every  one  who 
will  examine  its  leading  features:  First  its  plain,  simple  policy; 
second,  its  fixed  and  equitable  rates;  third,  only  six  payments  per 
year,  and  fixed  dates  when  they  are  to  be  made;  fourth,  an  incon- 
testable policy;  fifth,  no  restriction  as  to  mode  or  place  of  travel; 
sixth,  its  reserve  fund  features— equity  in  the  manner  of  its  crea- 
tion, and  the  purpose  it  serves  in  reducing  the  cost  to  the  members 
by  returning  to  them  at  stated  periods  an  equitable  share  of  all  ac- 
cumulations in  the  reserve  fund.  The  fact  that  large  accessions  are 
•continually  being  made  to  its  business,  without  resort  to  other  than 
the  most  ligitimate  measures,  is  conclusive  evidence  of  the  high  esti- 
mation in  which  this  stanch  and  ably  managed  institution  is  re- 
garded by  the  public,  and  proves  that  shrewd  and  prudent  men  are 
becoming  more  and  more  generally  convinced  when  desiring  insur- 
ance, that  in  a  company  doing  what  may  be  termed  "  pure  insur- 
.ance,"  the  Ohio  Valley  affords  not  only  the  safest,  but  one  of  the 
most  profitable  investments  that  can  be  made.  This  company  has  at 
rrisk  over  seven  million  dollars,  and  is  adding  to  this  amount  daily. 
Mr.  Bucher,  the  agent,  is  one  of  the  best  known  insurance  men  in 
Boston,  having  been  established  in  the  business  here  since  1872,  and 
is  deservedly  prominent  as  a  general  insurance  broker.  He  is  pre- 
pared to  place  the  largest  risks  in  either  life,  fire,  or  accident  insur- 
ance companies,  quoting  the  lowest  rates  of  premium,  and  promptly 
paying  all  losses  as  soon  as  adjusted.  He  has  a  large  and  influential 
patronage  in  this  city  and  throughout  the  state,  and  is  eminently 
popular  in  the  business  community.  Mr.  Bucher  is  a  native  of  the 
state  of  Pennsylvania,  a  resident  of  Boston  for  the  past  twelve 
years,  still  in  the  active  prime  of  life,  a  member  of  the  Boston  Board 
of  Underwriters,  a  director  of  the  Massachusetts  Accident  Insurance 
Association,  and  a  thoroughly  practical  exponent  of  insurance. 


CARPENTER,  WOODWARD  &  MORTON,  Paints  and  Varnishes, 
White-lead,  Tinted  Leads,  Mixed  Paints,  and  Painters'  Sup- 
plies, No.  151  Milk  Street.— The  manufacture  of  paints,  oils, 
and  varnishes,  like  most  of  the  other  branches  of  trade,  has 
experienced  the  march  of  progress  until  discovery,  invention,  and 
improvement  have  wrought  a  veritable  revolution  in  the  trade 
within  a  comparatively  recent  period.  For  example,  the  old  way  of 
mixing,  by  hand,  color  and  lead  is  entirely  superseded  by  the  infl 
nitely  superior  method  of  thoroughly  grinding  together  by  ma- 
•chinery;  and  so  in  numberless  other  ways  the  great  and  steady  ad- 
vances made  in  this  direction  are  apparent.  An  old-established 
and  thoroughly  representative  house  in  this  line  in  Boston  is  that 
of  Messrs.  Carpenter,  Woodward  &  Morton,  located  at  No.  151  Milk 
Street.  This  firm  are  extensive  dealers  in  paints  and  varnishes, 
white-lead,  tinted  leads,  mixed  paints,  and  painters'  supplies.  The 
house  was  founded  in  1840  by  Mr.  E.  F.  Pratt;  and,  after  some 
changes,  the  present  firm  was  organized,  in  1868,  by  Messrs.  Qeo. 
O.  Carpenter,  E.  T.  Woodward  and  John  D.  Morton.  The  senior  part- 
ner had  been  in  the  firm  since  1849,  while  Mr.  Morton  was  a  partner 
in  1864.  Mr.  Frederic  H.  Newton  was  admitted  to  partnership  in 
1885;  and  in  1888,  Mr.  Edwin  A.  Rogers  was  also  admitted  to  the 
firm.  Mr.  E.  T.  Woodward  died  in  1884,  the  remaining  copartners 
continuing  the  business  without  change  in  the  firm  style.  The 
business  premises  comprise  three  floors  and  basement,  100x100  feet 
•  each,  all  of  which  splendid  floor  space  is  utilized  in  the  disposal  of 
the  immense  stock  of  goods  that  is  constantly  carried.  Through 
the  superior  quality  of  the  goods  handled,  and  the  ability,  business 
capacity,  and  enterprise  displayed  in  the  management,  this  house 
long  ago  forced  its  way  to  prominence  and  patronage,  and  to-day 
stands  the  foremost  exponent  of  its  branch  of  trade  in  New  Eng- 
-and.  The  business,  which  is  chiefly  wholesale  and  jobbing,  is  im- 


mense and  influential  in  all  parts  of  the  New  England  States,  and 
the  stock  carried  is  the  largest  and  finest  of  its  kind  in  the  city,  in- 
cluding many  valuable  specialties  handled  by  no  other  house  in 
this  section  of  the  country.  Mr.  John  D.  Morton,  of  this  firm,  is  the 
New  England  manager  for  the  St.  Louis  Lead  &  Oil  Company,  the 
reputation  of  whose  products  is  so  widely  known  and  firmly  estab- 
lished that  they  need  no  words  of  commendation  in  these  pages. 
These  and  other  important  makes  of  goods  bear  such  a  high  charac- 
ter for  utility  and  usefulness  as  to  claim  universal  attention  and 
general  patronage.  Employing  large  and  ample  capital,  and  com- 
manding advanced  opportunities  for  procuring  their  supplies  direct 
from  the  most  reputable  manufacturers,  in  large  quantities  and 
at  advantageous  rates,  this  firm  are  in  a  position  to  offer  superior 
inducements  to  patrons  as  regards  both  reliability  of  goods  and 
liberality  of  terms  and  prices.  The  members  of  this  responsible 
firm  are  accounted  among  Boston's  representative  merchants  and 
solid,  substantial  business  men.  Mr.  George  O.  Carpenter  is  a  na- 
tive and  prominent  citizen  of  Boston,  and  a  member  of  the  Paint 
and  Oil  Club  of  New  England.  Mr.  John  D.  Morton  is  a  Massa- 
chusetts man  by  birth  and  training,  still  in  the  prime  of  life,  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Paint  and  Oil  Club  of  New  England,  and 
was  its  president  for  two  years.  Mr.  F.  H.  Newton  is  a  native  of 
Massachusetts,  and  has  been  connected  with  the  house  since  1868; 
was  secretary  of  the  Paint  and  Oil  Club  of  New  England  for  two 
years,  and  resides  in  this  city.  Mr.  E.  A.  Rogers  has  been  in 
the  house  since  1872,  and  is  also  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth. 
These  gentlemen  combine  their  energies,  experience,  and  ability  to 
form  a  business  firm  ot  commanding  influence,  and  sterling  worth. 


WM.  A.  THOMPSON,  Manufacturing  Jeweler,  Diamonds  and 
Precious  Stones,  No.  383  Washington  Street.— Precious 
gems  are  always  the  most  valuable  of  material  presents, 
inasmuch  as  they  always  possess  a  comparatively  un- 
varying intrinsic  value,  beside  that  which  is  associated  with  them  as 
reminders  of  the  donors;  but  the  gift,  to  give  the  fullest  measure  of 
satisfaction  to  the  recipient,  should  have  an  artistic  setting,  which  in 
design  should  be  particularly  its  own.  To  possess  a  necklace, 
brooch,  ring,  or  tiara  is  indeed  a  pleasure;  but  when  the  possession 
is  distinguished  by  a  design  that  is  its  own,  and  of  which  there  are 
no  duplications,  then  it  is  naturally  a  greater  source  of  pride  and 
satisfaction.  There  are  many  dealers  in  this  city,  in  precious 
stones;  but  there  are  very  few  who  unite,  to  the  distinction  of  carry 
ing  a  rich  and  varied  stock,  the  reputation  for  strikingly  original 
and  artistic  designs— designs  that  will  bring  out  the  greatest  beauty 
of  combination,  and  outside  of  the  attractive  but  stereotyped  forms. 
Among  the  most  artistic  and  accomplished  of  Boston  jewelers,  and 
the  only  one  who  makes  a  specialty  of  diamonds  and  rare  and 
precious  gems,  is  Mr.  William  A.  Thompson,  No.  383  Washington 
Street.  In  Mr.  Thompson  the  patron  finds  more  than  the  expert 
and  business  man— he  finds  an  artist  of  acknowledged  eminence  in 
his  line.  As  an  expert  and  authority  upon  all  matters  pertaining  to 
gems,  he  is  without  a  superior;  while  as  an  artist- jeweler,  it  is  doubt- 
ful if  the  city  holds  his  peer.  The  ordinary  wearer  of  diamonds  has 
little  idea  of  the  skill  necessary  to  assort,  select,  and  |set  precious 
stones;  but  it  is  only  necessary  to  place  the  work  of  Mr.  Thomp- 
son's alongside  the  average  cluster,  to  manifest  the  superiority  of 
the  artist  to  the  mere  artisan.  In  the  arrangement  of  gems,  the 
blending  of  different  colors  to  produce  the  most  exquisite  harmony 
attainable  by  the  skilled  manipulators  of  many  tints,  is  something 
few  can  do.  Mr.  Thompson  brings  to  his  work  the  taste  and  nice 
appreciation  of  color  effects,  twin  gifts  of  the  artist,  and  an  experi 
ence  of  twenty-five  years  in  the  business.  Besides  being  able  to 
show  specimens  of  any  gems,  in  any  color,  he  suggests  an  original 
design,  and  sketches  the  same  for  the  customer.  A  practical 
mechanic,  he  is  also  an  enthusiastic  art  student,  who  designs  and 
paints  to  fine  effect  in  water-colors.  An  inspection  of  the  beautiful 
gems  which  Mr.  Thompson  can  show  is  no  less  a  treat  to  the  con 
noisseur  than  to  the  novice;  while  a  pearl  and  diamond  necklace,  a 
recent  crowning  triumph  of  his  artistic  skill  and  laborious  search  in 
securing  the  materials,  is  something  the  exquisite  beauty  of  which 
must  be  seen  to  be  appreciated.  The  pearls  in  this  necklace  are  of 
many  shades,  and  the  blending  of  the  colors  in  this  arrangement  in 
necklace  and  pendants  is  most  exquisite.  A  visit  should  be  made  to 
his  rooms  by  all  who  wish  that  their  gifts  shall  take  the  highest 
form  of  value  and  beauty. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


JOHN  MEDINA,  Importer  and  Manufacturer  of  Human  Hair 
Goods,  Paris  Hair  Store,  No.  463  Washington  Street.— Mr.  John 
Medina  is  the  leading  authority  in  Boston  in  every  branch  of 
the  above  business  or  rather  artistic  profession,  and  has  de- 
veloped a  patronage  of  great  magnitude,  including  among  his  cus- 
tomers the  fashionable  circles  of  society,  and  an  influential  connec- 
tion throughout  the  United  States.  Mr.  Medina  was  born  in  the 
Azores  Islands,  and  early  in  childhood  with  his  parents  left  his  mid- 
Atlantic  birthplace  for  a  home  in  the  New  World.  The  family  settled 
in  Lawrence,  Mass.,  and  there  the  subject  of  our  sketch  was  raised 
and  educated.  Early  in  life  he  thoroughly  learned  the  hair-goods 
trade  in  its  every  detail,  and  in  1855  started  in  business  on  his  own 
account  in  Lawrence.  With  steady  growth  of  trade  and  need  of 
enlarged  facilities,  Mr.  Medina  in  1868  permanently  removed  to  Bos- 
ton, and  steadily  developed,  a  business  that  eventually  became  the 
leader  in  its  line.  In  1884  he  removed  to  his  present  most  central 
and  desirable 'location.  His  establishment  is  known  as  the  "Paris 
Hair  Store,"  and  an  appropriate  title  it  is,  for  nowhere,  not  even  in 
Paris,  could  there  be  found  a  more  complete,  extensive,  or  desirable 
stock.  The  store  is  most  richly  fitted  up,  and  contains  full  lines  of 
hair  goods,  while  in  the  rear  are  the  hair-dressing  parlors,  where  cut- 
ting, curling,  shampooing,  singeing,  etc.,  are  attended  to  by  the  most 
expert  attendants.  Mr.  Medina  is  nationally  celebrated  as  the  inven- 
tor and  exclusive  manufacturer  of  many  popular  and  greatly  supe- 
rior waves,  head-pieces,  wigs,  etc.  Among  his  newest  styles,  and  not 
duplicated  anywhere  else,  are  the  lovely  Sea  Foam  Wave,  very  popu- 
lar for  young  and  middle-aged  ladies:  with  this  wave  every  lady  be- 
comes her  own  hair-dresser.  The'  prices  range,  without  back  hair, 
from  $3  to  $6;  and  with  back  hair  $6  to  $10,  and  up.  Medina's  Im- 
proved Lisbon  Wave  is  recognized  to  be  the  prettiest,  most  youthful, 
becoming  to  the  face,  and  the  lightest  of  any  wave  made.  It  can  be 
dressed  in  a  variety  of  waves,  and  is  made  only  from  natural  curly 
hair.  It  is  the  most  stylish.  The  use  of  this  wave  avoids  the  wig-like 
appearance  common  to  all  other  waves,  and  greatly  adds  to  the  nat- 
ural beauty  of  the  features.  His  new  Czarina  Switch  is  another 
deservedly  popular  style,  having  six  points,  and  can  be  plaited  to  suit 
the  wearer.  He  also  has  full  lines  of  other  switches,  and  makes  a 
specialty  of  ladies'  wigs.  Gentlemen's  dress  wigs  of  first  quality  are 
constantly  on  hand,  and  are  made  to  order  as  desired.  These 
hair  goods  are  the  best  and  most  improved  in  the  world.  They 
won  the  silver  medal  and  diploma  at  the  Exhibition  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Charitable  Mechanics'  Association,  and  are  spoken  of  hi  the  high 
est  terms.  He  is  also  an  authority  on  the  best  methods  of  treating 
baldness,  and  is  successful  in  inducing  the  hair  or  beard  to  grow 
again,  in  the  great  majority  of  cases.  He  does  a  heavy  mail  order 
trade,  his  customers  residing  in  every  state  of  the  Union. 


JD.  GILMAN,  Ladies'  and  Gentlemen's  Dining  and  Sample 
Rooms,  Nos.  48  and  50  Summer  Street,  corner  of  Arch  Street. 
M  — The  city  of  Boston  is  widely  recognized  as  the  centre  where 
unlimited  capital  thorough  experience,  and  boundless  enter- 
prise have  combined  to  make  its  caf 6s  and  restaurants  equal  to  any 
in  the  country.  As  a  contributor  to  the  reputation  of  the  city  in  this 
regard,  and  as  a  model  establishment  of  its  kind,  the  dining-rooms 
for  ladies  and  gentlemen  conducted  by  Mr.  J.  D.  Oilman  at  Nos.  48 
and  50  Summer  Street,  corner  of  Arch,  stand  pre-eminent  as  the  mid- 
day lunching  place  of  the  city.  It  has  been  successfully  operated  for 
a  period  of  twenty-five  years,  and  is  the  daily  resort  for  several 
hundred  people,  enjoying  a  first-class  patronage  from  down-town  mer- 
chants, and  is  highly  appreciated  by  the  public  generally.  The  dining 
rooms  on  the  ground  floor  measure  60x120  feet,  and  their  arrange- 
ments and  appointments  are  of  the  best  possible  character,  reflecting 
the  utmost  credit  upon  the  taste  and  judgment  of  the  proprietor, 
while  the  convenience  and  comfort  of  patrons  are  perfectly  insured. 
The  bar,  lunch,  and  oyster  room  are  situated  in  the  basement,  and 
are  ably  managed.  The  cuisine  is  in  charge  of  chefs  of  marked  abil- 
ity and  national  reputation.  The  proprietor  secures  his  table  supplies 
from  the  most  varied  sources,  all  the  important  markets  of  the  coun- 
try paying  tribute  to  his  enterprise.  All  the  delicacies  that  can  pos- 
sibly be  obtained  are  served  in  liberal  abundance,  while  the  perfect 
manner  in  which  the  viands  are  served  make  a  meal  at  Oilman's  a 
most  agreeable  experience.  While  there  are  larger  caf 6s  in  the  city, 
there  are  none  which  possess  such  well-founded  claims  upon  the 
public  favor  or  enjoy  a  more  deserved  popularity.  It  is  the  one  place 
above  all  others  during  the  day  where  a  first  class  meal  is  secured 


for  a  fair  price.  Twenty  experienced  and  courteous  assistants  are 
in  attendance,  and  the  patronage  is  large,  first-class,  and  permanent. 
Mr.  Gilman,  the  moving  spirit  of  this  enterprise,  is  a  New  Hampshire 
man  by  birth  and  training,  and  honored  and  esteemed  in  this  city  as 
a  gentleman  of  great  executive  ability  and  of  strict  business  integrity, 
and  as  an  accomplished  exponent  of  the  business  in  which  he  is  en- 
gaged. 

GREEN  &  CO..  Produce  Commission  Merchants  in  Butter,  Cheese, 
Eggs,  Poultry,  Game,  etc.,  Nos.  80  and  82  South  Market  Street. 
— Among  the  widely-known  houses  engaged  in  the  produce 
commission  business  in  this  city  is  that  of  Messrs.  Green  &  Co., 
who  are  extensive  wholesale  dealers  in  butter,  cheese,  eggs,  poultry, 
game,  etc.,  and  carry  on  a  general  produce  commission  trade  with  all 
parts  of  the  country.  The  business  was  originally  established  in  1873 
by  Messrs.  Andrews,  Green  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  the  following 
year  by  the  firm  as  at  present  constituted.  The  premises  occupied 
for  trade  purposes  are  spacious  in  size,  and  afford  ample  accommo- 
dation for  the  storage  and  preservation  of  the  choice  and  valuable 
stock  here  carried.  The  facilities  of  this  house  are  unsurpassed  by 
any  like  concern  in  the  city.  Its  relations  with  shippers  and  produc- 
ers in  the  west  and  throughout  New  England  and  the  British  Prov- 
inces are  direct  and  influential,  and  the  choicest  products  of  the  farm, 
the  orchard,  and  the  dairy  are  daily  received  fresh  from  the  hands  of 
the  producer,  and  are  here  to  be  found  in  stock  at  the  lowest  market 
prices.  Liberal  advances  are  made  on  consignments  of  produce 
when  desired,  while  quick  sales  and  prompt  returns  have  always  been 
a  fixed  rule  with  this  popular  firm.  The  trade  is  broadly  distributed 
throughout  all  the  New  England  States.  The  copartners,  Messrs.  R. 
T.  and  M.  K.  Green,  are  natives  of  Maine,  members  of  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  and  the  Produce  Exchange,  fully  conversant  with  every 
detail  of  the  commission  trade. 


SH.  SANBORN,  Bookbinder,  No.  150  Congress  Street. -This 
representative  house  was  founded  some  thirty  years  ago  by 
B  Messrs.  Sanborn  &  Parker,  and  after  several  changes  the 
present  proprietor  succeeded  to  the  sole  control  in  1871.  The 
business  premises  comprise  two  floors,  45x100  feet  each,  thoroughly 
equipped  with  the  best  machinery  for  the  purpose,  operated  by  steam- 
power,  and  steady  employment  is  given  to  a  large  force  of  skilled  and 
expert  hands,  ranging  hi  number  from  twenty  to  thirty.  The  equip- 
ment of  the  folding,  trimming,  sewing,  stamping,  and  other  depart- 
ments is  thoroughly  complete,  and  every  appliance  known  to  the  craft 
is  utilized  in  order  to  develop  the  best  specimens  of  book- binding.  A 
specialty  is  made  of  cloth  and  school  book-binding  for  the  trade,  and 
publishers  and  printing  establishments  find  it  greatly  to  their  advan- 
tage to  forward  their  editions  to  this  old-established  and  justly- 
famous  house,  stating  style  of  binding  required,  or  sending  a  volume 
that  they  have  had  previously  bound  as  a  sample.  The  resources 
and  facilities  of  the  house  for  edition  binding  are  unexcelled,  and 
rarely  equalled  by  those  of  any  other  first-class  house  in  the  trade, 
while  the  prices  quoted  are  as  low  as  is  consistent  with  first-class  work. 
Mr.  Sanborn,  the  worthy  proprietor,  is  a  native  of  Concord,  N.  H.,  a 
well-known  resident  of  Cambridge,  and  a  member  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Charitable  Mechanics'  Association. 

LE.  COWLES  &  CO.,  Mercantile  Fruiting,  No.  18  Arch  Street. 
— This  house  was  founded  several  years  ago  by  Mr.  L.  E. 
m  Cowles,  and  was  carried  on  alone  by  him  until  1887,  when 
Mr.  A.  T.  Faunce  was  admitted  to  partnership.  Both  mem- 
bers of  the  firm  have  had  a  thorough  and  complete  training  in  all  the 
departments  of  their  profession,  and  are  therefore  fully  qualified  to 
execute  the  most  delicate  work  in  an  artistic  manner.  The  spacious 
premises  occupied,  25  by  100  feet  in  area,  are  equipped  with  seven 
superior  printing-presses,  and  a  liberal  and  judicious  selection  of  the 
most  desirable  type  faces  and  ornaments,  and  all  other  necessaries, 
are  utilized  in  producing  everything  in  the  line  of  flne  mercantile 
printing.  The  house  ably  sustains  an  excellent  reputation  for  artis- 
tic work,  and  receives  a  liberal  pn.tronage  from  leading  business 
houses  of  Boston  and  its  vicinity.  The  volume  of  trade  demands 
the  constant  employment  of  fifteen  hands.  The  copartners,  Messrs. 
Cowles  and  Faimce,  the  former  a  native  of  Connecticut,  the  latter  of 
Abington,  Mass.,  devote  their  entire  attention  to  the  direction  of  their 
affairs,  and  are  prompt  in  the  execution  of  all  orders  entrusted  to 
their  care. 


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FLAGG  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Shoe 
Machinery,   Union   Cementers,    Scalene,  (Boiler  Compound), 
etc.,  No.  110  Lincoln  Street;  Dr.  G.  H.  P.  Flagg,  Manager.— 
Prominent  among  the  representative  manufacturing  enter- 
prises of  the  city  of  Boston  are  those  conducted  by  Dr.  Flagg,  at  No. 
110  Lincoln  Street.  These  companies  comprise  the  Globe  Buffer  Com- 
pany, Union  Edge  Setter  Company,  Flagg  Manufacturing  Company, 
and  the  Boston  Lasting  Machine  Company,  all  of  which  enjoy  a  na- 
tional reputation,  owing  to  their  utility,  efficiency,  and  reliability.  The 
founder  of  these  combinations  of  enterprise  is  Dr.  Flagg,  a  dentist  by 
profession,  who  established  himself  in  dentistry  in  this  city  in  1863. 
Ten  years  later  he  became  interested  in  this  line  of  manufacture,  and 
founded  first  the  Union  Edge  Setter  Company,  then  the  Globe  Buffer 
Company.  In  1887  he  consolidated  the  Champion  Trimmer  Company, 


Union  Ink  Company,  and  Columbian  Manufacturing  Company,  under 
the  style  and  title  of  the  Flagg  Manufacturing  Company.  He  makes 
a  specialty  of  the  production  of  the  Union  cementer  for  distributing 
rubber  cement,  wherever  it  is  used  without  a  particle  of  waste,  thus 
saving  about  20  per  cent  of  cement.  This  cementer  is  for  sale  by 
authorized  agents  and  dealers  in  shoe  machinery  and  findings 
throughout  all  sections  of  the  United  States.  The  Union  Edge  Setter 
Company  are  noted  as  manufacturers  of  the  Union  Edge  Setting  ma- 
chine, the  only  successful  machine  for  the  purpose  yet  invented,  and 
of  which  there  are  upwards  of  2500  now  in  use.  The  Columbian 
Manufacturing  Company  was  established  in  1883  for  the  manufac- 
ture of  "Scalene, "a  notable  boiler  compound.  Thus  consolidated, 
this  enterprise  has  entered  upon  a  thoroughly  successful,  useful  and 
prosperous  career.  The  business  premises  consist  of  four  spacious 
floors  for  the  manufacture  of  the  aboved  named  products,  each  being 
60x75  feet  in  area.  The  various  departments  are  fully  equipped  with 
new  and  improved  machinery  operated  by  steam-power,  and  every 
convenience  is  at  hand  for  insuring  rapid  and  perfect  production. 
Employment  is  furnished  to  a  force  of  sixty  skilled  workmen,  and 
the  output  is  one  of  great  importance.  The  "Globe  Buffer''  is  the 
most  successful  machine  yet  invented  for  buffing  or  sand-papering 


the  bottoms  of  boots  and  shoes.  By  it  the  sand-paper  is  used  in 
entirely  a  different  form  from  that  employed  by  all  other  machines, 
an  endless  belt  of  that  paper  being  run  over  an  idler  and  a  flexible 
roll  against  which  the  shoe  is  held.  It  will  do  more  than  twice  the 
work  as  when  used  in  the  form  of  a  sheet  closely  clasped  around  the 
old-fashioned  roll.  These  machines  are  now  in  use  in  all  parts  of  the 


country,  and  practically  supplant  all  similar  productions  wherever 
introduced.  The  Globe  heel  scourer  is  a  machine  combining  every 
advantage  claimed  for  others.  In  addition  also  the  improved  wheel 


and  device  for  stopping  and  locking  the  same  while  applying  the 
paper  avoids  stopping  the  machine,  and  thereby  saves  much  time. 
It  is  guaranteed  to  be  the  most  thoroughly  built  and  durable  ma- 
chine in  the  market.  The  wheels  are  made  in  three  sizes,  and  are 
finished  to  fit  all  styles  of  heels,  from  straight  to  extreme  French. 
For  use  on  this  machine  and  others  also,  Dr.  Flagg  manufactures  a 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


superior  quality  of  moulded  sand-paper,  "  Ruby"  and  "  New  Eng- 
land," which  he  puts  up  in  rolls  of  twenty-five  yards  each.  Another 
valuable  novelty  of  this  reliable  house  is  the  "  Globe  Insole"  an  inven- 
tion of  great  merit,  which  displaces  the  flexible  leather  now  in  use 
for  insoles  to  shoes.  It  is  guaranteed  by  hundreds  of  manufac- 
turers who  are  using  it  as  thoroughly  reliable,  and  as  a  permanent 
substitute  for  leather  being  stronger  than  any  leather  of  the  same 
thickness;  is  preserved  instead  of  destroyed  by  perspiration;  the 
edges  are  smooth,  which  prevent  them  from  cutting  the  stitches; 
shoes  made  with  it  will  not  squeak,  and  the  proprietor  claims  it  to  be 
superior  to  the  very  best  leather  for  this  purpose.  This  company 
also  manufactures  the  "  Union  Slip  Innersole"  the  "  Union  Electric  In- 
nersole,"  flat  shank,  paper  and  numerous  other  specialties  of  great 
value  to  the  shoe  trade.  These  goods  are  used  extensively  in  all 
parts  of  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and  a  large  export  trade  is 
also  conducted  with  Great  Britain,  France,  Germany,  Switzerland, 
Australia,  etc.  The  Flagg  Manufacturing  Company  also  manufact- 
ures the  Boston  lasting  machine.  This  machine  has  advantages  over 
all  machines  heretofore  made  in  the  following  essential  features:  1st. 
The  shoe  is  lasted  upon  a  jack,  the  upper  being  drawn  over  with 
pinchers  in  the  hand  of  the  operator,  precisely  as  in  hand-lasting; 
2d.  Any  shoe  whose  upper  can  be  drawn  over  by  baud  can  be  lasted 
upon  this  machine;  3d.  A  shorter  tack  is  used  than  is  practicable  in 
hand-lasting;  4th.  No  tacks  are  wasted;  5th.  lasting  upon  this  ma- 
chine is  far  less  fatiguing  to  the  operator  than  hand- work;  6th. 
A  laster  can  do  twice  as  much  work  with  the  aid  of  this  machine  in  a 
given  time  as  by  the  ordinary  hand  method ;  7th.  The  machine  is 
very  simple  in  construction.  Royalty,  one-half  cent  per  pair;  lease 
price,  $150.  Dr.  Flagg  is  justly  accounted  among  those  progressive 
and  successful  American  manufacturers  who  build  up  great  enter- 
prises in  every  avenue  of  industry,  fully  meriting  the  extensive  and 
permanent  patronage  secured  by  his  ability  and  energy. 


IRA  G.  HERSEY,  Contractor  and  Builder,  formerly  of  Nos.  77 
and  79  Wareham  Street,  Now  Cambridgeport,  Mass.— In  care- 
fully examining  the  industrial  enterprises  of  this  busy  metropo- 
lis, it  is  a  constant  source  of  pleasure  to  note  the  advances  that 
are  constantly  being  made  in  many  directions  of  usefulness,  and  the 
growth  of  industries  that  add  no  little  to  the  wealth  and  prosperity 
of  the  city.  A  very  popular  and  well-known  contractor  and  builder 
is  Mr.  Ira  G.  Hersey,  formerly  of  Nos.  77  and  79  Wareham  Street, 
who  moved  to  his  present  location,  in  Cambridgeport,  about  May 
1st  of  this  year.  The  business  was  originally  established  in  1885 
by  Messrs.  Mackenzie  &  Hersey,  the  present  proprietor  succeed- 
ing to  the  sole  control  in  1888.  The  premises  are  fully  equipped 
with  new  and  improved  machinery  and  appliances  and  steady  em  • 
ployment  is  given  to  from  seventy-five  to  one  hundred  skilled  hands. 
The  proprietor  is  prepared  to  furnish  pine  and  hard-wood  trimmings 
and  interior  finish,  mantels,  mirror-frames,  ball-stands,  hand-rails, 
newels,  pine  and  hard-wood  doors,  and  in  fact  every  variety  of 
builders'  woodwork  in  oak,  walnut,  cherry,  butternut,  ash,  white- 
wood,  pine,  etc.,  inside  and  outside  blinds  and  house  mouldings. 
Special  attention  is  given  to  supplying  ornamental  woodwork 
from  designs  furnished  and  in  any  style  desired.  Only  the  most  ex- 
pert workmen  are  employed,  and  all  orders  are  filled  with  despatch 
and  at  liberal  rates.  Estimates  for  all  kinds  of  work  in  the  wood- 
working line  are  cheerfully  furnished,  and  contracts  are  entered  into 
for  the  erection  of  buildings  of  every  description.  Mr.  Hersey  is 
known  as  one  of  the  largest  builders  in  the  city,  and  has  carried 
through  to  a  successful  completion  many  important  and  extensive 
commissions  for  the  erection  of  public  buildings,  business  blocks,  and 
private  residences,  all  of  which  are  specimens  of  mechanical  genius 
and  architectural  skill  of  the  highest  order  of  perfection,  and  serve  to 
commend  this  house  unreservedly  to  public  confidence  and  patron- 
age. Mr.  Hersey  is  a  native  of  Hingham,  Mass.,  and  is  highly  es- 
teemed in  this  city  as  an  accomplished  leader  in  his  line  of  industry, 
and  a  solid,  substantial,  and  responsible  business  man. 


EATON  &  EUSTIS,  Commission-Merchants,  and  Dealers  in  Beans 
Potatoes,  Apples,  Poultry,  Butter,  Cheese,  Eggs,  etc.,  No.  13 
North  Market  Street.— The  well-known  house  of  Messrs.  Eaton 
&   Eustis,  commission-merchants  and  dealers  in  farm  and 
dairy  products  and  fruits,  is  one  of  the  most  reliable  in  the  city.    It 
was  established  by  the  firm  in  1881,  and  since  that  time  a  trade  has 
been  built  up  and  connection  made  which  have  proved  lucrative  to 


the  copartners  and  satisfactory  to  all  who  have  had  dealings  with  it. 
Spacious  commodious  premises  25x60  feet  in  area  are  occupied,  and 
besides  the  firm  two  clerks  are  employed  to  facilitate  transactions 
As  commission-merchants  Messrs.  Eaton  &  Eustis  conduct  extensive 
operations,  and  as  dealers  are  doing  a  large  wholesale  business  iu 
beans,  apples,  potatoes,  poultry  and  produce  generally .  and  also  but- 
ter, cheese  and  eggs,  and  foreign  and  domestic  fruits  of  all  kinds. 
While  the  trade  is  principally  local,  an  outside  business  with  all  parts 
of  New  England  has  been  cultivated,  the  operations  being  con- 
ducted on  quite  an  extensive  scale.  Mr.  J.  C.  Eaton  and  Mr.  C.  L.  Eustis 
are  both  natives  of  the  state  of  Maine,  and  as  merchants  are  very 
popular  and  prominent  in  this  community.  They  are  thoroughly  up- 
right and  honorable,  and  correct  and  prompt  in  all  business  trans- 
actions, and  consignors  will  find  that  they  are  faithful  in  the  perform- 
ance of  all  obligations. 

NE.  HOLLIS,  Produce  and  Provision  Commission  Merchant, 
Receiver  of  Swift's  Chicago  Dressed  Beef,  Nos.  50  and  51 
B  North  Market  Street  and  No.  21  North  Street.— In  writing 
a  detailed  account  of  the  industries  of  Boston,  with  some 
mention  of  those  individual  enterprises  that  have  conduced  so  greatly 
to  the  benefit  of  the  community,  we  must  not  overlook  the  fact  that 
no  little  vitality  has  emanated  from  a  trade  in  meat  that  appears  to 
become  more  important  annually.  Among  those  who  are  well  known 
in  this  city  and  have  achieved  prominence  as  general  produce  and 
provision  commission  merchants  and  receivers  of  Swift's  choice 
Chicago  dressed  beef,  is  Mr.  N.  E.  Hollis,  whose  establishment  is  cen- 
trally and  conveniently  located  at  Nos.  50  and  51  North  Market  Street 
and  No.  21  North  Street.  This  business  was  organized  about  twenty 
years  ago  by  Messrs.  Sawyer,  Hollis  &  Co.,  who  conducted  it  in 
partnership  until  1883,  when  Mr.  N.  E.  Hollis  purchased  his  asso- 
ciates' interests  and  assumed  the  proprietorship.  The  premises  oc- 
cupied comprise  two  commodious  stores  with  basements,  and  these 
front  on  both  North  Market  and  North  Streets.  In  addition,  Mr. 
Hollis  also  occupies,  at  No.  24  North  Street,  a  store  and  basement  as  a 
packing-house.  The  business  of  this  concern  has  attained  very 
large  proportions,  and  is  still  annually  increasing  in  volume.  Butter, 
poultry,  eggs,  and  country  produce  of  every  description  are  handled 
at  wholesale  on  commission,  and  a  very  heavy  trade  is  done.  The 
leading  feature  of  the  business  is  the  trade  in  Swift's  choice  Chicago 
dressed  beef;  and  as  a  plentiful  supply  of  this  indispensable  com- 
modity is  always  on  hand,  and  as  Mr.  Hollis  is  always  earnest  in  his 
endeavors  to  please,  he  has  established  a  large  business  and  enjoys  a 
widespread  custom.  Indeed,  he  handles  more  beef  than  any  other 
Boston  house,  and  disposes  of  about  twenty  carloads  per  week  in 
all  his  departments.  The  trade,  which  extends  throughout  New  Eng- 
land, requires  the  constant  services  of  thirty  to  forty  bands,  and  it 
is  constantly  increasing. 

BRIGHAM  &  SPOFFORD,  Architects,  No.  19  Milk  Street.— 
Prominent  among  the  reliable  and  leading  architects  of  the 
city,  is  the  widely  known  firm  of  Messrs.  Brigham  &  Spofford. 
Mr.  Charles  Brigham,  the  senior  partner,  commenced  the 
practice  of  his  profession  twenty-three  years  ago,  as  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Sturgiss  &  Brigham,  among  their  works  being  the 
Museum  of  Fine-arts,  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Building,  Boylston  Street;  Church 
of  the  Advent,  Brimmer  Street;  private  residences  for  Mr.  Fred.  L. 
Ames,  John  L.  Gardner,  E.  Rollins  Morse,  Boston;  the  residence  of 
H.  H.  Rogers,  New  York  City;  and  he  has  had  extensive  experience 
in  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore  and  Washington.  This  part- 
nership was  dissolved  in  1887,  and  in  February,  1888,  he  entered 
into  partnership  with  Mr.  J.  C.  Spofford,  the  firm  being  known 
by  the  style  and  title  of  Brigham  &  Spofford.  Both  partners  are 
able  and  talented  architects,  fully  conversant  with  every  detail  of 
the  profession.  Proofs  of  their  skill  are  numerous  throughout  Bos- 
ton and  its  vicinity,  as  embodied  in  the  various  splendid  edifices  they 
have  erected  in  the  last  few  years,  which  are  much  admired  by  ex- 
perts, for  their  stability,  elegance,  and  elaboration  of  detail.  The 
f ollowing  are  a  few  of  the  buildings  latterly  erected  by  this  popular 
firm:  Boston  &  Providence  R.  R.  Stations  at  Stoughton  and  Rox- 
bury,  Mass.;  Massachusetts  Hospital  Life  Insurance  Company's 
Building,  Episcopal  Church,  Melrose;  Judge  Macomber's  House, 
Rochester,  N.  Y. ;  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Building,  Everett,  Mass. ;  School  and 
Unitarian  Chapel,  Watertown.  Mass. ;  the  residence  of  the  late  Henry 
A.  Whitney,  Marlboro  Street,  Boston,  and  many  others. 


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FW.  FOSTER  &  CO.,  Steam  and  Hot-water  Heating  Apparatus, 
Specialties  Public  Buildings,  Fine  Residences,  and  Green- 
houses, No.  51  Charlestown  Street.— At  the  present  time  the 
value  of  steam  and  hot  water  for  heating  buildings  has  be- 
come so  well  understood  and  so  common  that  it  is  unnecessary  to 
enter  into  any  argument  to  prove  its  superiority  over  all  other  methods 
of  artificial  warming.  Its  advantages  have  become  so  well  known  and 
apparent  that  architects,  scientists,  physicians,  and  sanitary  engineers 
have  endorsed  the  system  of  steam  and  hot- water  as  far  more  desirable 
than  the  use  of  stoves  and  hot-air  furnaces.  In  connection  with  these 
remarks,  special  reference  is  made  in  this  commercial  review  of 
Boston  to  the  representative  and  successful  house  of  F.  W.  Foster 
&  Co.,  contractors  for  steam  and  hot- water  apparatus,  whose  office 
and  salesrooms  are  located  at  No.  51  Charlestown  Street.  This  busi- 
ness was  established  twelve  years  ago  by  F.  W.  Foster,  upon  his  return 
from  Ohio,  where  he  was  engaged  for  nearly  two  years  putting 


record  of  over  twelve  years,  with  an  increased  annual  sale  in  nearly 
every  state  in  the  Union,  finds  the  market  to-day  without  a  single  sec- 
ond-hand boiler  of  this  make  to  be  found.  Space  is  too  short  to  give 
a  detailed  description  of  this  boiler,  and  but  one  illustration— a  gen- 
eral view  as  it  appears  set  in  brickwork.  The  interior  is  the  most 
interesting,  and  all  those  contemplating  any  mode  of  heating  should 
carefully  examine  the  improved  Lydie,  water-tube,  return-flue,  cast- 
iron  sectional  safety  boilder,  for,  by  the  special  machinery  now  used 
in  its  manufacture,  it  can  be  offered  at  less  cost,  and  with  a  positive 
assurance  of  highly  satisfactory  results  as  regards  economy  of  fuel, 
capacity,  care,  reliability,  and  durability— the  latter  believed  to  be  at 
least  three  times  that  of  the  ordinary  makes.  This  firm  also  control 
the  sale  of  a  "  Portable  "  hot-water  boiler  that  is  the  best  of  its  class. 
Interested  parties  can  obtain  full  particulars  by  addressing  F.  W. 
Foster  &  Co  ,  No.  51  Charlestown  Street,  Boston,  Mass.,  U.  8.  A. 


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in  and  remodelling  the  heating  outfits  in  public  institutions  at 
Akron  and  Columbus.  The  present  firm  are  ever  on  the  alert  for 
the  latest  and  best  improvements:  and  among  their  line  of  special- 
ties is  the  "Nason  Thermo-electric  Regulator,"  a  simple  yet  truly 
scientific  attchment  for  hot-water  outfits,  and  the  only  device  now 
known  that  will  positively  control  the  circulating  water,  at  any  degree 
desired,  in  moderate  as  well  as  the  most  extreme  weather.  Foster  & 
Co.  make  a  specialty  of  heating  and  ventilating  public  buildings,  fine 
residences,  and  greenhouses  with  steam  or  water,  separately  or  com- 
bined ;  and  make  the  bold  claim  of  having  the  only  apparatus  that  is 
equally  well  adapted  for  one  or  the  other,  and  decidedly  superior 
under  any  requirements  of  the  three  systems.  This  apparatus  was 
adopted  in  1888  by  the  directors  of  the  new  Hatch  Experimental 
Station  at  the  State  Agricultural  CoUege,  Amherst,  Mass.;  and  their 
tabulated  report  just  issued  (April,  1889)  shows  a  saving  of  20  per  cent 
in  coal,  and  an  average  of  nearly  2  per  cent  higher  temperature  in  a 
comparative  test  between  water  and  steam.  There  are  two  other 
remarkable  facts  in  the  history  of  the  "  Lydie  "  that  are  of  general 
interest,  viz. :  The  very  first  experimental  boiler  of  this  peculiar  form 
of  construction  that  was  set  up  in  1876  has  done,  and  is  still  doing,  first- 
class  high-pressure  service  in  the  large  manufacturing  establishment 
of  Bisbee,  Endicott  &  Co.,  Chelsea,  Mass.,  without  a  dollar's  worth  of 
repairs,  and  is  apparently  good  for  fifty  years  to  come.  Second:  a 


EN.  LEVY  &  CO.,  French  Per- 
fumers, No.  34  West  Street.— 
Perfumery  preparations  have 
become  a  very  important  aux- 
iliary to  our  present  civilization  and 
society,  and  no  refined  individuals  at 
the  present  day  consider  their  toilet 
complete  without  the  use  of  some  stand- 
ard preparation  in  the  shape  of  a  per- 
fume. The  house  of  Ben.  Levy  &  Co., 
No.  34  West  Street,  has  gained  a  wide- 
spread and  .  excellent  reputation  for 
manufacturing  and  dealing  only  in  the 
purest  and  most  lasting  perfumes,  their 
goods  and  specialties  being  in  great 
demand  in  all  sections  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada.  Mr.  Ben.  Levy,  who 
is  sole  proprietor,  established  this  busi- 
ness in  1871.  He  makes  a  specialty  of 
manufacturing  at  his  laboratory  Levy's 
Parisian  Cream,  Levy's  Perline  or  Liquid 
Pearl,  and  Levy's  French  Cream.  He 
makes  a  specialty  of  the  La  Blache  face- 
powder,  which  has  received  the  highest 
testimonials  from  the  prominent  celeb- 
rities of  the  stage  both  in  America  and 
Europe.  Levy's  French  Cream  is  a 
scientific  beautifler.  It  is  the  result  of 
long  observation,  careful  experiments, 
has  had  the  aid  of  the  best  French 
chemist  and  of  a  skilful  skin  doctor  of 
Paris.  This  is  stated  that  the  ladies 
may  have  no  fear  of  bad  results  follow- 
ing its  use,  as  is  the  case  of  cheap  catch- 
penny preparations  which  have  been 
forced  upon  the  market.  Levy's  French 
Cream  is  not  only  harmless,  but  is  posi- 
tively beneficial.  Mr.  Levy  has  letters  from  Marie  Roze  Mapleson,  the 
celebrated  vocalist,  Sarah  Bernhardt,  and  other  prominent  artistes  of 
the  lyric  and  dramatic  professions,  endorsing  its  claims  for  recog- 
nition in  the  warmest  terms.  They  do  not  consider  their  toilet  com- 
plete without  this  article.  The  price  is  only  $2  per  bottle,  or  three 
bottles  for  $5.  Sent  by  express  to  any  part  of  the  country  upon 
receipt  of  price.  Levy's  Parisian  Cream  (Creme  Therapeutique) 
is  a  delightful  preparation  for  purifying,  refreshing,  and  renovating 
the  complexion.  Its  capability  of  soothing  irritation  and  removing 
all  roughness  of  the  skin  renders  it  indispensable  to  every  toilet.  I 
is  perfectly  innocent,  and  can  be  used  on  the  most  delicate  skin  with 
the  greatest  safety.  Jars,  forty  and  seventy-five  cents.  Levy's  Per- 
line, or  Liquid  Pearl.  A  very  fine  preparation  for  imparting  a  deli- 
cate and  youthful  bloom  to  the  complexion.  White,  pink,  and  cream 
tinted  for  brunettes.  Price,  only  seventy -five  cents  per  bottle.  Mr. 
Levy's  store  is  elegantly  equipped,  and  completely  stocked  with  the 
finest  extracts,  colognes,  soaps,  lotions,  cosmetics,  powders,  etc., 
which  have  been  imported  direct  from  the  most  celebrated  Paris  and 
London  houses.  All  these  splendid  goods  are  fully  warranted,  and 
are  offered  to  customers  and  the  trade  at  the  lowest  possible  prices. 
New  perfumes  are  constantly  added  to  the  stock  by  every  invoice. 
Mr.  Levy  was  born  in  France.  He  is  highly  regarded  by  the  com- 
munity for  his  skill,  enterprise,  and  integrity. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


WHITTEMORE  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Shoe  Ma- 
chinery, No  31  South  Street.— The  Whittemore  Manufac- 
turing Company  has  made  itself  famous  the  world  over 
by  its  ingenious  boot  and  shoe  machinery.  This  company 
is  the  outcome  of  the  amalgamation,  in  1872,  of  several  individual 
concerns,  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  boot  and  shoe  ma- 
chinery into  the  Shoe-machinery  Manufacturing  Company.  The  busi- 
ness of  this  company  was  purchased  in  1875  by  Mr.  D.  Whittemore, 
who,  in  the  spring  of  1883,  was  succeeded  by  his  sons,  Messrs.  J.  Q.  A. 
and  Charles  Whittemore,  who  are  continuing  the  enterprise  under 
the  style  of  the  Whittemore  Manufacturing  Company.  The  works 
comprise  a  three-story  building,  30x100  feet  in  dimensions.  The 
lower  floor  is  used  as  salesroom,  and  the  machine-shops  are  on  the 
upper  floors.  The  mechanical  equipments  are  of  the  most  efficient 
description,  and  from  ten  to  twelve  hands  are  engaged  here.  Much  of 
of  the  machinery  disposed  of  by  this  house  is  manufactured  outside 
under  contract,  and  a  prominent  feature  of  the  business  is  the  repair- 
ing of  all  kinds  of  shoe  machinery.  The  concern  is  under  the  general 
management  of  Mr.  Samuel  F.  Howard,  who  has  been  connected 
•with  it  for  the  past  twenty  years.  The  company  manufacture  and 
deal  in  Bay  State  wax  thread  sewing-machines ;  upside-down  ma- 
chines for  stitching  counters  and  straps;  New  Era,  Champion,  and 
Varney  pegging-machines ;  Star  sole  and  upper  leather  splitters; 
vibrating  rolls;  Monitor  eyeleters ;  punching  and  eyeleting  machine 
combined,  for  glove  and  cloth  work;  common  foot-power  and  self- 
feeding  punches;  forepart  edge  setting  and  trimming  machines,  with- 
out royalty;  foot  and  steam  power  strippers  and  rollers;  side- welt 
machines:  sandpapering  machines,  chase-skivers,  counter-skivers; 
heel-breasting  machines,  sole-moulding  machines,  rawhide  mallets, 
screw  press,  burnishing  machines;  patent  nail-drivers,  lining-markers, 
cutting-boards,  brushes,  machine  awls,  needles,  castoffs;  seam  rub- 
bers, crimpers,  etc.  The  company,  in  addition  to  having  a  large  trade 
•with  all  parts  of  the  United  States,  export  goods  to  England,  Germany, 
Australia,  etc. 


MC.  HOOD  &  CO.,  Perfumers,  and  Manufacturers  of  Hood's 
French  Cologne,  No.  289  Devonshire  Street.— This  concern 
B  had  its  origin  about  ten  years  or  so  ago,  and  was  then 
founded  by  Messrs.  M.  C.  &  M.  B.  Hood,  brothers,  and 
natives  of  Vermont,  but  old  residents  in  Boston.  In  1885,  Mr.  M. 
C.  Hood  died,  and  since  then  the  business  has  been  perpetuated  by 
the  surviving  brother  under  the  original  firm  style.  The  third  floor 
of  the  building  is  utilized  as  salesroom  and  manufacturing  depart- 
ment, and  this  has  an  area  of  28x60  feet.  Perfumes  of  every  descrip 
tion,  and  of  a  high  quality,  are  produced  here,  and  a  specialty 
is3  made  of  a  cologne  that  is  widely  known  as  Hood's  French 
Cologne.  These  perfumes  are  put  in  various  forms,— in  artistic 
bottles,  etc.,— and  are  a  source  of  attraction  wherever  exhibited. 
The  superior  and  uniform  excellence  of  Hood's  perfumes  is  univer- 
sally conceded,  and  this  recognition  was  indorsed  in  1878  by  the 
award  of  a  diploma  to  Messrs  M.  C.  Hood  &  Co.  at  the  Massachusetts 
Charitable  Mechanic  Association  exhibition  in  that  year.  The  busi- 
ness is  exclusively  of  a  wholesale  character,  and  a  vast  trade  is  done 
through  perfumers,  druggists,  dry -goods  houses,  hair-dressers,  fancy- 
goods  dealers,  etc.,  all  over  the  country.  Dealers  find  the  products 
of  this  concern  most  salable  goods  to  keep  in  stock.  Mr.  M.  C.  Hood 
resides  at  Melrose. 


JH.  POWER  &  CO.,  Steel  and  Stencil  Letter  Cutters,  Die- 
sinkers,  and  Engravers,  No.  64  High  Street.— For  thirty -five 
B  years  or  thereabout,  the  popular  and  well-known  firm  whose 
name  heads  this  sketchfhas  maintained  a  position  in  the  fore- 
front in  its  line  in  this  city.  For  thoroughly  fine  work  in  the  line  of 
steel  and  stencil  letter  cutting,  die -sinking,  and  engraving,  or  for 
promptness  and  reliability  in  executing  all  orders,  small  or  large,  no 
concern  of  the  kind  in  Boston  has  a  better  name,  and  none  deserves 
it,  having  been  awarded  medals  at  various  periods  by  the  Massachu- 
setts Charitable  Mechanic  Association  for  meritorious  productions. 
This  prosperous  enterprise  was  started  in  1854  by  the  present  senior 
member,  who  conducted  it  alone  up  to  about  ten  years  ago,  when  he 
admitted  into  partnership  Thomas  Ward.  They  occupy  commodious 
and  well-equipped  quarters  on  the  third  floor  of  No.  64  High  Street, 
ample  and  complete  facilities  being  at  hand,  while  four  or  more 
skilled  assistants  are  employed.  The  firm  are  prepared  to  execute 


all  work  in  the  line  of  steel  and  stencil  letter  cutting,  die-sinking,  and 
engraving,  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art,  and  in  the  most  expeditious 
manner,  at  lowest  consistent  figures.  Embossing-presses  and  seals 
for  bankers,  merchants,  notaries,  and  lodges  are  made  to  order  like- 
wise, and  carried  in  stock;  also  rubber  stamps,  inks,  pads,  and  kindred 
articles,  fine  steel  letter  cutting  being  a  leading  specialty.  Altogether 
the  firm  has  a  large,  active  patronage  throughout  New  England  and 
portions  of  the  west. 


A  WILSON,  Sailmaker,  No.  416  Atlantic  Avenue.— Among  the 
leading  sailmakers  carrying  on  business  in  Boston  to-day 
there  is  perhaps  not  one  that  enjoys  a  better  reputation  for 
fine  work,  or  for  promptness  and  reliability  in  executing 
orders  in  his  line,  than  the  gentleman  whose  name  stands  at  the  head 
of  this  sketch.  Mr.  Wilson  is  a  comparatively  young  man,  being 
about  thirty -six  years  of  age,  and  was  born  at  Port  Jefferson,  N.  Y., 
where  his  father  had  been  engaged  in  the  same  line  since  1836,  and 
was  succeeded  by  his  two  sons.  He  is  a  practical  and  expert  sail- 
maker,  of  several  years'  experience  in  the  exercise  of  his  art.  Coming 
to  this  city  in  1888,  he  established  himself  in  business  here,  starting 
next  door  to  the  present  commodious  quarters,  which  he  has  occupied 
since  September  last,  and  from  the  first  his  venture  in  Boston  has 
been  attended  with  uniform  success.  Mr.  Wilson  occupies  as  sail-loft 
a  50x100  foot  floor,  with  ample  and  excellent  facilities,  and  gives  em- 
ployment to  from  ten  to  twenty  skilled  hands;  only  first-class  work 
being  turned  out  here.  Sails  of  every  size,  style,  and  variety  are 
made  to  order  in  the  most  expeditious  and  excellent  manner,  yacht 
sails  being  a  specialty;  while  a  fine  assortment  of  new  and  second- 
hand sails  may  also  be  found  on  hand  at  all  times. 


WF.  SCHRAFFT,  Manufacturing  Confectioner,  No  11  Elm 
Street. — One  of  the  best-known  and  most  popular  manu 
B  facturing  confectioners  in  this  city  is  Mr.  W.  F.  Schrafft 
This  gentleman  is  a  native  of  Germany,  who  came  to 
this  country  thirty -five  years  ago,  and  established  his  present  busi- 
ness here  in  1861.  He  occupies  a  building  containing  three  floors 
and  a  basement,  and  possesses  every  modern  facility  for  conducting 
the  business  under  the  most  favorable  conditions  and  upon  the 
largest  scale.  Steady  employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  twenty 
hands,  all  skilled  in  the  art  of  manufacture ;  and  the  output  is  one  of 
great  volume  and  variety.  Both  plain  and  fancy  confections  are 
produced,  a  leading  specialty  being  made  of  fine  chocolates  and  cream 
bonbons.  Nothing  whatever  is  utilized  except  the  purest  and  the  best, 
and  no  deleterious  article  of  any  kind  is  allowed  for  flavoring,  color,  or 
ingredient.  The  specialties  in  hard  candies,  gum  work,  chocolates, 
and  bonbons  here  produced  are  widely  preferred  by  both  dealers  and 
customers  and  are  in  demand  throughout  all  the'New  England  States. 
The  business  is  annually  increasing  in  volume  and  importance  in  con- 
sequence of  the  unsurpassed  excellence  of  the  goods.  The  proprietor 
justly  merits  the  signal  success  he  has  achieved. 


TR.  MARVIN  &  SON,  Book  and  Job  Printers,  No.  49  Federal 
Street.— The  oldest  book  and  job  printing  office  in  the 
B  city  of  Boston,  and  one  which  has  kept  full  progress  with 
the  improvements  made  in  the  printing  art,  is  that  of  T. 
R.  Marvin  &  Son.  Although  the  house  has  been  in  existence  for 
over  sixty  years,  there  has  been  but  one  change  in  the  management, 
and  thatjwas  caused  by  the  death,  of  the  senior  member  of  the 
firm.  The  business  was  founded  in  1823  by  Mr.  T.  R.  Marvin,  and 
was  carried  on  under  his  sole  direction  until  1860.  when  his  son,  Mr. 
W.  T.  R.  Marvin,  was  admitted  to  partnership.  In  1882,  the  senior 
partner  died,  after  a  very  long  and  honorable  business  career.  Mr. 
W.  T.  R.  Marvin  has  since  been  proprietor  of  the  establishment,  and 
is  conducting  it  with  the  same  success  which  attended  his  father's  ef- 
forts. The  premises  occupied  for  the  business  are  equipped  with  six 
steam  presses  and  all  the  adjuncts  of  a  modern  printing-establish- 
ment. Book,  commercial,  and  general  job  printing  are  executed  in 
all  their  various  branches,  a  leading  specialty  being  made  of  illu- 
minated church  printing,  and  all  work  turned  out  of  the  establish- 
ment is  notable  for  its  general  excellence  of  finish,  while  the  prices 
charged  are  of  the  most  reasonable  character.  Mr.  Marvin,  who  is  a 
native  of  Boston,  is  a  resident  of  Brookline,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Brookline  school  board 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF    NEW     ENGLAND. 


199 


BUNTING  &  EMERY,  Wholesale  Dealers  and  Shippers  of 
Fish,  No.  8  T  Wharf.— Prominent  among  the  leading  firms 
engaged  in  the  handling  of  sea  food  in  Boston  is  that  of 
Bunting  &  Emery,  wholesale  dealers  and  shippers  of  all 
kinds  of  fresh  fish.  No  concern  devoted  to  this  branch  of  commercial 
activity  in  the  city  maintains  a  better  standing,  as  few  receive  a 
more  substantial  share  of  public  favor,  doing  an  extensive  and  flour- 
ishing business.  This  well  and  favorably  known  house  was  estab- 
lished, in  1867,  by  Messrs.  S.  N.  Bunting  and  Freeman  Emery,  and  by 
these  gentleman  it  was  conducted  up  to  1881,  when  Mr.  Bunting  was 
removed  by  death,  and  M.  Franklin  Blanchard  admitted  into  part- 
nership, the  style  of  firm  always  remaining  the  same.  They  occupy 
three  30x60-foot  floors,  with  neat  office  and  ample  and  complete 
storage  and  shipping  facilities,  while  eight  or  more  in  help  are  em- 
ployed. A  carefully  assorted  and  big  stock  is  constantly  carried  on 
hand,  including  fresh  fish  of  every  description,  handling  immense 
quantities  of  mackerel  and  blueflsh  in  their  season,  and  the  trade  of 
the  firm,  which  is  of  a  wholesale  nature  altogether,  is  exceedingly 
heavy,  extending  throughout  the  New  England  States,  while  ship- 
ments are  made  also  to  New  York  City  and  State  and  to  Philadel- 
phia Messrs.  Emery  and  Blanchard,  who  are  natives  respectively 
of  Charlestown  and  Cape  Cod,  Mass.,  are  both  gentlemen  of  push  and 
enterprise,  and  are  well  known  and  highly  regarded  in  the  trade. 


SA.  D.  SHEPPARD  &  CO.,  Pharmacists,  No.  1129  Washing- 
ton, Corner  Dover  Street;  and  No.  1381  Washington,  Corner 
m  Union  Park  Streets.— In  elegance,  reliability  and  extent  of 
trade,  the  two  drug  stores  owned  and  operated  by  Messrs.  S. 
A.  D.  Sheppard  &  Co.  occupy  a  leading  position  in  the  city.  The 
spacious  and  elegantly  appointed  store  at  Washington  and  Dover 
Streets  was  opened  March  4,  1868,  and  is  undoubtedly  the  best-pat- 
ronized pharmacy  at  the  South  End.  The  store  at  Washington  and 
Union  Park  Streets  was  established  in  October,  1885.  Both  these  es- 
tablishments are  under  expert  management.  A  very  large  stock  is 
constantly  carried  of  pure  drugs,  chemicals,  and  pharmaceutical  prep- 
arations, extracts,  and  essences;  wines  and  liquors  for  medicinal 
purposes;  toilet  and  fancy  goods;  druggists'  sundries;  and,  in  fact 
everything  kept  in  a  first-class  establishment  devoted  to  this  trade. 
The  prescription  department  at  each  place  is  carefully  and  thor- 
oughly directed,  in  charge  of  experienced  compounders.  The  indi- 
vidual members  of  this  responsible  firm  are  Dr.  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard 
and  Mr.  Henry  Thacher.  Both  are  Massachusetts  men  by  birth  and 
education,  graduates  of  the  Massachusetts  School  of  Pharmacy,  and 
accomplished  exponents  of  their  profession.  Dr.  Sheppard  has 
served  as  president  of  the  Massachusetts  School  of  Pharmacy,  presi- 
dent of  the  Boston  Druggists'  Association,  president  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  first  vice-president  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  is  now  treasurer  of 
the  latter  association,  and  was  the  first  registered  pharmacist  in 
Massachusetts.  Largely  through  his  efforts,  the  bill  requiring  own- 
ers or  proprietors  of  drug  stores  to  become  registered  was  passed  by 
the  State  Legislature  hi  1885,  and  signed  by  the  Governor.  Mr.  Shep- 
pard served  for  several  years  as  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy.  Mr.  Thacher  has  been  connected  with  Dr.  Sheppard  in 
the  drug  business  for  a  period  of  thirteen  years,  and  in  1884,  com- 
bined his  ability  and  practical  knowledge  to  form  this  widely  known 
and  popular  firm. 


WILLIAM  S.  WHITE  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants  in 
Leather,  Oil,  and  Skins,  Nos.  226  and  228  Purchase  Street.— 
While  our  attention  is  directed  to  the  various  colossal  in- 
dustries of  Boston  hi  which  the  products  of  the  tanner 
take  so  important  a  part,  we  should  give  cordial  recognition  to  the 
enterprise  so  successfully  conducted  by  Messrs.  William  S.  White  & 
Co.  at  Nos.  226  and  228  Purchase  Street.  This  firm  are  widely 
prominent  as  extensive  commission  merchants  hi  leather,  oil,  and 
skins,  and  also  operate  two  tanneries,  one  at  Cumberland,  Md.,  and 
one  at  Hyndman,  Pa.,  for  the  manufacture  of  sole  and  rough  leather, 
having  the  capacity  for  utilizing  one  hundred  hides  per  day,  and  fur- 
nishing employment  to  from  seventy-five  to  one  hundred  hands.  The 
business  was  originally  established  in  1877,  at  Cumberland.  Md.,  by 
Messrs.  G.  B.  and  J.  K.  White.  In  September,  1888,  the  present  head- 
quarters of  the  firm  were  established  in  this  city,  and  the  father  of 
the  partners,  Mr.  William  S.  White,  was  admitted  to  partnership 


under  the  present  firm  name.  Here  the  firm  occupy  large  and  com- 
modious premises  ifor  trade  purposes.  The  Messrs.  White  are  all 
natives  of  Pennsylvania,  Mr.  G.  B.  White  residing  in  Boston,  while 
the  other  partners  are  residents  of  Hyndman,  Pa.  The  position  of 
the  house  in  the  trade  has  been  honestly  secured  and  is  well  deserved. 


LEVISEUR  BROS.,  &  CO.,  Imported  and  Domestic  Leather,  No. 
42  High  Street.—  Since  its  establishment  here  in  1877,  the  house 
of  Messrs.  Leviseur  Bros.  &  Co.,  at  No.  42  High  Street,  has 
been  recognized  as  a  prominent  one  in  promoting  the  leather 
trade  of  Boston.  The  business,  under  able  and  enterprising  direc- 
tion, has  continued  to  enlarge  from  year  to  year,  capital  and  facilities 
expanding  together,  until  the  house  ranks  equal  with  any  of  its  con- 
temporaries here  or  elsewhere.  The  premises  occupied  for  trade 
purposes  are  spacious  hi  size,  eligibly  located,  and  are  stocked  to  re- 
pletion at  all  times  with  new,  choice,  and  desirable  goods.  Jobbing  in 
both  domestic  and  foreign  leather  of  all  kinds,  and  making  a  specialty 
of  kid,  goat  and  sheep  leather  for  ladies'  fine  shoes,  this  house  is  pre- 
pared to  offer  every  inducement  that  can  be  accorded  in  this  market, 
both  as  regards  excellence  of  goods  and  economy  of  prices,  and  has 
built  up  a  large  and  influential  trade  throughout  all  the  New  England 
States.  The  co-partners,  Messrs.  Louis  Leviseur,  Joseph  Leviseur, 
and  Chas.  H.  Conway,  are  experienced  merchants  and  public-spirited, 
vigorous  young  business  men.  The  Messrs.  Leviseur  are  natives  of 
Germany,  while  Mr.  Conway  is  a  Massachusetts  man,  born  and  bred. 


GEORGE  E.  CRAWLEY,  Importer  of  European  Novelties,  Art 
Goods  in  Metal,  and  Household  Goods  hi  Brass,  No.  171  Tre- 
mont  Street.— This  popular  art-goods  emporium  is  the  leader 
in  its  line  hi  the  city,  and  has  been  in  successful  operation 
since  1882.  The  store  is  the  most  thoroughly  attractive  of  any  on 
this  fashionable  thoroughfare,  and  is  the  recognized  headquarters 
for  the  unique  and  the  useful,  the  curious  and  the  beautiful,  in  metal 
and  brass,  and  for  the  freshest  novelties  of  the  European  markets. 
The  name  and  fame  of  this  house  is  redolent  of  the  rare  and  precious 
in  art;  of  the  most  skilful  work  of  the  designer;  of  gems  of  produc- 
tion in  the  line  of  brass  and  metal;  of  the  finest  achievements  of  the 
engraver,  the  carver,  and  the  sculptor;  and  of  the  choicest  exhibits  of 
modern  times  and  of  every  clime  in  the  rare,  the  novel,  and  the 
utilitarian.  As  a  direct  importer,  Mr.  Crawley  is  constantly  receiv- 
ing goods  of  exceptional  rarity,  which  cannot  be  duplicated  elsewhere. 
To  meet  the  exacting  demands  of  his  trade  he  has  representatives  in 
all  countries  continually  on  the  alert  for  novelties,  and  his  sound 
judgment  and  great  liberality  hi  securing  the  treasures  of  the  world 
at  any  cost  is  meeting  with  the  deserved  appreciation  of  the  critic, 
the  connoisseur,  and  the  lover  of  the  beautiful  in  art  in  any  form. 
The  beauty  of  these  goods  and  the  magnificent  display  here  made 
must  be  seen  to  be  realized.  Mr.  Crawley  Is  a  Massachusetts  man  by 
birth  and  education,  and  has  been  prominent  and  popular  in  mercan- 
tile circles  hi  this  city  for  years. 


LOUIS  BASSILL,  Brass  Finisher,  Dealer  in  Cutlery,  Surgical  In- 
struments, Trusses,  etc.,  No.  13  Hawkins  Street.— Attention  is 
here  directed  to  the  reliable  and  well-equipped  establishment 
of  Mr.  Louis  Bassill,  brass  finisher,  and  dealer  hi  cutlery,  sur- 
gical instruments,  trusses,  and  apparatus  for  deformities,  etc.,  where 
can  always  be  found  an  extensive  and  first-class  assortment  of  every- 
thing in  this  line.  Mr.  Bassill,  who  founded  his  enterprise  two  years 
ago,  has  met  with  the  most  marked  success.  Until  January,|1888,  the 
business  was  conducted  at  No.  71  Sudbury  Street,  when  it  was  re- 
moved to  its  present  location.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious, 
and  admirably  adapted  for  the  purposes  to  which  they  are  devoted. 
The  workshop  is  thoroughly  equipped  with  the  most  improved  and 
efficient  machinery,  which  is  operated  by  steam-power.  Several 
skilled  and  experienced  hands  are  employed,  and  every  description 
of  brass  work  is  executed  in  a  thorough  workmanlike  manner.  Re- 
pairs are  also  neatly  made,  razors  are  concaved  and  scissors  ground, 
and  grinding  and  polishing  are  done  satisfactorily.  A  fine  stock  of 
cutlery  of  all  kinds,  surgical  instruments  of  every  description,  trusses 
and  apparatus  for  deformities  are  always  kept  on  hand,  and  hi  these 
lines  Mr.  Bassill  is  enabled  to  offer  terms  and  advantages  not  easily 
procured  elsewhere.  He  is  a  native  of  this  city,  and  a  gentleman  of 
sterling  qualities. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


THE  TRAVELERS  INSURANCE  COMPANY.  Boston  Office, 
Corner  State  and  Kilby  Streets;  Hatch  &  Woodman,  General 
Agents.— The  old  reliable  Travelers  Insurance  Company  has 
ever  attained  a  large  measure  of  popularity  with  the  general 
public  in  the  vast  field  of  accident  insurance,  while  in  the  business 
of  life  insurance  proper  its  advantages  and  benefits  are  rarely 
equalled  by  any  corporation  extant.  Its  general  agents  for  Boston 
and  vicinity  are  Messrs.  Hatch  &  Woodman.  The  Travelers'  last 
semi-annual  statement  made  July  1,  1888,  shows  the  following  facts 
and  figures,  viz.:  Total  assets  January  1,  $10,382,781.92;  liabilities, 
$8,341,571.51 ;  surplus  as  regards  policy-holders,  $2,041,210.11.  Statis- 
tics for  the  year  1888:  Life  Department— number  of  life  policies  writ- 
ten to  date,  54,880;  new  life  insurance^written  in  1888,  $7,410,992.00; 
paid  life-policy-holders  to  date,  $4,853,643.68;  paid  life-policy-holders 
in  1888,  $580,542.61.  Accident  Department— number  of  accident  pol- 
icies written  to  date,  1,515,240;  number  of  accident  policies  written 
in  1888,  111,404;  number  of  accident  claims  paid  in  1888, 16,067:  whole 
number  accident  claims  paid,  187,163;  amount  accident  claims  paid 
in  1888,  $1,059,505.28;  whole  amount  accident  claims  paid,  $11,037,132.- 
72.  Total  losses  paid,  both  departments,  $15,890,776.40.  These  fig- 
ures speak  for  themselves  and  show  the  company  to  be  the  most 
reliable  and  desirable  to  insure  with.  The  Travelers'  accident  pol- 
icies are  the  most  liberal  of  any.  The  rates  vary  according  to  haz- 
ard of  calling  from  $5  for  each  $1000  of  insurance,  with  $5  weekly 
indemnity,  up  to  $10  per  $1000;  the  full  principal  sum  is  paid  for 
loss  of  both  feet,  both  hands,  hand  and  foot,  or  in  case  of  blindness 
caused  by  accident.  One  third  the  principal  sum  will  be  paid  for 
loss  of  a  single  hand  or  foot.  Accident  tickets  at  25  cents  per  day 
are  issued  for  travelers,  though  not  limited  to  the  accidents  of 
travel.  Under  the  able  and  experienced  management  of  its  agents, 
Messrs.  Hatch  &  Woodman,  the  Travelers  has  thoroughly  cov- 
ered the  field  in  this  city  and  vicinity,  and  is  doing  a  business  of 
great  and  growing  magnitude.  Mr.  Clark  W.  Hatch  is  a  native  of 
Madison  County,  N.  Y.,  and  has  been  connected  with  the  Travelers 
for  a  period  of  twenty  years,  in  the  west  and  the  Canadas  previous 
to  coming  to  this  city.  Mr.  Stephen  F.  Woodman  was  born  in  New 
Hampshire,  and  came  to  Boston  originally  in  1864.  He  has  been 
identified  with  the  Travelers  since  September,  1865,  had  charge  of  the 
Montreal  office  for  two  years,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Underwriters' 
Life  Association  of  this  city. 


FRANK  H.  SKINNER,  successor  to  Ford  &  Skinner,  Business 
Paper,  City  and  Town  Loans,  No.  113  Devonshire  Street, 
Room  3.— Mr.  Frank  H.  Skinner,  the  well-known  dealer  in 
notes  and  commercial  paper  of  a  first-class  character,  has 
been  prominently  identified  with  the  financial  world  for  some  years, 
and  his  house  is  well  known  in  its  special  field.  He  was  for  ten 
years  a  member  of  the  shoe  firm  of  Martin,  Skinner  &  Fay,  and  em- 
barked in  his  present  business  in  1883  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Ford  &  Skinner,  succeeding  to  the  sole  control  September,  1888.  He 
keeps  a  keen  eye  upon  the  market,  and  is  considered  a  reliable  au- 
thority upon  actual  values,  while  his  wide  and  influential  connec- 
tions enable  him  to  secure  much  inside  information  of  mutual  and 
incalculable  benefit  to  his  large  clientele  and  himself.  He  possesses 
exceptional  facilities  not  only  for  the  prompt  fulfilment  of  his  own 
engagements,  but  for  the  successful  negotiation  of  important  oper- 
ations requiring  large  sums  of  money  for  others.  His  operations  are 
extensive  both  in  New  York  City  and  throughout  New  England. 
Mr.  Skinner  was  born  in  Boston,  is  still  in  the  early  prime  of  life,'and 
personally  popular. 


GEO.  F.  NEWELL,Manufacturer  of  Boot  and  Shoe  Straps,  No  384 
Atlantic    Avenue. — This  gentleman  occupies   spacious  and 
commodious  quarters  at  the  address  above  indicated,  and  is 
recognized  as  the  leading  representative  of  his  special  line 
of  industry  in  Boston.    The  enterprise  was  inaugurated  by  Messrs. 
Higgins  and  Hinckle  in  1882,  the  present  proprietor  succeeding  to 
the  sole  control  in  1886.     His  establishment  is  thoroughly  equipped 
with  new  and  improved  machinery,  operated  by  steam  power,  and 
unequalled  facilities  are  afforded  for  conducting  the  business  upon 
the  largest  scale.    The  products  of  the  house  are  the  perfection  of 
utility,  reliability,  durability    and   general  excellence,  and   are  in 
large  and  increasing  demand  among  the  shoe  manufacturers  in 
Massachusetts  and  wherever  they  are  introduced  and  tested.    The 
ample  resources  and  perfect  facilities  of  this  house  enable  it  to  offer 


inducements  to  the  trade  as  regards  liberality  of  terms  and  prices- 
which  cannot  be  afforded  by  rival  concerns.  Mr.  Newell  is  a  native 
of  Massachusetts,  in  the  early  prime  of  life,  and  active,  energetic 
and  enterprising  in  all  his  business  methods.  He  is  especially  promi- 
nent as  the  inventor  and  patentee  of  a  machine  to  cut,  paste,  and 
fold  shoe  straps,  which  is  recognized  as  the  perfection  of  mechanical 
skill  and  ingenuity  in  this  line. 


BC.  MUDGE,  Manager  New  England  Agency,  Barr  Pumping 
Engine  Company,  No.  74  Federal  Street.— -The  Barr  Pump- 
B  ing  Engine  Company  of  Germantown  Junction,  Philadel- 
phia, began  operations  in  May,  1887,  with  a  capital  of 
$200,000,  under  the  executive  guidance  of  the  following  gentlemen: 
Mr.  George  Burnham,  president;  Mr.  William  M.  Barr,  vice  presi- 
dent and  manager;  and  Mr.  George  Burnham,  Jr.,  secretary  and 
treasurer.  Under  their  able  guidance  the  company  has  made  rapid 
progress,  its  types  of  steam  pumps  being  the  finest  in  the  world. 
The  shops  have  direct  railroad  connections  to  all  parts  of  the  United 
States,  and  contain  tools  and  equipment  designed  specially  for  the 
advanced  requirements  of  the  company,  and  representing  the  most 
approved  ideas  in  modern  machine-shop  practice.  The  Barr  steam 
pumps  present  features  of  excellence  duplicated  iu  no  other  make, 
and  the  company  is  prepared  to  promptly  fill  all  orders  for  marine, 
mining,  sewage,  quarry,  tannery,  and  fire  pumps,  hydraulic-pressure 
pumps,  oil-line  pumps,  tank  and  vacuum  pumps,  etc.  Their  Duplex 
pump  for  feeding  steam  boilers  is  one  of  the  mechanical  wonders  of 
the  age,  and  is  rapidly  displacing  all  other  styles.  The  rapidly 
growing  demand  for  the  Barr  pumps  in  New  England  resulted  in 
1888  in  Mr.  B.  C.  Mudge  opening  an  agency  for  the  company  at  No. 
74  Federal  Street.  He  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  long  actively 
identified  with  the  machinery  trade,  and  widely  and  favorably  known 
throughout  business  circles.  The  Barr  pumps  are  superior  in  de- 
sign, materials,  and  workmanship,  their  parts  are  all  made  to  tem- 
plate, thus  being  interchangeable,  and  duplicates  are  speedily  fur- 
nished at  moderate  cost.  Mill,  factory,  and  engine  owners  should 
send  to  Mr.  Mudge  for  his  descriptive  catalogue. 


CHARLES  SCRIBNER'S  SONS,  Publishers,  No.  22  Hawley 
Street.— Prominent  among  the  leading  publishing  houses  of 
the  United  States  is  that  of  Messrs.  Charles  Scribner's  Sons. 
This  house  was  founded  many  years  ago  by  Mr.  Charles  Scrib- 
ner,  the  firm  afterward  becoming  Scribner,  Armstrong  &  Co..  the 
latter  firm  being  succeeded  by  the  present  proprietors.  The  New 
England  Agency  has  its  headquarters  at  No.  22  Hawley  Street,  this 
city,  and  has  been  established  here  for  the  past  ten  years,  the  manager 
the  entire  time  being  Mr.  J.  Ralph  Brown.  This  gentleman,  who  is 
a  native  of  Philadelphia,  has  had  mature  experience  in  the  sub- 
scription book  trade,  and  is  versed  in  all  the  details  of  the  business. 
His  management  here  has  been  a  thorough  success  in  every  respect, 
and  the  popularity  of  the  house  of  Scribner  has  been  greatly  en- 
hanced through  his  efforts.  The  firm  deal  in  standard  works,  and 
among  their  subscription  publications  may  be  mentioned  the  "En- 
cyclopaedia Britannica."  "  Bryant's  History  of  the  United  States," 
"  Cyclopaedia  of  Painters  and  Paintings,"  "  Statistical  Atlas  of  the 
United  States,"  "  Ornamental  Arts  of  Japan,"  and  many  others  of 
rare  merit  and  beauty  of  design  and  manufacture.  A  large  stock  is 
carried  at  this  agency,  which  gives  employment  to  a  large  number  of 
talented  agents  and  office  assistants.  The  publications  of  this  firm 
have  an  extensive  demand,  and  all  who  wish  first-class  standard  works 
will  do  well  to  take  advantage  of  the  opportunities  they  offer. 


EE.  CLARK,  Receiver  of  Spirits  Turpentine.  Rosin,  Tar,  etc., 
No.  5  Custom  House  Street.— This  business  was  established 
B     in  1881  by  the  firm  of  Leonard  &  Clark,  which  continued  up 
to  1884,  when  Mr.  Clark  assumed  sole  control,  and  has  con- 
ducted the  enterprise  alone  with  uniform  success.    He  is  receiver 
and  general  wholesale  dealer  in  all  kinds  of  spirits  turpentine,  rosin, 
pitch,  tar,  and  such  like  products,  selling  to  the  trade  throughout 
New  England;   and  his  business,  already  large,  gives  evidence  of 
steady  and  substantial  increase.    Mr.  Clark,  who  is  a  gentleman  of 
about  thirty-three  and  a  native  of  this  state,  is  a  young  man   of 
energy,  sagacity,  and  ample  experience,  thoroughly  responsible  in 
his  business  transactions,  and  is  a  popular  member  of  the  Boston 
Paint  and  Oil  Club. 


THE     METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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A  A.  MARTIN  &  SON,  Cigar-manufacturer;  Wholesale  and 
Retail  Dealer  in  Cigars,  Tobacco,  Smokers'  Articles,  etc  ; 
B  No.  7  Lewis  Street,  East  Boston.— This  house  was  founded 
in  1859  by  Mr.  A.  A.  Martin,  and  in  1883  the  present  firm 
was  organized  by  the  admission  of  Mr.  A.  Martin  to  partner- 
ship. The  firm  are  recognized  as  leading  manufacturers  and  as 
reliable  authority  in  the  cigar  trade.  They  have  made  a  life-study 
of  the  buisiness,  and  carry  constantly  in  stock  a  varied  and  compre- 
hensive assortment  of  styles,  sizes,  and  grades  of  domestic  and  im- 
ported cigars,  smoking  and  chewing  tobacco,  and  general  smokers' 
goods,  so  as  to  be  prepared  to  meet  promptly  every  want  of  the 
public.  The  principal  brands  of  cigars  manufactured  and  sold  by 
this  popular  firm  are  the  "  F.  L.  I."  (made  from  the  finest  Valto'Abajo 
filler  and  Sumatra  wrapper;  the  best  ten-cent  cigar  in  the  market). 
"  Lewis,"  "  Noddle."  and  "  Londres."  They  never  deceive  customers, 
always  maintaining  the  full  standard  of  all  brands.  All  then-  goods 
are  guaranteed,  and  their  customers  in  the  business  are  not  allowed  to 
keep  goods  unsatisfactory  to  their  trade.  In  a  word,  Messrs.  Martin 
&  Son  make  their  customers'  interests  their  own,  and  dealers  feel  safe 
in  buying  from  such  an  honorable,  responsible  house.  The  retail 
trade  of  this  house  is  also  large,  first-class,  and  influential,  a  branch 
store  being  operated  at  the  corner  of  Shawmut  Avenue  and  Castle 
Street,  Boston,  and  a  fine  growing  business  has  been  developed.  A 
force  of  some  fifteen  workmen  is  employed,  and  unsurpassed  facilities 
are  at  hand  for  guaranteeing  prompt  and  perfect  fulfilment  of  all 
orders.  The  senior  partner  was  born  in  Spain  and  came  to  Boston 
thirty  years  ago.  He  is  an  expert  cigar-manufacturer  of  established 
reputation,  while  his  son  has  been  trained  to  the  business,  and  now 
represents  the  interests  of  the  house  upon  the  road. 


Boston,  had  an  early  training  in  his  trade,  and  has  been  identified 
with  it  for  the  greater  part  of  his  life.  He  is  a  thorough  master  of 
his  business,  is  an  upright,  energetic,  reliable,  and  responsible  trades- 
man, conscientious  in  the  discharge  of  all  his  duties,  and  highly 
esteemed  in  the  community. 


GEORGE  HOLLISTER,  Manufacturers'  Agent  for  Dry-sized 
Kalsomine,  and  Fresco  Paints,  Ultramarine  Blues,  etc.,  No. 
85  Federal  Street.— Mr.  Hollister  is  agent  for  Hanneback's 
dry-sized  kalsomine,  Harrison's  mixed  paints,  and  general 
dealer  hi  ultramarine  blues,  fresco  paints,  dry  colors  of  all  kinds, 
brushes,  etc.  At  his  spacious,  well-appointed  business  premises, 
he  carries  at  all  times  a  very  extensive  and  carefully  selected 
stock,  representing  the  finest  products  of  manufacturers  both  at 
home  and  abroad.  Mr.  Hollister  has  had  an  extended  experience 
in  this  line  of  trade,  and  the  knowledge  he  brings  to  bear  upon 
his  enterprise  is  an  advantage  to  those  who  wish  to  secure  first- 
class,  reliable  goods  in  his  line.  He  began  business  on  his  own 
account  in  1869,  and  from  the  beginning  has  commanded  a  very 
liberal  and  substantial  patronage.  His  stock  is  one  of  the  most  com- 
plete in  its  line  in  the  city,  and  is  sold  at  the  manufacturers'  lowest 
prices.  The  transactions  of  the  house  are  of  both  a  wholesale  and 
retail  character,  and  the  trade  extends  over  all  parts  of  the  New 
England  States.  Liberality,  promptitude,  and  straightforward  deal- 
ing have  ever  been  the  leading  principles  upon  which  the  business 
has  been  conducted.  Mr.  Hollister  was  born  in  Connecticut,  and  for 
over  forty  years  has  resided  in  Boston. 


GW.  PEABODY,  House  Painter,  Grainer,  and  Glazier,  Mixed 
Paints.  White  Lead,  Oils,  Turpentine,  Varnishes.  Glass,  and 
m  Putty,  No.  347  Meridian  Street,  corner  of  Eutaw,  East  Boston. 
—The  painter  and  decorator  in  this  decorative  age  is  one 
whose  services  are  in  great  request,  and  particularly  if  he  is  an  adept 
at  his  trade.  This  is  precisely  what  Mr.  G.  W.  Peabody  is,  and  his 
ability  is  backed  by  long  practical  experience.  He  began  business  in 
1875  on  his  own  account  at  his  present  location,  No.  347  Meridian 
Street,  corner  of  Eutaw  Street,  and  from  the  first  has  commanded  a 
very  liberal  and  substantial  patronage.  The  store  is  neatly  and 
orderly  fitted  up,  and  is  fully  stocked  with  decorative  materials  of  all 
kinds.  The  stock  consists  of  paints,  oils,  glass,  putty,  brushes,  var- 
nishes, white  lead,  oils,  etc.,  the  sales  of  which  are  made  by  whole- 
sale and  retail.  House,  sign  and  ornamental  painting,  graining, 
glazing,  etc.,  are  executed  promptly  and  in  the  highest  style  of  the 
art  at  short  notice,  and  the  fullest  satisfaction  is  assured  to  patrons. 
The  painting  of  signs  is  done  in  the  most  artistic  manner,  this  part 
of  the  business  being  made  a  specialty.  Specimens  of  the  work  exe- 
cuted by  Mr.  Peabody  in  all  branches  of  his  calling  may  be  seen  in 
all  parts  of  East  Boston,  Chelsea,  Cambridge,  Winthrop,  and  Somer- 
ville.  Mr.  Peabody  has  the  best  of  facilities  for  carrying  out  the 
orders  of  his  patrons  at  reasonable  charges.  He  employs  from  five  to 
twenty-five  hands,  averaging,  as  a  rule,  twelve.  He  is  a  native  of 


WC.  ROGERS,  Patented  Novelties,  No.  129  Pearl  Street.— A 
house  well  deserving  of  more  than  passing  notice  is  the 
B  popular  and  reliable  concern  of  Mr.  W.  C.  Rogers,  dealer 
in  patented  novelties,  small  wares,  etc.,  which  has  main- 
tamed  from  the  start  a  standing  of  the  highest  commercial  character 
among  producers  and  purchasers  of  such  commodities.  Mr.  Rogers 
is  a  native  of  Dover,  N.  H.,  but  has  been  a  resident  of  Boston  for 
many  years.  Having  had  a  long  experience  hi  this  line  of  goods,  and 
impressed  with  the  necessity  of  providing  a  market  and  outlet  for 
inventors  of  useful  and  small  wares,  he  founded  this  establishment 
originally  in  1877,  and  from  the  commencement  he  has  met  with  uni- 
form success.  He  occupies  a  spacious  second  floor,  which  is  very 
conveniently  arranged  with  special  reference  to  his  unique  and  inter- 
esting business,  and  is  fully  equipped  with  every  facility  for  the 
receiving  and  shipping  of  goods  which  come  and  go.  His  stock 
comprises  all  those  articles  known  under  the  general  term  of 
small  wares,  embracing  rubber  wear,  needles  of  all  kinds,  needle 
caskets,  corsets  of  the  latest  and  most  approved  styles,  corset  steels, 
clasps,  dress  shields,  skirt  and  hose  supporters,  tidy  and  pillow  sham 
fasteners,  clothes  dryers,  patent  carpet-sweepers,  rubber  caps,  hat 
and  bonnet  covers,  belts,  stationery  packages,  puzzle  novelties,  dolls 
and  dolls'  heads  of  every  description,  perfumery  and  toilet  cases, 
patent  household  novelties,  prize  packages,  patent  key-rings,  auto- 
matic savings-banks  for  children,  latest  devices  in  collar  and  cuff 
buttons,  button  and  scarf  fasteners,  coin  holders  and  purses,  in  fact 
everything  of  the  very  latest  and  most  useful  invention.  Mr.  Rogers 
is  prepared  to  negotiate  with  patentees  and  designers,  also  with  manu- 
facturers of  such  goods  for  the  exclusive  control  of  their  produc- 
tions, upon  the  most  liberal  terms.  He  is  a  wide-awake,  energetic 
man,  and  goods  of  this  character  placed  in  his  control  are  sure  to  be 
placed  prominently  before  the  public. 

GEO.  M.  YOUNG,  Crockery,  Glass.  Cutlery,  Tin.  Plated,  etc..  No. 
1023  Washington  Street.— The  neat  and  well-kept  emporium 
conducted  by  Geo.  M.  Young  is  a  commodious  and  well- 
ordered  establishment,  in  which  can  be  found  at  all  times  a 
complete  and  first-class  assortment  of  goods  at  exceedingly  low 
prices.  This  thriving  and  prosperous  business  was  established  in 
March,  1885,  by  the  present  proprietor,  and  from  its  inception  has 
proved  a  highly  gratifying  venture.  It  is  the  bargain  store  par  ex- 
cellence for  crockery,  glass,  and  house-keeping  articles  in  this  vicinity. 
and  has  a  large,  permanent,  and  growing  patronage.  This  store, 
which  is  30x90  feet  in  size,  is  attractively  fitted  up  and  excellently 
arranged,— a  very  tasteful  display  being  made,— while  an  extensive 
and  first-class  stock  is  constantly  carried,  including  everything  in  the 
line  of  crockery,  earthenware,  stone-ware,  bar,  hotel,  and  table  glass- 
ware, cutlery  and  plated  ware,  superb  lamps,  shades,  globes,  and  lamp 
fixtures,  tin-ware,  kitchen  utensils,  wooden  and  willow  ware,  novelties 
fancy  small  wares,  and  a  multifarious  assortment  of  useful  and  orna- 
mental articles.  The  store  is  kept  open  evenings  for  the  convenience 
of  patrons,  and  numerous  polite  assistants  attend  to  the  wants  of 
customers. 


WC.  BRAY,  Freight  Forwarder  and  General  Trucking, 
Office  North  Side  Central  Wharf,  Atlantic  Avenue.— One 
of  the  most  enterprising,  go-ahead,  wide-awake  men  in 
this  community  is  Mr.  W.  C.  Bray,  proprietor  of  the  gen- 
eral forwarding,  teaming,  and  express  business,  whose  office  is  on  the 
north  side  of  Central  Wharf,  Atlantic  Avenue.  Freight,  is  received 
and  receipted  for,  and  shipped  to  any  foreign  port  or  point  on  the  coasts 
or  railroads  in  the  United  States,  Canada,  or  the  Maritime  Provinces,  or 
forwarded  by  express  at  regular  rates.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  number 
of  teams  makes  contracts  and  attends  to  orders  for  moving  mer- 
chandise and  heavy  commodities,  conducts  the  business  upon  a 
thoroughly  organized  system,  and  employs  those  who  are  experienced . 
A  native  of  Gloucester.  Mr.  Bray  has  been  identified  with  his  present 
vocation  16  years.  His  facilities  for  the  purposes  of  his  business  are 
complete  and  perfect,  and  he  is  highly  commended  by  all  who  have 
occasion  to  require  his  services. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


rOHN  C.  HAYNES  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Bay  State,  Haynes 
Excelsior  and  Wm.  B.  Tilton  Guitars,  etc.,  No.  33  Court  Street 
and  Nos.  694  to  700  Washington  Street.— Americans  are 
prominent  among  the  nations  of  the  civilized  world  for  their 


COMPAMY 


MD 


449£  451  WASHINGTON  ST  BOSTON 


of  Boston,  to  the  old  established  and  representative  house  of  Messrs. 
John  C.  Haynes  &  Co.  This  business  was  established  sixty  years 
ago,  and  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  best  known  in  America.  In  1861 
the  present  copartners,  Messrs.  John  C.  Haynes,  Oliver  Ditson,  and 
;  Charles  H.  Ditson  succeeded  to  the 
management.  The  firm's  main  stores 
are  located  at  Nos.  449  and  451  Washing- 
ton Street,  known  as  Oliver  Ditson  & 
Co.,  and  they  have  a  branch  establish- 
ment in  New  York  City  carried  on  under 
the  firm  name  of  Charles  H.  Ditson  & 
Co.,  and  another  in  Philadelphia  as  J. 
E.  Ditson,  &  Co.  The  firm's  factory, 
where  guitars  are  made  and  where  they 
constantly  employ  sixty-five  skilled 
workmen,  is  in  the  building  No.  58 
Purchase  Street.  Messrs.  John  C. 
Haynes  &  Co.,  import  and  deal  largely 
in  musical  instruments,  strings,  and 
merchandise  of  every  description.  Their 
guitars  are  absolutely  unrivalled,  and 
are  general  favorites  with  the  trade  and 
a  critical  public  wherever  introduced, 
while  the  prices  quoted  for  them  are 
extremely  moderate  The  business  is 
chiefly  wholesale  and  extends  through- 
out the  entire  United  States  and  Canada. 
During  the  last  few  weeks  Messrs.  John 
C.  Haynes  &  Co.  forwarded  §12,000 
worth  of  their  noted  guitars  to  the 
west,  and  their  trade  is  steadily  in- 
creasing in  all  sections  of  the  country, 
owing  to  the  excellence  of  their  instru- 
ments, which  are  guaranteed  to  give 
entire  satisfaction.  Mr.  John  C.  Haynes, 
Oliver  Ditson,  and  Charles  H.  Ditson 
are  natives  of  Massachusetts.  Mr. 
Haynes  is  the  general  manager  in 
Boston,  the  New  York  branch  is  man- 
aged by  Mr.  Charles  H.  Ditson,  and  the 
Philadelphia  store  of  J.  E.  Ditson  & 
Co.  by  Mr.  C.  W.  A.  Trumpler.  The 
partners  are  highly  esteemed  in  trade 
circles  as  liberal  and  honorable  busi- 
ness men,  and  the  success  achieved 
by  them  is  only  the  just  reward  of 
their  industry  and  energy.  In  conse- 
quence of  the  death  of  Mr.  Oliver  Ditson, 
and  the  desirability  of  making  the  busi- 
ness a  permanency,  it  has  been  ar- 
ranged to  organize  a  corporation  under 
the  title  of  Oliver  Ditson  Company, 
including  the  two  stores  in  Boston,  New 
York  and  Philadelphia. 


HOUSES* 


•C.'H.DITSOIM  &CO- 
YORK* 


JOHN  C.  HAYNES  &  CO. 
—  *BQSTON  — 


love  of  music,  while  every  musical  instrument  known  in  Europe 
enjoys  great  popularity  and  sale  in  the  United  States.  In  this  con- 
nection we  desire  to  make  special  reference  in  this  mercantile  review 


JK.  PAYNE,  Wood,  Mantels,  Cabi- 
net, Case  and  Carpenter  Work, 
„  Store  and  Office  Fittings,  Nos. 
618  to  622  Harrison  Avenue. 
Mr.  Payne  started  in  business  on  his  own 
account  in  1882,  and  soon  established 
himself  in  public  favor  and  patronage, 
building  up  in  a  short  time  a  very  fine 
trade.  The  building  occupied  is  an  old 
historic  one  owned  by  the  city.  The 
shop  occupies  an  entire  50xlOO-f oot  floor, 
two  stories  high,  and  is  completely 
equipped  with  all  necessary  facilities,  in- 
cluding ample  steam  power  and  all  the 
latest  improved  appliances,  devices,  and  ' 
tools,  while  from  ten  to  a  dozen  skilled 
mechanics  are  employed.  Wood  mantel 
and  wood  work  of  every  description  are 

made  and  put  up  to  order  in  first-class  style,  and  cabinet,  case  and 
carpenter  work  executed  in  the  most  expeditious  manner;  while 
jobbing  of  all  kinds  receives  immediate  attention. 


J   E.DITSON&.CO. 
PHILA. 


THE     METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


203 


HENRY  GUILD  &  CO.,  Jewelers  and  Importers  of  Precious 
Stones,  No.  433  Washington  Street.— An  old-established  and 
thoroughly  representative  house  in  this  city  is  that  of  Messrs. 
Henry  Guild  &  Son,  the  manufacturing  jewelers.  This  house 
was  founded  in  1843  by  Mr.  Henr/  Guild,  the  present  firm  being  or- 
ganized in  1883  by  the  admission  of  Mr.  H.  F.  Guild  to  partnership. 
The  salesrooms  are  spacious  in  size,  elegant  in  all  then-  appoint- 
ments, and  perfect  in  convenience  of  arrangement.  The  Messrs. 
Guild  are  experts  in  the  diamond  market,  and  their  facilities  for 
securing  the  finest  diamonds,  rubies,  sapphires,  emeralds,  and  other 
precious  stones  are  unsurpassed  in  this  city.  In  rubies  and  sap- 
phires they  have  in  stock  many  matched  stones  of  rare  beauty,  which 
cannot  readily  be  duplicated  elsewhere.  Here  are  diamonds  in  all 
conceivable  shapes,  and  of  unequalled  whiteness  and  clearness,  and  of 
absolute  faultlessness,  "  gems  of  the  purest  ray  serene"— riviere  soli- 
taire, cluster  and  pendant,  panache  and  aigrette,  necklace  and  brace- 
let,—chains,  earrings,  and  chatelaines;  in  fact,  every  article  for  per- 
sonal adornment.  The  prices  which  prevail  are  moderate.  This  firm 
also  make  a  specialty  of  Masonic,  military,  and  Odd-fellow  jewels, 
which  they  display  in  great  variety  and  abundance.  Special  attention 
is  also  given  to  the  manufacturing  department,  in  which  a  corps  of 
skilled  assistants  is  steadily  employed,  and  in  which  branch  this  house 
has  been  long  and  favorably  known  for  thorough  reliability.  The 
senior  partner  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  best  known  jewelers  in  this  sec- 
tion of  the  country,  a  connoisseur  and  expert  of  celebrity,  whose  con- 
stant aim  and  purpose  has  been,  for  full  forty-five  years,  the  selection, 
purchase,  and  manufacture  of  articles  noted  for  their  novelty,  beauty, 
and  merit.  He  is  a  native  of  Dedham,  Mass. ,  a  resident  of  Boston 
for  fifty  years,  and  an  honored  private  citizen  and  successful  busi- 
ness man.  The  junior  partner  has  been  trained  to  the  business  from 
his  youth  up,  and  combines  his  energies  and  talent  to  form  a  firm  of 
wide  popularity  and  solid  worth. 


THOMAS  HILL  &  SONS,  Hardware,  Paper  Hangings,  Paints, 
Oils.  Varnishes,  etc.,  No.  233  Broadway,  South  Boston.— A 
time-honored  and  leading  general  hardware  and  painters'-sup- 
ply  store  is  the  well-ordered  and  largely  patronized  emporium 
of  Thomas  Hill  &  Sons,  located  at  No.  233  Broadway,  with  branch 
stores  also  at  Nos.  379  and-385,  same  thoroughfare.  Here  can  always 
be  found  a  complete  and  first-class  assortment  of  everything  in  this 
branch  of  mercantile  activity,  while  the  prices  quoted  are  the  lowest 
figures  consistent  with  fine  goods  and  upright  business  principles. 
The  business  was  originally  established  in  1843  by  the  present  senior 
member  (who  had  been  a  clerk  in  the  same  line  ten  years  previously), 
and  by  him  it  was  conducted  alone  up  to  1883,  when  he  admitted  into 
partnership  his  two  sons,  Frank  and  Alpheus  Hill,  thus  constituting 
the  popular  and  responsible  firm  whose  name  heads  this  sketch,  the 
business  being  moved  from  Fourth  Street  to  the  commodious  quar- 
ters now  occupied  forty  odd  years  ago.  Messrs.  Hill,  who  are  all 
gentlemen  of  ample  experience,  as  well  as  men  of  strict  integrity  in 
their  dealings,  well  and  favorably  known  in  the  community  alike  as 
merchants  and  citizens,  occupy  a  neatly  kept,  well-equipped  25x100, 
foot  store  and  basement,  and  carry  constantly  on  hand  a  heavy  and 
first-class  stock,  which  includes  shelf  and  builders'  hardware,  me- 
chanics' tools,  iron,  steel  and  nails,  cutlery,  cordage,  leather  and  rub- 
ber hose,  paper  hangings  in  great  variety,  window-shades,  paints, 
oils,  colors,  varnishes,  putty,  glass,  white  lead,  paint-brushes,  sand- 
paper, powdered  emery,  and  a  fine  line  of  artists'  materials. 


HENRY  HUBER  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Sanitary  Specialties, 
Brass  Pumps,  and  Plumbers'  Supplies.  Eastern  Branch,  No. 
235  Washington  Street.— This  is  the  Eastern  Branch  of  the 
well-known  New  York  house  of  the  same  name,  and  is  under 
the  management  of  Mr.  J  L.  Thurston.  This  branch  controls  the 
trade  of  the  firm  throughout  New  England,  and  has  been  in  success- 
ful operation  since  February,  1835.  Messrs.  Henry  Huber  &  Co. 
hold  the  foremost  position  in  this  country  in  the  invention  and  in- 
troduction of  sanitary  specialties  pertaining  to  plumbing.  Through 
its  enterprising  and  progressive  efforts  the  art  of  plumbing  has  been 
greatly  improved,  especially  in  the  line  of  drainage  and  ventilation, 
while  its  productions  in  the  line  of  brass  pumps  and  every  valuable 
style  of  plumbers'  supplies  are  unequalled,  and  practically  supplant 
all  like  inventions  and  productions  in  New  England  and  New  York,and 
are  becoming  vastly  popular  in  the  west,  through  the  efforts  of  the 
western  branch  of  the  firm,  at  No.  62  Dearborn  Street,  Chicago.  The 


manager  of  the  Boston  house  is  in  a  position  to  conduct  the  business 
under  the  most  favorable  auspices  in  all  departments,  and  to  fill  all 
orders  of  any  magnitude  direct  from  the  New  York  house.  A  com- 
plete sample  stock  is  carried  here,  and  all  interested  in  this  trade 
should  inspect  the  goods  and  prices  of  this  house  before  closing  con- 
tracts elsewhere.  Mr.  Thurston,  the  manager,  is  a  New  Hampshire 
man  by  birth  and  training,  and  of  large  and  valuable  experience  in 
this  line  of  business. 


HUNT  &  CO.,  Leather  Boards,  Shoe  Counters,  etc.,  No.  17  South 
Street. — Although.a  comparatively  young  firm,  as  such, — the 
business  having  been  established  in  July,  1888,— Hunt  &  Co., 
have  already  built  up  a  trade  second  to  few  concerns  engaged 
in  this  particular  branch  of  commercial  activity  in  Boston.  Being 
thoroughly  conversant  with  the  wants  of  the  trade,  prompt  and  reli- 
able in  filling  orders,  and  withal  handling  a  very  superior  class  of 
goods,  the  result  could  scarcely  have  been  other  than  the  full  meas- 
ure of  success  the  firm  has  achieved.  The  office  and  salesroom  occupy 
a30xlOO-foot  floor,  while  a  large  and  excellent  stock  is  constantly 
carried  on  hand,  including  leather  board  in  all  its  grades  of  heeling, 
tapping,  veneers,  shanking,  insoling,  filling  and  counters,  also  straw 
board,  canvas-covered  stock,  and  the  various  grades  of  counters,  flat, 
rolled,  and  moulded,  adapted  to  boot,  shoe,  and  slipper  work ;  the  firm 
being  sole  agents  for  Spaulding  Bros.,  the  Middlesex  and  Oak  Mills, 
and  other  mills  likewise,  and  the  trade,  which  extends  throughout 
the  shoe-manufacturing  centres  of  New  England,  is  quite  substan- 
tial, and  gives  evidence  of  steady  and  material  increase.  Mr.  W.  L. 
G.  Hunt,  who  is  the  active  member,  the  "  Co."  being  nominal,  is  a 
gentleman  of  seventy,  and  a  native  of  this  state.  He  is  a  man  of 
energy,  and  has  been  forty  or  more  years  resident  in  Boston,  as  well 
as  many  years'  experience  in  the  leather  trade,  and  prior  to  estab- 
lishing this  prosperous  business  had  been  for  seven  years  with 
Messrs.  Clegg  &  Fisher,  and  the  selling  agent  for  their  Merrimac 
Mills  board,  as  also  the  Belfast  Mills,  and  is  permitted  to  refer  to 
Hon.  Edward  H.  Dunn,  of  Messrs.  Dunn,  Green  &  Co.;  Geo.  C.  Lord, 
Esq.,  President  of  Boston  and  Maine  Railroad;  Edward  L.  Tead,  Esq., 
President  of  the  National  Exchange  Bank. 


M  BROWN,  Ship-smith,  Horseshoer,  and  General  Jobber,  No. 
49  Atlantic  Avenue  and  No.  211  Commercial  Street.— One 
of  the  most  practical  and  reliable  men  in  his  line  in  Boston 
is  Mr.  M.  Brown,  ship-smith,  horseshoer,  and  general  job- 
ber.No.  49  Atlantic  Avenue  and  No.  211  Commercial  Street.  Mr.  Brown, 
who  was  born  in  Quebec,  Canada,  forty-five  years  ago,  has  been 
working  at  his  trade  since  he  was  a  boy.  He  carried  on  business  for 
himself  in  Vermont  for  a  number  of  years,  and  in  1880  came  to  this 
city,  where  he  started  a  shop  on  Richmond  Street.  Mr.  Brown  has 
been  at  No.  49  Atlantic  Avenue  since  1885.  He  occupies  a  fine,  com- 
modious workshop,  40x75  feet  in  dimensions,  in  which  he  does  horse- 
shoeing and  all  kinds  of  blacksmith  work,  paying'particular  attention 
to  interfering  and  overreaching  horses.  He  has  also  a  large  trade  as 
a  ship-smith,  being  prompt  and  reliable.in  all  his  work  and  having  a 
particular  acquaintance  with  this  branch  of  the  trade.  He  employs 
from  five  to  ten  first-class  mechanics,  and  gives  the  business  constant 
personal  supervision.  Since  he  came  to  Boston  he  has  made  hosts 
of  friends  who  appreciate  his  sterling  qualities  as  a  man. 


CHARLES  A.  PEARSON,  Civil  Engineer  and  Surveyor,  No.  21  City 
Square,  Charlestown.— Among  the  foremost  and  best  equipped 
civil  engineers  and  surveyors  of  Charlestown  can  be  named 
Charles  A.  Pearson,  than  whom  no  member  of  the  profession 
in  the  Bunker  Hill  District  enjoys  a  better  reputation  for  skill.  Mr. 
Pearson,  who  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age  and  a  native  of  Charles- 
town,  is  a  man  of  entire  probity  as  well  as  a  thoroughly  practical 
and  expert  civil  engineer  and  surveyor,  with  ample  experience  in  all 
branches  of  his  profession,  and  was  formerly  assistant  to  Thomas 
Doane,  Boston's  leading  civil  engineer,  for  several  years.  He  has 
been  established  on  his  own  account  since  1870,  and  from  the  first 
he  has  steadily  won  his  way  to  favor  and  prominence,  acquiring  a 
large  and  active  patronage.  Mr.  Pearson  is  prepared  to  attend  to 
everything  comprehended  in  civil  engineering  and  surveying,  spe- 
cial attention  being  given  to  land-surveying  and  kindred  work,  and 
all  business  entrusted  to  this  gentleman  is  certain  to  be  executed  in 
the  most  superior  and  satisfactory  manner. 


204 


ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


JOHN  W.  SPRAGUE,  Furnishing  Undertaker,  and  Practical 
Embalmer,  No.  120  Meridian  Street,  East  Boston.— Mr.  John 
W.  Sprague,  the  well-known  furnishing  undertaker,  has  had  an 
experience  in  the  calling  extending  over  many  years,  and  has 
been  established  since  1877,  and  is  pronounced  one  of  the  best 
funeral  furnishers  and  directors  in  the  city.  His  office  and  ware- 
rooms  are  at  Xo.  120,  and  his  residence  at  No.  122,  Meridian  Street, 
where  he  will  always  be  found,  and  promptly  attends  to  day  or  night 
calls.  In  the  conduct  of  the  business  Mr.  Sprague  is  careful  and  at 
the  same  time  considerate,  and  has  a  tender  regard  for  the  feelings 
of  bereaved  families  and  friends,  and  so  well  are  his  duties  per- 
formed, and  the  able,  efficient  manner  he  conducts  affairs  that  his 
services  are  generally  sought  for.  A  native  of  Maine,  Mr.  Sprague, 
who  was  born  in  Bath,  in  that  state,  has  been  a  citizen  of  East  Boston 
for  more  than  thirty-three  years.  He  is  well  prepared  in  every 
respect  to  successfully  embalm  bodies,  and  furnish  coffins  and 
caskets,  hearse  and  carriages  and  conduct  funerals.  Mr.  Sprague  is 
a  war  veteran  and  served  his  country  for  a  period  of  three  years  as 
&  member  of  the  Twelfth  Massachusetts  Vol.  Infy.  He  was  in  many 
sanguinary  engagements  and  for  six  months  was  a  prisoner  at  Belle- 
Isle.  He  is  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R. 


FJ.  FENNO,  Merchant  Tailor,  No.  193  Broadway,  South  Boston. 
— Mr.  Fenno  was  born  in  the  neighboring  city  of  Fall  River, 
B  but  has  been  a  resident  here  for  over  a  score  of  years.  Hav- 
ing learned  the  business  in  all  its  details  in  his  uncle's  em- 
ploy, and  after  acquiring  years  of  experience  he  succeeded  to  his 
relative's  house  and  trade  in  1878,  which  ever  since  the  date  of  its 
inception  has  been  the  center  of  a  first-class  trade,  with  but  few,  if 
any,  successful  rivals  in  this  part  of  Boston.  The  store,  which  is  of 
ample  dimensions,  is  elegantly  fitted  up  and  appointed,  containing 
every  convenience  for  the  attractive  display  of  goods.  An  extensive 
stock  is  kept  constantly  on  hand,  which  includes  the  latest  and  most 
attractive  styles  and  patterns  in  imported  fabrics,  seasonable 
woolens  and  worsteds,  cloths,  cassimeres,  checks,  serges,  cork- 
screws, diagonals,  tricots,  plaids,  tweeds,  meltons,  cheviots,  stripes, 
vestings  and  elegant  suitings  in  great  variety.  Mr.  Fenno  employs 
none  but  the  most  skillful  and  experienced  workmen,  whose  opera- 
tions are  conducted  under  his  immediate  supervision.  Being  a  skill- 
ful cutter  himself,  the  fitting  of  all  garments  made  here  receive  his 
personal  attention ;  in  fact  every  article  produced  by  him  isAl  in 
every  feature,  in  cut,  fit,  finish  and  material.  His  trade  is  derived 
principally  from  among  the  most  prominent  and  influential  citizens, 
while  his  prices  are  very  low. 


BURN  HAM  &  DURGAN,  Groceries  and  Provisions,  Meats,  etc., 
Nos.  97  and  99  Meridian  Street,  East  Boston.— The  flourishing 
business  conducted  by  Messrs.  Burnham  &  Durgan,  the  well- 
known  dealers  in  groceries  and  provisions,  was  established 
many  years  ago  by  Mr.  Lewis  Burnham,  and  carried  on  by  him  until 
1885  when  he  was  succeeded  by  the  present  firm,  composed  of  Mr. 
Frank  Burnham  and  Mr.  Chas.  Durgan,  who  have  made  many  im 
provements  in  the  store,  and  by  the  irenterprise  and  ability  have  ma- 
terially extended  the  operations  and  increased  the  trade.  The  store 
presents  a  double  front  of  50  feet  with  a  depth  of  40  feet  and  is  fitted 
up  with  every  modern  convenience.  The  stock  is  always  kept  full  and 
complete  in  every  department,  and  the  goods  noted  for  their  fresh- 
ness, and  will  be  found  of  the  highest  standard  quality.  All  the  de- 
tails of  the  business  are  conducted  under  the  immediate  direction  of 
the  firm,  who  are  assisted  in  their  operations  by  three  attentive 
clerks.  Orders  are  filled  and  delivered  promptly.  Both  members  of 
the  firm  are  natives  of  Massachusetts.  Mr.  Burnham  was  born  in 
Essex  and  Mr.  Durgan  in  East  Boston.  They  are  thorough,  practical 
men. 


HW.  DUNMORE,  Jobber  and  Retailer  in  Kitchen  Furniture, 
No.  220  Main  Street,  Charlestown. — A  leading  and  most 
„     reputable  house  in  Charlestown  is  that  of  Mr.  H.  W.  Dun- 
more,  which  since  its  inauguration  has  attained  a  high 
prominence    for  kitchen    furniture  and  other  similar  wares.    Mr. 
'  Dunmore  was  born  in  the  neighboring  suburb,  Somerville,  where  he 
still  resides,  and  has  had  a  long  experience  in  this  line  of  merchan- 
dise.   He  founded  this  establishment  originally  in  1887,  and  although 
of  recent  origin  he  has  had  from  the  start  a  very  large  and  sub- 


stantial patronage.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious,  and  fitted 
up  with  special  reference  to  the  character  of  his  business,  and  are 
provided  with  every  convenience  for  the  display  of  his  large  and  Al 
stock  of  goods.  In  his  store  will  be  found  an  assortment  of  all  kinds 
of  kitchen  and  housekeeping  goods,  embracing  shelf  and  house 
hardware,  culinary,  bedroom  and  other  necessary  wares  calculated 
for  the  general  comfort  and  assistance  of  the  housewife,  including 
fine  china,  queen's,  crockery,  earthen  and  glass  ware,  lamps  and 
their  fittings,  all  of  the  latest  and  most  fashionable  and  unique 
designs,  made  by  the  most  celebrated  manufacturers  in  Europe  and 
America;  also  stove  fittings,  hollow  wares,  cooking  utensils,  toilet 
articles,  bronze,  brass  and  bisque  ornaments;  and  for  use,  laundry 
articles,  tubs,  clothes-wringers,  flat  and  fluting  irons,  cutlery,  silver 
and  plated  goods,  wood  and  willow  ware,  step  ladders,  curtain  poles 
and  fixtures  for  shades— in  fact,  his  supplies  embrace  almost  every- 
thing classified  under  the  term,  house  hardware.  He  also  keeps  a 
fine  line  of  the  latest  novelties  and  specialties  known  as  notions, 
toys,  specialties,  etc.  Mr.  Dunmore  is  recognized  as  one  of  our 
most  popular  and  enterprising  merchants,  who  enjoys  the  esteem  of 
all  with  whom  he  has  any  business  transactions. 


AS.  VOSE,  Artistic  Photographer,  Maverick  Square,  Corner 
Lewis  Street,  East  Boston.— One  of  the  most  prominent  ex- 
ponents of  the  photographic  art  in  East  Boston  is  Mr.  A.  S. 
Vose,  who  has  been  located  in  this  section  of  the  city  since- 
1871.  He  employs  several  skilled  assistants,  all  of  whom  are  prac- 
tical adepts  in  the  business,  and  executes  work  in  all  branches  of 
the  art,  the  specialty  being  fine  portraits  which  are  perfect  as  like- 
nesses, and  superior  in  finish.  Photographs  direct  are  made  as 
large  as  16  x  20  inches,  and  particular  attention  is  given  to  copying 
and  enlarging  pictures  to  life  size.  He  is  very  successful  with  chil- 
dren, and  out-door  views,  animals,  and  machinery,  and  in  photo- 
graphing merchandise,  etc.,  and  as  an  expert  is  unsurpassed  in 
India  ink,  crayon,  water  and  oil  colors  and  pastile  work,  which  is 
finished  with  that  degree  of  elegance,  and  neatness,  and  beauty, 
only  attained  by  the  thorough  skilled,  photographic  artist.  The 
studio  is  tastefully  furnished,  the  reception  parlors  being  unexcep- 
tionally  handsome,  while  the  operating  rooms  are  provided  with  the 
latest  and  best  improved  appliances  required  for  executing  all  kinds 
of  work  pertaining  to  the  art.  Mr.  Vose  is  a  native  of  Montpelier, 
Vt. 


CP.  FLYNN,  Pharmacist,  No.  586  Dorchester  Avenue.  South 
Boston.— An  old  established  and  representative  local  phar- 
B  •  macy  is  that  of  Mr.  C.  P.  Flynn.  The  business  was  origi- 
nally established  in  1871  by  Mr.  Win.  H.  Flynn,  a  brother  of 
the  present  proprietor,  by  whom  he  was  succeeded  in  1884,  and  from 
its  inception  the  store  has  been  liberally  patronized  by  the  best 
custom  of  the  vicinity.  The  salesroom  is  a  spacious  apartment, 
25  x  35  feet  in  dimensions,  and  with  its  plate-glass  front,  tile  floor, 
mahogany  fixtures  and  large,  well  displayed  stock,  forms  one  of  the 
attractive  features  of  the  avenue.  The  stock  of  drugs,  chemicals, 
proprietary  medicines,  toilet  and  fancy  articles  etc.,  embraces  all 
pertaining  to  a  first-class  metropolitan  pharmacy.  The  laboratory  is 
supplied  with  all  requisite  facilities  for  compounding  the  most  dif- 
ficult prescriptions,  and  several  experienced  clerks  are  required  in 
supplying  the  wants  of  the  large,  liberal  and  highly  desirable  patron- 
age. Mr.  Flynn  is  a  practical  and  skillful  exponent  of  the  business, 
with  which  for  many  years  he  has  been  prominently  identified. 

J    COOPER,     Plumber     and     Gas    Fitter,    No.    128    Harrison 
Avenue. — Among  the  well  conducted  and  popular  city   en- 
M  terprises  engaged  in  this  branch  of  skilled  industry  will  be 
found  that  of  Mr.  J.   Cooper,  plumber  and  gas  fitter.    Mr. 
Cooper  has  been  established  in  this  city  since  1871,  beginning  on 
Milk  Street  and  removing  two  years  later  to  the  present  site,  where 
he  has  built  up  a  large  trade  and  won  an  enviable  reputation  as  a 
first-class  workman.    The  premises  occupied  are  commodious,  well 
arranged  and  convenient,  and  a  full  stock  of  plumbers'  and  gas  fitters' 
supplies  is  carried.    A  competent  force  of  experienced  mechanics 
is  employed,  and  all  kinds  of  plumbing  and  gas  fitting  work  is  done 
in  the  best  manner  and  at  the  lowest  rates  commensurate  with  first- 
class  service.    Mr.  Cooper  was  born  in  England,  but  has  been  for 
many  years  a  respected  citizen  of  Boston. 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 


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THE  FOYE  LETTER  PILE,  CABINET  AND  INDEX  COMPANY, 
Manufacturers  of  Cabinets,  Letter  Files,  Indexes,  and  Filing 
Cases,  No.  339  Washington  Street.  Moses  Fairbanks,  Agent- 
The  Boston  office  of  the  Foye  Letter  File,  Cabinet,  and  Index 
Company,  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  is  under  the  capable  management  of  Mr. 
Moses  Fairbanks,  a  well-known  business  man  of  this  citv,  as  agent  for 
the  company.  The  ingenious  devices  here  introduced  are  complete  in 
every  particular,  simple  in  their  construction,  and  acknowledged  to  be 
unequalled  for  utility  and  convenience  by  any  similar  inventions  in  the 
market,  possessing,  as  they  do,  important  features  peculiar  to  them- 
selves. The  Foye  Letter  File  can  be  as  readily  operated  with  the  arm 
as  with  the  hand,  thus  giving  perfect  freedom  of  both  hands  to  turn 
over  more  rapidly  the  papers  contained  in  the  file,  and  enabling  the 
user  to  withdraw  or  insert  any  letter,  bill,  or  receipt,  without  displac- 
ing the  remaining  ones,  as  is  the  case  in  other  flies  that  do  not  contain 
the  clip.  The  Foye  file  has  a  strong  clip  and  automatic  springs, 
which  give  firm  pressure,  holding  all  papers,  large  or  small,  in  their 
place  without  stopping  to  adjust  any  springs,  as  in  other  files,  while 
there  is  no  fear  of  spilling  the  papers  upon  the  floor  by  careless  hand- 
ling. Another  feature  of  the  file  is  that  you  do  not  punch  any  holes 
in  your  letters,  or  papers,  or  dates  out  of  your  bills.  They  have  the 
vowelled  combination  suitable  for  any  number  of  files  that  may  be 
desired.  The  Foye  patent  transfer  cases  are  made  of  wood,  and  have 
two  springs  attached  to  the  lid  that  hold  the  papers  into  their  place 
when  transferred  from  the  file.  They  are  neatly  finished,  and  have 
the  appearance  of  a  book  on  the  back.  We  cordially  recommend 
the  Foye  inventions-to  merchants,  manufacturers,  and  others  want- 
ing a  simple  and  complete  file  at  small  cost.  Mr.  Fairbanks,  the 
agent,  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  and  has  resided  in  Boston  since 
1832.  He  is  deservedly  prominent  and  popular  as  a  real  estate  and 
business  broker,  handling  all  classes  of  realty  on  commission,  and 
enjoys  a  large  and  influential  clientage.  He  possesses  unsurpassed 
facilities  for  the  prompt  negotiation  of  loans  on  bond  and  mortgage, 
takes  entire  management  of  estates,  collects  rents,  and  transacts  a 
large  and  thriving  trade  in  buying  and  selling  business  chances. 


in  the  most  expeditious  and  superior  manner  at  the  very  lowest  con- 
sistent rates.  All  orders  receive  immediate  attention,  and  ail  work 
is  warranted  to  render  sati-faction. 


HUYLER'S  Bonbons  and  Chocolates,  No.  146  Tremont  Street.— 
In  the  sale  of  fine  candies,  bon  bons.  and  chocolates,  the  name 
of  Huyler's  has  a  national  reputation  for  the  best  and  purest 
goods  known  to  the  trade.  The  Boston  house  of  this  name  is 
very  eligibly  located  at  No.  146  Tremont  Street.  The  headquarters 
of  Huyler's  is  in  New  York,  at  No.  863  Broadway,  while  branch  es- 
tablishments of  noteworthy  importance  are  located  in  all  the  princi- 
pal cities  of  the  Union.  The  business  premises  in  this  city  comprise  a 
splendid  salesroom  on  the  ground  floor  and  a  well  equipped  base- 
ment for  manufacturing  purposes,  tnus  giving  ample  accommoda- 
tions for  the  systematic  and  successful  prosecution  of  the  business  in 
all  its  departments.  The  output  includes  all  kinds' of  bonbons,  taffies, 
creams,  caramels,  chocolates,  and  their  celebrated  ice-cream  soda, 
and  other  toothsome  confections  too  numerous  to  mention  within  the 
limits  of  this  article.  All  these  candies  can  be  used  indiscriminately, 
as  they  are  all  warranted  pure,  and  are  universally  regarded  as  the 
best  of  their  kind  ever  put  upon  the  market.  The  stock  on  sale  is 
probably  the  largest  and  finest  in  the  city,  and  the  house  is  a  popular 
headquarters  for  everything  in  its  line  among  the  best  classes  of  so- 
ciety. Orders  of  any  magnitude  are  filled  promptly  and  carefully. 
Mr.  Deklyn,  the  manager,  was  formerly  in  charge  of  Huyler's  house 
at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  has  a  foundation  understanding  of  all  ths  needs 
and  requirements  of  the  business. 


JOSEPH    E.   BALLOU,   Book    and  Job    Printer,   No.  102  High 
Street. — For  excellent  work  in  the  typographical  line,  or  for 
promptness  and  reliability  in  executing  orders,  not  one  in  the 
business  in  this  part  of  the   city  enjoys  a  better  reputation 
than  Joseph  E.  Ballou.  book  and  job  printer.    Mr.  Ballou  is  a  native 
of  Sharon,  Mass.,  but  long  a  resident  of  Boston.    He  is  a  practical 
and  expert  printer,  of  over  a  quarter  of  a  century's  experience  at 
the  case,  and  is  a  complete  master  of  the  art  in  all  its  branches.    He 
started  in  business  on  his  own  account  about  six  years  ago,  on  Knee- 
land  Street,  whence  he  moved  to  Harrison  Avenue  three  years  later, 
and  has  occupied  the  present  commodious  quarters  since  September 
last.    Mr.  Ballou  occupies  here  25  by  50  feet  of  space  on  second  floor, 
with  thoroughly  first-class  equipment,  while  eight  or  more  expe- 
rienced hands  are  employed.    Everything  in  the  line  of  printing, 
from  a  business  card  and  circular  to  a  book  and  newspaper,  is  done 


EF.  MAYNARD,  Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Fine  Harness, 
Bridle,  Rein,  Breeching  and  Trunk  Leather,  No.  145  Pearl 
„  Street.— The  leather  trade  of  Boston  has  connected  with  it 
no  more  popular  and  successful  merchant  than  Mr.  E.  F. 
Maynard,  who  has  spent  in  it  the  best  years  of  a  long  life.  Mr.  May- 
nard  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth,  and  an  old  resident  hi  Boston. 
He  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  account  in  1850,  and  during  this 
period  has  developed  a  trade  of  large  magnitude.  He  is  a  manufac- 
turer and  dealer  in  fine  harness,  bridle,  rein,  breeching  and  trunk 
leather,  and  a  specialty  is  made  of  heavy  backs  and  welt  leather.  His 
premises  are  located  at  No.  145  Pearl  Street,  and  he  utilizes  for  the 
purposes  of  his  business  the  third  and  fourth  floors  of  the  building, 
which  is  25x60  feet  in  dimensions.  These  are  provided  with  all  neces 
sary  appliances  and  conveniences  for  the  receipt,  storage,  and  ship- 
ment of  goods,  and  a  large  and  complete  stock  is  at  all  times  carried. 
Mr.  Maynard's  long  experience  in  the  business  qualifies  him  as  an 
expert  in  leathers,  and  his  patrons  put  the  fullest  reliance  in  his  de- 
scriptions of  his  wares.  His  relations  with  the  leading  tanners  and 
curriers  in  the  country  are  of  long  standing  and  of  such  nature  that 
enable  him  to  secure  the  choicest  grades  of  leather  on  such  advantage- 
ous terms,  that  he  is  in  a  position  to  offer  corresponding  advantages 
to  his  customers,  and  his  distributing  trade  extends  throughout  New 
England  and  the  state  of  New  York.  Mr.  Maynard,  though  long  past 
middle  age,  manifests  a  vigor,  vigilance,  and  steady  application  to 
business  that  many  young  men  might  envy  him  of,  and  his  house  is 
in  all  respects  a  very  desirable  one  with  which  to  form  commercial 
relations. 


EA.  RUNNELLS,  Manufacturers'  Agent,  No.  116  Pearl  Street.- 
For  the  past  five  years  Mr.  E.  A.  Runnells  has  been  known 
as  one  of  the  most  active  and  successful  of  manufacturers' 
agents  in  the  city,  and  during  that  period  he  has  built  up  a 
splendid  trade  connection  extending  throughout  the  whole  of  the  New 
England  States.  Mr.  Runnells  has  been  located  in  his  present  quar- 
ters at  No.  116  Pearl  Street  for  three  years  past,  and  here  he  occu- 
pies the  second  floor,  which  has  a  capacity  of  28x80  feet,  and  which 
is  finely  appointed  and  appropriately  fitted  up  for  the  business.  It 
contains  an  extensive  and  varied  sample  stock  of  useful  salable  goods 
of  both  foreign  and  domestic  manufacture.  Mr.  Runnells  is  the  resi- 
dent representative  of  the  New  York  house  of  Mr.  J.  W.  Lauterbach, 
importer  of  baskets  and  willow-ware;  of  Zea,  Ebling  &  Rousse  of 
Philadelphia,  importers  of  china;  of  the  Triumph  Wringer  Company 
of  Keene,  N.  H.,  manufacturers  of  wringers  and  iron  toys;  and  is  also 
general  agent  for  toys,  fireworks,  Christmas  cards,  and  novelties  of 
all  kinds.  Orders  are  promptly  shipped  and  billed  direct  from  the 
factories,  and  in  all  instances  Mr.  Runnells  guarantees  the  most  com- 
plete satisfaction.  Mr.  Runnells  has  had  long  practical  experience 
in  this  market,  gives  his  close  personal  attention  to  all  details  of  his 
trade,  and  is  in  every  respect  a  popular  and  successful  agent.  He  is 
a  native  of  Massachusetts,  and  resides  at  Hyde  Park. 


JL.  McINTOSH,  Numbering,  Paging,  Perforating,  Nos.  58  and 
60  Federal  Street.— Mr,  J.  L.  Mclntosh  has  been  established 
in  business  here  since  1877,  and  has  acquired  a  reputation 
and  a  trade  that  places  him  at  the  head  of  this  branch  of  in- 
dustry in  this  section  of  the  country.  His  business  premises  comprise 
two  floors,  25x75  feet  each,  splendidly  fitted  up  for  rapid,  systematic 
and  successful  work,  the  equipment  comprising  eight  numbering, 
five  lettering,  five  perforating,  four  wiring,  and  two  paper-cutting 
machines,  while  steady  employment  is  given  to  eighteen  skilled  and 
expert  bands.  Much  of  the  machinery  in  use  is  the  invention  of  the 
proprietor.  He  is  in  a  position  to  guarantee  the  quality  of  his  work 
as  well  as  entire  satisfaction  in  all  his  operations,  fulfilling  all  orders 
and  commissions  promptly  and  carefully.  He  has  an  extensive  sta- 
tioner's trade,  pays  special  attention  to  calendars,  numbers  bound 
check-books,  and  devotes  his  time  and  talents  to  every  description 
of  eyeletting,  round-cornering,  block  and  pad  making  and  cutting, 
and  to  the  manufacture  of  a  most  complete  document-holder.  His 
prices  are  placed  at  the  lowest  point  of  moderation.  Mr.  Mclntosh 
is  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  a  resident  of  Boston  since  1861,  in  the 
prime  of  life,  and  respected  as  an  accomplished  master  of  his  art. 


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ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


MILES  &  DAVENPORT,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in 
Cigars  and  Tobaccos,  No.  422  Washington  Street.— This  well, 
known  and  popular  commercial  establishment  was  founded 
away  back  in  1864  by  Mr.  Frank  Miles,  who  died  in  1887, 
when  he  was  succeeded  by  his  nephew,  Mr.  Charles  H.  Miles,  and 
Mr.  G.  F.  Davenport,  under  the  style  of  Miles  &  Davenport.  Mr.  C. 
H.  Miles  was  employed  in  the  store  for  seventeen  years  and  Mr. 
Davenport  was  connected  with  the  establishment  in  the  character  of 
traveling  salesman  for  a  period  of  nine  years.  The  latter  is  a  native 
of  Boston  and  the  former  was  born  at  Stowe,  Mass.  The  business 
has  been  located  at  its  present  stand  since  1874,  and  a  trade  of  large 
volume  has  been  developed.  The  premises  occupied  are  very  com- 
modious, handsomely  appointed,  and  ^well  arranged.  Connected 
with  the  store  is  an  elegant  sample  room.  The  firm  carry  an  exten- 
sive stock  of  imported  and  domestic  cigars  and  tobacco,  and  have  a 
large  box  cigar  trade  among  consumers  as  well  as  a  brisk  sale  at 
wholesale  throughout  the  whole  of  the  New  England  States.  All 
foreign  goods  handled  are  imported  direct  by  the  firm,  and  the 
favorite  brands  of  foreign  manufactured  cigars  are  "  Bella  Stella," 
" Stanley."  and  "  El  Angel."  Of  the  domestic  made  cigars  "Elec- 
tric," "  McD.,"  and  "  Daniel  Webster  "  are  the  most  popular  brands. 
These  goods  are  the  favorites  of  veteran  lovers  of  the  "  weed  "  and 
dealers  find  them  the  most  salable  of  any  cigars  put  upon  the  mar- 
ket. All  the  leading  brands  of  chewing  and  smoking  tobaccos  are 
kept  in  stock,  and  a  large  demand  is  experienced  for  these.  The 
house  is  one  of  the  most  substantial  and  responsible  in  the  trade 
and  both  partners  are  widely  known  and  esteemed  merchants. 

S PRAGUE  BROS.  &  CO.,  Pork,  Beef,  Lard,  Hams,  Nos.  15  and  17 
Central  Market,  Entrance  No.  50  North  Street.— This  pushing 
and  popular  firm  was  established  in  September,  1886,  and  from 
its  inception  the  venture  has  been  a  highly  gratifying  enter- 
prise. Handling  nothing  but  first-class  stock,  thoroughly  reliable  in  all 
their  dealings,  and  devoting  untiring  attention  to  business,  the  result 
could  scarcely  have  been  other  than  the  success  that  has  attended 
their  well-directed  efforts  from  the  start.  They  occupy  two  com- 
modious, neat  and  well-kept  stalls,  and  keep  constantly  on  hand  a 
heavy  and  excellent  stock,  which  comprises  prime  beef,  pork, 
hams,  bacon,  shoulders,  lard,  tallow,  smoked,  corned  and  pickled 
meats,  country  sausages,  tripe,  tongues,  pigs'  feet,  fresh  eggs  and 
general  provisions,  while  a  competent  assistant  is  in  attendance, 
with  the  proprietors  also,  and  the  trade  of  the  firm,  which  extends 
all  over  the  city  and  suburbs,  gives  evidence  of  steady  increase. 
Messrs.  W.  W.  and  E.  H.  Sprague,  who  compose  the  firm,  are 
young  men  of  push,  energy  and  excellent  business  qualities,  and 
well  merit  the  liberal  measure  of  popular  favor  they  enjoy. 

SNOW  BROTHERS,  Grocers,  etc.,  Nos.  176  to  182  South  Street.— 
One  of  the  finest  establishments  in  the  grocery  trade  to  be 
met  with  in  this  section  of  the  city  is  that  of  Messrs.  Snow 
Bros.  The  store,  40  x  30  feet  in  size  has  a  spacious  double 
front,  adorned  with  large  plate-glass  show  windows  surmounted  by 
a  stained  glass  transom,  and  the  interior  apartment  embodies  all  the 
modern  ideas  of  convenience  and  attractiveness.  The  stock  of  teas, 
coffees,  spices,  canned  goods,  sugar,  flour,  etc.,  etc.,  is  carefully 
selected  from  the  best  markets  with  due  regard  for  purity,  freshness 
and  general  excellence.  Three  assistants  are  kept  busy  in  supplying 
the  wants  of  the  large,  liberal  and  highly  desirable  patronage,  and 
the  general  business  is  of  most  prosperous  annual  aggregate.  Messrs. 
S.  W.  and  E.  F.  Snow,  composing  the  firm,  are  natives  of  Brockton, 
Mass.,  but  have  long  been  located  in  this  city.  After  an  extensive 
clerkship  they  embarked  for  themselves  in  1878  at  the  corner  of 
Beach  and  South  Streets,  removing  in  1885  to  the  present  site,  where 
they  have  reared  a  business  which  places  them  among  the  repre- 
sentative local  merchants  in  their  line. 

MM.  HOBBS,  Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Furnaces,  Ranges, 
Stoves,  Kitchen  Furnishing  Goods,  etc.,  No.  483  Tremont 
B     Street. — This  business  was  established  in  1869  by  Hobbs 
&  Steel,  who  conducted  it  successfully  until  1878,  when 
it  passed  into  the   sole  control  of  Mr.  Hobbs,  who  has  since  con- 
tinued it  with  marked  ability  and  increased  the  facilities  and  the 
trade.   The  premises,  a  two-story  building,  25  x  40  feet  in  area,  are  well 
equipped  for  manufacturing  and  general  business  purposes,  and  con- 
tain a  large  assortment  of  furnaces,  ranges  and  stoves  in  all  the 


new  styles  and  improved  patterns,  and  also  tinware  and  kitchen 
furnishing  goods  generally.  In  the  manufacturing  department 
Mr.  Hobbs  employs  from  six  to  eight  practical  workmen,  and  exe- 
cutes orders  for  all  kinds  of  tin  and  sheet  iron  work  and  repairing, 
and  also  setting  furnaces  and  ranges,  and  doing  all  kinds  of  general 
jobbing.  He  is  one  of  the  oldest  business  men  in  this  line  of  trade 
in  the  city,  and  is  a  native  of  Boston. 

JM.  BANKS,  Potatoes  and  Country  Produce,  No.  123  Ross  Mar- 
ket, Atlantic  Avenue. — A  reliable  and  well-known  house  in 
m  the  potato  and  country  produce  line  is  that  of  J.  M.  Banks, 
No.  123  Ross  Market,  Atlantic  Avenue.  Mr.  Banks  is  a  native 
of  Maine,  but  has  been  a  resident  of  Boston  for  the  past  eighteen 
years.  Nine  years  ago,  equipped  with  ample  capital  and  having  an 
intimate  knowledge  of  the  trade,  he  founded  the  business  he  now  so 
successfully  conducts,  and  has  placed  it  by  his  energy,  ability  and 
honorable  dealings  on  the  basis  of  permanent  solidity.  Mr.  Banks 
has  occupied  his  present  commodious  premises  since  1879.  His 
stock  of  potatoes  and  country  produce  generally,  in  which  he  is  a 
wholesale  and  retail  dealer,  is  of  the  largest  description,  Union 
sweet  potatoes  being  dealt  in  largely,  and  fresh  consignments  being 
received  from  the  country  each  day  of  everything  in  season.  He 
employs  two  assistants  and  has  built  up  an  extensive  trade  in  Boston 
and  vicinity. 

DANIEL  A.  NOONAN,  Grocer  and  Provision  Dealer,  No.  604 
Broadway,  South  Boston.— This  well-known  establishment 
was  opened  by  the  present  proprietor  in  1872,  and  from  its  in- 
ception the  business  has  had  a  steady  and  substantial  indica- 
tion of  a  thoroughly  active  and  able  management.  The  premises,  20 
x|70  feet  in  dimensions,  are  admirably  arranged,  and  the  general  ap- 
pointment embodies  all  the  modern  ideas  of  utility,  convenience  and 
attractiveness.  The  large,  carefully  selected  stock  of  teas,  coffees, 
spices,  canned  goods,  sugars,  flours,  meats,  etc.  etc.,  embraces 
everything  pertaining  to  the  family  grocery  and  provision  line.  Sev- 
eral experienced  assistants  are  employed,  and  no  house  in  town  is 
better  prepared  for  promptly  and  satisfactorily  serving  the  trade  in 
this  connection.  The  establishment  has  long  been  a  favorite  pur- 
chasing depot  for  the  best  family  custom  of  the  vicinity,  and  the 
large  and  liberal  patronage  .received  evidences  the  popularity  of 
the  proprietor. 

PB.  CORBETT,  Auctioneer,  Real  Estate  and  Insurance.  Jus- 
tice of  the  Peace,  No.  389  Broadway,  South  Boston.— Among 
f  the  ablest  and  most  popular  business  men  of  South  Boston 
will  be  found  Mr.  P.  B.  Corbett.  He  is  a  native  of  Ire- 
land whence  he  came  to  this  city  at  an  early  age.  After  following 
several  pursuits  in  the  guise  of  an  employee,  during  which  period  he 
acquired  a  valuable  knowledge  of  modern  business  methods  and 
won  an  enviable  reputation,  he  embarked  for  himself  in  February, 
1886,  in  this  business.  Mr.  Corbett  occupies  a  commodious  office  at 
the  above  address,  and  does  a  general  business  as  an  auctioneer  and 
real  estate  and  insurance  agent  and  broker.  His  sound  judgment 
and  thorough  knowledge  of  realty  values  are  duly  appreciated,  and 
he  numbers  among  his  large  and  influential  patronage  many  of  the 
leading  capitalists,  property  owners  and  investors  of  the  vicinity. 
In  the  insurance  department,  Mr.  Corbett  also  has  a  large  and 
highly  desirable  clientele,  and  as  an  auctioneer  his  services  are  in 
frequent  demand.  Mr.  Corbett  is  a  justice  of  the  peace  and  although 
still  a  comparatively  young  man  fully  merits  his  popularity. 

JF.  ANDERSON,  Merchant  Tailor,  Thompson  Square,  Charles- 
town. — A  thoroughly  skilled  practical   merchant  tailor  is 
B     Mr.  J.  F.  Anderson,   who  has  devoted  many  years  to  the 
study  of  the  art  of  cutting  and  making  gentlemen's  wearing 
apparel.    He  has  been  established  in  Charlestown  since  1879,  and  for 
a  period  of  about  eight  years  was  located  on  the  City  Square,  re- 
moving to  his  present  very  desirable   store   in   March   last  year, 
which  is  25  x  80  feet  in  area,  and  which  is  neatly  and  handsomely 
fitted  up  and  well  stocked  with  a  large  and  general  assortment  of 
foreign  and  domestic  fabrics  of  all  kinds  in  suitings,  trouserings  and 
overcoatings,  etc.,  in  all  the  new  beautiful  fashionable  styles.    Mr. 
Anderson  employs  a  large  force  of  practical  workmen  and  gives  his 
personal  attention  to  cutting,  fitting,  making,  trimming  and  finishing 
of  all  clothing  ordered,  and  fully  guarantees  perfect  satisfaction. 
He  is  a  native  of  this  section  of  the  city  and  has  always  lived  here. 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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CARTER,  RICE  &  CO.  (Incorporated),  Manufacturers  and  Whole- 
sale Dealers  in  Paper,  No.  246  Devonshire  Street.— Boston  has 
rapidly  developed  national  pre-eminence  in  the  paper  trade, 
among  other  great  staples,  and  to-day  one  of  the  leading  con- 
cerns in  the  country  and  by  far  the  largest  jobbing-house  in  New  Eng- 
land, that  of  the  corporation  of  Carter,  Rice  &  Co.,  finds  its  most  con- 
genial headquarters  in  Boston.    The  immense  business  radiating  from 
the  warehouse  at  No.  246  Devonshire   Street  was  founded  in  1871 
by  Messrs.  James  R.  Carter  and  Frederick  W.  Rice,  under  whose 
able  and  energetic  management  it  had  such  a  rapid  and  permanent 
growth  and  development  that  in  1883  the  important  interests  in- 

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volved  were  duly  capitalized  and  a  company  formed,  with  a  capital 
of  $300,000,  to  extend  the  trade  throughout  the  United  States.  The 
company  has  not  only  ample  resources,  but  every  facility  at  com. 
mand,  and  controls  the  products  of  many  large  mills.  The  company 
make  a  specialty  of  printing-papers,  book  papers,  cardboards,  enve- 
lopes, manilla  papers,  twines,  etc.,  and  carries  the  largest  and  most 
comprehensively  assorted  stock  of  any  house  in  New  England.  The 
premises  occupied  in  Devonshire  Street  are  of  immense  size,  six 
stories  and  basement  in  height,  and  50x150  in  dimensions.  A  thorough 
system  of  organization  is  enforced  throughout  this  magnificent  es- 
tablishment, and  upwards  of  150  hands  are  employed  in  the  various 
departments.  This  is  the  best  equipped  paper  warehouse  in  the 
United  States,  and  its  splendidly  furnished  offices  on  first  floor  are 
indicative  of  the  correct  taste  and  sound  judgment  of  the  proprietors. 
The  decease  of  Mr.  Frederick  W.  Rice  occurred  four  years  ago,  and 
the  executive  now  comprises  Mr.  J.  R.  Carter,  Mr.  E.  H.  Palmer,  and 
Mr.  George  H.  Lowe.  Mr.  Carter  was  born  in  Boston,  and  has  long 
been  actively  identified  with  the  wholesale  paper  trade;  so  has  Mr. 
Lowe,  who  is  a  native  oj!  Bridgewater.  Mr.  Palmer  was  born  in  New 
Bedford,  and  came  to  Boston  to  make  a  start  hi  life  only  12  years  ago. 
With  a  capital  of  ability,  industry,  and  integrity  he  has  made  rapid 
progress  and  is  a  valued  member  of  the  company,  which  has,  by  rea- 
son of  its  handling  of  such  reliable  qualities  of  paper,  invariably 
up  to  sample  and  quoted  at  lowest  prices,  secured  to  itself  the 
patronage  of  leading  publishers,  newspapers,  and  dealers  throughout 
the  United  States,  and  Boston  Is  to  be  congratulated  upon  having 
been  made  the  headquarters  of  such  a  large  and  growing  concern. 


FRANK  L.  YOUNG,  Manufacturer,  Importer,  and  Dealer  in  Oil, 
Etc. ,  No.  32  Oliver  Street.  —One  of  the  most  reliable  and  leading 
houses  in  Boston  actively  engaged  hi  the  manufacture,  impor- 
tation, and  sale  of  oils,  grease,  etc.,  is  that  of  Mr.  Frank  L. 
Young,  whose  office  and  salesrooms  are  situated  at  No.  32  Oh'ver 
Street.     Mr.   Young's  factory  and  wharves  are  located  at  First  and  I 
Streets,  South  Boston.    The  factory  is  fully  supplied  with  modern  ap- 
pliances, apparatus,  and  machinery,  and  is  so  situated  that  the  goods 
are  handled  at  the  least  possible  expense  of  labor  and  freight.    With 
ample  wharf  and  storage  facilities,  this  house  possesses  unsurpassed 
advantages  for  doing  the  business.    Mr.  Young  is  a  large  importer  of 


pure  cod-oil  from  the  Newfoundland  fisheries,  and  also  receives  quan- 
tities of  domestic  oil  and  is  first  bands  on  these  goods.  The  concerq 
also  manufactures  several  specialties,  including  bard  grease  for  stuff- 
ing of  leather,  ultra-sperm  oil  for  spindles,  and  a  fine  line  of  lubri 
eating  and  cylinder  oils.  Mr.  Young  is  also  selling-agent  for  the  eel. 
ebrated  "  M.  &  M."  brands  of  lubricating-  and  leather-oils,  made  by 
the  Meriam  &  Morgan  Pff .  Company,  so  widely  and  favorably  known. 
At  the  office  and  salesrooms  a  fine  line  of  strictly  reliable  goods  may 
always  be  found,  at  lowest  market  rates.  All  goods  are  guaranteed 
absolutely  as  represented,  and  probably  no  house  hi  the  trade  has  a 
more  enviable  reputation  for  square  dealing.  Buyers  of  oil  who  want 
prompt>nd  careful  attention  to  their  orders  will  do  well  to  correspond 
with  this  concern.  They  also  have  recently  put  upon  the  market  the 
"  Ultra  Linseed  Oil,1'  which  has  stood  the  test  of  five  years'  practical 
experience,  and  is  the  best  wearing  oil  for  all  outside  painting,  on  the 
market.  Dealers  in  distributing-centres  may  obtain  the  selling  agency 
of  this  oil  by  addressing  the  house,  and  exclusive  territory  is  given. 

AS.  PRATT,  Manager  of  the  Boston  Office  of  Clark's  Thread 
Works,  No.  31  Kingston  Street.— The  Boston  house  of  the 
m     internationally  famous  Clark  Thread  Works  was  first  estab 
lished  in  1860,  and  has  been  permanently  and  most  success 
fully  conducted  by  Mr.  Albert  S.  Pratt,  a  Boston  business  man  of  the 
highest  standing  in  commercial,  public,  and  social  circles.    Mr.  Pratt 
has  for  twenty-eight  years  been  actively  identified  with  this  branch 
of  trade,  and  is  the  leading  authority  in  his  line  throughout  New 
England.    His  office  and  salesroom  were  originally  located  at  the 
junction  of  Summer  and  Lincoln  Streets,  but  the  premises  were 
swept  by  the  great  fire  of  1872,  and  Mr.  Pratt  eventually  permanently 
located  at  his  present.central  address.    Mr.  Pratt  is  a  merchant  of 


O.  N  T. 


ability  and  integrity,  and  is  well  known  as  a  public-spirited  citizen. 
From  1867  to  1870,  inclusive,  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  Boston 
Board  of  Aldermen,  and  supported  all  measures  best  calculated  to 
advance  the  permanent  welfare  and  prosperity  of  the  city.  His 
many  sterling  qualifications  have  permanently  retained  to  him  the 
confidence  and  respect  of  the  commercial  world,  and  he  is  a  worthy 
representative  of  his  important  and  staple  branch  of  trade.  The 
entire  business  of  the  great  house  of  George  A.  Clark  &  Bro.  in  the 
United  States  is  controlled,  directed,  and  in  the  greater  part  owned 
by  Mr.  William  Clark,  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  the  only  surviving  partner 
of  the  original  copartnership  of  Geo.  A.  Clark  &  Bro.,  of  New 
York.  The  trade  throughout  the  United  States  is  supplied  from 
the  latter  house,  and  from  the  branches  in  Philadelphia,  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  Boston.  At  the  Boston  agency  a  heavy  stock  is  carried 
of  all  numbers  and  sizes  of  Clark's  "O.  N.  T.'  spool  cotton,  and. 
all  sizes  of  the  celebrated  Millward's  Patent  Helix  needles. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


EASTERN  FISH  COMPANY,  E.  B.  Wadsworth,  Proprietor,  No. 
219  Tremont  Street.— Among  the  leading  representative  houses 
in  the  city  engaged  in  the  wholesale  and  retail  branches  of 
this  trade  is  that  of  the  Eastern  Fish  Company,  which  started 
business  in  1879  at  No.  12  Kneeland  Street,  and  removed  therefrom 
in  May,  1888,  to  the  present  premises.  The  premises  occupied  here 
comprise  a  finely -appointed  store,  with  a  frontage  of  25  feet  and  a 
•depth  of  60  feet,  and  fitted  up  with  marble  slabs,  refrigerators,  and 
all  other  accessories  of  a  thoroughly -equipped,  first  class  establish- 
ment. The  stock,  which  is  supplied  fresh  daily  from  the  fisheries,  is 
maintained  at  the  highest  standard  of  excellence,  and  can  always  be 
relied  upon  for  freshness  and  wholesomeness,  while  in  the  matter  of 
prices  the  concern  does  not  permit  itself;  to  be  surpassed  by  those  of 
any  other  house  in  the  trade.  The  company  handle  every  descrip- 
tion of  fish,  oysters,  lobsters,  and  other  shell  fish,  and  having  in  con- 
stant service  three  assistants,  are  prepared  to  fill  all  orders  with  de- 
spatch, and  to  insure.to  patrons  the  fullest  satisfaction.  Besides  the 
large  city  and  suburban  trade  done,  extensive  shipments  are  made  to 
dealers  in  all  parts  of  the  New  England  States.  The  proprietor,  Mr. 
E.  B.  Wadsworth,  is  a  native  of  the  city,  has  had  long  experience  in, 
and  is  thoroughly  acquainted  with,  every  detail  and  feature  of  the 
fish  trade. 


HO.  LOTHROP  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Patent  Wire  Fer- 
rules, No.  312  Dorchester  Avenue,  South  Boston.— In  re- 
B  viewing  the  noteworthy  industrial  interests  of  South  Boston, 
and  the  concerns  contributing  thereto,  more  than  passing 
notice  should  be  given  hi  this  volume  to  the  widely  known  establish- 
ment of  H.  O.  Lothrop  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  patent  wire  ferrules 
(for  paint  brusher),  No.  312  Dorchester.  Avenue;  and  whose  produc- 
tions have  been  in  wide  and  growing  demand  in  the  trade  for  some 
twenty -odd  years,  owing  to  the  superiority  of  the  same.  The  ferrules 
manufactured  by  this  firm  are  articles  of  exceptional  merit,  combin- 
ing all  desired  features  of  strength,  security,  neatness,  durability,  and 
efficacy,  and  for  general  excellence  are  unapproached,  for  the  pur- 
pose intended,  by  anything  of  the  kind  yet  placed  upon  the  market. 
The  Lothrop  Patent  Wire  Ferrule,  which  is  manufactured  under  let- 
tsrs  patent,  is  fully  protected,  having  been  patented  October  19, 1869, 
with  a  reissue  June  20, 1871,  and  again  patented  March  7, 1882,  and  the 
Messrs.  Lothrop  are  sole  proprietors  and  manufacturers.  This  flour- 
ishing enterprise  was  started  in  1872.  The  factory  is  commodious, 
ample,  and  well  equipped,  being  supplied  with  full  steam-power  and 
the  latest  improved  machinery,  and  all  necessary  facilities,  while 
twelve  or  more  in  help  are  employed.  They  manufacture  patent  wire 
ferrules  for  paint-brushes,  in  all  sizes  and  styles,  the  daily  average  pro- 
duction running  above  13,000  ferrules;  and  the  trade  of  the  firm,  which 
is  large  and  active,  extends  all  over  the  United  States.  Mr.  Lothrop 
the  elder,  the  patentee,  is  a  gentleman  hi  the  prime  of  life,  and  a  native 
of  Cornish,  N.  H.,  coming  to  Boston  from  Milford,  Mass., {where  he  was 
for  some  time  chairman  of  the  board  of  selectmen.  He  also  served 
with  credit  in  the  State  Legislature  during  the  sessions  of  1861-1863. 

ROBBINS  &  ROWELL,  Tailors,  No.  58  Winter  Street.— Messrs. 
Robbins  &  Rowell,  the  popular  and  well-known  merchant 
tailors,  are  by  general  consent  among  the  leading  exponents 
of  the  tailoring  art  hi  Boston,  and  have  a  large  and  growing 
high-class  trade— receiving  a  fine  college  patronage.  This  pushing 
and  prosperous  firm  was  estabh'shed  in  1883,  being  located  in  the 
present  desirable  quarters  since  November,  1887;  and  from  the  first 
they  have  enjoyed  a  highly  flattering  share  of  recognition ;  the  gar- 
ments produced  being  first-class  in  every  particular,  alike  as  to  cut, 
fit,  finish  and  fabric.  They  occupy  commodious  and  neatly  appointed 
premises,  conveniently  located  on  the  second  floor,  facing  the  Com- 
mon, and  carry  constantly  on  hand  an  extensive  and  elegant  assort- 
ment of  imported  woolens,  worsted,  and  fashionable  suitings  in  great 
variety,  from  which  the  most  fastidious  in  dress  may  select.  The 
stock  embraces  the  newest  styles  and  designs  in  cassimeres,  cloths, 
cheviots,  checks,  plaids,  serges,  tweeds,  meltons,  strips  and  mixed 
goods,  while  an  efficient  corps  of  cutters  and  tailors  are  employed ; 
every  garment  made  in  this  establishment  being  subjected  to  close 
personal  examination  by  the  proprietors  before  being  allowed  to  leave 
the  place.  Messrs.  Luther  G.  Robbins  and  Charles  A.  Rowell,  who 
compose  the  firm,  are  young  men,  and  natives  of  this  city.  They  are 
practical  and  expert  cutters,  and  all-around  workmen  themselves,  of 
ample  experience  in  the  exercise  of  their  art. 


THE  RICH  WOOD  HOTEL,  Nos.  254,  256  and  258  Tremont 
Street.— The  Richwood  was  first  opened  to  the  public  in  Janu- 
ary, 1887,  and  has  ever  since  been  in  charge  of  the  present  pro 
prietor,  Mr.  A.  B.  Foster,  who  knows  just  how  to  meet  the  re- 
quirements of  guests.  The  building  is  of  brick,  seven  stories  high,  and 
40x125  feet  hi  dimensions,  and  is  substantial  in  appearance  and  im 
posing  in  its  architecture.  The  first  floor  is  given  up  to  the  office,  sam- 
ple-room, dining  room,  etc.,  and  the  upper  floors,  utilized  for  parlors, 
sleeping-apartments,  bath-rooms,  etc.,  are  reached  by  elevator  and 
wide  stair-cases.  The  house  is  conducted  on  the  American  plan  No 
luxury  afforded  in  situation,  surroundings,  and  modern  conveniences 
in  any  hotel  is  lacking  at  the  Richwood.  It  is  situated  in  one  of  the 
wealthiest  and  near  the  business  part  of  the  city,  within  easy  reach 
of  railway  depots  and  steamboat  wharves,  and  is  convenient  alike  to 
the  permanent  patron,  the  commercial  tourist,  and  the  transient 
guest.  The  house  is  lighted  by  electric  lights  and  gas,  heated  by 
steam  throughout,  and  provided  with  electric  call-bells  communicat- 
ing with  the  office.  The  cuisine  of  the  Richwood  is  especially 
worthy  of  commendation,  being  under  the  most  expert  manage- 
ment and  kept  up  to  the  highest  standard  of  excellence.  All  the 
necessities  of  modern  hotel  life  are  supplied  by  the  enterprising  pro  • 
prietor  for  tho  comfort  and  convenience  of  his  guests.  The  rates  are 
two  dollars  per  day.  The  service  is  prompt  and  courteous,  and  Mr. 
Foster  is  one  of  the  most  genial  and  obliging  of  hosts. 


BETHUNE  &  HILL,  Fancy  Goods,  etc.,  No.  3  West  Street.— One 
of  the  most  ably  conducted  and  admirably  equipped,  general 
fancy -goods  houses  located  in  this  section  of  the  city  is  that 
which,  since  its  inception  hi  1887,  has  been  most  successfully 
managed  by  its  original  proprietors,  Misses  Bethune  and  Hill,  young 
ladies  of  pronounced  ability,  tact,  energy,  and  enterprise.  Previous 
to  starting  hi  business  for  themselves,  they  were  employed  by  the 
well-known  firm  of  C.  E.  King  &  Co.,  and  are  practically  versed  in 
every  detail  of  the  trade  engaged  in.  The  premises  occupied  at  No.  3 
West  Street  comprise  a  neatly  arranged  and  well-appointed  apart- 
ment, which  is  supplied  with  every  modern  facility  and  convenience, 
and  contains,  in  the  line  of  stock  carried,  a  carefully  selected  and 
varied  assortment  of  small  wares,  fancy  goods,  worsteds,  yarns,  em  • 
broidery  materials,  dress-linings,  etc.,  all  of  which  are  both  excellent 
and  reliable  in  quality,  as  well  as  reasonable  in  price  A  specialty  is 
made  of  dressmakers'  supplies,  and  fine  stamping  work  is  executed  at 
short  notice.  A  force  of  four  competent  and  obliging  assistants  is 
employed  to  attend  to  the  needs  of  a  large  and  ever-increasing  trade 
among  the  best  classes  in  the  community,  and  orders  by  mail  receive 
prompt  and  satisfactory  attention. 

BRIGGS  BROS.,  Stair- builders,  No.  75  Wareham  Street.— Messrs 
Briggs   Bros.,  the  well-known   stair-builders,  enjoy  a  well- 
merited  reputation  for  skill  and  reliability,  ranking  among  the 
foremost   in  their  particular  line  in  Boston.      This  popular 
and  responsible  firm  was  established  in  1879,  and,  from  its  inception, 
lias  enjoyed  an  unbroken  career  of  prosperity.    The  Messrs.  Briggs, 
who  are  natives  of  Scituate,  Mass.,  are  practical  and  expert  work- 
men of  many  years'  experience.    They  are  prepared  to  enter  into 
contracts  for  all  classes  of  work  in  the  line  indicted,  furnishing  posts, 
rails,  balustrades,  etc.,  both  in  plain  and  artistic  designs,  at  short 
notice,  and  exercise  close  personal  supervision  over  all  work  executed 
They  occupy  a  40x80-foot  floor  as  shop,  and  have  hi  service  ample 
and  complete  facilities;  while  from  twenty  to  thirty  skilled  mechanics 
are  employed. 

RICHARD  T.   PURCELL,  Wood  Turning,  Mortising  Moulding, 
Band  and  Jig  Sawing,  No.  19  Wareham  Street.— Among  Bos- 
ton's most  skilful  wood  turners  and  carvers  may  be  men- 
tioned the  name  of  Richard  T.  Purcell.    Mr  Purcell,  who  is  a 
native  of  Halifax,  N.  S.,  but  long  hi  this  city,  is  a  practical  and  ex 
pert  workman  of  many  years'  experience,  and  is  a  thorough  master 
of  his  art  in  all  its  branches.    He  has  been  established  in  business  for 
himself  about  fifteen  years,  and  has  a  large  patronage  among  build 
ers.    Mr.  Purcell  occupies  the  whole  of  a  30xlOO-foot  floor,  and  has 
in  service  ample  and  complete  facilities,  while  four  to  six  expert 
hands  are  regularly  employed.    Wood  turning,  carving,  and  mortis- 
ing of  every  description  are  all  executed  in  the  most  expeditious  and 
excellent  manner,  also  moulding,  band  and  jig-sawing,  special  atten- 
tion being  given  to  the  production  of  fine  rails,  balustrades,  posts,  and 
kindred  work,  and  all  orders  are  promptly  and  reliably  attended  to. 


THE     METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


JJ09 


ESEHLBACH  &  CO.,  Importers  of  Artificial  Alizarine,  and 
Aniline  Colors,  No.  16  Hamilton  Street.  Main  House:  No.  48 
m  Cedar  Street,  New  York;  Branches,  Philadelphia.  Montreal, 
Toronto  and  Chicago.— One  of  the  leading,  representative 
firms  identified  with  the  important  American  trade  in  aniline  colors 
is  that  of  Messrs.  Sehlbach  &  Co.  of  No.  48  Cedar  Street,  New  York, 
and  who  have  branch  houses  in  the  principal  cities  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada.  Here  in  Boston,  Mr.  Dawson  Miles  has  repre- 
sented the  firm,  of  which  he  is  a  partner,  ever  since  the  first  opening 
of  its  branch  here  in  1871.  The  New  York  house  was  established 
about  twenty  years  ago,  the  firm  now  consisting  of  Mr.  Ernest  Sehl- 
bach. Mr.  William  Drestal,  and  Mr.  Dawson  Miles.  They  are  the 
leading  direct  importers  of  pure  and  reliable  aniline  colors,  including 
artificial  alizarine,  being  the  sole  representatives  in.  America  of  the 
famous  old  German  aniline  color  manufacturers,  Vormals  Fried, 
Bayer  &  Co,  of  Elberfeld  and  Barmen ;  while  they  are  likewise  the 
sole  agents  for  the  Hudson  River  aniline  color  works,  of  Albany, 
N.  Y.  The  Boston  warehouse  is  centrally  located  at  No.  16  Hamilton 
Street,  comprising  two  floors,  40x100  feet  in  dimensions  and  where 
Mr.  Miles  always  carries  complete  lines  of  the  best  aniline  colors  in 
the  world  for  cotton  mills,  paper  and  woollen  mills,  print  works,  and 
silk  mills;  likewise  the  chemicals  and  ingredients  for  dyers,  tanners, 
scourers,  ink  makers,  etc.  The  house  has  achieved  a  national  repu- 
tation for  the  superiority  of  its  lines  of  colors.  Here  in  New  Eng- 
land, Mr.  Miles  sells  to  nearly  all  the  leading  cotton  and  print  mills, 
silk  and  worsted  mills,  etc.,  and  offers  the  most  substantial  induce- 
ments, both  as  to  pric  s  and  quality.  The  firm  are  representatives  of 
the  leading  Swiss,  French,  English,  and  German  manufacturers  of 
aniline  colors,  etc.  Their  enormous  annual  sales  and  wide-spread 
relations  indicate  how  fully  they  meet  manufacturers'  most  exacting 
requirements.  Mr.  Miles  is  a  popular  and  active  member  of  the  Dry 
Salters'  Club,  and  an  authority  in  his  line. 


Loth  natives  of  Boston  and  residents  of  the  city.  They  are  familiarly 
known  in  business  circles  as  well  as  in  the  social  world.  Mr.  BriggK, 
who  graduated  from  the  Institute  of  Technology,  this  city,  is  well 
known  as  the  popular  captain  of  Company  A,  First  Regiment  Mass. 
Vol.  Infantry,  and  is  esteemed  by  a  host  of  personal  friends. 


ANDERSON  &  DICKEY,  Architectural  Wood-turnins;  Manu- 
facturers of  all  kinds  of  Stair  Posts,  Balusters,  and  Rails,  etc. ; 
Nos.  37  to  41  Bristol  Street.— It  is  an  agreeable  task  to 
describe,  in  this  review  of  the  industries  and  commerce  of  Bos- 
ton, the  resources  and  facilities  of  a  house  like  that  of  Messrs.  Ander- 
son &  Dickey,  the  well  known  architectural  wood-turners  and  man- 
ufacturers of  stair  posts,  balusters,  and  rails,  wood  mantels,  office 
fittings,  etc.  This  enterprise  was  inaugurated  in  1871,  by  Mr.  James 
Anderson,  the  present  firm  succeeding  to  the  control  in  1881.  The 
premises  occupied  for  manufacturing  purposes  comprise  two  floors, 
100x125  feet  each,  splendidly  equipped  with  new  and  unproved  ma- 
chinery, including  several  special  machines  invented  by  this  firm  for 
turning  fancy  stair  posts,  rails,  and  ornamental  woodwork.  One  of 
these  machines  will  turn  work  measuring  from  two  inches  to  two 
feet  and  six  inches  in  diameter,  and  they  are  the 'finest  specimens  of 
ingenuity  and  skill  yet  introduced  for  this  purpose.  The  finest  de- 
signs in  stair  and  piazza  posts,  balusters,  rails,  and.  ornamental  wood- 
work known  in  this  city  or  elsewhere  are  turned  out  by  this  firm  in 
large  quantities.  A  line  of  fancy  wood  mantels  is  also  manufactured, 
which,  in  originality  and  beauty  of  design,  artistic  workmanship  and 
elegance  of  finish,  are  typical  of  the  limit  of  mechanical  excellence. 
Jobbing  of  all  kinds  is  also  promptly  attended  to.  The  members  of 
the  firm  are  J.  Anderson  and  A.  Dickey,  both  natives  of  Scotland, 
and  highly  esteemed  in  this  city. 


WL.  MONTGOMERY,  Brokers  and  Manufacturers'  Agents, 
No.  57  High  Street.— A  representative  house,  and  one 
B  that  for  the  last  decade  occupied  a  leading  position  in  its 
particular  branch  of  commercial  activity  in  this  city,  is 
that  conducted  by  W.  L.  Montgomery.  The  business  was  inaugurat- 
ed ten  years  ago  by  Mr.  Montgomery,  and  in  1887  he  admitted  to 
partnership  Mr.  F.  H.  Briggs,  though  the  business  has  since  been 
continued  under  the  founder's  name.  The  firm  are  brokers  in  cutch, 
cube,  and  common  gambier,  Virginia  and  Sicily  sumac,  sago  and 
tapioca  flour,  and  East  India  tanned  skins,  and  are  New  England 
agents  for  G.  Dalia  &  Sons,  Palermo,  Sicily,  manufacturers  of  Lead 
Seal  Sicily  surnac;  Williams  <£  Son,  Gallio  Mills,  Va.,  manufacturers 
of  sumac;  C.  F.  Chelf  &  Co.,  Culpepper  Mills,  Va.,  manufacturers  of 
sumac;  Wynne  &  Dunlop,  London,  Eng.,  factors  in  East  India  skins; 
Rocke  &  Sons,  London,  factors  in  skins  and  leather  The  trade  sup- 
.plied  extends  to  all  portions  of  the  United  States.  The  copartners  are 


THOMPSON  &  NORRIS,  Manufacturers  of  Paper  Boxes,  Cork 
and  Corrugated  Goods,  No.  43  Purchase  Street.— The  leading 
house  in  the  United  States  devoted  to  the  manufacture  of  fine 
grades  of  paper  boxes,  and  of  cork  and  corrugated  goods  for 
packing  bottled  merchandise  and  fragile  articles,  also  for  mailing 
purposes,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Thompson  &  Norris.  The  business  was 
established  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  fourteen  years  ago  by  Mr.  Robert  H. 
Thompson  and  Mr.  Henry  D.  Norris.  The  superiority  of  their  product 
at  once  attracted  the  attention  of  the  trade,  and  to  meet  the  demand 
in  New  England,  a  branch  house  was  opened  here  in  1876.  With 
characteristic  enterprise  the  firm  also  opened  branches  in  London, 
England,  Paris,  France,  and  Fuchsthal  Julich,  Germany.  Each  of 
these  points  is  the  centre  of  a  great  and  growing  trade,  and  here  in 
New  England  the  market  is  extensive.  Mr.  Win.  Watt  became  the 
Boston  manager  four  years  ago,  bringing  to  bear  the  widest  range 
of  practical  experience,  having  been  with  the  house  for  seven  years 
previously.  Mr.  Watt  occupies  the  five  upper  floors  of  the  six-story 
building,  No.  43  Purchase  Street,  48x56  feet  in  dimensions.  There  are 
perfect  and  extensive  manufacturing  facilities  here  run  by  steam- 
power,  and  60  hands  find  steady  employment  in  the  manufacture  of 
all  kinds  of  plain  and  fancy  boxes  for  the  confectionery,  boot  and 
shoe,  and  other  trades.  A  prominent  specialty  are  the  firm's  splen- 
did cork  and  corrugated  goods  for  wrapping  bottles  and  mailing 
purposes. 


GEORGE  M.  STRONG,  Dealer  in  Saddlery,  Hardware,  and  Pa- 
tented Saddlery  Specialties,  Nos.  185,  187,  and  189  Sumner 
Street,  East  Boston.— A  reliable  and  old-established  house  in 
East  Boston  actively  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  saddlery 
hardware  and  patented  saddlery  specialties  is  that  of  Mr.  George  M. 
Strong.  This  business  was  established  by  Mr.  Strong  in  1854  for  the 
manufacture  of  harness.  In  1882  he  added  that  of  nickel-plating  and 
the  manufacture  of  patented  saddlery  specialties.  The  premises  oc- 
cupied comprise  two  commodious  buildings,  each  having  two  floors, 
one  of  which  is  utilized  for  the  manufacture  of  harness,  and  the  other 
for  nickel-plating.  Mr.  Strong  makes  a  specialty  of  Strong's  safety 
water  hook,  a  sure  preventive  against  horses  unchecking  them- 
selves, Strong's  express  harness,  buggy  harness,  patent  head  check 
loops,  breeching  loops,  and  Providence  breeching  loops.  These 
patented  specialties  are  unrivalled  for  utility,  reliablity,  durability, 
and  efficiency,  while  the  prices  quoted  for  all  goods  are  exceedingly 
moderate.  As  a  nickel-plater,  Mr.  Strong  makes  a  specialty  of  rail- 
road, steamboat,  and  yacht  work,  and  guarantees  entire  satisfaction 
to  patrons.  All  his  goods  are  sold  at  wholesale,  and  his  trade  now 
extends  throughout  New  England,  Canada,  the  western  states. 
California,  and  Texas.  Mr.  Strong  was  born  in  Vermont,  b<4t  has 
resided  in  Boston  for  the  last  36  years,  where  he  is  highly  regarded 
for  his  inventive  skill,  industry,  and  integrity. 


HM.  FORD,  Real  Estate  and  Mortgages,  No.  21  School  Street  — 
This  gentleman  has  been  established  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
B  ness  here  for  a  period  of  thirty  years,  and  has  an  intimate 
knowledge  of  the  residential  and  business  sections  of  the 
city  and  its  suburbs.  He  gives  prompt  and  careful  attention  to  the 
purchase,  sale,  exchange,  and  letting  of  properties,  to  the  collection 
of  rents,  the  management  of  estates,  and  to  the  loaning  of  money 
on  real  estate  and  personal  property.  As  a  negotiator  of  loans  on 
bond  and  mortgage,  Mr.  Ford  has  met  with  marked  success.  Mer- 
chants and  manufacturers  desirous  of  disposing  of  their  business, 
and  persons  wishing  to  purchase  or  lease,  receive  his  prompt  and 
skilful  attention.  Mr.  Ford  possesses  ample  facilities  and  connec- 
tions for  conducting  all  operations  under  the  most  favorable  aus- 
pices, and  is  always  prepared  to  render  his  customers  every  advan- 
tage. His  varied  experience,  keen  appreciation  of  values  present 
and  prospective,  together  with  a  wide  acquaintance  with  property- 
holders  and  business  men,  render  his  services  peculiarly  valuable  to 
intending  investors.  Mr.  Ford  is  a  native  of  the  state  of  Maine,  and 
eminently  deserving  of  the  success  whiwh  he  so  largely  enjoys. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


GH.  GOODHUE  &  CO.,  Wool,  Nos.  181  Federal  and  158  Sum- 
mer Streets.— Federal  Street  is  noted  as  the  busy  centre  of 
u  the  great  wool  district  of  this  city,  and  its  commodious, 
but  unpretentious  line  of  stores  handle  almost  the  entire 
trade  of  the  country  in  the  staple  article  of  wool.  In  the  busy  season 
millions  of  dollars  in  value  change  hands  in  this  section  with  that 
rapidity  that  denotes  and  accompanies  enterprising  trade.  Ranking 
among  the  leading  and  representative  business  firms  in  this  line  is 
that  of  Q.  H.  Goodhue  &  Co.,  whose  offices  are  located  in  the  corner 
store  fronting  at  Nos.  181  Federal  and  158  Summer  Streets.  This  firm 
are  general  dealers  in  both  domestic  and  foreign  wool,  and  estab- 
lished their  business  here  in  1886.  They  have  extensive  storage 
quarters  in  the  Preston  Building  on  Summer  Street,  and  have  unsur- 
passed facilities  for  the  systematic  and  successful  conduct  of  then- 
business  in  all  its  branches.  They  have  built  up  an  extensive  and  in- 
fluential trade  in  all  the  leading  wool  manufacturing  districts  in  the 
United  States,  and  have  secured  then-  patronage  upon  the  basis  of 
reliability  in  goods,  coupled  with  enterprising  and  responsible  busi- 
ness management  They  always  carry  full  lines,  and  tbeir  samples 
never  present  a  discrepancy  between  their  quality  and  those  of  the 
stock.  It  is  such  vigorous  and  progressive  business  houses  as  that  of 
Messrs.  G.  H.  Goodhue  &  Co.  that  have  been  instrumental  in  mak- 
ing Boston  a  great  wool  centre.  The  members  of  this  responsible 
firm  are  natives  and  well-known  citizens  of  Boston,  deservedly 
popular  in  its  business,  financial,  and  trade  circles,  and  their  well- 
managed  house  is  one  to  which  the  trade  refer  as  an  illustration  of 
what  energy,  industry  and  honorable  dealing  can  accomplish  to  the 
building  up  of  business  even  when  markets  are  sluggish  and  there  is 
a  general  cry  of  hard  times. 

SEAVER  &  CO.,  Choice  Family  and  Fancy  Groceries,  No. 
14  Maverick  Square,  East  Boston.— An  old  established  and 
well-patronized  East  Boston  grocery  store  is  the  popular  and 
excellent  stand  conducted  by  Seaver  &  Co.,  at  No.  14  Maverick 
Square,  which  for  nearly  half  a  century  has  been  in  prosperous  ex- 
istence. Here  may  always  be  found  a  complete  and  first-class  assort- 
ment of  everything  in  the  line  of  family  and  fancy  groceries,  while 
patrons  can  rely  upon  getting  prompt  and  polite  attention,  as  well 
as  a  superior  article  and  full  weight,  in  every  instance.  The  busi- 
ness was  orginally  established  in  1840,  and  after  several  changes  in 
proprietors  came  into  the  control,  something  over  three  years  ago,  of 
the  well  and  favorably  known  firm  whose  name  heads  this  sketch,  and 
under  whose  efficient  management  it  has  since  been  continued  with 
uniform  success.  The  store,  which  is  centrally  situated,  is  commo 
dious  and  neatly  arranged,  and  five  competent  assistants  are  in 
attendance.  A  heavy  and  finely  assorted  stock  is  constantly  carried, 
comprising  choice  teas  and  coffees,  pure  and  fresh  spices,  condi- 
ments, baking  powders,  sugars,  syrups,  dried  fruit,  prepared  cereal 
food  products,  canned  goods  in  great  variety,  sauces,  pickles,  pre- 
serves, olives  and  table  delicacies,  fine  imported  and  domestic  wines, 
liquors  and  bottled  goods  (bottled  expressly  for  family  and  medi- 
cinal use),  prime  dairy  butter,  cheese,  eggs,  best  brands  of  western 
flour,  oatmeal,  rice,  beans,  peas,  smoked  meats,  fish,  and  general 
groceries;  and  the  trade  of  the  firm,  which  is  large  and  active,  gives 
evidence  of  steady  increase.  Mr.  E.  W.  Seaver,  who  is  the  sole  pro- 
prietor, the  "Co."  being  nominal,  was  born  In  Newton,  Mass.,  but 
has  resided  in  this  vicinity  quite  some  time,  and  is  well-known  in  the 
community.  Mr.  Nathanael  Seaver  was  the  founder  of  the  business 
and  held  it  until  three  years  ago,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  his 
nephew,  the  present  proprietor. 

BRADLEY  &  HUBBARD  MFG.  CO.,  Gas-Fixtures,  Lamps,  And- 
irons, Fire-Sets,   Fenders,  Bronzes,  Clocks,  and  Art  Metal 
Work,  No.  184    Franklin    Street.— This   company  have  the 
largest  and  best-equipped  manufactory  of  this  kind  in  the 
United  States,  employing  from  one    thousand  to  twelve   hundred 
hands,  and  enjoy  an  international  reputation  and  a  trade  that  is  prac- 
tically world-wide.    They  opened  their  house  in  this  city  in  1886,  and 
placed  it  under  the  experienced  management  of  Mr.  E.  S.  Batchelder, 
who  is  intimately  conversant  with  all  the  needs  and  requirements  of 
the  trade,  and  has  proved  himself  eminently  reliable,  successful,  and 
popular  in  meeting  all  its  demands.    The  trade  is  conducted  exclu- 
sively at  wholesale,  and  is  immense  and  influential  throughout  all  the 
New  England  States.    The  sample  stock  here  displayed  includes  a 
magnificent  array  of  the  finest  work  yet  produced  in  brass,  bronze, 
and  artistic  gas-fixtures  and  metal  goods.    The  specialties  in  gas-fix- 


tures for  the  drawing-room,  hall,  library  and  all  parts  of  a  private 
mansion  are  rarely  equalled  for  beauty  of  design,  fine  finish,  and 
artistic  workmanship.  The  chandeliers  and  other  fixtures  shown 
here  for  churches,  theatres,  hotels,  and  public  building  are  unsur- 
passed .for  elegance  and  durability,  and  are  the  embodiments  of 
mechanical  skill  of  the  highest  order  of  perfection.  Another  spe- 
cialty for  light  made  by  this  company  is  the  celebrated  and  wonderful 
B.  &  H.  central-draught  burner,  which  is  not  excelled  in  any  particu- 
lar; being  made  with  great  care,  giving  a  brilliant  white  flame,  and 
mounted  upon  artistic,  piano,  banquet,  and  table  lamps,  as  well  as 
chandeliers,  and  it  is  without  doubt  the  leader  of  all  kerosene  burners. 
Its  simplicity  of  construction  is  such  that  every  one  can  easily  under- 
stand how  to  use  it.  The  other  specialties  besides  lamps,  are  bronze 
figures  and  statuary,  clocks,  fire-sets,  andirons,  screens,  cigar  light- 
ers, call-bells,  and  all  kinds  of  metal  goods  manufactured  by  this 
company,  command  the  admiration  of  critical  and  discriminating 
buyers  at  once.  Mr.  Batchelder,  the  manager,  came  to  Boston  a  poor 
boy  from  the  hills  of  New  Hamphire,  and  after  years  of  untiring  labor 
and  sacrifices,  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  business  of  this  company. 
He  is  a  man  of  large  experience,  enterprising  and  untiring  in  his 
efforts  to  meet  the  tastes  and  requirements  of  all  his  patrons,  and 
eminently  popular  with  the  trade. 

MMULLER  &  CO.,  Designers  and  Manufacturers  of  Wood 
Mantels,  Nos.  10  to  14  Thayer  Street,  from  No.  458  Harri- 
m  son  Avenue.— This  firm  stand  deservedly  high  as  designers 
and  manufacturers  of  wood  mantels,  book-cases,  side- 
boards, brackets,  etc.,  and  as  regards  artistic  elegance,  original- 
ity of  design,  elaboration  of  ornament,  and  perfection  of  workman- 
ship, their  productions  rank  with  the  greatest  achievements  of  either 
American  or  European  workers.  The  business  of  this  house  was 
originally  established  in  1883,  by  Messrs.  Muller  &  Franz;  and  in  1888r 
Mr.  M.  Muller  succeeded  to  the  sole  control,  continuing  the  enterprise 
under  the  present  firm  name.  This  gentleman  has  been  identified 
with  the  business  for  a  period  of  twenty  years,  and  during  all  this 
time  he  has  aimed  to  raise  the  standard  of  production.  How  well  he 
has  succeeded,  is  known  to  hundreds  of  our  prominent  architects,, 
builders,  and  house-owners,  and  can  be  demonstrated  to  the  satis- 
faction of  the  most  critical  and  fastidious  who  will  visit  his  establish- 
ment. His  business  premises  are  spacious  in  size  and  fully  fitted  up 
with  the  latest  improved  machinery  and  appliances,  while  a  large 
force  of  skilled  and  expert  workmen  contribute  to  the  satisfactory 
operations  of  the  house.  The  public  have  again  and  again  beeit 
agreeably  surprised  by  Mr.  Muller's  fertility  of  design,  and  the  beauty 
of  the  new  styles  offered  by  him  in  wood  mantels.  Many  of  his  mantels 
are  magnificently  elaborate  in  finish  and  ornamentation,  thoroughly 
adapted  to  "the  finest  mansions,  while  the  variety  is  such  that  the 
tastes  and  the  means  of  all  classes  of  patrons  are  readily  suited. 
Elaborate  and  handsome  book-cases  are  also  made  to  order,  to  fit  into 
the  walls  of  dwellings;  also  side-boards,  brackets,  etc.,  suited  to  the 
varied  requirements  of  the  house-owner. 

JOSEPH  A.  JACKSON,  Fine  Hats  and  Furs,  No.  412  Washington; 
Street.— The  name  of  Joseph  A.  Jackson  has  long  been  honor- 
ably and  prominently  identified  with  the  trade  in  iine  hats  and 
furs  in  this  city  and  throughout  all  the  New  England  States. 
Mr.  Jackson  has  been  established  in  the  business  for  the  past  thirty- 
years,  and  early  developed  a  leading  trade  in  his  line.  He  is  a  ^mer- 
chant of  the  old  school  as  regards  reliability  and  integrity,  but  of  the 
new  as  regards  a  progressive  and  enterprising  business  policy,  and 
has  long  been  a  recognized  authority  in  this  city  on  all  that  apper- 
tains to  furs,  from  their  raw  state  until  they  are  fashioned  to  adorn 
the  fairest  wearers.  His  business  premises  comprise  a  spacious  and 
attractive  salesroom  on  the  ground  floor  and  a  well-arranged  factory 
covering  two  upper  floors,  where  employment  is  given  to  a  force  of 
twenty  to  thirty  skilled  hands.  His  seal  goods  rarely  need  redyeing, 
because  they  do  not  fade.  Here  is  displayed  a  most  magnificent 
stock  of  hats,  seal  sacques,  dolmans,  ulsters,  and  small  furs  of  all 
kinds,  which  are  obtainable  at  very  moderate  prices.  It  is  of  vital 
importance  to  buy  right,  when  the  investment  is  in  a  fine  fur  garment; 
and  this  is  the  place  to  patronize,  as  thousands  of  the  best  dresssd 
people  of  Boston  and  other  cities  throughout  New  England  know  by 
personal  experience.  The  assortments  of  caps,  gloves,  muffs,  capes, 
collars,  robes,  rugs,  etc.,  are  comprehensive,  carefully  and  skilfully 
made,  beautifully  trimmed,  and  offered  at  lowest  prices.  Mr.  Jack- 
son is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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ST.  BIRMINGHAM,  Native  Botanic  Physician,  No.  14  Cham- 
bers Street.— From  the  very  earliest  ages  the  art  of  prepar- 
B  ing  from  herbs,  roots,  and  barks  the  compounds  that  alle- 
viate and  remove  pain  and  heal  the  afflicted  has  justly  been 
regarded  as  among  the  highest  and  noblest  of  human  functions.  Nor 
has  the  interest  that  attaches,  by  reason  of  their  beneficent  curative 
properties,  to  the  effective  remedies  of  the  vegetable  kingdom — na- 
ture's own  laboratory— been  without  substantial  results  in  the  march 
of  progress,  as  is  amply  attested  by  the  steady  and  notable  advance 
in  botanic  pharmacopoeia  and  materia  medica.  And  in  connection 
with  these  observations,  it  may  not  be  amiss  to  the  readers  of  this 
volume  to  direct  attention  here  to  Dr.  S.  T.  Birmingham,  the  widely 
known  and  skilful  native  botanic  physician  of  this  city,  whose  name 
has  become  famous  for  his  unequalled  success  in  the  cure  of  disease, 
and  has  been  long  and  favorably  known  as  the  native  Indian  physi- 
cian of  Boston,  where  he  has  for  many  years  enjoyed  the  confidence 
of  the  public  and  accomplished  many  marvelous  cures  still  con- 
tinues at  his  office,  No.  14  Chambers  Street,  Boston  (formerly  at  No. 
63  Cambridge  Street),  and  is  daily  affording  relief  to  many  sufferers. 
His  explanation  and  treatment  of  disease  commend  themselves  to 
every  intelligent  and  candid  mind  as  the  true  and  natural  method  by 
which  the  many  ailments  of  the  human  body  can  be  effectually  and 
surely  cured.  It  is  perhaps  needless  to  state  (as  his  name  is  familiar 
hi  almost  every  household  in  New  England),  that  during  the  thirty- 
eight  years  of  his  practice  in  Boston  he  has  treated  many  thousands 
of  persons,  and  his  success  has  been  unbounded.  His  fame  has 
spread  as  a  flame  from  one  extremity  of  the  continent  to  the  other, 
and  even  across  the  broad  ocean  This  success  and  popularity  are 
due  to  the  following  reasons:  1st.  His  ablility  of  discerning  at  sight, 
when  the  patient  comes  before  him  (without  asking  questions),  and 
from  natural  signs,  the  disease  with  which  he  (the  patient)  is  afflicted; 
accurately  and  indisputably  describing  it  and  its  location.  3d.  His 
extensive  knowledge  of  medicine,  acquired  by  long  and  diligent  re- 
search; by  fifty  years  of  active  experience,  as  well  as  the  knowledge 
of  natural  or  Indian  medicine  derived  from  his  ancestors  in  their  na- 
tive element.  3d.  His  absolute  knowledge  of  the  medicine  which  is 
suited  to  the  disease  and  temperament  of  the  case  under  considera- 
tion. 4th.  His  unbounded  success  in  all  cases  where  there  is  any 
hope,  if  his  directions  are  strictly  followed.  His  medicines  contain 
no  mineral  or  poisonous  vegetable  matter,  but  are  composed  entirely 
from  that  portion  of  the  botanic  materia  medica  which  cleanse,  give 
tone,  strength,  and  activity  to  the  system.  We  fully  believe  that  the 
great  Creator  intended  as  medicine  for  man  the  roots,  herbs,  barks, 
etc..  which  He  has  so  kindly  placed  within  easy  reach  that  they 
may  be  readily  gathered  for  use.  He  is  prepared  to  treat  chronic 
dyspepsia,  catarrh,  cough,  cancer  or  tumor,  erysipelas,  scrofula,  salt 
rheum,  ulcerations,  sore  leg,  mercurial  disease,  syphiloid  affection, 
skin  disease,  dizziness,  difficulty  in  breathing,  palpitation  of  heart, 
pain  in  the  sides,  breast,  or  limbs,  kidney  disease,  dropsy,  rheumatism, 
neuralgia,  consumption,  or  any  disease  of  the  pulmonary  organs,  or 
in  fact  any  disease  arising  from  impurity  of  the  blood;  and  his  long 
experience  and  great  success  in  the  treatment  of  these  diseases 
render  his  opinion  of  great  importance  to  the  afflicted,  while  the  mar- 
velous effect  of  his  treatment  hi  the  many  ills  incidental  to  females 
is  indicated  by  the  great  number  of  ladies  who  have  been  cured,  and 
many  who  have  suffered  long  years  from  these  complaints  are  now 
in  the  healthful  enjoyment  of  life.  Dr.  Birmingham  therefore  in- 
vites all  persons  who  are  afflicted  to  call  at  his  office  and  receive  a 
thorough  diagnosis  of  their  disease,  without  asking  questions,  those 
who  have  been  pronounced  incurable  by  other  physicians  especially 
invited.  He  will  tell  you  plainly  whether  and  how  you  may  be 
helped,  and  if  desiring  treatment,  charges  only  for  medicine  given, 
no  charge  being  made  for  advice.  A  large,  varied,  and  carefully 
selected  stock  of  pure  and  fresh  herbs,  barks,  roots,  and  botanic  medi- 
cines of  every  description  is  constantly  kept  on  hand,  while  a  com- 
petent assistant  is  in  attendance.  Dr.  B.  giving  personal  atten- 
tion, however,  in  every  instance,  during  the  hours  of  9  A.M.  and 
2  P.M.  Tuesdays,  Wednesdays,  and  Thursdays.  Dr.  Birmingham, 
who  is  a  pleasant-mannered,  active  gentleman  in  the  full  prime  of 
life,  as  well  as  a  man  of  unquestionable  skill  arid  wide,  practical  ex- 
perience in  the  laboratory  and  in  his  profession  as  a  physician,  was 
born  in  Delaware,  whence  he  came  to  this  city  in  1850.  He  studied 
medicine  with  Dr.  Dewees  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  and, 
being  an  apt  scholar,  speedily  secured  an  education  which  has  placed 
him  high  among  his  fellowmen. 


JW.  BRIGHAM  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Boots  and  Shoes,  No, 
69  Pearl  Street;  Factory,  Worcester,  Mass.— The  name  of 
„  Brigham  has  long  been  honorably  and  prominently  identified 
with  boot  and  shoe  manufacturing  interests  of  New  England. 
In  fact,  there  are  few  if  any  gentlemen  identified  with  the  trade  who 
have  become  such  recognized  authorities  thereon  as  Mr.  John  W. 
Brigham.  Born  in  Boston,  he  at  the  early  age  of  fifteen  began  to  learn 
the  shoemaker's  trade,  and,  before  attaining  his  majority,  was  an  ex- 
pert in  the  line.  This  practical  knowledge  has  been  utilized  by  him 
to  secure  to  the  public  the  best  wearing  brand  of  shoe  now  on  the 
market.  In  1850,  Mr.  Brigham  began  to  job  in  shoes,  and,  in  response 
to  urgent  demands,  began  to  manufacture  in  1857.  He  met  with 
great  encouragement,  and  a  lively  demand  at  once  grew  up  for  his 
product,  resulting  in  1861  in  his  building  a  factory  at  Worcester, 
since  repeatedly  enlarged  and  improved.  Mr.  John  W.  Brigham,  Jr.r 
has  been  actively  engaged  in  the  business  many  years,  and,  though 
old  in  experience,  is  still  a  young  man.  He  was  admitted  into  copart- 
nership in  1880,  and  takes  active  oversight  in  the  carry  ing  on  of  this 
enormous  business  with  its  vast  interests.  The  factory  at  Worcester 
is  a  model  concern  and  affords  employment  to  from  150  to  200  in  the 
manufacture  of  fine  medium  goods.  The  proprietors  make  quality 
their  first  consideration;  they  select  their  skins,  leather,  and  find- 
ings with  the  utmost  care,  employ  experienced  cutters,  using  the 
most  stylish  and  comfortably  shaped  lasts,  while  workmanship  and 
finish  cannot  be  surpassed.  The  result  is,  this  brand  of  boots  and 
shoes  is  much  sought  for  by  the  trade  of  the  United  States,  affording 
general  satisfaction.  The  firm's  warehouse,  at  No  69  Pearl  Street, 
is  unusually  spacious,  comprising  five  floors  50x100  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, where  is  carried  full  lines  of  boots  and  shoes  for  men,  ladies, 
misses,  boys,  and  children,  and  adapted  to  the  needs  of  eveiy 
section  of  the  United  States.  The  firm  do  a  very  widely  extended 
trade.  They  employ  15  travelers  on  the  road,  and  sell  largely  in  the 
west,  northwest,  and  southwest,  with  considerable  middle  states  and 
export  trade.  Messrs.  Brigham  are  honorable  business  men,  who 
have  ever  retained  the  confidence  of  leading  commercial  and  financial 
circles,  and  are  worthy  exponents  of  their  important  branch  of  trade. 
Mr.  Brigham,  Sr.,  is  an  active  member  of  the  Shoe  and  Leather  Ex- 
change, of  the  Boot  and  Shoe  Club,  etc.,  and  is  socially  as  well  as 
commercially  prominent  in  Boston. 


FRANK,  HERMAN  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Jobbers  of  Boots 
and  Shoes,  No.  107  Pearl  Street,  Corner  of  High;  Factory, 
Medway,  Mass.— One  of  the  most  progressive  and  popular 
houses  devoted  to  the  staple  boot  and  shoe  industry  of  New 
England  is  that  of  Messrs.  Frank,  Herman  &  Co.,  located  at  the 
comer  of  Pearl  and  High  Streets.  The  proprietors,  Mr.  Joseph 
M.  Herman  and  Mr.  Abraham  Frank,  are  still  young  men,  yet  old- 
experienced  in  their  line,  and  have  achieved  a  substantial  success 
since  forming  the  existing  copartnership,  in  1879.  Their  factory 
is  located  at  Medway,  and  is  of  large  size,  fully  equipped  with 
the  latest  improved  machinery  run  by  steam-power,  and  afford- 
ing employment  to  from  150  to  175  hands  in  the  manufacture  of 
medium  and  heavy  boots  and  shoes.  Miner's  goods  have  ever  been 
a  specialty,  and  their  celebrated  horseshoe  brogans  are  the  leader 
for  all  descriptions  of  rough  and  wearing  work,  proving  the  easiest 
and  most  durable  shoe  under  all  circumstances.  The  sales  of  their 
brogans  have  attained  proportions  of  enormous  magnitude,  and  every 
storekeeper  throughout  the  mining  regions  requires  them  in  stock. 
The  firm's  warehouse  is  five  stories  in  height  and  25x150  feet  in  dimen- 
sions. It  is  suitably  fitted  up  to  carry  the  heavy  stock  always  found 
here  of  full  lines  and  grades  of  men's  and  boys'  shoes,  including  fine 
calf  and  the  heavier  grades  for  all  purposes.  Quality  has  ever  been 
the  first  consideration,  and  Messrs.  Frank  &  Herman  handle  no  shoes 
not  produced  from  the  best  materials,  cut  by  experts,  made  up  hon- 
estly, with  good  linings  and  findings,  and  finished  equal  to  anything 
of  the  same  grade  in  the  United  States.  The  firm's  prices  are  notably 
low,  and  their  sales  are  annually  enlarging,  six  traveling-men  repre- 
senting the  house  on  the  road.  Mr.  Herman  has  been  in  the  shoe 
business  for  twenty  three  years,  and  is  a  recognized  authority  there 
in;  so  also  is  Mr.  Frank,  who  has  been  identified  with  the  trade  for 
the  past  fifteen  years,  ten  of  which  he  has  resided  in  Boston.  Both 
gentlemen  are  members  of  the  Boot  and  Shoe  Club,  and  are  worthy 
representatives  of  this  important  branch  of  trade,  and  have  before 
them  prospects  of  the  most  favorable  character. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


HILL'S  CHAMPION  COOKER,  Formerly  called  Leavitt's; 
Leavitt  &  Co.,  General  Agents,  No.  149  Pearl  Street.— An  in- 
vention which  had  proved  a  boom  to  thousands  of  households, 
and  which  is  regarded  as  an  indispensable  article  everywhere  it 
has  been  introduced,  is  that  known  as  Hill's  Champion  Steam  Cooker. 
This  cooker  is  supplied  by  Hill.  Whitney  &  Co.  The  firm  have  been 
conducting  this  enterprise  for  the  past  three  years,  and  have  devel- 
oped a  large,  constantly-growing  trade.  The  patent  cooker  supplied 
by  them  is  the  only  perfect  steamless  and  odorless  one  in  the  market. 
As  it  has  an  iron  base  there  is  no  danger  of  melting  or  rusting  out  of 
bottom.  It  has  a  tube  which  takes  all  the  surplus  steam  and  odor 
arising  from  cooking,  and  carries  it  into  the  stove  and  up  the  flue. 
It  can  be  used  as  a  steam  or  boiling  cooker,  or  both  at  the  same  time, 
and  its  most  remarkable  feature  is  that  any  kind  of  meats,  vegetables, 
and  the  most  delicate  puddings  can  be  cooked  at  the  same  time  with- 
out the  slightest  intermingling  of  flavors.  Following  are  some  of  its 
advantages  over  all  other  cookers:  1st.  The  price  is  about  one-half. 
2d.  It  is  more  durable;  no  melting  or  rusting  out  of  bottom,  and  is 
good  for  a  lifetime.  3d.  A  greater  intensity  of  heat,  food  is  cooked 


quicker,  tough  meats  are  made  more  tender,  the  nutritious  elements 
are  saved,  and  no  loss  by  evaporation.  4th.  It  is  warranted  steam-, 
less  and  odorless ;  no  steam  or  odor  escaping  into  the  house  to  soil 
furniture,  pictures,  etc.,  or  fill  it  with  odors,  both  disagreeable  and 
unhealthy.  5th.  More  easily  handled  and  kept  in  order.  Will  do  the 
work  of  two  or  three  common  kettles,  very  easy  to  clean,  requires 
but  little  attention  while  cooking,  cooks  food  one  third  quicker,  will 
save  one-third  of  fuel,  and  will  pay  for  itself  in  a  short  time.  It  is  one 
of  the  most  practical  and  useful  household  inventions  ever  offered  to 
the  public.  The  cover  having  a  water-joint,  and  the  outlet  tube  being 
raised  above  the  top  of  the  cooker,  the  cover  rests  upon  it  and  acts  as 
a  valve  for  the  escape  of  steam.  In  this  way  the  steam  is  kept  in  the 
cooker  and  greatly  increases  the  heat.  It  has  an  adjustable  disk 
which  can  be  changed  to  three  different  positions  to  suit  the  space 
wanted  for  boiling  and  steaming.  The  cover  and  the  tube  together  are 
so  arranged  as  to  make  the  former  act  as  a  valve  and  in  this  way  get 
increased  heat.  The  prices  of  the  cooker  are  $2.50,  $2.75,  and  $3.S5, 
according  to  size;  this  is  a  special  feature  as  it  is  about  one  half  the 
cost  of  tin  cookers.  It  has  only  to  be  tried  in  order  to  be  appreciated. 


GREY,  CLARK  &  ENGLE,  Manufacturers  of  "  Chicago  "  Calf, 
Veal,  and  Kip  Skins,  GlacS  Calf,  No.  139  South  Street  —One 
of  the  principal  points  in  the  United  States  for  the  manufact- 
ure of  calf,  veal,  and  kip  skins  and  glact?  calf  leather  is  Chi- 
cago where  the  firm  of  Grey,  Clark  &  Engle  conduct  large  operations 
and  produce  a  line  of  goods  of  unrivalled  excellence,  which  are  staple 
and  always  in  demand  on  the  market.    Their  goods  are  eagerly  in- 
quired for  in  Boston  and  to  meet  the  demand  from  the  city  and  New 
England  States,  a  branch  house  was  established  at  No.  47  High  Street, 
under  the  management  of  Mr.  J.  E.  Reid,  who  built  up  a  large  sub- 
stantial trade,  and  a  year  ago  removed  the  business  to  the  commodi- 
ous premises  now  occupied  at  Nos.  137  and  139  South  Street.    The 


building  is  a  six-story  structure  27x70  feet  in  size,  and  is  complete  in 
all  its  appointments  for  the  purposes  of  the  business,  and  contains  a 
large  stock  of  all  the  various  kinds  of  leather  manufactured  by  the 
firm.  Mr.  Reid  who  is  a  native  of  Saratoga  County,  New  York,  has 
been  identified  with  the  leather  trade  many  years  and  previous  to 
coming  to  Boston  was  in  the  Chicago  house.  He  is  popular  in  busi- 
ness circles  in  this  city  and  stands  high  in  the  estimation  of  all  who 
have  dealings  with  him.  He  is  a  thorough  business  man  and  has 
built  up  a  large  and  prosperous  trade. 


DL.  SMITH,  Insurance  Broker,  Room  2,  No.  45  Milk  Street  -  Of 
the  many  engaged  in  the  business  of  placing  risks  on  life  in 
B  this  city,  there  are  but  few  who  are  better  known  or  enjoy 
a  higher  reputation  for  reliability  than  D.  L.  Smith,  the 
popular  and  responsible  insurance  broker.  Mr.  Smith,  who  is  a  gentle- 
man of  middle  age,  and  a  native  of  Boston,  is  a  man  of  energy,  saga- 
city, and  thorough  experience  in  this  line,  as  well  as  of  entire  probity 
in  all  his  transactions  and  business  relations,  and  has  a  complete 
knowledge  of  every  detail  appertaining  thereto.  He  has  been  active- 
ly and  successfully  engaged  in  this  special  line  for  more  than  five 
years,  and  from  the  start  he  has  steadily  won  his  way  to  public  con- 
fidence and  recognition,  building  up  an  excellent  business  connection 
throughout  the  city  and  vicinity.  Mr.  Smith  conducts  a  general  life 
insurance  business,  placing  all  classes  of  desirable  risks  with  any 
first-class  company  desired,  at  the  lowest  rates  consistent  with  abso- 
lute security,  while  special  attention  is  paid  to  the  prompt  settlement 
of  all  just  claims,  and  all  persons  having  dealings  with  this  gentle- 
man are  certain  to  find  the  same  of  an  entirely  satisfactory  char- 
acter. 


CHAS.  F.  HOLLIS,  No.  11  Custom  House  Street,  between  Broad 
and  India  Streets.— The  old-established  and  prosperous  house 
of  Mr.  Chas.  F.  Hollis  was  founded  in  1845  by  Mr.  H.  J.  Hunt, 
who  was  succeeded  by  the  present  proprietor  in  1859.  The 
premises  occupied  for  manufacturing  and  trade  purposes  comprise 
three  floors,  25x100  feet  each,  thoroughly  equipped  in  every  respect 
with  the  most  improved  appliances,  and  furnishing  steady  employ- 
ment for  a  large  force  of  skilled  and  expert  hands.  A  leading  spe- 
cialty is  made  of  Hollis'  Patent  Swinging  Oil  Can,  while  the  output 
comprises  all  kinds  of  cans,  both  round  and  square.  From  its  in- 
ception  this  house  has  received  a  large  measure  of  recognition  from 
the  trade  throughout  the  entire  New  England  States.  A  leading 
specialty  is  made  in  supplying  the  paint  and  oil  trade  of  this  and 
other  New  England  cities,  and  in  this  direction  of  its  trade  no  house 
in  New  England  is  better  prepared  to  meet  every  demand  promptly 
and  satisfactorily,  while  its  terms  and  prices  are  so  liberal  as  to  add 
materially  to  the  popularity  of  the  house  everywhere.  Mr.  Hollis  is 
a  native  Bostonian,  and  a  thoroughly  practical  and  experienced 
manufacturer. 


GW.  &  F.  SMITH  IRON  CO.,  Buildiug  Iron  Work;  Office,  No. 
411  Federal  Street;  Franklin  Smith,  President.— Special  at- 
m     tention  is  directed  in  this  commercial  review  of  Boston  to 
the  old-established  and  representative  G.  W.  &  F.  Smith 
Iron  Co.,  manufacturers  of  building  and  architectural  iron  work. 
The  wrought  iron  works  of  the  company  are  situated  at   No.  409 
Federal  Street,  and  the  foundry  at  Farnham  Street,  Boston  High- 
lands. This  business  was  originally  established  in  1?36  by  G.  W.  Smith, 
who  was  succeeded  in  1853  by  the  firm  of  G.  W.  &  F.  Smith.    Eventu- 
ally in  1880  the  present  company  was  organized  with  ample  capital, 
and  assumed  the  management,  the  executive  officers  at  the  pres- 
ent time   being   Franklin  Smith,  president  and  treasurer;  Elmer 

F.  Smith,    secretary,    Bryant  G.    Smith,    general    superintendent. 
The  wrought  iron  works  and  foundry  are  fully  equipped  with  the 
latest  improved  machinery  and  appliances,  while  employment  is 
furnished   in  the  various  department  to  250  skilled  workmen.    The 

G.  W.  &  F.  Smith  Iron  Company  produces  extensively  all  kinds  of 
cast  and  wrought  iron  work,  structural  work,  girders,  iron  fronts, 
etc.,   which   are  unsurpassed   for   quality  of   material,  finish   and 
workmanship  by  those  of  any  other  first-class  house  in  the  trade  in 
in  this  country.    The  business  of  this  responsible  company  extends 
throughout  all  sections  of  the  United  States.    Mr.    Franklin  Smith, 
the  president,  is  one  of  the  prominent  iron  manufacturers  of  New 
England,  and  ably  presides  over  the  rapidly  increasing  business  of 
his  company. 


THE    METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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LYMAN  B.  BROOKS,  Designer  and  Engraver,  No.  146  Frank- 
lin Street. — One  of  the  styles  of  pocket  checkbooks  for 
which  this  house  has  become  so  widely  noted  is  the  smallest 
made,  measuring,  when  closed,  only  3x5^4  inches,  but  when 
opened  showing  a  good-sized  check.  It  has  a  flexible  leather  ad  just- 
able  cover,  which  can  be  instantly  removed  and  a  new  book  inserted- 
an  elegant  book  at  a  merely  nominal  cost.  A  feature  for  these  books  is 
a  stub  for  every  check,  and  they  are  not  so  complicated  as  to  require 
a  bookkeeper  to  take  care  of  them.  The  fibre  bond  paper,  which  is 
another  important  specialty  of  this  house,  is  the  very  best  paper  in 
the  world  for  bank  checks.  Bookkeepers  who  have  objected  to  the 
old  bond  papers,  on  account  of  their  difficulty  of  writing,  are  de- 
lighted with  the  "  fibre  bond."  The  pocket  checkbooks  are  the  in- 
vention of  Mr.  L.  B.  Brooks,  one  style  being  the  smallest  checkbook 
made,  and,  when  put  into  its  handsome  adjustable  cover,  is  the 
handsomest  checkbook  extant.  This  series  of  checkbooks  are  found 
all  over  the  United  States  and  Territories,  and  are  giving  general 
satisfaction  to  all  who  have  used  them,  as  is  shown  by  the  increased 
trade  in  this  department.  This  house  also  make  a  specialty  of  bank- 
checks.  He  produces  the  largest  variety  of  mercantile,  treasurer's, 
dividend,  and  stock  checks,  fr-.m  original  designs,  of  any  similar 
concern  in  the  country.  The  designing  and  engraving  of  bonds,  cer- 
tificates of  stock,  etc.,  is  also  a  special  feature  of  this  house,  and  a 
variety  of  original  drawings  can  be  found  here  at  all  times.  There- 
fore all  orders  intrusted  here  can  be  executed  on  short  notice.  A 
new  departure  in  engraved  work  is  his  liberal  offer  to  engrave  bank 
corporation  and  mercantile  work  for  nothing,  so  that  customers  can 
obtain  all  these  headings,  including  checks,  bills,  drafts,  receipts, 
letters,  and  note  heads,  and  all  the  forms  required  for  the  same  (orig- 
inal) design,  and  at  prices  approximating  rates  for  ordinary  printed 
work.  Customers  here  and  from  other  states  are  availing  themselves 
of  this  extremely  liberal  offer.  Paper  stock  of  the  finest  grades,  such 
as  are  used  for  bonds,  etc.,  can  always  be  found  here  in  any  quantity 
desired.  We  cheerfully  commend  Mr.  Brooks  to  all  who  may  need 
anything  in  his  line,  knowing  as  we  do,  his  thorough  advantages  to 
fill  all  orders  in  the  most  artistic  and  satisfactory  manner. 


JAMES  M.  HUBLEY,  Manufacturer  of  Chamber  Furniture,  Nos. 
157  to  161  Fulton  Street.— Among  the  most  enterprising,  skilful, 
and  leading  representative  manufacturers  of  chamber  furni- 
ture in  Boston  and  New  England  is  Mr.  James  M.  Hubley.  The 
business  was  founded  in  1873  by  Ellis  &  Milner,  and  upon  whose  dis- 
solution was  succeeded  by  J.  S.  Milner,  proprietor.  He  then  formed 
the  firm  of  Messrs.  J.  S.  Milner  &  Co.,  finally  succeeded  in  1883  by  Mr. 
James  M.  Hubley,  who  brings  to  bear  the  highest  qualifications,  in- 
cluding the  widest  range  of  practical  experience,  perfected  facilities, 
and  influential  connections  throughout  New  England  and  the  prov- 
inces. Mr.  Hubley  has  a  spacious  factory  and  warehouse,  compris- 
ing three  floors  and  basement  50x60  feet  in  dimensions  on  Fulton 
Street,  the  store  running  through  to  Commercial  Street,  and  where  he 
employs  all  the  way  from  20  to  50  hands  according  to  season  in  the 
manufacture  of  oak,  ash,  birch,  cherry,  and  painted  chamber  furni- 
ture of  the  highest  standard  and  notably  attractive  and  salable  to 
the  public  at  large.  Mr.  Hubley  selects  his  lumber  with  the  utmost 
care,  using  only  the  choicest  seasoned,  clear  stuff.  He  employs  only 
the  most  experienced,  skilful  workmen,  and  is  justly  celebrated  for 
the  beauty  and  artistic  originality  of  his  designs  in  bedsteads,  bureaus, 
tables,  wardrobes,  and  also  for  their  perfect  finish.  From  his  full 
stock  of  cheap,  medium,  and  fine  grades  of  chamber  furniture,  the 
trade— both  jobbing  and  retail — can  best  be  suited.  He  offers  substan- 
tial inducements  both  as  to  price  and  quality,  and  sells  to  the  leading 
furniture-houses  of  Boston,  New  England,  and  the  provinces.  He 
has  been  a  perminent  resident  of  Boston  for  the  past  18  years,  and 
is  a  popular,  respected  manufacturer,  one  who  has  ever  retained  the 
confidence  of  leading  commercial  circles  and  has  developed  a  trade  of 
great  magnitude  strictly  on  the  basis  of  merit  and  sterling  integrity. 


WM.  H.  VIALLE  &  CO.,  Graded  Woolen  and  Cotton  Rags  an<j 
Wool  Waste,  Nos.  130  and  132  Fulton  Street.— There  is  no 
more  important  centre  in  the  United  States  for  the  whole- 
sale trade  in  rags  and  metals  than  the  city  of  Boston,  and 
the  leading  representative  house  here,  in  this  line,  and  which  has 
achieved  such  an  enviable  reputation  in  commercial  circles,  is  that  of 
Messrs.  Win.  H.  Vialle  &  Co  ,  with  warehouses  at  Nos.  130  and  182  Ful 
ton  Street.    Mr   William  H.  Vialle  established  the  business  in  1874, 


bringing  to  bear  the  highest  qualifications,  such  as  marked  enterprise, 
sound  judgment,  and  ample  resources.  He  early  developed  influen- 
tial connections  and  an  active  trade,  and  has  customers  in  leading 
woolen  and  cloth  mills,  etc.,  all  over  the  United  States.  He  makes  a 
prominent  specialty  of  graded  woolen  rags,  and  annually  handles 
an  enormous  quantity,  receiving  from  all  the  leading  wholesale 
houses  and  small  dealers  of  Boston  and  New  England.  He  occupies 
a  four-story  and  attic  warehouse,  25x100  feet  in  dimensions,  and 
where  he  always  carries  a  desirable  stock  of  standard  quality,  as 
represented  and  specially  adapted  to  the  wants  of  his  numerous  cus- 
tomers. He  employs  15  hands  in  receiving,  sorting,  packing,  and 
shipping,  and  has  become  justly  prominent  in  commercial  circles. 
Mr.  Vialle  was  born  in  Boston,  and  is  a  gentleman  of  culture  and 
ability,  much  interested  in  promoting  the  social  welfare  and  progress 
of  the  community.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Elliott  School  As- 
sociation, and  secretary  of  the  Baptist  Social  Union.  He  is  a  valued 
citizen,  one  of  those  who  at  personal  sacrifice  devote  their  energies  to 
municipal  advancement,  and  who  is  ably  and  faithfully  discharging 
his  duties  as  member  of  the  Boston  City  Council,  and  is  now  an  ex- 
member  of  that  body  and  enjoys  the  esteem  of  a  wide  circle  both  in 
social  and  commercial  life. 


FRANCIS  SPRAGUE  &  CO.,  General  Auctioneers,  Appraisers, 
and  Commission  Merchants;  Real  Estate  and  Mortgages;  No. 
79  Milk  Street.— One  of  the  most  popular  business-houses  in 
its  special  line  in  this  city  is  that  of  Francis  Sprague  &  Co., 
general  auctioneers,  appraisers,  and  commission  merchants.and  real- 
estate  and  mortgage  brokers.  It  has  been  established  the  past  35 
years,  and  under  the  able  management  of  Mr.  Sprague,  the  senior 
member  of  the  firm,  it  has  become  widely  known  throughout  this 
city  and  vicinity.  The  business  was  for  many  years  carried  on  at 
No.  11  Central  Street,  but  recently  the  commodious  premises  No.  79 
Milk  Street,  now  occupied,  were  secured,  and  have  been  fitted  up 
and  provided  with  every  convenience  to  facilitate  transactions.  In 
and  out  door  sales  of  merchandise  and  household  goods,  and  city 
and  suburban  realty,  vessels,  and  property  of  all  kinds  receive 
prompt  attention,  and  when  called  upon,  a  fair,  impartial  appraise- 
ment is  made  of  the  value  of  real  estate  and  merchandise  generally. 
An  extensive  business  is  also  carried  on  as  commission  merchants, 
and  also  as  brokers,  for  the  purchase  and  sale  of  houses  and  lands 
and  building-sites,  and  also  the  negotiation  of  loans  on  bond  and 
mortgage,  and  Is  an  authority  on  values  in  the  real-estate  market. 
Mr.  Sprague,  who  is  upwards  of  57  years  of  age,  is  a  Bostonian  by 
birth,  and  is  very  prominent  in  business  circles.  He  is  thoroughly 
posted  on  the  value  of  merchandise  and  real  property,  and  sail  and 
steam  vessels,  and,  as  an  actioneer  and  appraiser,  is  recognized  as  one 
of  the  best  and  most  reliable  in  the  city.  His  business  is  conducted 
upon  the  just  principles  of  equity,  and  he  is  highly  indorsed  by  all 
who  have  dealings  with  him.  He  is  one  of  the  oldest  auctioneers  in 
Boston,  and  has  devoted  nearly  all  his  life  to  this  special  vocation. 


HILL  &  LANGTRY,  Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Saddlery  Hard- 
ware, Harness,  etc.,  Nos.  90  Federal  Street  and  7  Leather 
Square. — This  business  was  established  eleven  years  ago  by 
Messrs.  W.  P.  Hill  and  J.  H.  Langtry,  both  of  whom  have  had 
long  experience,  and  possess  an  intimate  knowledge  of  every  detail 
of  this  growing  and  useful  trade.  The  firm  occupy  a  spacious  store 
and  basement,  each  being  35x100  feet  in  area,  fully  equipped  with 
every  facility  and  appliance  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  the 
business.  Here  they  carty  a  complete  and  well-selected  stock  of 
saddlery  goods,  saddlery  hardware,  harness,  saddles,  harness  leath- 
ers, horse  clothing,  etc.,  which  have  no  superiors  in  the  market  for 
quality,  finish,  and  general  excellence;  while  the  prices  quoted  are  as 
low  as  those  of  any  other  first-class  house  in  the  trade.  Messrs.  Hill 
&  Langtry  aim  to  meet  all  competition,  and  their  facilities  and  con- 
nections are  equal  to  any  similar  establishment  in  New  England  or 
elsewhere.  All  orders  are  promptly  and  intelligently  attended  to,  and 
all  goods  are  fully  guaranteed  to  be  exactly  as  represented.  The 
firm  import  direct  from  English  houses,  and  their  trade  now  extends 
throughout  all  sections  of  New  England,  New  York,  and  the  adjacent 
states.  Both  members  were  born  in  Boston,  Mass.  Their  honorable 
and  able  methods  have  given  them  the  entire  confidence  of  the  trade, 
which  is  a  sure  indication  of  increased  patronage  and  prosperity  in 
the  future. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


LANE  &  HUBBARD,  Woolen  Drapers,  No.  133  Tremont  Street.— 
The  history  of  prominent  representatives  of  the  tailor's  art  in 
this  city  would  be  incomplete  without  the  names  of  Lane  & 
Hubbard,  the  well-known  woolen  drapers,  at  No.  133  Tremont 
Street.  This  house  has  long  been  recognized  as  a  tower  of  strength 
in  the  mercantile  activity  of  the  city,  and  the  enterprise  and  relia- 
bility of  its  management  has  served  to  build  up  a  high  reputation 
and  a  large  first-class  and  influential  trade.  The  business  was  origi- 
nally established  in  1868,  by  Messrs.  Lane  &  Hubbard,  and  in  18  9 
Mr.  Allen  T.  Hubbard  succeeded  to  the  sole  control,  continuing  the 
enterprise  under  the  original  firm  name.  The  business  premises  are 
very  eligibly  situated  in  a  fashionable  quarter  of  the  city,  are  spa- 
cious in  size,  elegantly  appointed,  and  arranged  for  the  reception  of 
patrons,  and  contain  one  of  the  finest  stocks  of  cloths  and  trimmings 
ever  brought  to  the  city.  It  is  complete  in  material,  design,  and 
novelty,  and  the  very  best  sources  of  European  production  have 
contributed  to  its  wealth.  Mr.  Hubbard  devotes  his  time  and  talents 
to  fine  custom  clothing  exclusively,  and  the  garments  made  to  order 
by  him  are  recognized  as  simply  perfect  in  style,  fit,  and  artistic 
workmanship.  To  seek  his  services  once  is  to  be  bis  patron  always. 
To  be  found  among  his  permanent  customers  are  very  many  of  the 
best-dressed  citizens  of  Boston,  gentlemen  young  and  old,  who  under- 
stand the  merits  of  a  first-class  tailor,  and  who  find  in  Mr.  Hubbard's 
establishment  not  only  a  line  of  woolens  that  are  at  all  times  su- 
perior, but  also  a  place  where  the  general  make-up,  fit,  and  trim- 
ming of  a  garment  is  a  matter  of  careful  consideration  and  study. 
A  specialty  is  made  in  catering  to  the  college  trade,  and  the  business 
in  this  branch  has  attained  very  flattering  proportions.  Mr.  Hub- 
bard is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  education,  thoroughly 
liberal  and  conscientious  in  all  his  dealings,  and  a  reliable  and  re- 
sponsible leader  in  his  branch  of  trade  with  whom  it  is  always 
pleasant  end  profitable  to  deal. 

CONRAD  EGGE,  Die-sinker,  Seal-engraver,  and  Letter-cutter, 
No.  97  Oliver  Street.— Mr.  Conrad  Egge,  since  starting  his  busi- 
ness as  a  die-sinker,  seal-engraver,  and  letter-cutter,  in  1872,  by 
the  character  of  his  work  has  won  a  host  of  patrons,  and  his 
business  is  continually  showing  signs  of  increase.  This  gentleman 
was  born  in  Germany,  and  twenty-three  years  ago  left  his  native 
land  to  make  a  home  in  the  United  States.  He  came  to  Boston,  and 
on  the  eve  of  the  great  Boston  fire  in  1872  established  himself  in 
business  on  Province  Court,  to  which  place  the  fire,  happily,  did 
not  extend.  In  August,  1887,  he  removed  to  his  present  quarters  on 
Oliver  Street,  where  he  occupies  two  rooms  on  the  second  floor,  and 
has  equipped  them  with  all  the  most  modern  mechanical  appliances 
appertaining  to  his  business.  Everything  in  the  line  of  die-sinking, 
seal-engraving,  and  letter-cutting  is  done  in  an  absolutely  first-class 
manner,  Mr.  Egge's  extensive  practical  experience  enabling  him  to 
bring  his  art  to  a  high  plane  of  perfection.  Steel  dies  and  hubs  for 
jewelry,  silver-plated  ware,  medals,  badges,  etc. ;  steel  rolls  and  dies 
for  spoons,  knives,  forks,  and  fancy  borders ;  embossing  dies  for  paper 
leather,  etc. ;  seals  for  lodges,  societies,  corporations,  notaries,  etc., 
and  steel  stamps  for  boot  and  shoe  manufacturers,  wooden-ware- 
makers,  etc.,  are  made  at  the  shortest  notice.  A  specialty  is  made 
of  the  engraving  of  rolls  for  rubber  shoes.  A  staff  of  competent 
artisans  find  constant  employment,  and  all  work  is  closely  supervised 
by  Mr.  Egge.  The  patronage  of  the  house  is  drawn  from  all  parts  of 
the  New  England  States. 

CHARLES  M.  THACHER,  Picture  Frames  and  Mouldings,  No.  25 
Arch  Street.— The  picture-frame  and.  moulding  factory  of  Mr. 
Charles  M.  Thacher  occupies  a  leading  position  in  its  line. 
Its  career  has  been  one  of  steady  progress  since  its  establish- 
ment in  1883.  The  premises  occupied  for  the  business  consist  of  three 
floors,  each  seventy-five  feet  square,  and  fitted  up  in  all  the  depart- 
ments with  a  complete  mechanical  outfit,  the  motor  power  for  driving 
the  same  being  supplied  by  electricity.  Employment  is  furnished 
twenty  experienced  hands,  and  all  the  operations  of  the  establish- 
ment are  conducted  on  a  systematic  and  intelligent  basis.  Mr. 
Thacher,  who  is  practically  acquainted  with  all  the  details  of  his 
vocation,  personally  superintends  the  work  of  his  assistants,  and 
gives  his  attention  to  the  production  of  picture-frames  and  mould- 
ings of  every  description.  The  trade  is  wholesale  and  retail,  and  ex- 
tends to  all  sections  of  New  England.  A  large  stock  is  constantly 
carried  on  hand,  and  orders  are  carefully  filled  and  shipped  without 
loss  of  time. 


HC.  HANSEN,  Manufacturer  of  Printer's  Materials,  No.  26 
Hawley  Street.— Mr.  H.  C.  Hansen,  as  a  manufacturer 
B  and  dealer  in  printers'  materials  of  all  kinds,  controls  one 
of  the  most  enterprising  and  successful  establishments  in 
its  line  in  the  city.  Mr.  Hansen,  who  is  a  native  of  Norway  and  a 
practical  machinist  of  great  experience,  came  to  reside  in  Boston 
twenty-two  years  ago.  In  his  native  land  he  had  acquired  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  drawing,  geometry,  and  mathematics,  and  served  an 
apprenticeship  to  the  trade  of  machinist.  On  the  llth  of  January, 
1868,  he  was  engaged  by  the  Dickinson  Type  Company  of  this  city, 
and  was  set  to  work  to  learn  the  business  of  brass-rule-making,  in 
which  he  soon  became  proficient,  and  took  the  position  of  leading 
workman  in  the  brass- rule  department  of  the  foundry.  He  effected 
many  improvements  in  the  mechanical  appliances  for  manufactur- 
ing brass  rules  and  leads,  and  in  1872  started  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count on  Exchange  Street,  whence  he  removed  on  January  1, 1874, 
to  his  present  commodious  premises.  Mr.  Hansen  occupies  three 
floors  of  this  spacious  building  as  salesroom  and  manufacturing  de- 
partment. The  latter  is  most  efficiently  equipped  with  the  latest  im- 
proved machinery  and  tools,  most  of  which  are  of  Mr.  Hansen's  own 
invention,  and  he  has  carried  many  of  his  own  inventions  and  orig- 
inal designs  into  his  manufactures.  He  has  now  the  proud  distinc- 
tion of  being  at  the  head  of  the  largest  manufactory  of  brass  rules 
and  leads  for  printers  in  New  England.  Twelve  hands  are  perma- 
nently employed.  A  heavy  stock  of  rules  in  every  size,  shape,  thick- 
ness, and  design  is  to  be  found  here  in  vast  quantities,  together  with 
labor-saving  metal  furniture,  ornamental  brass  dashes,  steel  compos- 
ing-rules, brass  composing-rules,  circular  brass  corners,  labor-saving 
slugs,  spaces  and  quads  for  different  fonts  of  type,  type  of  all  kinds, 
and  machinery  and  presses  of  every  description,  and  the  business  re- 
lations of  the  house  extend  to  all  parts  of  the  New  England  States. 
Mr.  Hansen  is  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Charitable  Mechanic 
Association. 


E  WILLIAMS  &  CO.,  Commission  and  Shipping  Merchants, 
No.  15  Central  Wharf.— Messrs.  E.  Williams  &  Co.,  are  exten- 
B  sive  shipping  merchants  for  the  South  American  trade,  taking 
out  cargoes  of  merchandise  of  all  kinds  to  that  country,  and 
importing  the  products  of  that  clime  to  this  city.  They  also  charter, 
purchase,  and  sell  vessels,  and  are  owners  and  proprietors  of  two  sail- 
ing-vessels now  upon  the  seas.  The  business  was  established  in  1825 
by  Mr.  E .  Williams,  and  some  years  after  he  admitted  Mr.  P.  F.  Wells 
to  partnership.  In  1878  Mr.  Williams  died,  and  Mr.  Wells  has  since 
continued  the  business,  as  sole  proprietor,  under  the  original  firm- 
name.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  three  floors,  25x75  feet  each, 
and  unsurpassed  advantages  are  possessed  for  conducting  ail  branches 
of  the  business.  The  business  penetrates  the  entire  country  of  South 
America,  extending  to  the  West  Indies,  and  is  broadly  distributed 
throughout  all  the  United  States.  Mr.  Wells  is  possessed  not  only  of 
a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  wants  of  the  trade  on  both  sides  the 
ocean,  but  is  in  a  position  to  supply  them  with  ease  and  promptness 
in  all  cases.  None  but  the  purest  and  best  productions  are  brought 
from  the  tropics,  and  the  resources  and  connections  of  the  house  en- 
able it  to  place  all  transactions  on  a  solid  and  substantial  basis.  Mr. 
Wells  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  education,  and  recognized 
as  a  leading  representative  of  his  important  branch  of  commerce  in 
this  city.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Produce  Exchange  and  of  the  Ves- 
sel Owners'  Association,  and  a  director  of  the  India  Mutual  Insur- 
ance Company. 


FD.  L.  HICKMAN,  Manufacturer  of  Platform  Rockers,  Lounges, 
Bed-lounges,  etc.,  No.  43  Beverly  Street.— This  enterprise  has 
B     been  in  successful  operation  since  1880,  and   its  products 
have  been  maintained  at  such  a  high  standard  of  excellence 
that  they  are  in  heavy  and  steadily  increasing  demand  in  all  parts  of 
the  United  States.    The  premises  occupied  for  manufacturing  pur- 
poses comprise  two  spacious  floors,  supplied  with  a  complete  equip- 
ment of  the  finest  wood-working  machinery  and  all  the  other  appli- 
ances and  facilities,  including  steam  power,  that  can  be  used  to  ad- 
vantage, while  steady  employment  is  provided  for  fourteen  skilled  arid 
experienced  hands.    The  range  of  manufacture  comprises  all  grades 
of  the  above-named  goods,  and  the  output  is  recognized,  wherever  in- 
troduced, as  absolutely  unsurpassed  for  utility,  elegance,  and  artistic 
workmanship.    Mr.  Hickman  is  a  native  of  Cape  Cod,  Mass.,  and  a 
reliable  and  successful  business  man. 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF    NEW    ENGLAND. 


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JD.  POWELL,  JR.,  Job  Printing,  Etc.,  No.  15  Cornhill.— Among 
the  enterprising,  popular,  and  successful  business  men  of 
B  Boston  is  Mr.  J.  D.  Powell,  Jr.,  the  proprietor  of  the  fine 
job  printing  establishment  at  No.  15  Cornhill,  and  who  is  the 
abl^  and  talented  managing  editor  of  the  Boston  Advocate,  the  lead- 
ing negro  journal  in  the  United  States.  Mr.  Powell  was  born  in  Balti- 
more, and  received  his  education  and  training  as  a  skilled  and  practi- 
cal job  printer  and  publisher  in  Boston.  Five  years  ago,  in  response 
to  an  urgent  demand  for  a  high- toned,  carefully-edited  organ  to  guide 
the  thinking  elements  of,  and  afford  an  organ  of  influence  to  the  col- 
ored people  of  the  country,  he  founded  the  Advocate,  and  also  began 
the  job  printing  business.  He  has  achieved  a  deserved  success.  His 
office  is  fully  equipped  with  the  choicest  of  materials,  type,  etc. 
Careful  compositors  are  employed,  and  job  work  in  all  its  branches 
is  turned  out  here,  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art,  with  celerity  and 
accuracy.  The  prices  are  remarkably  low,  and  it  is  but  natural  that 
a  very  large  and  growing  trade  is  centred  here,  where  all  orders  re- 
ceive immediate  attention,  from  a  business  card  to  a  pamphlet  or 
book.  A  review  of  the  Advocate  shows  it  to  be  a  large,  four -page, 
seven-column  paper,  published  weekly  and  commanding  a  desirable 
advertising  patronage.  Its  editorials  are  clear,  forcible,  and  fearless. 
They  treat  of  the  live  questions  of  the  day,  political  and  social,  and 
represent  the  just  and  prevalent  views  of  the  colored  population  not 
only  of  New  England,  but  throughout  the  country  at  large.  There 
are  many  columns  of  fresh  original  news,  spicy  personals,  sketches, 
stories,  etc.,  and  in  appearance,  contents,  and  make  up  the  Advocate 
is  as  highly  creditable  to  its  managing  editor  as  it  is  widely  circulated, 
over  12,000  copies  now  being  issued  weekly.  Mr.  Powell's  assistants 
are  Miss  Lillian  A.  Lewis,  society  editor;  and  Mr.  J.  W.  Powell,  asso- 
ciate editor.  They  are  a  capable  and,  hard  working  staff.  Mr.  J.  D. 
Powell  is  also  gifted  as  a  pubHc  speaker,  and  his  speeches  during  the 
recent  political  campaign  were  powerful  and  eloquent  appeals  to  his 
fellow  citizens  on  behalf  of  the  principles  of  Republicanism. 

WSNELLING,  Hardware  and  Mechanics'  Tools,  etc.,  No.  22 
Maverick  Square,  East  Boston.  — The  largest  hardware 
m  establishment  in  East  Boston  is  that  of  Mr.  Washington 
Snelling,  which  enjoys  a  reputation  and  a  trade  that 
represents  the  results  of  thirty-five  years  of  honorable  and  successful 
effort.  The  proprietor  also  operates  two  branch  stores,  one  at  No.  255 
Meridian  Street,  in  East  Boston,  and  the  other  in  the  neighboring  town 
of  Winthrop.  The  premises  occupied  on  Maverick  Square  are  spacious 
in  size,  and  perfect  inconvenience  of  arrangement  for  display,  inspec- 
tion, and  sale.  The  several  departments  are  filled  with  an  elaborate 
and  diversified  stock,  embracing  builders'  and  general  hardware,  shelf- 
goods  and  cabinet  hardware,  locksmiths'  and  butchers'  supplies,  car- 
penters', mechanics'  and  machinists'  tools,  table  and  pocket  cutlery 
nails,  glass,  putty,  paint,  and  belting,  ship  and  boat  trimmings,  and  gal- 
vanized goods.  The  supplies  are  purchased  in  vast  quantities  direct 
from  manufacturers,  and  special  attention  is  given  to  the  quality  and 
character  of  the  productions.  Significant  advantages  are  extended 
to  customers  in  the  matter  of  prices.  Both  a  wholesale  and  retail 
business  is  transacted,  and  in  addition  to  a  large  local  trade,  a  heavy 
demand  is  ministered  to,  coming  from  all  parts  of  New  England. 
Employing  ample  capital,  and  commanding  advanced  opportunities 
for  the  procurement  of  goods,  the  house  of  Mr.  Snelling  may  be  justly 
considered  as  a  tower  of  strength  in  the  field  of  commerce.  Mr.  Snell- 
ing is  a  native  Bostonian. 


MTJLLIN  &  CO.,  Coal  and  Wood;  Wharf,  First  Street,  Foot  of  F 
Street,  South  Boston.— Among  the  leading  and  most  active 
firms  of  wholesale  and  retail  coal  merchants  of  Boston  and 
New  England  is  that  of  Messrs.  Mullin  &  Co.  The  business 
was  established  by  Mr.  P.  J.  Mullin  hi  1878,  and  who  continued  thus  un- 
til 1880,  when  the  firm  of  P.  J.  Mullin  &  Co.  was  formed.  The  decease 
of  Mr.  Mullin  occurred  in  1887,  since  which  date  Mr.  Tighe  has  active- 
ly and  successfully  carried  on  the  business  under  the  old  name  and 
style,  greatly  enlarging  the  trade  and  offering  substantial  inducements 
to  purchasers.  He  is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  long  identified  with  the 
wholesale  and  retail  coal  trade.  He  has  the  finest  facilities  of  any  coal 
merchant  in  South  Boston  or  the  city  proper,  having  a  very  commodi- 
ous wharf,  foot  of  F  Street,  and  sheds  that  hold  fully  10,000  tons.  The 
premises  extend  from  the  mam  thoroughfare  to  the  river  and  corn- 
price  several  acres,  affording  proper  accommodation  for  the  immense 
stock  of  coal  and  wood  always  carried  here,  and  for  screening,  weigh- 


ing, delivering,  etc.  Mr.  Tighe  deals  strictly  in  the  choicest  brands  of 
anthracite  and  bituminous  coal,  received  direct  in  cargo  lots  from 
tide-water  shipping  points.  His  contracts  placed  away  ahead  are  at 
prices  that  enable  him  to  offer  substantial  inducements  to  large  con- 
sumers, etc.,  and  he  does  a  trade  of  enormous  magnitude,  requiring 
the  services  of  from  18  to  20  men,  and  the  use  of  from  six  to  eight 
teams.  The  house  of  Mullen  &  Co.  has  become  justly  celebrated  for 
the  superior  quality  of  the  fuel  dealt  in.  Only  the  best  free  burning 
coal  is  sold,  and  the  wood  is  of  best  quality  and  thoroughly  seasoned. 

DR.  HORACE  HARDING,  Dentist,  No.  75  Main  Street,  Charles- 
town. — Prominent  among  the  most  successful  and  expert  sur- 
geon dentists  of  Charlestown  is  Dr.  Horace  Harding.  This 
gentleman  was  born  at  Orleans,  Mass.,  and  his  early  training 
and  education  were  directed  to  qualify  him  for  the  profession  in  which 
he  has  become  a  distinguished  expert.  He  graduated  with  high  honors 
at  the  Massachusetts  Dental  College.  In  1888  he  began  business  at  his 
present  location,  and  being  devoted  to  his  profession  and  acquainted 
with  its  every  detail  he  soon  took  front  rank  in  the  line  of  his  calling. 
His  chambers  are  equipped  with  every  modern  appliance  in  use  for 
the  extracting  and  filling  of  teeth,  etc.  Dental  work  of  all  kinds  is 
done  scientifically  and  at  the  most  reasonable  charges.  The  disa- 
greeable task  of  extracting  and  filling  of  teeth  is  rendered  as  pleasant 
as  possible  by  prompt  and  skilful  work  and  by  the  use  of  gas,  when 
desired.  Every  care  and  attention  is  given  to  the  making  of  artificial 
teeth,  singly  or  in  sets,  and  a  correct  and  easy  fit  is  guaranteed  ha 
every  instance.  Competent  assistants  are  employed,  and  courteous 
service  is  rendered  to  all  patrons ;  while  the  doctor  has  an  excellent 
reputation  throughout  this  section  for  superior  work  and  reliability. 
Dr.  Harding  is  a  resident  of  Charlestown. 


HL.  NORCROSS,  Note-broker,  No.  12  Pearl  Street.— Mr.  Nor- 
cross,  although  quite  a  young  man,  brings  to  bear  a  wide 
B  experience  in  this  important  line  of  business,  and  since  he 
founded  this  establishment  on  his  own  responsibility,  in 
1887,  he  has  developed  a  most  influential  connection,  and  includes 
among  his  permanent  patrons  many  of  our  leading  capitalists  and 
financiers.  He  occupies  a  very  neatly  and  comfortably  furnished 
office,  which  is  fully  supplied  with  every  convenience  for  the  suc- 
cessful conduct  of  his  business.  Mr.  Norcross  is  prepared  to  procure 
and  negotiate  loans  for  capitalists,  to  those  desiring  them,  upon  the 
most  approved  basis,  and  in  the  most  satisfactory  manner  to  both 
lender  and  borrower.  He  makes  it  a  specialty  of  handling  only 
"gilt-edged  paper,"  and  his  supplies  of  funds  are  obtained  from  the 
most  reputable  and  reliable  sources.  His  line  of  business  embraces 
loans  on  notes,  secured  by  ample  collateral  on  bonds  or  mortgages, 
ample  indorsement,  warehouse  receipts,  negotiable  securities,  etc., 
while  his  rates  are  always  most  liberal  and  free  from  any  usurious 
calculations.  He  can  be  depended  upon  as  conducting  business  of 
that  nature  in  the  most  reliable  and  confidential  manner. 


DAVID  A.  McGRATH,  Fine  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  51  Bromfleld 
Street.— Mr.  McGrath  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city  since  he 
was  seven  years  of  age.  and  learned  his  trade  here,  after  which 
he  added  to  his  learning  by  several  years  of  experience  in 
some  of  the  leading  custom  boot  and  shoe  houses  in  the  city,  and 
finally  decided  to  embark  in  the  business  on  his  own  responsibility, 
and  founded  this  house  accordingly  in  1874;  and  by  close  attention  to 
the  wants  of  his  customers,  handling  and  making  only  first-class 
goods,  together  with  liberal  treatment  of  customers,  his  establishment 
soon  became  the  centre  of  a  first-class  trade.  The  premises  occupied 
are  commodious,  and  comprise  a  very  attractive  store,  which  is  sup- 
plied with  every  convenience  necessary  for  the  display  of  his  fine 
stock  of  goods.  Connected  with  the  store  is  a  finely  equipped  and 
well-lighted  workshop.  In  the  store  will  be  found  at  all  times  a  full 
and  general  assortment  of  fine  boots  and  shoes,— gentlemen's,  youths', 
and  boys,— and,  in  the  line  of  articles  for  ladies,  misses,  and  children, 
everything  that  is  new,  fashionable,  and  stylish,  from  the  strong  walk- 
ing-boot or  school-shoe  to  the  exquisitely  wrought  kid  or  satin  slipper. 
These  goods  have  been  selected  by  Mr.  McGrath  from  among  the  best 
productions  of  the  most  eminent  boot  and  shoe  establishments  in  the 
country.  He  gives  especial  attention  to  making  fine  boots  and  shoes 
to  order  for  ladies  and  gentlemen,  in  all  the  latest  and  most  desirable 
styles,  hi  the  best  manner,  and  from  the  very  best  materials  to  b» 
found  in  the  market. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


COLTON  DENTAL  ASSOCIATION,  Rooms  No.  3^  Beacon 
Street.— The  Colton  Dental  Association  has  for  over  twenty- 
two  years  maintained  a  position  in  the  forefront  in  this  im- 
portant and  progressive  profession.  This  well  and  favorably 
known  Association  was  established  in  1866  by  Dr.  Colton  for  A. 
C.  Varnum,  and  three  years  later  came  under  the  control  of  Levi 
Parker,  who  associated  with  him  in  partnership  L.  F.  Jones  and 
H.  H.  Parker,  and  with  the  exception  of  the  death  of  Mr.  Jones, 
which  occurred  in  August  last,  the  history  of  the  enterprise  has 
been  a  career  of  uninterrupted  success.  They  are  the  originators 
of  the  use  of  nitrous  oxide  gas  for  extracting  teeth  without  pain, 
and  various  other  meritorious  features  of  progress  pertaining  to 
dental  practice.  They  occupy  commodious  and  handsome  quar- 
ters on  the  second  floor  of  No.  3)<j  Beacon  Street,  and  have  in 
service  all  the  latest  improved  dental  appliances,  devices,  and 
general  appurtenances,  while  several  competent  assistants  are  in 
attendance.  Dentistry  in  all  its  branches,  both  mechanical  and 
scientific,  is  executed  in  the  most  thorough  and  skilful  manner,  at 
popular  prices,  teeth  being  extracted  without  pain,  the  Association 
administering  their  gas  with  absolute  safety,  while  filling  is  attended 
to  also,  and  plates  inserted  in  the  very  best  style  of  the  art.  Special 
attention  is  given  to  the  treatment  of  the  young  also,  and  artificial 
work  is  promptly  and  reliably  done  likewise,  in  short,  everything 
comprehended  in  modern  dentistry  is  attended  to  in  the  most  superior 
manner  in  every  instance.  The  Messrs.  Parker  are  practical  and 
expert  dentists,  and  have  an  extensive  and  influential  practice,  their 
patronage  extending  throughout  a  wide  territory. 


DEAN,  CHASE  &  CO.,  Shoe  Manufacturers'  Goods,  Nos.  152 
to  158  Congress  Street.— This  house  was  founded  some  forty 
years  ago,  the  present  firm  purchasing  the  business  of 
Messrs.  Stoddard,  Lovering  &  Co.  in  January,  1889.  They 
handle  everything  used  in  the  manufacture  of  shoes  save  the 
leather,  including  goods  of  both  domestic  and  foreign  production, 
and  carry  one  of  the  largest  and  most  complete  lines  of  merchandise 
of  the  kind  naturally  included  in  their  business  that  can  be  found 
either  in  Boston  on  in  any  city  in  the  country.  Their  trade  is  chiefly 
in  the  shoe-manufacturing  sections  of  New  England  and  New  York, 
and  they  operate  a  branch  house  at  No.  8  Thomas  Street,  New  York. 
Their  intimate  and  influential  connections  with  the  best  manufactur- 
ing sources  in  this  country  and  Europe  enable  them  to  secure  their 
supplies  in  vast  quantities  and  at  the  most  advantageous  rates,  and 
they  are  accordingly  prepared  to  guarantee  the  prompt  and  perfect 
fulfilment  of  all  orders,  and  to  offer  inducements  to  their  patrons  in 
the  matter  of  terms  and  prices  which  cannot  be  duplicated  elsewhere. 
The  stock  is  thoroughly  comprehensive  of  such  indispensables  as 
threads,  buttons,  elastic  webs,  stays,  lacings,  sand-paper,  etc  ,  and 
is  of  a  character  and  quality  which  speaks  for  itself.  The  individual 
members  of  this  enterprising  firm  are  Messrs.  E.  W.  Dean,  P.  C. 
Chase,  W.  F.  Skilton,  and  W.  P.  Edwards,  all  well-known  Bostonians 
and  standing  deservedly  high  in  mercantile  and  trade  circles.  Messrs. 
Dean  and  Chase  were  members  of  the  firm  of  Stoddard,  Lovering  & 
Co.,  the  former  for  forty  years  and  the  latter  for  nine  years,  while 
Messrs.  Skilton  and  Edwards  were  connected  with  the  house  for 
several  years,  and  became  members  of  the  new  firm  at  its  organiza- 
tion. 


BUKDITT  &  WILLIAMS,  Builders'  Hardware,  Cutlery,  etc.,  No 
20  Dock  Square. — A  house  that  has  been  established  for  up- 
wards of  a  hundred  years  is  that  of  Messrs.  Burditt  &  Will- 
iams, dealers  in  all  kinds  of  hardware,  etc.  Messrs.  Chas.  A. 
Burditt  and  Joseph  Williams  succeeded  to  this  business  in  1860,  and 
conducted  it  till  1886,  when  Mr.  James  A.  Munroe  became  a  partner; 
the  business,  however,  is  still  carried  on  under  the  old  firm-name  of 
Burditt  &  Williams.  The  firm  have  likewise  a  store  at  Washington, 
D.C.,  where  they  carry  on  an  extensive  retail  and  wholesale  trade. 
The  Boston  warehouse  is  a  spacious  four-story-and-basement  build- 
ing, fully  supplied  with  every  appliance  and  convenience  for  the  ac- 
commodation and  display  of  the  extensive  and  valuable  stock. 
Messrs.  Burditt  &  Williams  deal  largely  in  all  kinds  of  builders'  hard 
ware,  carpenters'  tools,  cutlery  and  general  hardware,  and  also  keep 
in  stock  the  largest  assortment  of  bronze  hardware  in  New  England . 
The  builders'  and  retail  department  is  on  the  lower  floor,  while  the 
jobbing  department  is  located  on  the  second  floor.  The  firm  have 
secured  the  most  favorable  arrangements  with  the  leading  American 


and  European  manufacturers,  and  offer  advantages  in  goods  and 
prices  very  difficult  to  be  duplicated  elsewhere  in  this  country. 
Thirty  assistants,  clerks,  salesmen,  etc.,  are  employed,  and  the  trade 
of  the  house  extends  not  only  throughout  all  sections  of  New  Eng- 
land and  the  eastern  states,  but  likewise  to  Chicago,  Kansas  City,  and 
St.  Louis.  The  firm  make  a  specialty  of  builders'  hardware.  All  the 
goods  handled  by  this  popular  and  trustworthy  house  are  unrivalled 
for  quality,  reliability,  and  general  excellence.  Messrs.  Burditt  & 
Williams  are  natives  of  Boston,  while  Mr.  Monroe  was  born  in  Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 

WEILHART  &  GREELEY,  Fashionable  Hatters,  No.  11  Frank- 
lin Avenue,  Between  Court  Street  and  Cornhill.— An  old 
and  reputable  firm  in  the  hat  trade  is  that  of  Weilhart  & 
Greeley,  No.  11  Franklin  Avenue,  between  Court  Street  and 
Cornhill.  The  partners  of  this  concern  are  Jos.  M.  Weilhart  and 
Philip  Greeley  respectively,  both  of  whom  are  practical  at  the  trade, 
and  have  been  identified  with  it  for  a  period  of  nearly  forty  years. 
The  business  was  established  by  them  as  far  back  as  1861,  and  they 
have  occupied  the  same  premises  during  the  twenty -seven  years  that 
have  since  elapsed.  Messrs.  Weilhart  &  Greeley's  principal  line  is  in 
order  and  repair  work.  They  are  well-known  fashionable  hatters, 
having  a  large  city  trade  in  the  best  quality  of  silk  hats,  of  which  they 
keep  a  full  stock  constantly  on  hand.  They  also  do  an  extensive 
business  renovating  silk  and  felt  hats,  making  these  in  all  respects 
equal  to  new.  Two  men  are  employed  in  the  establishment,  where 
customers  can  always  rely  on  hav  ing  their  orders  promptly  filled.  Mr. 
Weilhart,  who  is  a  native  of  Germany,  has  been  in  the  United  States 
for  forty  years.  Mr.  Greeley  belongs  to  New  Hampshire.  Both  gen- 
tlemen are  good  business  men,  and  have  a  high  standing  in  the  hatter's 
trade. 

NOVELTY  WOOD-WORKS:  John  J.  McNutt,  Builder  and 
Manufacturer  Mouldings,  Doors,  Frames,  etc.,  Junction  Mai- 
den and  Wareham  Streets.— This  business  was  established  in 
1844  on  Tremont  Street,  and  since  1857  has  been  permanently 
located  at  the  junction  of  Maiden  and  Wareham  Streets.  Mr.  Mc- 
Nutt brings  to  bear  the  widest  range  of  practical  experience,  coupled 
with  marked  skill  and  ability  as  a  builder,  contractor,  and  manufact- 
urer generally  of  all  descriptions  of  wood-work,  and  builders'  ma- 
terials. His  premises  are  unusually  extensive  and  complete;  yards 
and  buildings  cover  an  area  of  60,000  square  feet,  the  latter  being  three 
stories  high,  80x280  feet  in  dimensions,  and  equipped  throughout  with 
the  latest  improved  machinery  and  appliances.  Two  steam-engines, 
jointly  of  200  horse-power,  supply  the  motive  force,  while  there  is  an 
average  force  of  125  hands  employed  in  the  manufacture  of  wood 
mouldings,  plain  and  fancy  brackets,  scrolls,  doors,  sash  and  blinds, 
counters,  shelving,  drawers,  packing-boxes,  etc.  All  kinds  of  planing, 
sawing,  fret-sawing,  turning,  etc.,  are  done  to  order,  also  carving  and 
pattern-making.  He  is  a  builder  of  renown,  whose  methods,  skill,  and 
facilities  place  him  in  the  front  rank  of  the  trade.  He  has  built  all 
kinds  and  sizes  of  warehouses,  theatres,  churches,  factories,  stores, 
private  residences,  etc.,  and  has  also  made  a  prominent  specialty  of 
store  fixtures,  the  fitting  up  of  banks,  counting-rooms,  etc. 


CB.  FOGG,  Carpenter  and  Builder,  Manufacturer  of  Hard  and 
Soft  Wood  Doors,  No.  35  Wareham  Street.— This  gentleman 
B  is  prominent  as  a  designer  and  manufacturer,  of  reliability 
and  skill,  and  has  been  established  in  the  business  here  since 
1879.  His  business  premises  are  spacious  in  size,  thoroughly  equipped 
with  new  and  improved  machinery,  and  employment  is  afforded  to 
twenty  experienced  hands.  The  range  of  manufacture  includes  all 
all  kinds  of  panel  work,  doors,  window  frames,  counters  and  general 
store  fittings,  and  the  goods  turned  out  are  unrivalled  for  fine  finish, 
originality  and  beauty  of  design,  and  artistic  workmanship.  The  ser- 
vices of  the  house  are  constantly  brought  into  requisition  by  our  busi- 
ness men  in  the  fitting  up  and  furnishing  of  their  places  of  business, 
and  all  orders  and  commissions  meet  with  the  promptest  attention, 
while  terms  and  prices  are  placed  at  the  lowest  point  of  moderation. 
By  close  application  to  the  details  of  his  business,  and  with  an  honest 
endeavor  to  excel  therein,  Mr.  Fogg  has  built  up  a  reputation  that  is 
bringing  him  a  large,  first-class  and  constantly  increasing  patronage. 
Mr.  Fogg  is  a  native  of  the  state  of.  Maine,  and  has  become  well  and 
popularly  known  as  a  most  worthy  business  man. 


THE     METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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THE  F.  W.  ROSS  CARPET  CLEANING  CO. .Works,  Nos.  54  and 
58  Thayer  Street. — Although  a  comparatively  new  enterprise, 
the  positive  and  pronounced  success  that  has  attended  the  F. 
W.  Ross  Carpet  Cleaning  Company,  at  Nos  54  and  58  Thayer 
Street,  ever  since  its  inception,  abundantly  attests  the  wisdom  that 
inspired  the  venture.    Mr.  F.  W.  Ross,  the  general  manager,  is  an 
experienced  master  of  the  business  in  all  its  details,  and  has  devoted 
much  time  and  study  to  the  invention  of  improved  machines  for 
doing  the  work.    The  works  of  the  company  are  among  the  largest 
of  the  kind  in  New  England,  but  are  hardly  large  enough  for  the  in- 
creasing business  transacted,   and  a  larger  factory  will   soon   be 
erected.    The  capacity  of  the  present  works  admits  of  the  cleaning  of 
8000  yards  of  carpeting  per  day.    The  company  devotes  special  atten- 


tion to  the  interests  of  hotels  and  the  trade,  doing  an  immense  and  in- 
fluential business  in  cleaning  imported  Turkish  rugs  for  dealers.  They 
have  machinery  for  cleansing  wool,  cotton,  and  silk  waste,  buffalo 
robes  and  blankets,  and  have  a  separate  department  for  their  large 
family  trade.  No  expense  has  been  spared  in  fitting  up  the  works 
with  the  latest  improved  machinery  for  doing  the  most  thorough  work 
quickly.  They  are  not  confined  to  any  one  process,  as  they  have  sev- 
eral distinct  methods  which  they  use,  according  to  the  requirements 
of  the  carpets  or  the  wishes  of  their  customers,  viz. :  steam  tumbling, 
steam  beating,  surface  cleaning,  washing,  naphtharizing,  and  dry 
steaming.  Special  attention  is  directed  t  >  then-  unproved  method  for 
removing  grease,  ink,  soot,  and  other  stains  from  carpets  by  the  use 
of  carefully  selected  and  prepared  compounds,  which  brighten  with- 
out blending  the  colors,  or  in  any  way  injuring  the  texture  or  tints. 
No  acids  are  used.  Dust  cannot  be  removed  from  carpets  on  the  floor, 
but  where  they  cannot  be  spared  long  enough  to  be  taken  up  and 
thoroughly  cleaned,  the  company  will  send  experienced  men  to  clean 
the  surface,  removing  spots,  brightening  the  colors,  and  making  the 
carpet  look  fresh  and  new.  The  works  are  provided  with  five  carpet 
cleaning  machines,  all  of  Mr.  Ross's  own  invention,  and  the  best  and 
only  scientific  method  of  thoroughly  cleaning  carpets  without  the 
slightest  injury  to  the  fabric,  color,  or  design,  is  in  application  here. 
Patrons  are  cordially  invited  to  call  and  see  the  work  executed  and 
the  machinery  in  operation.  Carpets  are  called  for  and  delivered  free 
of  charge,  and  arrangements  are  made  whereby  the  teams  of  the 
company  will  call  as  often  as  the  requirements  of  customers  demand. 
Prices  are  furnished  upon  application  at  the  office,  and  are  made  as 
low  as  is  consistent  with  a  service  which  will  be  satisfactory  to  all.  All 
orders  by  telephone,  mail,  or  otherwise,  receive  immediate  attention, 
and  promptness  and  thorough  work  is  -guaranteed  in  all  cases.  A 
specialty  is  made  of  packing  for  storage  in  moth-proof,  chemically 
prepared  paper,  and  storage  and  insurance  are  furnished,  when  de- 
sired, at  fair  rates.  The  cleaning  is  all  done  under  the  personal  super- 
vision of  Mr.  Ross,  the  general  manager,  who  has  had  an  extensive 
practical  experience  and  thoroughly  understands  the  requirements  of 
hotel  and  trade  work.  He  also  manufactures  carpet-cleaning  ma- 
chines to  sell,  which  are  of  his  own  invention  and  are  the  embodi- 
ments of  inventive  genius  and  mechanical  skill  of  the  highest  order 
of  perfection.  Both  he  and  the  treasurer,  Mr.  J.  W.  Merriam,  are 
Massachusetts  men  by  birth  and  training,  and  enjoy  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  leading  commercial  circles. 


CJ.  BAILEY  &  CO  ,  Manufacturers  of  and  First  Hands  for 
Patented  Novelties,  No.  133  Pearl  Street.— This  firm  are  man- 
B  ufacturers  of  and  first  hands  for  patented  novelties,  and  their 
connections  are  not  only  throughout  this  country  and  Canada, 
but  also  over  all  Europe.  This  business  was  inaugurated  twelve  years 
ago  by  Messrs.  Clapp  and  Bailey,  and  in  July,  1880,  the  firm  became 
as  at  present  constituted,  the  copartners  being  Messrs.  C.  J.  Bailey 
and  M.  S.  Lawrence.  The  former  is  in  charge  of  the  Boston  estab- 
lishment, the  latter  in  charge  of  the  London  branch,  under  the  firm- 
style  of  C.  J.  Bailey  &  Co.  The  house  has  branches  at  No.  160  Main 
Stree*.,  Cincinnati,  O.,  Nos.  577-579  Market  Street,  San  Francisco;  No. 
65  Reade  Street  N.  Y.;No.  141  Lake  Street,  Chicago,  and  St.  Paul, 
Minn.;  also  at  No.  30  Snow  Hill,  London,  E.  C ,  Eng.;  and  in  Paris, 
France;  while  in  Canada  they  are  represented  by  Lyman,[Sons  &  Co., 
St.  Paul  Street,  Montreal,  and  in  Berlin  and  Frankfort,  Germany,  by 
Wendt,  Bucholz  &  Co.  Their  factory  is  located  in  Akron,  Ohio,  and 
they  are  sole  manufacturers  and  make  specialties  of  the  following 
articles:  Bailey's  patent  rubber  bath  and  flesh  brush.  Bailey's  patent 
rubber  tooth  and  toilet  brushes,  Bailey's  erasive  rubber  brushes. 
Bailey's  patent  blacking  daubers.  These  goods  are  wonderfully  ef- 
fective for  the  purposes  to  which  they  are  adapted,  and  are  unap- 
proached  by  any  articles  of  a  similar  nature  in  the  market.  A  heavy 
stock  is  carried  at  each  of  the  firm's  houses  and  the  wholesale  trade 
is  supplied  on  the  most  favorable  terms,  all  orders  being  filled 
promptly  and  satisfactorily. 


WESTGATE  &  JOHNSON,  Insurance  Agents  and  Brokers,  No. 
118  Water  Street.— There  are  but  very  few  business  men 
or  owners  of  property  to  be  found  to-day  who  will  sneer 
at  a  proposal  to  effect  an  insurance  against  losses  by  fire, 
for  fires  are  so  frequent  and  losses  thereby  so  far-reaching  and  injuri- 
ous in  their  influence,  that  they  meet  with  constant  reminders  that 
insurance  companies  stand  between  prosperity  and  ruin,  and  that  it  is 
best  to  be  on  the  safe  side  and  be  protected  against  damages,  for  "  no 
man  knoweth  what  a  day  may  bring  forth."  The  facilities  for  effect- 
ing insurance  at  low  rates  are  so  great  now-a-days  that  no  man  can 
offer  a  plausible  excuse  for  not  having  his  property  insured.  Insur- 
ance agents  and  brokers  are  numerous  and  ever  ready  to  attend  to 
the  behests  of  a  would-be  insurer  who  means  business.  A  noted  firm 
of  insurance  agents  is  that  of  Messrs.  Westgate  &  Johnson,  of  No.  118 
Water  Street.  The  firm  have  also  an  office  in  the  Savings  Bank, 
Town  Hall,  Melrose.  The  business  was  originally  organized  in  1850  by 
Mr.  J.  E.  Westgate,  who  afterwards  took  into  partnership  his  son, 
under  the  style  of  J.  E.  Westgate  &  Son.  The  son,  Mr.  H.  H.  West- 
gate,  on  the  death  of  his  father  became  sole  proprietor,  and  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1887,  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his  nephew,  Mr.  H.  E. 
Johnson.  On  the  22nd  of  October  following,  Mr.  H.  H.  Westgate  died, 
and  the  business  is  still  being  conducted  by  Mr.  Johnson  under  the 
style  of  Westgate  &  Johnson.  Mr.  Johnson  is  a  member  of  the  Mel- 
rose  Board  of  Underwriters,  and  is  the  representative  of  some  of  the 
most  substantial  foreign  and  home  fire,  life  and  accident  insurance 
companies.  He  conducts  a  general  brokerage  business  and  makes  a 
specialty  of  fire  risks.  To  insurers  he  offers  the  most  advantageous 
terms,  and  is  prompt  and  reliable.  Mr.  Johnson  is  a  native  of  Maine 
and  for  sixteen  years  has  resided  at  Melrose. 


DP.  BEDELL,  Machine  Twist,  No.  37  High  Street.— Mr.  Bedell 
is  the  representative,  for  this  state,  of  the  celebrated  May- 
m  hew  Silk  Company,  of  Shelburne  Falls,  Mass.,  where  their 
factory  and  headquarters  are  located.  The  business  of  this 
company  was  originally  founded  by  Messrs.  Streeter  &  Mayhew  and 
was  conducted  under  their  joint  control  until  three  years  ago,  when 
Mr.  Streeter's  death  occurred,  and  the  present  company  was  formed 
The  factory  is  equipped  in  the  most  approved  fashion  with  first- 
class  machinery,  and  ample  steam-power;  only  expert  operatives 
are  employed  and  the  most  complete  facilities  are  possessed  for  turn- 
ing out  a  perfect  production.  Mr.  Bedell  carries  a  full  stock  of  these 
goods  which  comprise  woollen  manufacturers'  organzine,  machine- 
twist,  floss,  tram,  and  organzine  silk  of  every  variety.  Orders  are 
promptly  filled  and  on  the  most  advantageous  terms.  Mr.  Bedell, 
who  is  a  native  of  New  York  State,  came  to  Boston  fifteen  years  ago. 
and  for  the  past  nine  years  has  been  agent  here  for  the  Mayhew  Silk 
Company.  He  has  become  well  known  in  the  leading  business  circlef 
of  the  city,  and  is  esteemed  as  a  business  man  of  push,  ability,  and 
industry,  and  a  citizen  of  sterling  integrity  and  worth. 


218 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


THE  BAY  STATE  CLEAN-TOWEL  FURNISHING  COMPANY, 
No.  24  Columbus. Ave.— The'Bay  State  Clean-towel  Furnishing 
Company  was  founded  in  1886  by  the  present  proprietors, 
Messrs.  A.  Davidson  and  G.  L.  Goulding,  and  was  originally 
located  at  No.  3  Hamilton  Place.  In  the  latter  part  of  1887,  the  pres- 
ent desirable  site  was  secured,  and  here  the  firm  have  been  con- 
stantly increasing  the  volume  and  prosperity  of  their  business.  The 
firm  occupy  a  spacious  and  handsomely  furnished  office,  with  a  well- 
appointed  storage-room  in  the  rear,  and  have  abundant  outside  fa- 
cilities for  the  advantageous  prosecution  of  their  enterprise.  The 
company  furnishes  to  subscribers  a  neat  dressing-case  of  ash,  black- 
walnut,  or  cherry,  with  mirror,  and  receptacle  for  towels  and  brushes, 
attached,  and  a  toilet  outfit  comprising  brush  and  comb,  soap,  black- 
ing and  brushes,  and  any  number  of 'clean  towels  per  week,  according 
to  the  requirements  of  the  subscriber.  The  different  articles  are  all 
first-class:  the  towels  are  pure  linen,  and  plainly  marked  with  the 
subscriber's  name,  thus  insuring  each  one  the  return  of  his  own ;  and 
all  supplies  are  renewed  when  necessary.  This  outfit  is  furnished 
at  a  stated  rate  per  month,  the  price  being  graded  in  accordance 
with  the  size  of  the  outfit,  special  rates  being  made  for  large 
orders  and  roller-towels,  as  also  for  hotel,  restaurant,  and  barber- 
shop work.  The  company  has  already  secured  a  large  and  fast- 
increasing  patronage.  Messrs.  Davidson  and  Goulding,  it  is  scarcely 
necessary  to  state,  are  shrewd,  enterprising  business  men. 


SCHOELLKOPH,  HARTFORD  &  MACLAGAN  (Limited),  Import- 
ers and  Exporters  of  Drugs,  Chemicals,  etc. ;  General  Com- 
mission Merchants;  No.  103  Milk  Street.— An  important  and 
reliable  establishment  in  the  New  England  States,  engaged  in 
•the  manufacture,  importation,  and  exportation  of  drugs,  chemicals, 
•etc.,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Schoellkoph,  Hartford  &  Maclagan  (Limited), 
importers  and  exporters  of  drugs,  chemicals,  etc.,  also  general 
•commission  merchants; — under  the  management  of  Messrs.  Ellis  and 
Mercer.  These  gentlemen  are  sole  agents  for  the  foregoing  house, 
In  New  England,  which  has  its  headquarters  at  No.  3  Cedar  Street, 
New  York,  with  their  works  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  known  as  the  Schoell- 
kopf  Aniline  and  Chemical  Company.  Mr.  E.  C.  Ellis  is  well  known  in 
Boston  and  vicinity  as  the  treasurer  of  the  Republic  Mills,  of  Law- 
rence, Mass.,  and  Mr.  G.  H.  H.  Mercer,  also  of  this  city,  has  been 
known  for  many  years  as  a  practical  cotton-man,  buying  forvarious 
mills  throughout  this  section  of  the  country.  The  celebrated  house 
which  they  represent  is  one  of  the  best  and  largest  of  the  kind  in 
the  United  States,  and  in  their  admirably  appointed  headquarters 
-will  be  found  a  full  and  complete  line  of  their  products,  together 
with  importations  of  everything  in  the  way  of  aniline  colors, 
•dye-stuffs;  such  as  oil  of  vitriol;  muriatic,  nitric,  and  other  acids; 
sulphates,  nitrates,  muriates,  mineral  dyes,  ammoniates,  chlorates, 
different-colored  spirits,  antimony,  etc.  These  goods  are  pure  and 
fresh,  and  are  sold  by  samples;  and  all  orders  intrusted  to  Messrs. 
Ellis  and  Mercer  will  receive  the  most  careful  attention,  and  the 
goods  will  be  shipped  direct  from  either  New  York  or  Buffalo,  saving 
thereby  extra  freight  and  drayage  expenses.  The  agents  of  this 
•establishment  are  well  known  to  the  leading  cotton  and  woolen 
manufacturing  houses  throughout  New  England,  and  have  always 
"borne  a  most  enviable  reputation. 


GEO.  M.  TUCK,  Book  and  Job  ^i-mting,  No.  69  Washington 
Street.— A  deservedly  popular  exponent  of  the  typographic 
art  in  this  city  is  Mr.  George  M.  Tuck  who  was  brought  up  to 
the  business,  and  has  achieved  a  wide  reputation  for  the  neat- 
ness and  elegance  of  his  composition  and  press-virk.  He  occupies 
desirable  premises,  being  perfectly  equipped  and  provided  with  the 
necessary  presses  and  appurtenances  for  doing  the  very  best  book, 
job,  and  commercial  work.  Besides  himself,  he  has  three  competent 
workmen,  and  orders  are  executed  in  a  prompt,  neat,  and  finished 
manner;  while  the  prices  charged  are  as  low  as  could  be  desired. 
The  business  he  is  carrying  on  so  successfully  was  established  about 
three  years  ago  by  Bradman  &  Tuck,  and  was  afterwards  continued 
by  Huff  &  Tuck,  but  since  February,  1888,  it  has  been  under  the  sole 
proprietorship  of  Mr.  Tuck,  who  has  become  well  known  in  commer- 
cial circles  and  built  up  a  large,  flourishing  business  by  his  enter- 
prise, and  executing  the  very  highest  class  of  typographic  work. 
Born  in  Bangor,  Me.,  he  came  to  Boston  several  years  ago,  where 
he  learned  his  trade.  He  is  now  living  in  Charlestown,  and  is  very 
popular  with  all  who  have  business  dealings  with  him. 


CARL  SCHOENHOF,  Foreign  Book  Seller  and  Importer,  No.  144 
Tremont  Street.— Mr.  Carl  Schoenhof,  importer  and  publisher 
of  books,  etc.,  in  foreign.languages,  was  born  in  Germany,  and 
was  specially  educated  for  his  present  line  of  business.  He 
has  been  a  resident  in  Boston  for  about  twenty-three  years,  and  in 
1869  founded  his  present  enterprise,  which  has  been  conducted  with 
marked  skill  and  ability,  and  from  the  outset  has  commanded  a 
very  liberal  and  influential  patronage.  The  store  has  a  frontage  of 
25  feet  and  a  depth  of  80  feet,  and  is  arranged  and  fitted  up  in 
the  most  satisfactory  manner.  Books  of  every  description,  in  for- 
eign languages,  are  to  be  found  on  the  shelves  and  counters,  and  are 
offered  at  the  most  liberal  prices.  Mr.  Schoenhof  is  the  general 
agent  for  the  United  States  for  Hachette  &  Co.'s  (London  and  Paris) 
publications  for  the  study  of  foreign  languages,  for  the  use  of  Eng- 
lish and  American  students  and  schools.  A  full  stock  of  these  pub- 
lications is  kept  on  hand,  and  supplied  at  the  publishers'  lowest 
prices.  He  is  also  the  agent  for  Henry  Holt  &  Co.'s  (New  York) 
publications,  which  are  kept  in  large  quantities  in  stock,  and  are 
sold  at  publishers'  prices.  Stciger  &  Co.'s,  Wm.  R.  Jenkins',  Geo. 
R.  Lockwood  &  Son's,  MacMillan's,  Appleton's,  Barnes'  publications 
in  foreign  languages  are  supplied  at  lowest  rates.  A  general  cata- 
logue of  school-books  and  miscellaneous  books  in  foreign  languages 
is  supplied  to  all  applicants.  Any  book  desired,  and  not  in  stock,  is 
immediately  procured  on  order,  and  no  effort  is  spared  to  meet  the 
wishes  of,  and  to  afford  the  fullest  satisfaction  to,  customers.  The 
establishment  is  the  leading  one  in  its  line  in  the  city,  and  the  pro- 
prietor has  won  a  well-deserved  popularity. 

WILLIAM  MILLER,  Importer  and  Publisher;  Art  Novelties, 
Reward,  Birthday,  Valentine,  Easter,  Christmas  Cards, 
etc.,  No.  25  Arch  Street.— This  enterprise  was  founded 
originally  by  Mr.  Miller,  in  1880,  In  New  York,  and  moved  to 
Boston  in  1882.  Under  Mr.  Miller's  care  and  supervision,  the  trade  has 
increased  to  proportions  of  great  magnitude,  and  is  continually  grow- 
ing. Mr.  Miller  is  a  native  of  New  York  City,  and  although  quite  a 
young  man  yet,  he  is  thoroughly  educated  to  the  business;  and 
having  great  natural  aptitude  for  it,  he  made  it  a  close  practical 
study,  which  conferred  upon  him  that  knowledge  and  conception  of 
what  kind  of  art  novelties,  etc.,  would  meet  with  the  tastes  of  the 
trade  and  the  public,  and  provided  accordingly.  The  premises  util- 
ized for  salesroom  and  office  are  spacious  and  commodious,  hand- 
somely appointed  and  supplied  with  every  facility  for  the  advanta- 
geous display  of  the  elegant  stock  of  goods  constantly  on  hand,  which 
includes  a  superb  line  of  reward-of -merit,  birthday,  valentine,  caster, 
and  Christmas  cards,  all  of  the  most  beautiful  designs  and  artistic  pro- 
ductions; also  pastels,  scrap,  autograph,  and  souvenir  albums,  easels, 
etc.  These  goods  are  of  his  own  importation  and  publication,  and 
are  unsurpassed  by  any  rival  concern  in  the  city.  Mr.  Miller  has  very 
extensive  and  intimate  trade  connections  with  the  most  celebrated 
publishing  and  manufacturing  houses  in  this  line  of  trade  iu  Munich. 
Vienna,  and  Paris,  from  which  he  is  constantly;  receiving  the  latest 
novelties.  All  goods  handled  by  him  are  of  the  very  best  quality,  and 
unsurpassed  for  elegance,  finish,  and  uniform  superiority,  while  the 
prices  quoted  are  extremely  moderate.  His  trade  is  of  a  wholesale 
character  and  extends  throughout  the  United  States  and  Canada. 

CW.  BASCOM,  Printer,  No.  152  Federal  Street.— Among  the 
most  reliable  and  popular  printers  in  this  quarter  of  the  city 
B  may  be  mentioned  the  name  of  Chas.  W.  Bascom.  He  occu- 
pies here  commodious  and  neatly  appointed  quarters,  having 
in  service  ample  electric  motive  power  and  a  complete  outfit  of  the 
latest  improvements  hi  presses,  type,  and  printing  materials.  Book 
and  job  printing  of  every  description  is  done  here  in  the  most  prompt 
and  excellent  manner,  special  attention  being  given  to  fine  commer- 
cial work,  while  all  orders  receive  immediate  attention ;  and  the  work 
executed  in  this  establishment  is  warranted  first  class  in  every 
instance.  This  thriving  business  was  established  about  eight  years 
ago  by  C.  W.  Symonds.  who  conducted  the  same  up  to  February  1, 
1889,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  the  present  proprietor,  who  has  con- 
tinued it  with  uniform  success  and  doubled  the  capacity  of  the  office. 
Mr.  Bascom  is  a  practical  and  expert  printer  himself,  of  many  years' 
experience,  as  well  as  a  man  of  push  and  energy,  and  has  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  business.  He  was  previously  well  and  favorably 
known  to  the  business  men  of  Boston,  in  the  firm  of  Bascom  &  Cro- 
nin,  doing  a  printing  business  on  Sudbury  Street,  from  which  firm 
he  retired  to  take  possession  of  his  present  establishment. 


THE     METROPOLIS     OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


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ES.  HUNT  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants  in  Finished  Leather, 
Calf  and  Sheep  Skins,  No.  94  High  Street.—  Established  in 
m  1873,  as  commission  merchants  in  finished  leather,  calf  and 
sheep  skins,  the  house  of  Messrs  E.  S.  Hunt  &  Co.  has  en- 
joyed a  steady  and  substantial  advancement  in  popularity  and  pros- 
perity, until  at  the  present  time  it  is  numbered  among  the  strongest 
and  most  reliable  houses  in  the  leather  commission  trade.  Their 
sales  are  chiefly  made  in  Massachusetts,  while  they  have  ultimate 
and  influential  connections  with  both  producers  and  buyers  through- 
out New  England,  New  York,  Canada,  and  the  west,  receiving  valu- 
able consignments  from  all  the  best  producing  sections  of  the 
country;  and  also  operate  an  extensive  tannery  at  Liberty,  Me., 
for  the  manufacture  of  sheepskins.  The  premises  occupied  for  trade 
purposes  comprise  two  floors  28x125  feet  each,  conveniently  fitted 
up  for  handling  and  storing  the  large  and  complete  stock  that  is 
necessarily  carried,  and  unsurpassed  facilities  are  afforded  for 
promptly  meeting  the  demands  of  all  classes  of  buyers.  Consign- 
ments are  promptly  acknowledged  and  carefully  handled,  with  profit 
to  the  shipper  and  with  satisfaction  to  the  buyer  in  all  cases.  The 
copartners,  Messrs.  E.  S.  and  W.  H.  Hunt,  are  brothers,  both  born  in 
Maine,  the  senior  partner  residing  in  Boston  for  the  past  thirty 
years,  and  the  junior  member  'residing  at  Liberty,  Me.,  where  the 
tannery  is  operated  under  the  firm  name  of  Hunt,  Walker  &  Co. 


ELLENVILLE  TANNING  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Fine 
Wax  Calfskins,  No.  39  South  Street;  Works,  Ellen ville,  Ulster 
County,  N.  Y. — The  Ellenville  Tanning  Company  was  incor- 
porated in  1874,  and  acquired  the  business  which  had  been 
founded  two  years  previously  by  Albert  Thompson  &  Co.  The 
Affairs  of  the  company  have  been  managed  with  signal  success,  and 
the  goods  sent  out  by  it  have  gained  a  standard  reputation  for  high 
and  uniform  excellence.  The  company's  works  are  located  at  Ellen 
ville,  Ulster  County,  N.  Y.,  are  commodious  and  extensive,  and  are 
equipped  with  the  most  modern,  efficient  mechanical  appliances 
known  to  the  trade,  while  employment  is  afforded  to  from  sixty  to 
one  hundred  hands.  The  company's  premises  on  South  Street  in 
this  city  comprise  three  floors  and  basement,  each  30x100  feet  in  di- 
mensions. Here  is  carried  a  very  large  stock,  ready  for  immediate 
shipment  upon  order  to  any  part  of  the  country,  and  on  terms  which 
cannot  be  surpassed  by  those  of  any  other  house.  The  president  of 
the  company  is  Mr.  A.  H.  Thompson,  and  the  treasurer  is  Mr. 
Clement  March.  Both  these  gentlemen  are  natives  of  Massachusetts, 
and  have  long  been  identified  with  the  leather  trade,  and  as  business 
men  of  enterprise  and  probity. 


LW.  TYLER,  Hand-sewed  Shoes  and  Slippers,  Boston  Rubber 
Company's  Boots,  Shoes,  and  Arctics,  No.  77  Bedford  Street. 
„  —One  of  the  recent  and  most  valuable  accessions  to  the  boot 
and  shoe  business  of  the  city  is  the  office  of  George  H. 
Nichols,  Haverhill,  Mass.,  manufacturer  of  fine  hand-sewed,  turned 
shoes  and  slippers,  located  at  No.  77  Bedford  Street,  and  under  the 
experienced  management  of  Mr.  L.  W.  Tyler,  as  selling  agent.  This 
gentleman  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  well  known  and  highly  es- 
teemed in  its  business  circles,  who  was  for  a  number  of  years  the 
representative  of  the  New  Jersey  Rubber  Company  at  Chicago  and 
later  in  New  York,  and  established  his  present  agency  here  in 
August,  1888.  He  brings  to  bear  upon  the  business  vast  practical  ex- 
perience and  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  requirements  of  the  trade. 
A  complete  and  comprehensive  sample  stock  is  displayed  in  the 
Boston  office,  and  the  interests  of  the  trade  will  be  materially  sub- 
served by  an  examination  of  the  goods  and  prices.  Mr.  Tyler  is  in- 
defatigable in  his  efforts  to  meet  the  demands  of  all  classes  of 
patrons,  and  his  house  is  eminently  worthy  of  every  confidence.  He 
also  sells  the  Boston  Rubber  Company's  boots,  shoes,  and  arctics, 
carrying  a  full  line  of  samples  at  his  office. 

LSTEPHENSON  &  CO.,  Balance  and  Scale  Manufacturers,  No. 
143  Broad  Street.— The  famous  balance  and  scale  manufac- 
m     turing  house  of  Messrs.  L.  Stephenson  &  Co.  is  the  oldest  in 
the  city.    The  business  was  founded  by  Mr.  Benjamin  Dear- 
born in  1780,  thus  rendering  the  concern  nearly  1 10  years  old.    He  was 
•succeeded  by  Alvin  Babcock  &  Co.,  followed  by  Henry  Plimpton,  and 
he  by  the  firm  of  Stephenson,  Howard  &  Davis.    In  1847,  the  firm  of 
Lu  Stephenson  &  Co.  was  organized,  and  continued  for  many  years  to 


supply  the  finest  balances  and  scales  to  leading  h  ouses  all  over  the 
world.  Mr.  L.  Stephenson 's  son  continued  the  business  up  to  August, 
1887,  when  his  decease  occurred,  and  since  which  date  his  brother-in- 
law  carried  it  on,  until,  in  January,  1888,  George  A.  Loring  became  sole 
proprietor.  These  splendid  scales  and  balances  have  won  prizes  wher- 
ever exhibited,  and  are  official  guides'.in  regard  to  weight.  The  factory 
is  situated  at  Hingham,  which  town  is  also  Mr.  Loring's  residence, 
and  where  he  supervises  the  manufacture  of  all  his  goods,  which 
include  scales  specially  constructed  for  wool,  yarn,  cotton,  sugar, 
cloth,  paper,  etc.  Special  beams  of  any  size  or  kind  are  made  to 
order,  and  the  leading  mills  of  New  England  and  largest  commercial 
houses  of  Boston  prefer  the  Stephenson  scale  to  any  other.  Mr. 
Loring  also  represents  the  New  York 'house  of  Fred.  L.  Loring  &  Co., 
sole  agents  for  the  Diamond  Anti- friction  Metal  Company,  which  pro- 
duces the  only  genuine  plumbago  metals  in  the  market.  He  carries 
a  large  stock  of  this  popular  metal  at  his  warehouse,  No.  143  Broad 
Street,  which  is  also  headquarters  for  mill  supplies  of  highest  quality. 

J&  O.  MURRAY,  Curriers,  No.  132  Pearl  Street.— Among  the 
active,  energetic,  and  flourishing  houses  in  this  city  engaged 
B  in  currying  and  trading  in  leather,  and  which  enjoys  a  high 
reputation  in  the  community,  must  be  numbered  that  of 
Messrs.  J.  &  O.  Murray,  of  No.  132  Pearl  Street.  The  founders  of  this 
business  were  brothers,  and  they  founded  their  enterprise  in  East 
Boston  about  twenty  years  ago.  Subsequently  the  business  was  re- 
moved tp  Haverhill  Street,  and  in  1878  the  firm  entered  into  posses- 
sion of  their  present  premises  on  Pearl  Street.  Here  about  four  years 
ago  Mr.  J.  Murray  met  with  an  accident  in  the  elevator  that  resulted 
hi  his  death,  and  since  then  the  surviving  brother  has  continued  the 
business,  under  the  old  firm  name.  The  third  and  fourth  floors  of  a 
four-story  marble-front  building  are  devoted  to  the  business,  and 
these  floors  have  each  a  capacity  of  25x100  feet.  The  workrooms  are 
equipped  with  all  necessary  mechanical  facilities,  embracing  splitting, 
shifting  mill,  grinding,  glazing,  and  polishing  machines,  operated  by 
steam  power.  The  house  buys  its  own  stock,  curries  it,  and  sells  it 
direct  to  manufacturers  of  boots  and  shoes  throughout  the  New  Eng- 
land States,  and  particularly  to  the  shoe-manufacturers  at  Lynn, 
Philadelphia,  etc.  The  firm  make  a  specialty  of  imitation  goat  grain 
leather,  which  they  handle  in  large  quantities.  Twelve  skilled  and 
experienced  hands  are  in  permanent  service,  and  the  facilities  of  the 
house  for  promptly  and  satisfactorily  filling  all  orders,  at  the  lowest 
prices  ruling  in  the  trade,  are  of  the  most  ample  character.  The 
standing  of  this  house  in  the  leather  trade  is  of  the  highest  character, 
and  its  reputation  for  straightforward,  honorable  dealing  is  beyond 
question.  Mr.  Murrry  is  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  for  twenty-four 
years  has  resided  in  Boston,  where  he  has  ever  been  regarded  as  a 
most  useful  and  estimable  citizen. 

SB.  DEARBORN  &  CO.,  Engravers  and  Printers;  Wedding 
Cards,  Invitations  and  Announcements,  Visiting-cards,  etc., 
No.  14  Bromfleld  Street.— Among  the  many  well-  conducted 
industrial  enterprises  which  line  this  busy  trade  district  will 
be  found  that  of  Mr.  S.  B.  Dearborn,  whose  fine  engraving  and  job- 
printing  establishment  occupies  an  eligible  business  site  at  No.  14 
Bromfield  Street.  The  premises  are  commodious,  well  arranged,  and 
convenient;  and  the  methods  and  appliances  in  use  are  of  the  newest 
and  best  improved  type.  The  presses  are  operated  by  a  compact  but 
powerful  motor,  a  competent  force  of  experienced  hands  are  em- 
ployed, and  the  work  turned  out,  which  comprises  every  variety  of  job- 
printing  and  engraving,  is  invariably  of  the  highest  degree  of  artistic 
and  mechanical  excellence.  Mr.  Dearborn  makes  a  specialty  of 
wedding  cards,  invitations,  and  announcements,  also  visiting-cards, 
which  are  either  printed  or  engraved ;  the  customer  having  a  large 
variety  of  new  and  artistic  designs  to  select  from.  The  house  has  a, 
wide  popularity  in  this  connection,  and  the  general  patronage  received 
is  large,  liberal,  and  highly  desirable,  being  made  up  to  a  great  extent 
of  the  best  city  custom.  Mr.  Dearborn  is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  & 
gentleman  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  business  in  hand.  He 
learned  the  trade  with  his  father,  who  was  for  many  yea'  ,  -  pi-om- 
inent  exponent  of  the  printer's  art  on  School  Street.  His  gi  mdfather 
followed  the  same  business  in  this  city  and  was  one  of  tin  pioneers 
in  the  art  of  engraving.  In  1873,  he  established  for  himself. '  on  Wash- 
ington Street,  but  removed  three  years  later  to  the  present  yite,  where 
he  has  since  enjoyed  a  business  second  to  none  in  his  department  of 
skilled  industry  in  this  section. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


CH.  DUNHAM  &  CO.,  Shoe  Manufacturers'  Goods,  No.  75  High 
Street. — One  of  the  largest  and  leading  establishments  in  the 
u  United  States  devoted  to  dealing  in  shoe  manufacturers'  goods 
and  findings,  is  that  of  which  Messrs.  C.  H.  Dunham  &  Co. 
are  the  esteemed  and  enterprising  proprietors  The  business  was 
founded  in  1849  by  Mr.  C.  H.  Dunham,  who  is  a  native  of  Connecticut 
and  long  actively  identified  with  the  commercial  interests  of  Boston. 
From  the  start,  Mr.  Dunham  made  quality  the  first  consideration, 
and  has  always  been  noted  for  the  exceptional  quality  of  the  goods 
he  carried.  The  reputation  of  any  brand  of  boots  and  shoes,  rests  so 
largely  on  the  thread  and  other  materials  that  no  firm  can  afford  to 
use  an  inferior  findings,  and  it  is  on  the  basis  of  superior  excellence 
that  Messrs  Dunham  &  Co.,  have  built  up  and  retained  their  large 
trade.  Their  warehouse  and  salesroom  are  centrally  located  at  No.  75 
High  Street,  where  they  carry  a  heavy  and  comprehensive  stock,  being 
the  largest  dealers  in  machine  thread  in  Boston;  they  are  agents  for 
Hadley  Bros. 's  cotton  shoe-threads;  and  also  deal  in  linen  thread; 
linings,  white  and  colored  drilling  for  gent's  and  ladies'  shoes,  canvas 
shoe  goods,  shoe-tops,  etc.  They  also  make  a  specialty  |of  buttons, 
hooks,  buckles,  crown-eylets,  laces,  braids,  galloons,  boot  and  shoe 
webs,  etc.  Mr.  Dunham  offers  substantial  inducements  of  the  most 
important  character. 


EH.  &  F.  A.  KEITH,  Importers  and  Manufacturers  of  India 
Tanned  Sheep  Skins,  No.  98  High  Street.  -Messrs.  E.  H.  & 
n  F.  A.  Keith,  the  widely  and  favorably  known  importers  and 
manufacturers  of  India  tanned  sheep  skins  established  their 
business  here  in  1876;  which  has  had  a  rapid  and  permanent  growth 
based  upon  the  superior  merits  of  their  stock.  The  partners  are 
brothers,  natives  of  New  Hampshire,  and  have  been  actively  identified 
with  the  wholesale  leather  trade  of  Boston  for  the  past  thirty  years. 
They  are  direct  importers  of  sheepskins  from  the  East  Indies,  and 
possess  unusually  excellent  facilities  for  finishing  them  here  in  the 
most  approved  and  perfect  manner,  their  factory  work  being  done  at 
Peabody  and  Lynn.  They  carry  an  immense  stock  in  their  fine  ware- 
house, comprising  two  spacious  floors  125  feet  in  depth.  They  here 
carry  all  grades  of  the  choicest  India-tanned  sheepskins,  specially 
adapted  to  the  needs  and  requirements  of  manufacturers  of  women's 
and  misses'  medium  shoes.  The  demand  is  one  of  the  most  perma- 
nent staple  character. 


R EINSTEIN  BROS.,  Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Tailors'  Trim- 
mings, No.  46  Summer  Street. — The  house  of  Messrs.  Rein- 
stein  Bros.,  the  well-known  importers  and  jobbers  of  tailors' 
trimmings,  at  No.  46  Summer  Street,  was  founded  in  1880, 
and  has  enjoyed  a  continuously  successful  and  prosperous  career, 
without  change  of  ownership.  The  premises  occupied  for  trade  pur- 
poses are  spacious  in  size,  eligibly  located  in  the  business  heart  of 
the  city,  and  provided  with  all  necessary  conveniences  for  the  hand- 
ling of  goods.  The  firm's  importations  embrace  the  productions  of 
the  leading  manufacturers  of  England,  France,  and  Germany,  in 
cloths,  cassimeres,  vestings,  trimmings  and  general  tailors'  supplies, 
and  include  all  the  latest  patterns  and  freshest  novelties  in  every  line. 
The  trade  of  the  house  reaches  all  portions  of  the  New  England 
States,  and  is  annually  increasing.  Customers  have  the  assurance 
that  all  their  interests  are  closely  guarded  and  intelligently  promoted, 
and  that  all  their  orders  will  be  promptly  filled.  The  establishment 
is  one  of  the  most  substantial,  reliable,  and  responsible  in  the  city, 
and  its  success  has  been  achieved  by  the  exercise  of  honest,  honora- 
ble, and  legitimate  business  methods.  The  members  of  the  firm, 
Messrs.  S.  S.  and  M.  S.  Reinstein,  are  natives  of  Boston,  of  high 
repute  and  standing  in  business,  financial,  and  trade  circles. 


BURRELL  &  DENNETT,  Manufacturers  of  Square  and  Upright 
Piano  Cases,  Billiard  Tables,  and  Cabinet  Work  in  General, 
etc.,  Nos.  486  to  498  Harrison  Avenue.  — Duringthe  past  twenty- 
two  years  the  productions  of  the  firm  whose  name  heads  this 
sketch  have  maintained  an  enduring*  hold  on  favor,  especially  among 
piano  manufacturers,  owing  to  the  superior  excellence  of  the  same. 
They  manufacture  square  and  upright  piano  cases,  billiard  tables, 
and  cabinet  articles  in  general,  of  a  very  superior  character,  the  work 
turned  out  by  these  gentlemen  being  Al  in  every  feature  of  merit, 
in  beauty  of  design,  construction,  exquisite  carving,  and  superb  fin- 


ish; and  their  trade,  which  is  of  a  most  substantial  character,  grows- 
apace  with  years.  This  flourishing  enterprise  was  established  hi 
1867,  under  the  firm  name  of  Burrell  and  Dennett.  They  occupy  as 
factory  premises  at  Nos.  486  to  498  Harrison  Avenue,  the  whole  of 
three  floors,  100x60  feet  in  dimensions  each,  and  have  in  service 
ample  and  complete  facilities,  including  all  the  latest  improved  ma- 
chinery devices  and  tools,  while  upward  of  fifty  skilled  hands  are 
employed.  Besides  the  manufacture  of  piano  cases,  billiard  tables, 
piano  trusses,  and  cabinets,  the  firm  also  are  prepared  to  execute  band 
sawing  and  variety  moulding  of  every  description  in^the  most  expe- 
ditious and  excellent  manner,  while  tine  wood-turning  and  carving  are 
done  likewise  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art  at  short  notice,  all  orders 
receiving  prompt  attention,  and  satisfaction  guaranteed  in  every  in- 
stance. Messrs.  R.  G.  Burrell  and  C.  H.  Dennett,  who  compose  the 
firm,  are  gentlemen  in  the  prime  of  life,  and  both  men  of  thoroughly 
practical  skill  and  experience,  with  a  complete  knowledge  of  every 
feature  and  detail  of  their  business. 


WHIT  ALL,  TATUM  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Druggists'. 
Chemists'  and  Perfumers'  Glassware.  Manufacturers  and 
Jobbers  of  Druggists'  Sundries,  Nos.  41  and  43  Broad 
Street.— Foremost  among  the  establishments  devoted  to 
the  manufacture  and  sale  of  druggists',  chemists',  and  perfumers1' 
glassware  in  this  country  stands  that  of  Messrs.  Whitall,  Tatum  & 
Co.,  whose  factories  are  located  at  Millville,  N.  J.,  with  offices  and 
salesrooms  at  New  York,  Philadelphia,  and  Boston.  The  head-quar- 
ters of  the  firm  in  this  city  are  at  Nos.  41  and  43  Broad  Street,  and 
were  established  in  1884  for  the  accommodation  of  the  New  England 
trade.  The  manager  here  is  Mr.  Joseph  Arnica,  who  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  house  for  many  years,  and  is  thoroughly  conversant 
with  all  the  needs  and  requirements  of  the  trade.  An  immense  and  in- 
fluential business  is  transacted  with  consumers  of  glassware,  and  also 
with  dealers  and  jobbers  in  glassware  and  druggists'  sundries,  orders 
being  filled  direct  from  the  works  and  sales  being  made  by  sample. 
A  complete  sample  stock  is  displayed  at  the  salesrooms  in  this  city, 
and  patrons  throughout  New  England  are  supplied  at  short  notice. 
Samples  are  sent  upon  application,  and  liberal  discounts  made  to  the 
trade.  They  also  have  large  and  constantly  increasing  facilities  for 
cutting  and  engraving  their  glassware.  They  have  long  made  a 
specialty  of  stoppered  ware,  which  they  recommend  with  confidence 
as  thoroughly  reliable  for  essences  and  volatile  fluids,  or  for  packing 
with  liquid  contents.  Founded  in  1804,*and  preeminent  in  its  special 
line  of  manufacture,  the  great  house  of  Whitall.  Tatum  &  Co.  is  in  a 
position  to  name  inducements  to  the  trade  in  both  goods  and  prices 
that  cannot  be  duplicated  elsewhere. 


OA.  WIGGIN  &  CO.,  Fine  Tailoring,  No.  424  Washington  Street, 
Room  No.  4. — In  the  complexities  of  city  life,  the  business  of 
m  merchant-tailoring  may  be  regarded  as  one  of  the  greatest 
importance  to  the  community  in  furnishing  those  evidences 
of  refinement  and  taste  that  are  represented  in  fashionable  and  well- 
fitting  garments.  As  one  of  the  houses  in  this  line  of  business  which 
is  foremost  in  promoting  the  standard  of  elegance  in  dress,  that  of 
Messrs.  O.  A.  Wiggin  &  Co.,  No.  424  Washington  Street,  room  4,  has 
obtained  an  enviable  reputation.  Mr.  O.  A.  Wiggin  has  had  vast  ex- 
perience in  the  trade,  and  is  a  practical  cutter  and  tailor  of  excep- 
tional ability.  For  ten  years  he  was  in  business  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  and, 
in  February,  1887,  removed  to  Boston  and  opened  his  present  estab- 
lishment, which  is  neatly  fitted  up,  and  well  arranged  for  the  purpose 
to  which  it  is  devoted.  Here  is  displayed  a  valuable  and  varied  line 
of  the  finest  European  woolens  and  suitings,  embracing  the  latest 
patterns  in  the  market,  and  many  others  of  special  designs  not  to  be 
found  elsewhere,  as  well  as  the  standard  goods  generally  sought  after 
by  those  who  are  more  conservative  in  the  character  of  their  dress. 
The  long  experience  of  Mr.  Wiggin,  coupled  with  an  extensive  knowl- 
edge of  what  constitutes  symmetry  and  elegance  of  design  in  wearing- 
apparel,  has  given  him  a  proficiency  attained  by  but  few  of  his  com- 
peers; and  the  truth  of  this  is  exemplified  in  the  high  character 
which  the  garments  of  this  house  have  obtained.  The  custom  of  the 
house  is  derived  from  the  61ite  of  the  city  and  its  vicinity,  and  is  an- 
nually increasing  in  consequence  of  the  unsurpassed  quality,  excel- 
lence, and  workmanship  of  its  productions.  Mr.  Wiggin  is  a  native  of 
Great  Falls,  N.  H.,  and  justly  merits  the  success  attained  by  his 
ability,  energy,  and  perseverance. 


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BUFF  &  BERGER,  Manufacturers  of  Surveying,  Engineering, 
and  Astronomical  Instruments,  No.  9  Province  Court.--Boston 
is  to  be  congratulated  upon  having  permanently  located  in 
her  midst  a  capable  firm  of  scientific  instrument-makers,  viz.. 
Messrs.  Buff  &  Berger.  They  manufacture  and  keep  in  stock  full 
lines  of  their  improved  surveying,  engineering,  and  astronomical  in- 
struments, which  rank  with  the  best  produced  abroad,  and  quoted  at 
prices  which  cannot  be  duplicated  else-.vhere.  Mr.  G.  L.  Buff  and  Mr. 
C.  L.  Berger  are  natives  of  Germany,  where  early  in  life  they  thor- 
oughly learned  the  trade  in  which  they  have  become  so  prominent. 
Both  were  subsequently  employed  for  several  years  in  the  finest  shops 
in  London,  England;  later  on  Mr.  Buff  was  for  a  period  of  five  years 
and  a  half  engaged  in  the  business  in  New  York  City,  and  Mr.  Berger 
in  Boston.  Theirs  is  one  of  the  largest  and  best  equipped  estab- 
lishments of  the  kind  in  America,  and  is  three  stories  in  height,  and 
30x40  feet  in  dimensions.  They  have  equipped  their  shops  with  the 
latest  improved  machinery  and  appliances,  and  have  introduced 
many  special  machines  and  tools  of  their  own  improved  invention, 
which  secure  greater  accuracy  and  perfection  of  instruments.  Their 
list  of  instruments  is  the  most  comprehensive  of  any  manufacturer's 
in  America,  and  all  the  leading  civil-engineers,  land-surveyors,  city 
engineers,  astronomers,  etc.,  invariably  prefer  Messrs.  Buff  &  Berg- 
er's  instruments  for  difficult  work  and  to  secure  the  most  correct  re 
suits.  They  employ  from  eighteen  to  twenty  instrument-makers  of 
skill  and  experience.  Messrs.  Buff  and  Berger  are  remarkably  enter- 
prising, and  have  prepared  and  published  at  large  cost  an  immense 
illustrated  catalogue  and  manual  of  their  improved  engineer's  field 
instruments.  Limits  of  space  prevent  our  referring  to  this  book  in 
detail,  but  we  would  strongly  recommend  every  scientific  and  profes- 
sional reader  to  send  for  it,  and  thus  secure  descriptions  of  the  latest 
and  most  improved  instruments.  Messrs.  Buff  &  Berger  do  a  business 
extending  all  over  the  United  States  and  Canada. 

PB.  HOWARD,  Commission  Merchant,  No.  20  Kingston  Street.— 
Mr.  P.  B.  Howard  has  throughout  his  long  and  honorable 
career  become  recognized  as  a  leading  authority  on  the 
foreign  trade  in  high  grade  woolens  and  cloth  trimmings,  etc. 
The  extensive  business  now  conducted  by  him  was  in  1869  a  represen- 
tative of  N.  Neuman  &  Co.,  of  New  York,  which  house  represented  a 
trade  of  great  magnitude.  He  has  fine  offices  and  salesroom  at  No.  46 
Summer  Street,  where  he  carries  the  finest  line  of  samples  in  Boston 
— including,  as  it  does,  all  the  latest  importations  in  novelties  of  shades, 
patterns,  and  textures.  He  is  the  direct  representative  of  the  famous 
English  cloth'manufacturers,  Messrs.  Briggs,  Entz  &  Co.  These  goods 
are  standards  with  leading  jobbers  and  high-class  clothiers.  In  con- 
nection with  these  cloths,  Mr.  Howard  is  also  the  commission  repre- 
sentative of  Messrs.  N.  Erlanger&  Co.'s  fine  tailor's  trimmings.  They 
are  of  the  same  high  grade  of  excellence  as  the  cloths  and  suitings, 
and  a  fitting  accompaniment.  Mr.  Howard  does  a  very  heavy  and 
desirable  local  trade  all  over  New  England  and  westward.  He  is  a 
native  of  Boston,  ever  a  permanent  resident,  and  is  highly  regarded 
by  the  community. 


STATION  &  ANDERSON,  Leaf  Tobacco  and  Cigars,  No.  42  India 
Street.— The  firm-name  of  Stanion  &  Anderson  is  justly  hon- 
ored and  esteemed  in  New  England  as  that  of  leading  expo- 
nents of  the  great  wholesale  trade  in  leaf  tobacco  and  cigars. 
The  business  was  originally  established  in  1887,  by  Messrs.  Bosworth 
&  Anderson,  who  were  succeeded  by  the  present  firm  on  January  1, 
1889.  The  business  carried  on  includes  the  importation  and  sale  of 
leaf  tobacco,  and  the  manufacture  of  cigars,  a  specialty  being  made  of 
the  production  of  special  brands  to  order.  In  the  latter  department 
fifty  skilled  cigar-makers  are  employed,  and  a  fine  grade  of  goods 
only  are  manufactured.  Sales  are  made  principally  to  the  wholesale 
grocery  and  jobbing  trade,  and  under  able  and  enterprising  manage- 
ment, and  in  view  of  the  rare  inducements  offered  in  liberal  terms 
and  prices,  the  trade  centred  here  is  enlarging  at  a  rapid  pace. 
Dealers  in  this  city  and  elsewhere  will  find  it  profitable  to  carry  a 
full  stock  of  the  tobaccos  and  cigars  offered  by  this  house,  as  the 
goods  command  the  patronage  of  the  best  classes  of  consumers.  The 
individual  members  of  this  responsible  firm  are  Messrs.  H.  C. 
Stanion  and  H.  N.  Anderson.  Mr.  Stanion  is  a  native  of  Maiden, 
Mass.,  and  a  practical  cigar  manufacturer  of  large  and  valuable  ex- 
perience. Mr.  Anderson  was  born  in  Charlestown,  Mass..  and  was 
raised  in  Cuba,  where  he  became  a  tobacco  planter  and  broker. 


WR.  STORMS  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Fine  Shirts  to 
Order,  No.  294  Washington  Street.— There  is  probably 
B  no  article  of  male  attire  to  which  more  attention  is  paid 
in  these  days  than  the  shirt;  and  it  may  be  added,  in 
few  garments,  if  indeed  any,  is  it  more  difficult  to  render  satisfac- 
tion to  the  wearer.  To  attain  the  desiderata  in  shirts  and  combine 
the  elements  of  comfort,  neatness,  and  durability  at  a  minimum  of 
cost  calls  for  the  exercise  of  a  degree  of  skill  and  experience 
scarcely  dreamed  of  by  those  not  directly  interested.  And  in  con- 
nection with  the  foregoing  remarks,  special  mention  ought  here  be 
made  of  the  productions  of  W.  R.  Storms  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of 
fine  shirts  to  order,  No.  294  Washington  Street,  which  are  unsur- 
passed in  any  feature  of  merit  by  any  articles  of  the  kind  produced 
in  Boston.  They  are  in  fact  the  ne  plus  ultra  in  dress  shirts,  being 
perfect  in  fit  and  of  A  1  make,  finish  and  fabric,  and,  as  a  conse- 
quence, have  secured  an  enduring  hold  on  popular  favor  among  the 
male  portion  of  the  community.  This  flourishing  business  was  es- 
tablished in  1880  by  Harlow  &  Mason,  the  style  subsequently  chang- 
ing to  F.  W.  Mason  &  Co.,  which  continued  up  to  August  1887,  when 
they  were  succeeded  by  the  enterprising  and  popular  firm  whose 
name  heads  this  sketch,  and  who  also  purchased  the  patterns  of 
W.  F.  Nichols  and  consolidated  the  business  of  both  houses.  The 
factory  is  commodious  and  well-equipped,  ample  steam  power  and 
complete  facilities  being  in  service,  while  a  dozen  or  more  expert 
hands  are  employed.  Fine  custom  shirts  are  the  only  goods  pro- 
duced, and  the  patronage,  which  extends  all  over  the  Union,  is  of  a 
very  substantial  and  influential  character,  while  the  trade  grows 
apace.  The  firm  is  composed  of  Messrs.  W.  R.  Storms,  W.  R.  Hutch- 
ings,  and  Abner  L.  Baker,  gentlemen  widely  and  favorably  known  in 
business  and  social  circles. 


FRANK  DUPEE,  Wool  Broker,  No.  185  Summer  Street.— An  old 
established  and  popular  house  identified  with  the  wool  inter- 
ests of  the  city  is  that  of  Mr.  Frank  Dupee,  whose  establish- 
ment is  located  on  the  corner  of  Summer  and  Federal  Streets. 
He  brings  to  best  upon  his  enterprise  a  wide  range  of  experience, 
and  is  regarded  in  the  trade  as  an  expert  and  authority  on  the 
quality  of  wools.    He  was  for  a  long  period  employed  as  a  salesman 
before  he  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  account,  and  this  he  did 
in  1868.    His  business  career  has  been  an  exemplary  one,  and  from 
first  to  last  has  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  all  with  whom  he  has 
had  dealings.    He  has  a  fine,  well-lighted  office,  an  unobstructed 
and  direct  light  being  furnished  on  all  wool  for  sale.   Mr.  Dupee  con- 
ducts a  general  brokerage  business  in  foreign  and  domestic  wools, 
and  has  a  high  reputation  in  the  trade.    He  is  a  native  of  Boston. 


SAMUEL  J.  SANGER,  Currier,  No.  187  Medford  Street  (Charles- 
town  District).— Mr.  Samuel  J.  Sanger  is  one  of  the  leading 
curriers  and  manufacturers  of  fine  glove  and  grain  leather  in 
the  United  States.    He  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  and  early 
in  life  thoroughly  learned  the  currier's  trade  in  every  detail.    In  1878 
he  started  in  business  upon  his  own  account,  and  has  a  large  three- 
story  factory  at  No.  187  Medford  Street,  fully  equipped  with  the 
latest  improved  machinery  and  appliances,  and  where  an  average 
force  of  35  to  40  hands  are  employed  in  the  production  of  the  finest 
grades  of  glove  and  grain  leather,  in  constantly  growing  demand 
throughout  the  trade.  'Quality  is  Mr.  Sanger's  first  consideration,  and 
the  high  finish  of  his  leather  is  a  strong  recommendation  for  its  use 
by  leading  manufacturers.    Mr.  Sanger  exercises  personal  super- 
vision over   the  processes  of   manufacture,  ever  maintaining  the 
highest  standard  of  excellence  for  his  product. 


THOS.  KELLOUGH,  Shipwright  and  Caulker,   No.  86  Border 
Street,  East    Boston.— Mr.  Thos.   Kellough.  shipwright   and 
caulker,  and  fitter-up  of  steamers  for  cattle  and  grain,  estab- 
lished this  business  ten  years  ago,  and  has  since  secured  a 
liberal  and  permanent  patronage  from  many  of  our  leading  mer- 
chants and  shipowners.    He  promptly  attends  to  all  kinds  of  repair- 
ing and  caulking  of  vessels,  but  makes  a  specialty  of  fitting  steamers 
for  cattle  or  grain,  putting  in  stalls,  shifting-boards,  bulkheads,  etc. 
Mr.  Kellough  does  a  large  amount  of  work  for  the  Allan  line  and 
other  European  steamers,  giving  entire  satisfaction  to  owners,  while 
his  prices  in  all  cases  are  extremely  moderate.    His  business  requires 
the  services  of  40  carpenters  and  shipwrights.    Mr.  Kellough  was 
born  in  Nova  Scotia,  but  has  lived  in  Boston  since  boyhood. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


THOMAC  E.  MOSELEY  &  CO.,  Dealers  in  Boots  and  Shoes, 
No.  469  Washington  Street.— In  no  branch  of  trade  is  sounder 
judgment,  wider  experience,  and  greater  care  required  than 
in  that  devoted  to  fine  boots  and  shoes.  It  is  also  apparent 
that  nowhere  in  the  world  so  greatly  as  in  Boston— the  very  heart 
arid  centre  of  the  American  boot  and  shoe  interests— is  the  public 
educated  up  to  such  a  high  and  critical  standard;  thus  it  reflects 
great  credit  on  such  a  leading  representative  house  as  that  of 
Messrs.  Thomas  E.  Moseley  &  C'o.  to  control  a  trade  of  such  charac- 
ter and  magnitude  as  it  does.  This  business  was  founded  by  Mr. 
Moseley  in  1847,  and  has  permanently  remained  on  Washington  or 
Summer  Streets,  for  the  past  forty-two  years  occupying  the  present 
desirable  premises,  25x150  feet  in  Dimensions.  In  1856,  Mr.  George 
S.  Merrill  cama  into  copartnership,  and  in  1880  Mr.  Charles  H. 
Spencer  was  likewise  admitted.  The  house  is  the  strongest,  as  it  is 
the  most  ably  managed,  of  any  making  a  specialty  of  fine  goods. 
The  display  made  is  magnificent;  the  store  is  most  elaborately 
fitted  up,  and  carries  the  most  comprehensive  stock  of  fine  goods  in 
town.  These  are  in  ever.v  way  the  equal  of  custom-made  shoes,  be- 
ing manufactured  from  the  choicest  stock,  cut  by  experts  in  the 
latest  styles,  made  by  careful,  experienced  workmen,  and  finished  in 
the  most  perfect  manner.  Having  full  lines  of  widths  and  sizes 
always  in  stock,  Messrs.  Moseley  &  Co.  are  prepared  to  fit  every- 
body, guaranteeing  elegant,  durable,  and  comfortable  boots  and 
shoes  at  moderate  prices.  The  first  families  in  Boston  and  suburbs 
are  regular  patrons  here,  while  the  firm  sell  to  numerous  customers 
at  far  distant  points,  who,  once  gratified  and  getting  a  stylish,  easy 
shoe,  become  permanent  patrons.  Quality  is  the  firm's  first  consid- 
eration, it  handles  only  the  product  of  a  few  responsible  manufac- 
turers, who  never  lower  quality  but  «ver  seek  to  raise  it.  It  is  true 
economy  to  wear  the  best  grades  of  boots  and  shoes,  and  to  make 
sure  of  doing  so,  go  to  Messrs.  Moseley's,  where  a  good  fit  and  com- 
fort at  moderate  price  awaits  you.  Mr.  Moseley  is  a  popular  and 
respected  merchant,  and  so  are  his  copartners;  the  policy  of  the 
house  is  equitable  and  honorable,  and  Boston  has  in  it  its  leading 
representative  in  the  retail  boot  and  shoe  trade. 


JJ.  ARAKELYAN,  Printer,  Nos.  148  and  150  Pearl  Street,  Bos- 
ton.— Mr.  J.  J.  Arakelyan,  is  a  native  of  Armenia,  and  came 
B  to  the  United  States  twenty-two  years  ago,  acquired  a  thor- 
ough knowledge  of  the  English  language,  also  a  sound  ex- 
perience in  the  printing  industry,  and  in  1883  he  launched  into  the 
venture  which  has  since  met  with  such  material  prosperity  under  his 
management.  The  premises  occupied  for  his  purposes  comprise  a 
neatly  furnished  office  on  the  first  floor  of  the  building  mentioned, 
while  the  basement,  which  has  an  area  of  4000  square  feet,  is  fitted 
up  in  the  most  approved  manner  as  a  press-room,  being  equipped 
with  first-class  printing-presses,  operated  by  steam-power,  and  em- 
ployment is  afforded  a  force  of  experienced  pressmen  and  assistants. 
A  leading  specialty  is  made  of  the  press-work  of  books  and  news- 
papers, work  of  this  character  being  executed  to  order  at  the  shortest 
notice  and  in  the  most  workmanlike  manner,  while  the  charges  will 
compar3  most  favorably  with  those  of  other  establishments.  An 
extensive  order  executed  for  the  great  dry -goods  house  of  Jordan  & 
Marsh  by  Mr.  Arakelyan  was  a  large  illustrated  catalogue,  the  num- 
ber printed  being  100,000.  In  regard  to  the  manner  this  work  was 
done  Messrs.  Jordan  &  Marsh  wrote.  "  You  printed  our  Fall  and 
Whiter  catalogue  in  a  very  satisfactory  manner.  The  quality  as  well 
as  promptness  of  the  work  was  better  than  we  ever  had  before.'' 
Mr.  Arakelyan  also  is  a  publisher  of  religious  works,  among  the 
books  that  have  appeared  from  his  press  being  "The  Romance  of 
Missions  in  the  Land  of  Ararat,"  by  Maria  A.  West,  missionary  of  the 
American  Board  in  Turkey,  and  a  number  of  other  equally  interesting 
and  valuable  works. 


CHARLES  S.  JUDKINS,  Insurance  and  Real  Estate  Agent,  No. 
599  Broadway,  South   Boston.— Few,  if  any,  engaged  in  the 
placing  of  risks  and  the  handling  of  realty  in  South  Boston  are 
more  widely  or  honorably  known  than  Charles  S.  Judkins,  the 
popular  and  responsible  insurance  and  real-estate  agent.    Mr.  Jud- 
kins, who  is  a  native  of  the  state  of  Maine,  has  long  been  a  respecte'd 
resident  of  this  vicinity,  and  sustains  an  excellent  reputation  in  the 
community.    He  has  been  identified  with  the  insurance  and  real- 
estate  interests  hereabouts  for  many  years,  and  prior  to  embarking 
in  business  on  his  own  account  in  1874  had  been  a  clerk  in  the  same 


line  for  quite  some  time.  Mr.  Judkins,  who  occupies  a  handsome 
office  at  No.  599  Broadway,  and  is  assisted  by  two  competent  clerks, 
conducts  a  general  insurance  and  real-estate  business,  placing  all 
classes  of  desirable  risks  with  first-class  fire,  life,  marine,  and  acci- 
dent companies;  buying,  selling,  and  exchanging  city  and  suburban 
property,  while  money  is  loaned  on  mortgages,  either  in  small  or 
large  amounts.  Rents  are  collected,  and  estates  judiciously  managed 
likewise,  while  advances  are  made  for  the  building  of  houses,  the  office 
hours  being  from  8  A.M.  to  6  P.M.  (and  on  Wednesday  and  Saturday 
evenings  until  9  o'clock);  and,  altogether,  Mr.  Judkins  does  an  ex- 
cellent business,  numbering  among  his  extensive  clientele  many  of 
South  Boston's  solid  citizens. 


JW.  WILDES  &  CO.,  Furniture,  Upholstery  Goods  and  Drap- 
eries, Nos.  24  and  26  Bromfield  Street.— This  business  was  es- 
m  tablished  as  far  back  as  1855,  by  Messrs.  Lawton  &  Living- 
ston, who  in  1861  were  succeeded  by  Messrs.  Humphrey,  and 
Livingston.  In  1866  this  firm  was  re-organized,  and  became  Humphrey, 
Trott  &  Currier  which  in  1872  was  changed  to  J.  Humphrey  &  Co. 
In  1880,  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Humphrey,  the  management  of  the 
business  devolved  upon  Mr.  J.  W.  Wildes,  who  had  been  a  partner 
in  the  business  from  1872,  and  the  title  of  the  house  was  then  changed 
to  its  present  one  of  J.  W.  Wildes  &  Co.  Mr.  Humphrey's  widow 
has  an  interest  in  the  enterprise.  Mr.  Wilder  is  a  thoroughly  prac- 
tical cabinet-maker  and  upholsterer,  fulfy  conversant  with  every  de- 
tail of  this  important  and  artistic  industry  and  the  requirements  of 
customers.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  superior  four-story 
building  and  basement,  the  whole  covering  an  area  of  20x100  feet. 
The  manufacturing  department  is  in  the  upper  part  of  the  building, 
and  is  fully  supplied  with  every  facility  and  appliance  necessary  for 
the  successful  prosecution  of  the  business,  employment  being  given 
in  the  various  departments  to  twenty  skilled  operatives.  Much  of  the 
wood-work  is  turned  and  fashioned  outside  the  premises,  the  finish- 
ing and  upholstering  being  attended  to  principally  here.  The  sales- 
rooms are  very  elegant  and  attractive  in  their  fittings  and  appoint- 
ments, and  here  is  displayed  constantly  an  extensive  assortment  of 
all  kinds  of  parlor,  dining-room,  chamber,  hall  and  kitchen  furniture 
and  upholstery  goods  and  draperies,  which  are  unrivalled  for  quality 
of  materials,  style,  finish,  and  workmanship,  while  the  prices  quoted 
in  all  cases  are  extremely  moderate.  The  finest-grained  woods, 
and  the  richest  fabrics  in  all  shades  are  used,  and  the  business  is  both 
extensive  and  influential.  Mr.'jWildes  is  a  native  of  this  city. 


SW.  FULLER,  Lumber  Dealer,  No.  527  Main  Street  (Charlestown: 
District).— The  importance  of  the  wholesale  lumber  trade  to 
B  Charlestown  is  forcibly  demonstrated  by  a  review  of  the 
leading  establishments  permanently  located  here.  Repre- 
sentative among  the  number  is  that  of  which  Mr.  S.  W.  Fuller  is  the 
esteemed  and  enterprising  proprietor.  Mr.  Fuller  was  born  in 
Charlestown,  and  early  in  life  became  identified  with  the  important 
branch  of  trade  in  which  he  is  achieving  such  success.  In  I860  he  es- 
tablished in  business  upon  his  own  account,  and  early  developed  a 
large  and  growing  trade.  He  has  a  conveniently  located  wharf  and 
yard  at  No.  527  Mam  Street,  60x200  feet  in  dimensions,  and  where  te 
carries  a  heavy  stock  of  choice  seasoned  spruce  and  pine.  He  is 
prepared  to  promptly  fill  the  largest  orders  for  the  best  grades  of 
lumber  for  builders,  architects,  contractors,  and  manufacturers,  and 
has  developed  influential  connections,  numbering  among  his  cus- 
tomers many  of  the  leading  builders  of  Boston  land  vicinity.  Mr. 
Fuller  brings  to  bear  every  qualification  for  carrying  on  this  branch 
of  trade  upon  its  most  reliable  basis. 


GEORGE  HARRINGTON,  Wool  Dealer,  No.  155  Federal  Street.— 
Mr.  George  Harrington  has  been  established  as  a  dealer  in 
wool  for  the  past  fifteen  years,  and  in  that  time  has  built  up> 
extensive  connections  with   the  manufacturers  throughout 
New  England  and  the  state  of  New  York,  and  is  among  the  most 
prominent  dealers  and  always  in  a  position  to  fill  orders  for  import- 
ed or  American  wool  of  fine  or  medium  grades,  and  name  the  very 
lowest  market  quotations  for  any  quantity  that  may  be  desired.    As 
a  practical  expert  judge  of  the  various  grades  of  wool,  Mr.  Harring- 
ton is  popularly  known  in  commercial  circles,  and  is  straightforward 
and  prompt  in  his  dealings,  and  controls  a  large  first-class  business. 
He  was  born  in  Alabama,  and  at  the  present  time  resides  in  Win.- 
chester. 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 


STOCKTON  MINERAL  SPRING  COMPANY,  Stockton,  Waldo 
Co.,  Me,  Office,  No.  81  Commercial  Street.— The  Stockton 
Mineral  Spring  Company  was  incorporated  in  1888  under  the 
laws  of  the  state  of  Maine,  for  the  purpose  of  supplying  the 
public  with  the  mineral-spring  water  which  bubbles  forth,  at  the  rate 
of  9000  gallons  per  day,  from  a  well  in  the  town  of  Stockton,  Me. 
The  Company  has  a  capital  stock  of  $100,000,  and  is  officered  as  fol- 
lows, viz.:  President,  E.  H.  Denslow,  of  New  York;  Treasurer,  C.  P. 
Lovell,  of  Boston;  Directors— E.  H.  Denslow,  New  York;  C.  P.  Lov- 
ell,  Boston;  E.  F.  Staples,  Stockton,  Me.;  I.  P.  Park,  Stockton,  Me.; 
Alexander  Staples,  Stockton,  Me. ;  P.  P.  Nichols,  Searsport,  Me. ;  Ed. 
Pope,  Boston.  The  Stockton  Mineral-spring  water  is  becoming  wide- 
ly known  and  highly  prized  as  a  positive  cure  for  Brigbt's  disease  of 
the  kidneys,  calculi  or  stone  in  the  bladder,  disease  of  the  urinary 
passages,  catarrh  of  the  bladder,  stricture,  inflammation  of  the  blad- 
der, kidney  complaints,  chronic  gout,  rheumatic  gout,  rheumatism, 
dyspepsia,  flatulence,  eczema,  sickness  of  the  stomach,  nervous  com- 
plaints, and  blood  diseases  of  all  kinds.  The  action  of  the  water 
thoroughly  cleanses  the  system,  is  a  very  mild  cathartic,  but  power- 
ful in  its  action  on  the  kidneys,  removing  all  impurities.  Being  also 
a  tonic,  it  maintains  the  strength  of  the  patient,  imparting  renewed 
vigor  and  energy.  All  other  liquids  should  be  avoided  while  drink- 
ing the  Stockton  Mineral-spring  water.  The  keeping  properties  of 
this  water  are  such  that  it  will  remain  sound  for  a  long  period  of 
years,  and  its  refreshing  power  is  excelled  by  no  other  water  in  the 
world.  As  a  table  beverage,  too,  this  water  is  unexcelled.  The  com- 
pany are  doing  a  flourishing  business  as  manufacturers  of  aerated 
waters,  ginger  ales,  and  tonics  of  which  the  Stockton  water  is  the 
base,  and  then*  products  are  in  extensive  and  rapidly  increasing  de- 
mand in  this  city  and  throughout  the  New  England  States,  by  hotels, 
restaurants,  druggists,  saloons,  and  sample-rooms.  Orders  are  filled 
at  the  shortest  possible  notice,  and  prices  are  placed  at  an  eminently 
fair  and  equitable  figure. 


Hsley,  are  well-known  Boston  men,  long  identified  with  the  best  in- 
terests of  the  city. 


EW.  TYLER,  Agent  for  Grand,  Square,  and  Upright  Piano- 
fortes.No.  178  Tremont  Street.— Those  in  quest  of  a  piano  that 
will  prove  to'.be  what  it  is  represented  would  do  well  to  con- 
sult an  agent  who  has  had  experience  in  testing  and  handling 
different  makers'  instruments.  Such  a  one  is  Mr.  E.  W.  Tyler,  one  of 
the  best  known  and  most  popular  of  the  dealers  in  pianos  in  the  city. 
He  has  been  identified  with  the  trade  for  the  last  fifteen  years.  In 
1879,  heltook  the  agency  of  the  celebrated  piano  manufactured  by  Wm. 
Knabe  &  Co.,  Baltimore,  which,  through'his  hands,  have  had  extensive 
sale  in  this  section  of  the  country.  Later,  he  accepted  the  agency  for 
the  Bacon  pianos  (New  York,  established  1789,  and  the  oldest  piano 
house  in  the  United  States),  an  instrument  of  superior  quality  of 
tone,  beauty  of  construction,  and  durability  in  service.  Until  1884. 
Mr.  Tyler  was  located  on  Washington  Street,  and  in  that  year  re- 
moved to  his  present  location,  where  he  has  a  very  commodious 
wareroom,  extending  back  100  feet  and  fronting  on  Boston  Common, 
well  stocked  with  these  well-known  instruments,  which  are  guaran- 
teed to  be  precisely  as  represented.  These  pianos  are  sold  at  favora- 
bl«  nates  for  cash,  or  on  the  instalment  plan  at  easy  terms,  or  let  out 
on  hire.  The  house  is  in  all  respects  a  leading  one  in  point  of  extent 
of  stock,  trade,  and  influential  character  of  patronage.  Mr.  Tyler 
is  a  native  of  the  Old  Bay  State. 


ADAMS  &  ILSLEY,  Manufacturers  of  Fine  Harness,  Saddlery, 
and  Horse-clothing,  Solid  Sole-leather  Trunks,  Valises,  and 
Bags,  No.  150  Tremont  Street.— One  of  the  oldest  and  leading 
houses  engaged  in  this  trade  is  that  of  Messrs.  Adams  & 
Ilsey,  who  are  extensive  manufacturers  of  fine  harness,  saddlery,  and 
horse-clothing,  solid  sole-leather  trunks,  valises,  and  bags;  and  their 
goods  are  standard  the  country  over.  The  business  was  founded  in 
1835  by  Messrs.  J.  B.  Baker  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  in  1877  by 
Messrs.  Hanlon  &  Adams,  asd  in  1880  the  present  firm  wrs  organized. 
The  premises  occupied  for  manufacturing  and  sales  purposes  are 
spacious  and  commodious,  and  every  modern  facility  is  at  hand  for 
insuring  rapid  and  perfect  production,  and  the  prompt  and  satisfac- 
tory fulfilment  of  all  orders.  The  output  is  one  of  great  magnitude 
and  value,  and  the  goods  possess  a  high  reputation  for  utility,  re- 
liability, and  excellence.  The  ample  resources  and  fine  facilities  of 
the  firm  enable  them  to  offer  inducements  to  the  trade,  as  regards 
liberality  of  terms  and  prices,  which  add  materially  to  the  popularity 
of  the  house.  The  copartners,  Messrs.  Frank  Adams  and  Daniel  P. 


FA.  HOLBROOK  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Wood  Mantels  and 
Interior  Finish,  No.  41  Beverly  Street.— This  firm  established 
B  their  business  here  March  1,  1888,  and  quickly  won  a  high 
reputation  and  a  large  and  growing  trade,  owing  to  the  su- 
perior excellence  of  their  products  and  the  enterprise  and  reliability 
of  their  business  management.  They  occupy  spacious  and  well- 
equipped  premises,  finely  fitted  up  with  new  and  improved  machinery 
operated  by  steam-power,  and  steady  employment  is  furnished  to  a 
large  force  of  skilled  and  expert  workmen.  The  productions  in  wood 
mantels  and  interior  finish  embrace  both  fine  and  medium  grades  of 
goods,  and  the  specialties  of  the  house  bear  such  a  character  for 
beauty  of  design,  practical  utility,  and  artistic  workmanship  as  to 
command  universal  admiration  and  general  patronage.  Private  and 
public  buildings  are  supplied  with  these  superior  articles  of  interior 
decoration,  in  a  manner  that  reflects  the  utmost  credit  upon  the  skill, 
taste,  and  judgment  of  the  management.  Prices  are  placed  at  the 
lowest  point  of  moderation.  Mr.  Holbrook  is  a  native  of  the  state  of 
Maine,  a  resident  of  Boston  since  1879,  and  eminently  popular. 


GW.  BARTLEY  &  SON,  Riggers,  Loft,  etc.,  No.  12  Sumner 
Street,  East  Boston  (Near  North  Ferry).— To  conduct  success- 
B  fully  any  branch  of  business  for  the  long  period  of  thirty -five 
years  is  a  fast  which  merits  recognition  in  a  work  devoted  to 
a  description  of  the  mercantile  and  industrial  occupations  in  Boston 
and  its  surroundings.  Such  is  the  history  of  the  establishment  of 
Messrs.  G.  W.  Bartley  &  Son,  the  well-known  experienced  riggers,  of 
No.  12  Sumner  Street,  near  North  Ferry,  East  Boston.  This  business 
was  founded  in  1853  by  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  Mr.  G.  W.  Bart- 
ley,  who  is  a  native  of  New  York  City.  In  1874,  he  admitted  his  son, 
Mr.  A.  B.  Bartley,  who  was  born  in  East  Bos:  on,  into  partnership. 
Since  then  the  style  of  the  firm  has  been  that  of  G.  W.  Bartley  &  Son. 
The  firm  occupy  the  second  floor  of  the  building,  and  this  has  an  area 
of  30x100  feet.  It  is  well  equipped  with  every  appliance  requisite  for 
the  prosecution  of  the  business.  The  firm  employ  on  an  average  about 
eight  hands,  and  from  fifteen  to  twenty  persons  in  busy  seasons. 
They  attend  promptly  on  order  to  the  rigging  of  ships,  the  hoisting 
and  moving  of  machinery,  etc.,  and  are  very  reasonable  in  then- 
charges.  They  have  a  fine  local  patronage;  and  all  interests  commit- 
ted to  the  care  of  this  representative  and  responsible  house  will  be 
faithfully  guarded  and  protected. 


ALVAH^A.  SMITH,  Railroad  and  Municipal  Bonds,  No.  50  State 
Street,  Room  No.  77,  Traveller  Building.— Among  those  en- 
gaged in  the  purchase  and  sale  of  railroad  and  municipal  bonds 
in  the  city,  few  are  more  widely  or  more  honorably  known 
than  the  gentleman  whose  name  heads  this  sketch.    Mr.  Smith,  who 
is  a.man  in  the  prime  of  life,  active  and  energetic,  was  born  in  New 
Hampshire,  but  has  resided  in  Boston  for  many  years.   He  is  a  gentle- 
man of  thorough  experience  as  a  stock-broker,  as  well  as  of  sagacity 
and  integrity,  and  maintains  an  excellent  reputation  in  financial  cir- 
cles.   Mr.  Smith  has  been  engaged  in  business  since  1870,  and  has 
from  the  first  has  enjoyed  a  very  gratifying  patronage,  having  now 
acquired  a  large,  active,  and  permanent  clientage.    He  buys  and  sells 
railroad  and  municipal  bonds  of  every  description,  on  commission ; 
and  all  business  intrusted  to  this  gentleman  is  certain  to  be  transacted 
in  the  most  judicious  and  satisfactory  manner  to  those  interested. 


TM.  BEAL  &  CO.,  Manufacturer  of  Tables,  No.  14  Beverly 
Street.— Mr.^Beal  established  this  business  about  fifteen  years 
m     ago.    He  was  born  in  Chelsea,  Mass.,  and  early  in  life  thor- 
oughly learned  the  furniture-manufacturing  trade  hi  all  its 
details,  and  he  has  made  his  lines  of  plain  and  fancy  tables  the  leaders 
in  the  market.  The  best  houses  in  the  trade  handle  his  products,  using 
only  the  choicest,  seasoned  materials,  and  employing  none  but  skilful, 
experienced  hands.   He  has  excellent  factory  facilities,  the  machinery 
being  run  by  steam-power.    Mr.  Beal  devotes  close  personal  supervi- 
sion to  all  the  processes  of  manufacture;  and  his  first  consideration  is 
quality,  while  he  offers  substantial  inducements  as  to  prices.  His  trade 
extends  throughout  New  England  and  New  York  State;  and  if  ladies 
in  New  England  homes  knew  the  care  that  was  taken  in  the  manu- 
facture of  the  tables,  they  would  never  buy  any  but  the  Beal  centre- 
tables. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


HAWKINS  MACHINE  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Boot 
and  Shoe  Machinery,  Steam-engines,  Boilers,  and  Elevators, 
Shafting,  Hangers,  and  Pulleys,  No.  110  Lincoln  Street;  Fac- 
tory, East  Cambridge.— The  great  demand  for  boot  and  shoe 
machinery  of  all  kinds  places  the  manufacture  of  such  supplies  in  the 
very  front  rank  of  our  national  industries.    A  constant  effort  is  being 
made  to  produce  something  which  will  do  the  greatest  amount'of  work 
in  a  given  space  of  time,  and  unite  durability  with  compactness  and 
easy  management.  As  manufacturers  of  and  dealers  hi  improved  high- 
class  machinery  in  this  line,  the  Hawkins  Machine  Co.,  of  No.  110  Lin- 
coln Street  in  this  city,  long  ago  achieved  a  position  in  this  commu- 
nity, and  a  celebrity  throughout  the  United  States,  which  is  the  truest 
test  of  the  merit  of  its  productions.  ^The  business  was  originally 
established  hi  1861  by  Mr.  L.  D.  Hawkins,  and  in  1869  the  present  Co. 
was  formed  by  Messrs.  J.  B.Hawkins,  George  C.  Clay,  and  N.  M.  Seelye 
as  proprietors.    The  factory  of  the  Co.  is  located  at  East  Cambridge, 
and  is  thoroughly  equipped  with  new  and  improved  machinery,  op- 
erated by  steam-power,  while  steady  employment  is  given  to  twenty 
skilled  and  expert  hands.    The  house  possesses  all  the  facilities  for 
building  boot  and  shoe  machinery,  and  also  manufactures  steam  en- 
gines, boilers,  and  elevators  (of  which  they  make  a  specialty)  shaft- 
ing, hangers,  and  pulleys,  and  attends  to  repairing  and  machine  work 
generally.    The  specialties  of  the  house  are  rarely  equalled  and  never 
excelled  in  this  or  any  other  market,  for  material,  workmanship,  and 
economy  of  operation  ;  while  they  are  furnished  to  customers  at 
prices  which  are  safe  from  successful  competition.    In  its  business 
policy  the  Co.  has  an  enviable  reputation  for  promptness,  reliability, 
and  liberality;  and  it  is  with  pleasure  that  we  commend  it  to  our 
readers  using  machinery,  as  worthy  of  every  trust  and  confidence. 
Mr.  Hawkins  has  personal  management  of  the  office  in  this  city, 
and  is  a  well-known  Bostonian.  Messrs.  Clay  and  Seelye  have  charge 
of  the  Co.'s  works  at  East  Cambridge,  are  both  natives  of  Massachu- 
setts, thoroughly  practical,  expert,  and  acconrplished  as  manufactur- 
ers, and  reliable  and  responsible  as  business  men. 


A&  E.  LANE,  Tanners  of  Buff  and  Split  Leather,  No.  92 
South  Street.— Among  the  representative  exponents  of 
B  the  leather  industry  in  Boston,  are  the  firm  of  Messrs. 
A.  &  E.  Lane,  the  well-known  tanners  of  buff  and  split 
leather,  whose  tannery  is  located  in  Albion,  Oswego  County,  N. 
Y.,  with  salesrooms  at  No.  92  South  Street,  in  this  city.  This 
house  was  originally  established,  in  1869,  by  Messrs.  Lane,  Pierce 
&  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  by  the  present  firm  in  July,  1887. 
The  tannery  at  Albion  consists  of  an  extensive  plant,  in  which  pro- 
vision has  been  made  of  all  the  machinery,  appliances,  and  devices 
that  can  be  advantageously  employed,  and  employment  is  given  to 
one  hundred  skilled  hands.  The  salesrooms,  in  this  city,  are  spacious 
in  size,  and  are  constantly  filled  with  the  choicest  products  known  to 
the  trade  in  the  special  lines  of  buff  and  split  leather.  The  products 
of  (his  firm  are  widely  preferred  by  manufacturers  for  then- thorough 
reliability  and  uniform  excellence,  being  universally  esteemed  for 
utility  and  fine  finish  wherever  introduced.  The  best  possible  facili- 
ties are  possessed  for  the  prompt  and  perfect  fulfilment  of  all  orders, 
of  whatever  magnitude,  and  the  house  will  be  found  a  desirable  one 
with  which  to  form  business  relations.  Its  goods  go  to  all  parts  of 
the  country,  and  its  trade  is  annually  increasing.  The  Messrs.  Lane 
are  Massachusetts  men  by  birth  and  training,  and  of  high,  social  and 
business  standing  in  this  city.  Mr.  A.  Lane  has  been  prominently 
identified  with  the  leather  trade  for  the  past  twenty -five  years.  Mr. 
E.  Lane  was  major  of  the  Forty-third  Mass.  Infantry  during  the 
war,  and  was  subsequently  in  business  in  New  Orleans  for  a  period  of 
fifteen  years. 


G OWING,  SAWYER  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants,  No.  72  Bed- 
ford Street.— This  house  has  been  in  successful  operation  for  a 
period  of  fifty  years,  the  present  firm  succeeding  to  the  control 
in  1868.    A  branch  house  is  conducted  in  New  York  City,  at 
No.  63  Leonard  Street.  The  members  of  the  firm,  Messrs.  H.  A.  Gowing, 
D.  M.  Sawyer,  and  C.  H.  Blake,  are  gentlemen  of  large  experience  in 
the  trade.    They  handle  woolen  cloths  of  every  description  suited  for 
the  manufacture  of  men's  goods,  and  have  obtained  a  large  and  influ- 
ential patronage  from  jobbers,  clothing  manufacturers  and  retailers, 
throughout  the  United  States      The  goods  handled  comprise  the  best 
grades  of  hosiery,  shirts,  and  drawers,  cassimeres,  suitings,  vestings, 


and  overcoatings  from  American  looms,  which  are  received  direct 
from  the  most  famous  mills,  and  which  command  their  own  merits  to 
the  confidence  and  patronage  of  critical  and  discriminating  buyers. 
As  commission  merchants  in  woolens,  this  firm  command  every  fa- 
vorable opportunity  of  the  market  for  the  procurement  of  supplies, 
and  to  offer  inducements  to  the  trade  in  reliability  of  goods  and  liber- 
ality of  terms  and  prices  which  challenge  comparison.  Mr.  Gowing, 
the  senior  partner,  is  in  charge  of  the  interests  of  the  firm  hi  this 
city,  and  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth  and  training,  and  well 
known  in  this  city  as  an  enterprising  and  progressive  merchant. 
Messrs.  Sawyer  and  Blake  reside  in  New  York. 


CRESSEY  &  NOYES,  Grain  and  Feed,  No.  208  State  Street.- 
Among.the  influential  and  prominent  houses  in  this  city  engaged 
hi  handling  grain  and  feed  on  commission  at  wholesale,  is  that 
of  Messrs.  Cressey  &  Noyes.  This  house  was  founded,  twenty 
years  ago,  by  Messrs.  Aldrich  &  Cressey,  who  were  succeeded  by  the 
present  firm  in  October,  1883.  This  firm  carry  a  stock  of  western 
grain  and  feed  in  elevators,  and  always  have  cars  in  transit  to  the 
principal  points  in  New  England.  They  receive  as  large  an  amount 
of  grain  on  consignment  as  any  house  in  this  city,  having  intimate 
and  influential  connections  with  shippers  in  the  best  producing  sec- 
tions of  the  country.  Liberal  advances  are  made  on  consignments 
of  grain  and  feed,  while  quick  sales  and  prompt  returns  have  ever 
been  a  leading  feature  with  this  house.  The  firm  number  among 
then-  customers  many  leading  merchants,  millers  and  exporters.  By 
industry  and  sound  business  principles,  they  have  won  a  name  in  the 
commercial  world,  and  are  recognized  as  authority  in  grain  shipping 
circles.  The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  J.  H.  Cressey 
and  F.  A.  Noyes.  Mr.  Cressey  was  born  in  Rowley,  Mass.,  while  Mr. 
Noyes  is  a  native  of  Auburn,  Me. 


NATH'L  R.  LEMAN,  Manufacturer  of  Organ  and  Piano  Leather, 
Gas  Meter  Leather,  Linings"Bindings,  etc.,  No.  70  High  Street. 
—For  forty -odd  years  and  more  the  productions  of  Nath'l  R. 
Leman,  manufacturer  of  organ  and  piano  leather,  gas-metre 
leather,  linings,  bindings,  etc.,  have  been  hi  steady  and  growing  de- 
mand in  the  trade.  The  goods  produced  by  this  gentleman  are  of  a 
very  superior  quality,  being  noted  for  their  durability,  finish,  and  gen- 
eral merit,  and  are  unsurpassed  by  anything  of  the  kind  to-day  upon 
the  market.  Mr.  Leman,  who  is  a  man  of  about  sixty-five,  active  and 
energetic,  was.born  in  this  State,  and  has  lived  in  Boston  many  years. 
He  has  been  established  in  business  in  this  city  since  1848,  and  is  wide- 
ly and  favorablyjknown  in  the  trade.  The  premises  occupied;as  office 
and  factory  are  commodious  and  well  equipped,  all  necessary  facilities 
being  in  service,  while  an  efficient  force  of  help  is  employed,  the 
skins  being  tanned  outside,  and  the  finishing  done  here.  A  large  and 
first-class  stock  is  kept  constantly  on  hand,  and  all  orders  are 
promptly  and  reliably  attended  to,  while  the  business,  which  extends 
all  over  the  United  States,  is  quite  substantial. 


J  MORRISON,  New  England  Agent  for  Glass  manufacturers, 
No.  235  Frank lin  Street.— Mr.  J.  Morrison  has  been  in  busi- 
B  ness  in  this  city  the  past  three  years,  and  is  carrying  on  ex- 
tensive operations  as  New  England  agent  for  a  number  of 
prominent  glassware-manufacturers.  A  native  of  New  Hampshire, 
Mr.  Morrison  has  been  following  his  present  line  of  business  for  the 
past  thirty  years,  a  good  portion  of  the  time  being  passed  as  a  glass- 
ware agent  in  New  York  City.  He  has  therefore  had  mature  experi- 
ence in  his  vocation.  The  concerns  now  represented  by  him  are  the 
North  Wheeling  Glass  Company,  of  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  manufacturers 
of  flint-glass  bottles;  the  Belaire  Bottle  Company,  Belaire,  Ohio; 
Columbia  Glass  Company,  of  Findlay,  Ohio;  and  the  Brilliant 
Glass  Company,  of  Brilliant,  Ohio,  manufacturers  of  tableware  and 
lamp  goods.  He  is  also  agent  for  Redifer  Bros.  Belaire  Company, 
manufacturers  of  lamp  chimneys,  and  the  Heissingway  Glass  Com- 
pany, of  Covington,  Ky.  A  full  sample  line  of  the  superior  goods 
manufactured  by  these  houses  is  carried,  from  which  orders  may  be 
made,  and  shipments  are  made  without  delay  to  any  section  of  the 
New  England  States.  The  terms  on  which  orders  are  filled  are 
sufficiently  reasonable  to  attract  the  attention  of  the  trade:  and  the 
amount  of  business  received  is  steadily  becoming  augmented  to 
greater  proportions. 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 


UNION  BUTTON  SEWING  MACHINE  COMPANY,  Office  and 
Manufactory,  No.  164  High  Street.— One  of  the  most  im- 
portant labor-saving  inventions  of  the  age  is  the  machine 
made  by  this  company  for  sewing  all  kinds  of  buttons  with 
eyes  to  any  fabric.  The  company  was  duly  incorporated  in  1886 
with  a  paid-up  capital  of  $85,000  to  acquire  the  patents  included  in 
this  remarkably  useful  machine,  and  to  engage  in  its  manufacture 
and  lease  upon  the  most  extensive  scale  The  company's  officers 
are:  President,  Waldo  F.  Ward;  treasurer,  E.  H.  Murdock,  and 
managing  director,  L.  C.  Wing.  They  are  representative  capitalists 
and  business  men,  and  under  their  able  and  honorable  guidance 
the  company  has  been  markedly  prosperous.  The  office  and  factory 
are  centrally  located  at  No.  164  High  Street,  and  where  a  full  stock  of 
these  machines  is  kept  for  lease.  They  are  especially  adapted  to 
clothing  of  all  kinds,  overalls,  jumpers,  knit  goods,  ladies'  and  chil- 
dren's underwear,  gossamers,  and  every  variety  of  rubber  work. 
There  are  numerous,  substantial  reasons  why  manufacturers  of  the 
above  lines  of  goods  should  fully  test  the  utility  and  superiority  of 
this  excellent  machine.  It  is  fully  warranted  against  any  defect  in 
material,  workmanship,  or  performance ;  it  is  as  easy  to  run  as  the 
ordinary  sewing-machine,  and  the  operator  cannot  slight  the  work 
as  it  must  put  in  the  number  of  stitches  for  which  it  is  set,  all  the 
way  from  two  to  forty-eight.  It  does  the  work  of  from  three  to  six 
hand  sewers,  according  to  the  expertness  of  the  operator,  and  sews 
the  buttons  on  much  more  strongly  than  by  hand,  each  thread  being 
fastened  by  the  lock  stitch.  It  is  already  largely  in  use  all  over  the 
United  States,  and  agents  are  located  in  all  the  principal  cities  of  the 
Union.  Messrs.  Ward  and  Murdock  have  long  been  prominent  in  the 
dry -goods  commission  trade.  Mr.  Wing  is  a  popular  and  able  busi- 
ness man,  who  has  thoroughly  organized  the  business  of  the 
company. 


RICHARDSON,  HOWE  &  LOVEJOY.  Manufacturers  of  Ladies' 
Muslin  (Cotton)  Underwear,  Wrappers,  Aprons,  etc.,  No.  42 
Chauncy  Street.— The  manufacture  of  ladies'  underwsar, 
wrappers,  aprons,  etc.,  is  carried  on  extensively  by  the  firm 
of  Richardson,  Howe  &  Lovejoy,  whose  establishment  is  one  of  the 
largest  and  most  important  in  the  business  in  the  city.  The  founda- 
tion of  the  enterprise  dates  from  January,  1876,  when  it  was  estab- 
lished by  Richardson  &  Co.,  who  conducted  it  until  1879,  when  the 
present  firm  was  formed,  and  from  that  time  the  business  has  been 
prosecuted  vigorously,  and  the  facilities  enlarged  and  the  trade  ex- 
tended throughout  the  United  States  and  portions  of  Canada.  The 
premises  utilized  for  manufacturing  purposes  are  very  spacious  and 
commodious,  and  consist  of  four  floors  in  a  large  building  25x100  feet 
in  area,  and  two  floors  of  the  same  dimension  in  the  building  adjoin- 
ing, which  are  complete  and  perfect  in  every  detail  and  provided  with 
the  necessary  machines  for  executing  the  best  class  of  work.  From 
250  to  275  operatives  are  kept  constantly  employed,  besides  a  number  of 
•clerks  and  packers  and  shippers.  The  goods  are  in  all  the  new  styles, 
fashionable  and  desirable,  and  command  the  attention  of  the  trade, 
and  every  attention  is  given  to  making  and  finishing  the  goods  in 
the  very  best  manner.  Mr.  Henry  Richardson,  Mr.  Henry  F.  Howe, 
and  Mr.  Herbert  M.  Lovejoy  are  all  natives  of  the  state,  and  are 
well  known  in  commercial  circles  upon  which  their  enterprise  and 
remarkable  success  has  conferred  many  rdvantages. 


WS.  KEEDEN,  Printer,  No.  21  Hawley  Street.— This  business 
was  inaugurated  originally  by  Messrs.  Morse  &  Keeden, 
B  in  March,  1885,  and  was  conducted  very  successfully  un- 
der that  firm  title  until  the  1st  of  February,  1889..  when 
Mr.  Morse  retired  from  it.  The  present  proprietor;  Mr.  Keeden,  is  a 
native  of  New  York,  but  has  been  a  highly  respected  resident  of  this 
city  since  1880.  He  has  devoted  a  number  of  years  in  acquiring  a 
thorough  knowledge  and  practical  experience  hi  the  various  branches 
of  the  art  of  printing,  and  brings  a  wide  range  of  experience  into  the 
business,  and  since  his  assuming  the  sole  proprietorship  of  his  con- 
cern, a  success  was  won  from  the  start,  while  the  patronage  is  steadily 
increasing  to  influential  proportions.  The  commodious  premises, 
which  were  moved  into  in  October,  1888,  and  used  for  the  purposes  of 
the  business,  are  fitted  up  in  an  appropriate  manner,  and  fully 
equipped  in  the  most  complete  style,  with  all  mechanical  appliances 
requisite,  including  seven  fine  modern  printing-presses,  cutting-ma- 
chines, plain  and  all  the  latest  styles  of  modern  types,  borders,  embel- 
lishments, furniture,  etc.,  and  employment  is  furnished  constantly  to 


a  full  force  of  competent  and  proficient  compositors  and  pressmen. 
The  machinery  and  presses  are  operated  by  ample  steam-power,  and 
the  range  of  work  executed  includes  letter,  note,  bill,  and  statement 
of  account  headings,  envelope  and  postal-card  work,  business  and  vis- 
iting cards,  wedding,  party,  ball,  reception  and  other  invitations,  pro- 
grammes, circulars,  society  work,  hotel  and  restaurant  bills  of  fare, 
placards  and  announcement  posters,  festival  and  picnic  work,  cata- 
logues, price  lists,  political  campaign  work,  labels,  shipping  tags,— in 
fact,  every  kind  of  work  pertaining  to  commercial  job  printing.  En- 
graving work  receives  most  careful  and  special  attention;  while  his 
prices  at  all  times  are  extremely  reasonable. 


NE  FITZ  &  CO.,  Coal  and  Wood,  Lime,  Sand,  and  Cem- 
ent; Office  and  Wharf,  No.  541  Main  Street,  Charlestown. 
B  —No  firm  in  this  business  in  the  Bunker  Hill  District 
sustains  a  better  reputation  for  excellent  stock  or  relia 
bility,  as  few,  if  any  enjoy,  a  larger  measure  of  popular  favor  and 
confidence,  than  that  of  N.  E.  Fitz  &  Co.,  patrons  being  assured  of 
getting  a  first-class  article  and  full  weight  as  well  as  prompt  service 
in  every  instance  here.  The  business  was  established  in  the  year  1864, 
by  Fitz  &  Todd,  who  conducted  the  same  up  to  1879,  when  Mr.  Fitz 
assumed  sole  control,  and,  under  the  style  that  heads  this  sketch,  has 
since  continued  it  alone,  with  uninterrupted  success.  The  yard  or 
wharf  is  capacious  and  well  equipped,  every  facility  necessary 
thereto  being  at  hand,  and  a  heavy,  first-class  stock  is  constantly  car- 
ried, including  best  qualities  of  anthracite,  bituminous,  and  cannel 
coal,  all  thoroughly  screened;  fire  and  kindling  wood  of  every  de- 
scription, in  cord,  sawed,  and  split,  also  lime,  cement,  and  sand.  An 
efficient  force  of  help  is  regularly  employed,— from  three  to  fifteen, 
according  to  season, — while  several  teams  are  in  steady  service  sup- 
plying customers,  and  the  trade  of  the  firm,  which  extends  through- 
out Charlestown  and  Somerville,  is  at  once  large  and  active. 


CH.  HOLM.  French  and  American  Paper-hangings,  etc. ;  No.  6 
Waverley  Block,  City  Square,  Charlestown.— Mr.  C.  H.  Holm 
m  is  an  extensive  dealer  in  French  and  American  paper-hang- 
ings, window- shades,  curtain-fixtures,  etc.,  and  carries,  at 
his  establishment,  one  of  the  largest  stocks  of  these  goods  to  be 
found  in  the  Charlestown  District.  Mr.  Holm  is  one  of  the  most  ex- 
perienced men  in  this  line  of  industry  in  this  section.  He  was  born 
sixty-five  years  ago  in  Copenhagen,  Denmark,  and  for  forty  years 
has  resided  in  America.  He  has,  from  the  time  he  founded  his 
present  enterprise,  been  noted  for  his  discriminating  selection  of  the 
most  perfect  types  of  material  and  pattern  that  human  skill  and 
taste  have  been  able  to  devise  in  decorative  materials.  His  stock  of 
paper-hangings  represent  all  grades  from  the  plainest  to  the  most 
artistic  and  costly,  and  abundant  choice  is  afforded  to  patrons,  who 
will  also  find  here  a  splendid  display  of  window-shades,  curtain-fix- 
tures, and  kindred  goods  of  the  finest  quality,  and  at  prices  which 
cannot  be  easily  duplicated  elsewhere.  The  store  is  30x50  feet  in  di- 
mensions, and  is  handsomely  fitted  up  and  conveniently  arranged. 
Paper  hanging  is  the  special  feature  of  the  business;  and  all  work 
undertaken  is  executed  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art.  Ten  skilled 
and  experienced  workmen  are  employed.  Estimates  are  furnished 
when  desired. 


HKRIKORIAN,  Manufacturer  of  Oriental  and  French  Con- 
fectionery, No.  42  Thayer  Street.— One  of  the  most  popular 
and  successful  manufacturers  of  confectionery  in  Boston 
is  Mr.  H.  Krikorian.  This  gentleman  established  his  busi- 
ness here  in  1883,  and  has  since  built  up  an  extensive  and  steadily  in- 
creasing patronage  with  first  class  retailers  in  this  city  and  through- 
out the  surrounding  country.  He  occupies  spacious  and  commodious 
premises,  and  gives  constant  employment  to  thirty  skilled  and  ex- 
perienced hands.  He  gives  particular  attention  to  the  production  of 
Oriental  and  French  confectionery,  and  makes  a  leading  specialty  of 
fig-paste,  gum-drops,  chocolates,  creams,  and  French  mixed  candies. 
Purity  is  the  main  essential  with  these  goods;  and  the  advantage  of 
dealing  with  a  house  whose  reputation  is  so  high  for  making  none 
but  the  purest  and  best  goods  is  at  once  manifest  to  all  dealers  who 
cater  to  a  strictly  first-class  trade.  As  a  result,  the  leading  retailers 
depend  upon  this  house  for  many  kinds  of  their  supplies.  Orders  of 
any  size  are  filled  at  the  shortest  notice  and  prices  are  invariably 
placed  at  the  lowest  point  of  moderation.  Mr.  Krikorian  is  a  native  of 
Turkey,  and  well-known  for  his  business  ability  and  personal  worth. 


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ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


AB.  CROCKER  &  CO.,  Feltings  of  Every  Description,  No.  107 
Kingston  Street.— Experienced  business  men  do  not  need 
to  be  told  that  it  is  always  one  of  the  most  encouraging 
"signs  of  the  times  "  to  see  a  great  many  prominent  busi- 
ness houses  moving  into  new  premises,  for  the  reason  that  in  nearly 
all  oases  such  removals  are  due  to  expanding  trade,  having  made 
more  room  and  better  facilities  absolutely  necessary,  and  it  is  quite 
certain  that  never  before  in  the  history  of  this  city  were  there  so 
many  notable  removals  in  a  corresponding  period  of  time  as  there 
have  been  thus  far  during  1889.    Among  influential  houses  now  to  be 
found  in  new  premises  may  be  mentioned  A.  B.  Crocker  &  Co.,  the 


•well-known  manufacturers  and  commission  dealers  in  fellings,  here- 
tofore located  at  Nos.  31  and  37  Avon  Street,  but  who  have  removed 
to  the  new  Kingston  building  recently  erected  by  the  Boston  Real 
Estate  &  Trust  Company,  corner  of  Kingston  and  Essex  streets, 
where  they  will  occupy  the  entire  first  floor  and  basement  of  this 
spacious  building.  This  building  has  a  frontage  on  Kingston,  Essex 
and  Edinborough  streets,  giving  a  floor  area  of  5200  feet.  Thus  the 
rooms  are  lighted  from  three  sides  by  large  plate-glass  windows 
extending  from  floor  to  ceiling,  making  it  one  of  the  best  lighted 
show  rooms  in  the  city.  For  many  years  Crocker  &  Co.  have  been 
engaged  in  the  handling  of  feltings,  and  have  made  for  themselves 
the  reputation  of  handling  the  productions  of  the  best  mills  in  the 
country,  and  as  reliable  as  any  to  be  found  in  the  American  market, 
and  to-day  they  are  recognized  as  leaders  in  the  felting  trade  in  this 
country.  They  are  the  selling  agents  of  the  City  Mills  Company  and 
the  Worcester  Felting  Company.  They  carry  a  large  stock  at  all 
times  for  all  purposes,  and  at  their  new  location  have  unusually 
good  facilities  for  displaying  their  goods,  and  can  quote  the 
lowest  prices  for  even  the  finest  and  best  goods.  There  is  no 
doubt  but  their  removal  will  greatly  add  to  their  already  large  busi- 
ness. The  individual  members  of  the  firm  are  Mr.  A.  B.  Crocker 
and  Mr.  Fred.  I.  Pratt,  both  of  whom  are  well  and  favorably  known. 
Both  gentlemen  are  members  of  the  Home  Market  Club.  The  New 
York  office  is  at  Nos.  62  and  64  Worth  Street. 

EASTERN    MANUFACTURING    AND    ADVERTISING    COM- 
PANY, Owning  and  Controlling  Advertising  Mediums,  No. 
630  Atlantic  Avenue. — In    this  age  of    progress    the  public 
more  than  ever  before  appreciates  novelty,  originality  and 
fresh  innovations  in  every  branch  of  effort.    Notably  so  in  that  of 
'  the  advertiser,  who  seeks  the  utmost  publicity  at  the  least  cost.    The 
newspapers'  charges  are  exorbitant.    There  are,  however,  numerous 
other  channels  for  reaching  the  public,  at  nominal  cost,  yet  perma- 
nent, sure  and  popular.    The  best  of  these  methods  are  controlled 
by  the  Eastern   Manufacturing  and  Advertising   Company.      The 
company  was  duly  incorporated  in  1888  with  a  paid  up  capital  of 
$100,000,  and  owns  the  patents  of  and  manufactures  a  number  of 
absolutely  perfect  devices  for  the  purpose  of  universal,  permanent 
advertising.    One  of  the  novelties  is  a  rotating,  cigar  cutting  and 
cigar  lighting  machine  which  has  in  its  front  a  large  space  for  the 
display  of  advertisements.    Every  time  the  cutter  is  used  a  fresh 


advertisement  turns  to  the  public.  It  is  the  most  popular  advertis- 
ing novelty  of  the  day,  and  in  eager  demand  in  cigar  stores  and 
mercantile  houses  generally.  The  company  puts  it  in  free  to  the 
storekeeper  and  gets  a  revenue  from  the  charge  for  advertising, 
which  is  very  reasonable.  It  is  a  well-known  fact  that  the  wine  and 
tobacco  trade  are  among  the  most  extensive  advertisers.  It  is  said 
that  one  firm  alone  in  1887  expended  $108,000  in  advertising.  This 
firm  have  always  led  the  van.  The  agent  of  this  firm  informs  us 
that  his  house  put  out  one  device  in  the  shape  of  a  steel  engraving 
that  cost  with  frame  complete  upwards  of  thirty  dollars  each,  and 
that  they  could  not  place  much  more  than  one-half  the  supply  they 
had  contracted  for,  owing  to  the  fact  that  all  the  available  space 
was  occupied  by  the  large  number  of  elaborate  designs  in  the  drug 
and  tobacco  stores.  There  came  to  be  such  competition  in  this  line 
of  advertising  that  it  has  practically  destroyed  the  effect,  not  only  as 
regards  satisfactory  results,  but  from  the  amount  of  money 
expended  to  keep  up  with  the  competing  houses  in  the  same  line  of 
trade  they  do  not  give  comparatively  any  adequate  return  for  the 
money  expended.  The  medium  offered  by  this  company  furnishes 
a  device  which  is  essential  to  every  place  where  cigars  are  kept  on 
sale,  from  the  fact  that  it  is  the  best  cigar  cutter  at  any  «ost  there  is 
in  the  market,  as  it  includes  all  the  different  styles  of  cutting  in  one 
machine  and  also  furnishes  the  most  elaborate  design,  which  far 
exceeds  anything  ever  designed  for  similar  use.  Its  elaborateness 
and  utility  make  it  the  very  best  advertising  medium  and  its 
necessity  and  usefulness  make  it  both  permanent  and  desirable. 
Unlike  all  other  methods  it  furnishes  to  the  advertiser  absolute 
means  of  knowing  just  what  he  gets  for  his  money.  There  is  no< 
fictitious  circulation  and  every  dollar  expended  can  be  seen  in  it& 
equivalent  in  actual  space  and  operation  and  the  returns  for  it  easily 
computed.  The  company  furnishes  a  list  of  the  location  of 
each  cutter  and  lighter  so  that  the  advertiser  by  referring  to 
it  can  always  inform  himself  as  to  what  extent,  where  he  is  abso- 
lutely sure  his  advertisement  is  conspicuous.  The  company  has 
also  produced  a  most  ingenious  and  amusing  finger  pull  test  for 
testing  and  comparing  the  strength  of  fingers.  The  machines  work 
automatically.  Some  of  the  pulls  are  of  large  size.  When  a  penny 
is  dropped  in  the  slot  the  tester  can  pull  and  register  his  strength,. 
while  at  the  same  time  an  advertisement  is  displayed,  and  a  metal 
check  is  dropped  out  containing  the  advertiser's  card  or  other  notice,, 
which  the  customer  pockets,  and  thus  insures  further  reference  and 
publicity.  The  machines  are  remarkably  ingenious  and  are  being^ 
manufactured  in  large  numbers  in  order  to  meet  the  rapidly  grow- 
ing demand.  The  officers  of  the  company  are  Mr.  W.  S.  Reedv 
treasurer,  and  Mr.  F.  R.  White,  general  manager.  Both  are  able, 
enterprising  and  practical  business  men.  The  company  controls  the 
rights  for  operating  in  New  York,  Brooklyn,  Philadelphia,  Balti- 
more, St.  Louis,  Chicago,  Detroit,  Milwaukee,  Cleveland,  Washing- 
ton, Boston,  and  many  other  important  points. 

FRED.  POPE,  Architect,  No  209  Washington  Street.— A  well- 
known  and  successful  exponent  of  this  useful  and  indispen- 
sable prof  ession  in  Boston  is  Mr.  Fred.  Pope,  whose  offices  are- 
centrally  located  at  No.  -209  Washington  Street.  Mr.  Pope 
was  born  in  Boston  and  after  having  received  an  excellent  scientific 
education  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  this  city  in 
1868.  He  has  built  up  a  liberal  and  influential  patronage,  having 
prepared  the  designs  for  and  superintended  the  erection  of  many  of 
the  finest  and  most  elegant  public  and  private  edifices,  residences, 
stores,  office  blocks,  etc.,  not  only  of  Boston  but  also  in  many  cities; 
and  towns  of  New  England.  The  lately  erected  Rogers  building  in 
Washington  Street,  (in  which  and  in  the  old  Jay  building  formerly  on. 
the  same  site,  Mr.  Pope  has  had  his  offices  for  more  than  twenty 
years,)  is  without  exception  one  of  the  finest  and  most  convenient 
office  structures  in  the  city.  This  was  erected  by  Mr.  Pope,  whose 
plans,  estimates  and  specifications  are  always  complete  in  detail,  and 
are  based  most  on  the  practical  and  comprehensive  knowledge  of 
quantities  and  values.  Under  his  careful  supervision,  expenses  for 
the  erection  of  buildings  are  kept  to  the  lowest  point  commensurate 
with  efficiency  and  stability,  while  his  plans  for  interior  arrange- 
ments are  happily  conceived,  utilizing  every  square  foot  of  space, 
and  affording  every  accommodation.  Personally,  Mr.  Pope  is  highly 
esteemed  in  the  profession,  and  we  know  of  no  one  whom  we  can; 
more  cordially  recommend. 


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COBURN  &  WHITMAN,  Manufacturers  and  Jobbers  of  Over- 
Shirts,  Overalls,  Cardigan  Jackets,  Low  Priced  Pants,  Boys' 
Knee  Pants,  Nos.  71  &  73  Summer  Street.— In  their  special 
branches  of  manufacture  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Coburn  &  Whit- 
man, the  oldest  established  house  in  the  business,  has  scored  an  emi- 
nent success.  They  are  extensive  manufacturers  and  jobbers  of 
over-shirts,  overalls,  men's,  boys',  and  youth's  low  priced  pants,  boys' 
knee  pants,  etc.,  and  throughout  all  the  New  England  States  an 
immense  consumption  exists  for  their  goods.  The  business  was  orig- 
inally established  hi  1874,  by  Messrs.  Tilson  &  Coburn,  who  were 
succeeded  by  the  present  firm  in  1881.  The  premises  occupied  for 
manufacturing  and  sales  purposes  comprise  a  five-story  building, 
30x100  feet  in  dimensions,  with  basement,  while  much  of  the  work  is 
done  outside,  and  steady  employment  is  given  to  some  three  hun- 
dred skilled  hands.  In  every  minor  detail  the  utmost  vigilance  and 
care  are  taken  to  secure  superiority  in  the  product,  and  as  a  result 
the  goods  are  eagerly  sought  after  by  buyers,  and  where  once  sold 
they  are  sure  to  lead  to  a  duplication  and  large  increase  of  orders. 
The  proprietors  give  their  close  personal  supervision  to  each  and 
every  process  of  production.  The  firm  is  composed  of  Messrs.  J. 
Alvin  Coburn  and  Joseph  E.  Whitman,  both  of  whom  have  long  been 
identified  with  this  trade  as  salesmen  and  principals,  and  have  a 
foundation  understanding  of  all  the  details  and  requirements  of  the 
business.  They  are  both  active,  energetic,  and  enterprising  in  all 
their  business  methods,  and  eminently  popular. 

HA.  PHINNEY,  Commission  Merchant  and  Dealer  in  Leather, 
etc.,  Nos.  230  and  232  Purchase  St.— Established  in  Novem- 
ber, 1887,  the  house  of  Mr.  H.  A.  Phinney,  has  become  de- 
servedly popular  with  the  leather  trade  of  this  state  as  a 
leading  headquarters  for  scrap  leather  of  every  description,  rough 
splits,  skirting,  roundings,  and  all  kinds  of  sole,  heel,  and  stiffening 
stock.  The  proprietor  was  formerly  connected  with  the  house  of 
Henry  H.  Read  &  Co.,  three  years  as  clerk  and  four  yearsas  partner, 
and  brings  to  bear  the  widest  range  of  practical  experience,  coupled 
with  perfected  facilities  and  influential  connections,  enabling  him  to 
conduct  the  business  under  the  most  favorable  auspices,  and  by  rea- 
son of  which  he  is  in  a  position  to  grant  every  advantage  known  to 
the  trade  to  his  patrons.  He  has  speedily  achieved  a  high  reputa- 
tion for  the  uniform  reliability  of  all  goods  handled,  while  as  a  com- 
mission merchant  he  offers  the  most  substantial  inducements  to  both 
buyer  and  seller.  His  business  premises  comprise  an  entire  four- 
story  building,  25x60  feet  in  dimensions,  with  basement,  while  the 
demands  upon  the  resources  of  the  house  are  such  that  an  immense 
and  valuable  stock  is  necessarily  carried  at  all  times.  The  trade  of 
the  house  extends  to  all  parts  of  Massachusetts,  and  is  constantly  in- 
creasing. Mr.  Phinney  is  a  native  of  Maine,  a  resident  of  Arlington, 
Mass.,  and  has  been  in  business  in  this  city  for  the  past  twelve  years, 
where  he  is  known  and  honored  as  a  keen  business  man  and  a  relia- 
ble and  successful  exponent  of  his  special  branch  of  commerce. 

JOHNSON  &  SMITH,  Nahant  Fish  Market,  No.  49  Bromfleld 
Street.— The  business  of  supplying  fresh  fish  to  the  people  of 
Boston  and  other  places  throughout  the  state  has  long  consti- 
tuted one  of  the  principal  industries  of  this  city,  and  the  oldest 
and  best-known  exponent  of  the  trade  is  the  house  known  as  the 
Nahant  Fish  Market,  and  so  long  and  so  successfully  conducted  by 
Messrs.  Johnson  &  Smith.  The  business  was  founded  in  1827,  by 
Mr.  Geo.  L.  Johnson,  who  retired  in  1849,  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
brother  in  1848.  Mr.  J.  G.  R.  Smith  came  into  the  business  m  1853,  and 
thus  formed  the  firm  of  Johnson  &  Smith.  In  October,  1886,  Mr. 
Johnson  retired,  and  Mr.  Smith  has  since  continued  the  business  as 
sole  proprietor  under  the  same  firm  name.  He  has  been  identified 
with  the  fish  industry  since  his  boyhood,  having  been  in  the  business 
with  Mr.  Geo.  Johnson  the  founder  of  the  house,  for  some  years,  and 
is  widely  known  as  an  authority  upon  all  matters  pertaining  thereto, 
and  as  the  originator  of  the  idea  of  supplying  fish  "fresh  from  the 
water"  to  patrons  in  Springfield,  and  other  cities  and  towns  in  the  state 
taken  from  the  water  in  the  morning  and  placed  on  the  customer's  sup- 
per table  the  same  evening.  His  patronage  in  this  special  branch  is 
probably  the  largest  and  most  influential  of  any  one  in  the  business 
here.  He  deals  in  every  description  of  ocean,  lake,  and  river  fish,  as 
well  as  oysters,  clams,  and  lobsters.  The  principal  varieties  of  fish 
dealt  in  are  salmon,  cod,  halibut,  mackerel,  trout,  blue  fish,  white  fish, 
haddock  and  pickled  fish,  green  turtle  and  terrapin.  The  present 


market  has  been  occupied  since  1849,  and  is  a  deservedly  popular 
source  of  supply.  Mr.  Smith  was  born  in  Dover,  N.  H.  has  been  in 
Boston  since  1845,  and  has  grown  with  its  growth  and  prospered  with 
its  prosperity,  gaining  the  confidence  of  the  public  and  a  prominence 
in  his  business  of  which  he  has  every  reason  to  be  proud 


WM.  MATTHEWS,  JR.,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Paper 
Hangings,  Stock  Selling  off  at  Lowest  Wholesale  Prices, 
No.  147a  Milk  Street,  Opposite  Mason  Building.— The 
house  of  Wm.  Matthews,  Jr.,  is  a  recognized  headquarters 
for  paper  hangings  and  the  leader  in  low  prices.  The  business  was 
founded  twenty-five  years  ago,  by  Mr.  Wm.  Matthews,  who  was  suc- 
ceeded at  his  death  in  1885  by  his  son,  the  present  proprietor.  The 
salesrooms  are  spacious  in  size,  intelligently  and  attractively  ar- 
ranged, and  affords  ample  accommodations  for  the  large  and  grow- 
ing trade  of  the  house.  The  paper  hangings  here  handled  are 
brought  from  the  most  noted  manufactories  of  Europe  and  America, 
and  the  display  is  of  the  richest  and  most  elegant  character.  All  the 
most  exquisite  designs  and  patterns  and  the  freshest  and  most  popu- 
lar novelties  are  shown  in  the  greatest  variety  and  abundance.  Mr. 
Matthews  has  the  advantage  of  ample  capital,  and  has  effected  ar- 
rangements with  producers  for  the  purchase  of  supplies  that  justify 
him  in  offering  very  superior  inducements  to  customers.  Buyers 
sending  their  orders  to  this  house  can  rely  upon  the  promptest  re- 
sponse and  the  lowest  wholesale  rates.  The  trade  is  brisk  and  lively, 
at  both  retail  and  wholesale,  and  extends  to  all  parts  of  New  Eng- 
land. Mr.  Matthews  is  a  native  Bostonian,  trained  in  this  line  of 
business  from  his  youth  up. 


WA.  GREENOUGH  &  CO.,  Compilers  and  Publishers  of 
Directories  and  Maps,  No.  28  Oliver  Street.— A  leading 
u  house  engaged  in  the  publication  of  directories  in  New 
England  is  that  of  Messrs.  W.  A.  Gi  eenough  &  Co.  The 
business  of  this  concern  was  inaugurated  in  1862  by  Mr.  W.  A. 
Greenough  and  was  conducted  by  him  under  the  present  firm-style 
until  1880,  when  his  death  occurred,  and  he  was  succeeded  by  Messrs. 
Elmer  Littlefield  and  James  E.  Huntress,  who  are  continuing  the  en- 
terprise under  the  old  firm  name.  The  directories  that  are  regularly 
published  by  the  firm  are  the  following:  Augusta,  Hallowell  and 
Gardiner;  Bangor  and  Brewer;  Bath,  Brunswick  and  Richmond: 
Biddeford,  Saco  and  Old  Orchard;  Boston  Business  Directory;  Bos- 
ton Street  and  Avenue;  Brockton  and  Bridgewaters;  Brookline; 
Cambridge  City;  Concord;  Haverhill  and  Bradford;  Lewiston  and 
Auburn;  Maiden,  Melrose,  Medford  and  Everett;  Marlborough  and 
Hudson;  Massachusetts  Business  Directory;  Merimack  River;  Mil- 
ford,  Hopedale,  Natick,  Framingham,  and  Holh'ston;  Nashua  City; 
New  Bedford  City;  Portland;  Portsmouth  City;  Rockland,  Belfast 
and  Camden ;  Somerville ;  Waltham  and  Watertown ;  United  States 
Iron,  Hardware,  and  Metal  Trades  Directory;  Woburn;  Marlboro; 
and  the  American  Railway  Manual  and  Supply  Directory.  The  prices 
of  these  are  from  $1.50  to  $5  00  respectively,  and  are  sent  to  any  ad- 
dress on  receipt  of  price  Price-lists  are  sent  free  on  application.  At 
the  office  of  the  firm,  it  may  here  be  noted,  directories  of  all  the 
principal  cities  of  the  United  States  are  kept  on  hand  for  reference. 
The  printing  department  is  at  N'o.  29  Purchase  Street,  where  a  force 
of  skilled  hands  are  kept  constantly  employed.  Messrs.  Littlefield 
and  Huntress  are  both  natives  of  Massachusetts,  and  the  former  re- 
sides at  Topsfleld,  the  latter  at  Newton. 


HA.  LAMB,  Dry  Goods  Commission  Merchant.  No.  69  Chauncy 
Street. — A  gentleman  contributing  materially  to  the  sum 
B  of  activity  in  this  line  in  the  city  is  H.  A.  Lamb,  the  well 
known  and  responsible  dry-goods  commission  merchant, 
whose  business  connections  extend  throughout  the  New  England 
States.  The  transactions  alone  through  the  medium  of  the  commis- 
sion house  in  Boston  annually  represent  an  almost  fabulous  sum  hi 
cash  figures,  while  the  volume  of  trade  grows  steadily  apace  and  is  of 
a  very  substantial  character.  Mr.  Lamb,  who  is  a  Bostonian  by  birth, 
well  and  favorably  known  in  the  mercantile  circles  of  the  city,  is  a 
gentleman  of  entire  probity  in  his  dealings,  as  well  as  a  man  of  ex- 
perience, energy,  and  excellent  business  qualities.  He  is  the  New  Eng- 
land agent  for  Wm.  Wood  &  Co  ,  Wm.  Ayres  &  Sons,  R.  D  Wood  & 
Sons,  W.  J.  Dickey  &  Sons,  and  other  manufacturers;  while  his  trade, 
which  is  large  and  active,  afford  eviden  e  of  constant  and  gratifying 
increase. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


T  PARKER  STORY,  Provisions,  Poultry,  Game,  etc.,  No.  81 
Central  Square.— The  grocery  and^  provision  store  of  Mr. 
m  T.  Parker  Story  was  founded  in  1887,  and  at  once  bounded 
into  popularity.  The  store  has  a  frontage  of  25  feet  and 
a  depth  of  60  feet.  In  its  style  of  fittings  and  fixtures  it  is  elegant 
and  attractive,  is  clean  and  orderly,  and  is  well  arranged.  The  es- 
tablishment is  a  general  family  supply  store,  and,  as  such,  has  attained 
its  widespread  popularity.  The  stock  is  an  extensive  and  compre- 
hensive one,  and  embraces  the  finest  teas  and  coffees,  staple  and 
fancy  groceries  of  every  description,  canned  goods,  jellies,  sauces, 
pickles,  table  delicacies  of  all  kinds,  flour,  butter,  cheese,  fresh  eggs, 
and  a  full  line  of  grocers'  sundries;  also  choice  cuts  of  beef,  mutton, 
lamb,  veal,  and  pork;  together  with  sausages,  smoked  hams,  and  pro- 
visions of  every  kind;  poultry,  game,  vegetables,  and  fruits  in  season, 
etc.  Polite  and  courteous  assistants  attend  to  the  wants  of  custom- 
ers, and  orders  are  delivered  by  wagon  at  residences  of  patrons.  Mr. 
Story  has  from  the  beginning  sought  to  supply  bis  customers  with  the 
best  class  of  goods  in  the  market,  and  at  prices  that  no  other  house 
could  excel  and  do  an  honest,  legitimate  business.  In  this  he  has  suc- 
ceeded. He  devotes  his  entire  attention  to  his  business,  is  courteous 
and  obliging  to  all  who  have  dealings  with  him,  and  neither  he  nor  his 
assistants  spare  any  efforts  to  satisfy  and  please  his  patrons.  Mr. 
Story  is  a  native  of  Essex,  and  resident  of  East  Boston  for  ten  years. 


1  JACOBS  &  Co.,  Manufacturers  of  Fine  Havana  Cigars,  Park 
Square.— This  business  has  only  been  established  about  a  year, 
but  by  assiduous  attention  to  the  demands  of  the  trade,  and 
producing  a  line  of  goods  first  class  in  every  respect,  a  large 
business  has  been  built  up.  The  firm  manufacture  a  number  of 
special  brands  of  fine  Havana  cigars,  and  employ  a  staff  of  experi- 
enced hands,  and  can  always  guarantee  the  goods  to  be  of  a  uniform 
quality.  In  addition  to  handling  the  fine  goods  of  their  own  manu- 
facture, the  firm  also  do  a  large  business  in  imported  and  domestic 
cigars,  and  also  in  smoking  and  chewing  tobaccoes,  pipes,  cigarettes, 
etc.  The  store  and  workshop  on  Park  Square,  opposite  the  Provi- 
dence depot,  is  quite  commodious,  and  is  well  stocked  with  a  valuable 
line  of  goods.  Mr.  I.  Jacobs,  upon  whom  devolves  the  general  man- 
agement of  the  business,  is  a  practical  cigarmaker,  a  native  of 
Boston,  and  a  young  man  of  push,  vim,  and  enterprise.  He  has  suc- 
ceeded in  establishing  a  large  wholesale,  retail,  and  a  box  trade. 


WILLIAM  BRADFORD,  Merchant  Tailor,  No.  409  Washington 
Street. — Among  the  skilful  and  popular  exponents  of  the 
merchant-tailoring  trade  doing  business  in  this  city  will 
be  found  Mr.  WMliam  Bradford.  Mr.  Bradford  is  a  native 
of  New  York  but  has  resided  in  Boston  for  upwards  of  30  years.  He 
early  served  his  apprenticeship  and  became  an  expert  tailor,  and  sub- 
sequently was  employed  as  cutter  for  some  of  the  prominent  city 
establishments.  In  1860  he  embarked  for  himself  in  the  business, 
and  by  superior  work  and  a  generally  active,  able,  and  popular  man- 
agement has  secured  a  large  and  highly  desirable  trade.  The  pres- 
ent premises,  which  have  been  occupied  since  1870,  consist  of  one 
attractive  salesroom  80x40  feet  in  dimensions,  containing  a  full  line 
of  imported  and  domestic  suitings,  vestings,  trouserings,  overcoat- 
ings, etc.,  carefully  selected  from  the  newest  novelties  and  most 
desirable  patterns.  The  cutting  is  done  by  Mr.  Bradford  who  also 
gives  his  personal  supervision  to  all  branches  of  the  work.  The 
garments  turned  out  have  a  standard  reputation  in  the  trade,  for 
superior  artistic  and  mechancial  excellence,  and  among  his  many 
and  influential  patrons,  Mr.  Bradford  is  regarded  as  one  of  the 
ablest  city  fffllors. 


WILLIAMS  &  MAGNUS,  Riggers,  No.  99  Sumner  Street,  East 
Boston.— In  consideration  of  the  great  maritime  interests 
centering  in  East  Boston,  and  the  vast  transportation 
business  that  is  done  by  water,  the  business  conducted  by 
Messrs.  Williams  &  Magnus,  the  well-known  riggers,  is  one  of  great 
and  growing  importance  to  the  community.  The  business  so  success- 
fully conducted  by  them  was  originally  established  some  fifty  years 
ago,  by  Messrs.  Miller  &  Stark,  who  were  succeeded  in  1876  by  Messrs. 
Miller  &  Williams  and  in  1881  the  present  firm  was  organized.    They 
occupy  large  and  well-equipped  premises,  eligibly  located  between 
the  ferries,  and  over  H.  Pigeon  &  Son's  spar  shop,  and  give  employ- 
ment to  a  force  of  skilled  and  expert  hands,  varying  in   number 
from  ten  to  twenty -five.    Machinery  is  handled  with  care,  jobbing 


of  all  kinds  is  promptly  attended  to  and  satisfaction  guaranteed 
in  all  transactions.  All  work  done  by  this  firm  is  noted  for  its  abso- 
lute accuracy,  thorough  durability,  and  excellence  of  finish;  and 
orders  by  telephone  No.  52-4,  receive  immediate  attention.  No 
house  in  this  line  stands  better  in  shipping  circles  or  is  more  fully 
prepared  to  render  efficient  and  satisfactory  service.  The  members 
of  the  firm  are  Messrs.  D.  F.  Williams  and  Andrew  Magnus.  Mr. 
Williams  is  a  native  of  East  Boston,  while  Mr.  Magnus  was  born  in 
Germany  and  has  resided  here  since  1870.  Both  are  able  and  ex- 
perienced riggers. 


WADE'S  DETECTIVE  AGENCY,  No.  27  Doane  Street.— Es- 
tablished in  1885  the  above  concern  has  succeeded  in  mak- 
ing a  reputation  for  unveiling  the  closest  mysteries,  and 
foiling  the  most  desperate  and  accomplished  of  criminals. 
Captain  J.  P.  Wade  has  had  vast  practical  experience  in  this  line. 
He  was  born  in  Chautauqua  County,  New  York  State,  and  for  four 
and  a  half  years  took  an  active  part  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion.  He 
is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age,  and  Boston  has  been  his  home  since 
boyhood.  He  occupies  a  neatly  appointed  office  in  room  13,  No.  27 
Doane  Street,  and  takes  the  leading  position  in  the  local  private  de- 
tective agencies.  He  undertakes  investigations  relating  to  all  kinds 
of  crime,  and  also  works  up  evidence  in  civil  cases,  such  as  disputed 
wills,  railroad  accidents,  suits  in  connection  with  corporations,  and 
any  description  of  legitimate  secret  inquiries.  He  is  assisted  by  a 
score  of  skilful  subordinates,  all  of  whom  are  experienced,  deter- 
mined, and  intelligent.  Particular  attention  is  given  to  the  most  in- 
tricate cases,  and  the  fullest  satisfaction  given.  Capt.  Wade  is  in 
direct  communication  with  competent  detectives  in  all  the  cities  of 
the  United  States,  Canada,  London,  and  Paris.  No  charge  is  made 
for  consultation,  and  special  contracts  are  made  when  desired.  In 
concluding  this  brief  sketch,  we  desire  to  recommend  to  business 
men  this  enterprising  detective,  and  ad  vise  them  that  in  cases  of  em- 
bezzlement, fraud,  etc.,  their  cheapest  and  wisest  course  is  at  once 
to  seek  an  interview  with  him.  It  will  be  found  to  be  the  best  and 
quickest  means  of  arriving  at  results  satisfactory  to  all  concerned. 


EF.  HUFF,  Merchant  Tailor,  No.  6  Winter  Street,  corner  Wash- 
ington Street. — A  prominent  merchant  tailor  of  the  metro- 
polis, who  has  enjoyed  a  successful  career  of  twenty  years, 
and  caters  to  the  better  classes  in  the  community,  is  Mr.  E. 
F.  Huff,  who  since  1883  lias  occupied  his  present  eligibly  located 
quarters,  where  he  carries  a  large  and  comprehensive  stock  of  im- 
ported cloths,  cassimeres,  and  vestings,  of  new  design  and  excellent 
quality,  and  which  are  manufactured  into  perfect-fitting  and  durable 
garments  by  expert  workmen.  The  show-room  and  custom-work  de- 
partment are  ample  and  commodious  in  dimensions,  and  are  not  only 
well  supplied  with  every  needed  convenience  but  possess  all  im- 
proved facilities  for  displaying  the  stock  to  the  best  possible  advan- 
tage. Mr.  Huff  gives  his  close  attention  to  all  work  done  by  his  tailors 
and  permits  none  but  the  most  satisfactory  garments  to  leave  his  es- 
tablishment. He  is  a  native  of  Maine  but  has  lived  in  Boston  since 
1861,  and  has  had  a  life  long  experience  in  the  merchant-tailoring 
business. 


SE.  FRENCH,  Remnant  Leather,  Rough  Splits,  Roundings,  and 
Heel  Stock,  Nos.  261  Purchase  and  35  High  streets  —This 
house  has  been  in  successful  operation  under  its  presentable 
management  since  1879,  and  has  gamed  a  national  reputa- 
tion, and  developed  a  trade  that  overleaps  the  limits  of  our  own  coun- 
try, extenciihg  into  Great  Britain  and  otter  foreign  countries...  The 
store,  fronting  on  two  of  the  principal  streets  in  the  shoe  and  leather 
district  of  the  city,  is  desirably  situated  for  trade  purposes;  is  spa- 
cious in  size,  measuring  80x120  feet.  The  demands  upon  the  re- 
sources of  the  house  are  such  that  a  very  large  and  complete  stock  is 
necessarily  carried  to  the  end  that  no  delay  may  be  experienced  in 
the  filling  of  orders,  while  the  proprietor  commands  every  favorable 
opportunity  of  the  market  for  the  procurement  of  supplies  in  vast 
quantities  and  at  the  most  advantageous  rates,  and  is  therefore  pre- 
pared to  fill  all  orders  with  the  utmost  dispatch  and  to  place  all  trans- 
actions on  a  thoroughly  substantial  and  satisfactory  footing.  The 
business  is  exclusively  wholesale.  Mr.  French  is  a  native  and  popular 
citizen  of  "The  Hub,"  and  is  closely  identified  with  its  leading 
branch  of  commerce. 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF    NEW    ENGLAND. 


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BOSTON   LEATHER  AND  RUBBER  REPAIR  SHOP,   No.   63 
Elm  Street.— This  somewhat  unique  and  thriving  enterprise 
was  started  about  fourteen  years  ago  by  the  present  proprie- 
tor, and  from  its  inception  has  proved  a  positive  and  per- 
manent success.    From  the   first  business  has  steadily  improved, 
until  now  the  patronage  is  quite  extensive  and  gives  evidence  of 
constant  increase.    The  work  executed  is  of  a  very  superior  char- 
acter, being  not  in  fact  surpassed,  if  indeed  equalled,  by  anything 
in  this  line  turned  out  in  Boston,  while  the  prices  prevailing  are  ex- 


ceedingly low,  all  things  considered.  Rubber  boots  and  overshoes 
of  all  kinds  are  repaired  in  the  most  superior  manner  at  short  notice, 
and  rubber  soles  are  applied  to  leather  boots  in  the  very  best  style  of 
the  art;  thi  being  a  leading  specialty.  Boots  and  shoes  of  every  de- 
scription are  made  to  measure  also  in  first-class  style,  at  bottom 
prices,  some  ten  or  so  expert  hands  being  employed ;  while  soling, 
heeling,  etc.,  are  promptly  and  reliably  attended  to  likewise,  all 
work  being  fully  warranted,  and  the  trade  of  the  establishment  ex- 
tends throughout  the  city,  state,  and  the  principal  portion  of  the 
New  England  States.  Mr.  Drew,  who  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire, 
in  Boston  since  1873,  is  a  gentleman  of  strict  integrity  in  his  deal 
ings,  as  well  as  of  many  years'  practical  experience  and  skill  in  his 
line,  and  fully  merits  the  success  that  has  attended  his  efforts. 

B ARBOUR  &  STOCKWELL,  Improved  Machinery  for  Bread 
and  Cracker  Baking,  etc.,  No.  11  Chardon  Street.— Messrs. 
Barbour  &  Stockwell  enjoy  a  national  reputation  as  manu- 
facturers of  improved  machinery  for  bread  and  cracker  bak- 
ing, including  Rayney's  patent  reel  ovens,  shafting,  pulleys,  hangers, 
and  other  bakers'  tools,  and  whose  establishment  is  located  at  No.  11 
Chardon  Street,  with  also  a  foundry  in  Cambridge  with  a  capacity  of 
20  to  25  tons  per  day.  This  enterprise  was  inaugurated  as  far  back  as 
1825,  by  Mr.  Charles  Roberts,  and,  after  several  changes,  the  present 
firm  succeeded  to  the  control  in  July,  1886.  The  machinery  and 
mechanical  equipment  for  the  business  are  the  most  perfect  of  any  in 
the  country,  including  ample  steam  power,  and  a  force  of  skilled  and 
expert  workmen,  ranging  in  number  from  fifteen  to  thirty,  is  con- 
stantly employed.  The  bakers'  machinery  and  tools  here  produced 
are  unexcelled  for  ingenious  construction,  beauty  of  finish,  and  won- 
derful adaptation  to  the  purposes  for  which  they  are  intended,  and 
are  practically  supplanting  all  similar  productions  wherever  intro- 
duced, being  in  steadily  increasing  demand  not  only  in  all  parts  of 
this  country,  but  also  in  South  America  and  other  foreign  countries. 
Orders  are  promptly  and  carefully  filled  in  all  cases,  and  inducements 
are  offered,  as  regards  both  utility  and  reliability  of  goods  and  liber- 
ality of  terms  and  prices  which  challenge  comparison  and  defy  suc- 
cessful competition.  The  members  of  this  enterprising  firm  are 
Messrs.  W.  O.  Barbour  and  F.  F.  Stockwell.  Mr.  Barbour  was  born 
in  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  and  is  a  well-known  citizen  of  Cambridge,  while 
Mr.  Stockwell  is  a  native  Bostonian  and  resides  in  Somervflle. 


MH.  MERRIAM,  Manufacturer   of  Leather   Shoe   Binding, 
Leather  and  Textile  Stays,  etc.,  No.  31  High  Street.— Mr. 
„     Merriam  is  a  type  of  New  England's  self-made  men,  uniting 
education  to  the  highest  order  of  mechanical  skill,  coupled 
with  marked  executive  capacity  and  energy  of  character.    In  1857  he 
began  the  manufacture  of  leather  shoe  bindings,  etc.,  in  copartnership 
with  Mr.  E.  L.  Norton.    The  firm  had  a  long,  honorable,  and  useful 


career,  building  up  the  leading  business  of  their  kind,  the  partners 
continuing  together  until  Mr.  Norton's  lamented  decease  in  1880.  Since 
then  Mr.  Merriam  has  remained  sole  proprietor  of  the  concern.  His 
factory  is  situated  at  Lexington  and  is  the  largest  and  best  equipped  of 
its  kind  in  the  United  States  affording  steady  employment  to  upwards 
of  thirty  hands  in  the  manufacture  of  leather  shoe  bindings  of  every  de- 
scription, including  leather  and  textile  stays,  piping,  patented  square 
and  diamond- snipped;  also  artificial  leather  and  enamelled  cloth 
leather,  welting  and  fancy  leather  goods.  This  is  recognized  head- 
quarters for  the  best  qualities  of  strip  or  "  ribbon"  leather  goods  for 
all  lines  of  manufacture,  and  under  Mr.  Merriam's  able  management 
the  highest  standard  of  excellence  coupled  with  moderate  prices  pre- 
vail. The  importance  of  this  industry  is  forcibly  illustrated  by  the 
fact  that  Mr.  Merriam  sells  to  the  leading  dealers  in  shoe  findings, 
and  boot  and  shoe  manufacturers,  of  the  United  States;  and  also  ex- 
ports largely  to  England,  Germany,  Australia,  etc.  His  Boston  ware- 
house is' centrally  located  at  No.  31  High  Street,  whence  his  shipments 
are  made.  Mr.  Merriam  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  and  has  been  a 
permanent  resident  of  Massachusetts  since  1840.  He  has  led  an  active 
and  useful  career,  his  versatility  being  manifest  in  numerous  ways. 
He  learned  the  profession  of  mechanical  engineer  in  its  every  detail, 
and  had  as  partner  a  Mr.  Crosby,  under  the  name  and  style  of  "  Mer- 
riam &  Crosby."  During  the  war  Mr.  Merriam  was  appointed  super- 
intendent of  engines  and  machinery  at  the  Charlestown  Navy  Yard, 
ably  and  faithfully  discharging  the  onerous  duties  thus  devolving 
upon  him. 


LEWIS  JONES  &  SON,  Undertakers,  Nos.  48  and  50  La  Grange 
Street. — This  business  was  founded  in  1848  by  Mr.  Lewis  Jones, 
and  in  1870  the  present  firm  was  organized  by  the  admission' of 
Mr.  Lewis  L.  Jones  to  partnership.  The  building  occupied  for 
manufacturing  and  sales  purposes  is  a  four-story  brick  with  base- 
ment, 30x60  feet  hi  dimensions,  the  ground-floor  being  finely  fitted  up 
for  office  and  warerooms.  The  range  of  manufacture  embraces  ev- 
ery conceivable  description  of  white-wood  and  black-walnut  coffins, 
rosewood,  black  walnut,  metallic,  and  covered  caskets,  as  well  as  ev- 
erything used  in  connection  with  the  burial  of  the  dead.  The  best  ma- 
terials are  invariably  used,  the  methods  of  manufacture  are  peculiar 
to  the  house,  and  the  principles  involved  in  the  construction  such  as 
are  approved  by  sound  judgment  and  long  experience.  In  every 
pattern  and  style  made,  the  variety  of  which  is  as  wide  as  the  possi- 
bilities of  the  industry  will  admit,  the  greatest  taste  and  elegance  ob- 
tains, the  beauty  and  finish  of  the  work  standing  unrivalled  in  the 
market  and  distancing  competition.  The  facilities  for  production  are 
of  the  most  complete  and  perfect  character,  including  a  working  force 
of  twenty-two  experienced  hands,  while  all  the  machinery,  tools,  and 
devices  have  been  employed  that  bear  upon  the  character  of  the  goods 
produced  and  which  serve  to  insure  rapid  progress  in  the  industry. 
A  specialty  is  made  of  fine  covered  caskets,  and  care  is  exercised  to 
keep  the  largest  variety  of  patterns  to  be  found  in  the  city  constantly 
on  hand.  The  firm  also  have  the  largest  line  of  air-tight  caskets  in 
New  England,  either  cloth-covered,  draped,  solid  bronze,  or  finished 
imitation  rosewood,  which  are  sold  at  lowest  prices,  either  at  whole- 
sale or  retail.  The  Messrs.  Jones  are  well-known  and  highly  esteemed 
Bostonians,  of  excellent  standing  in  business  and  social  circles,  and 
justly  popular  with  their  host  of  friends  and  patrons  everywhere. 


GRAND  VIEW  HOTEL,  George  A.  Davis,  Proprietor,  No.  297 
Atlantic  Avenue,  Corner  India  Street.— This  well  and  favora- 
bly known  house  was  formerly  known  as  the  "Atlantic 
Hotel,  "and  was  opened  to  the  public  six  years  ago  by  the 
present  enterprising  and  genial  proprietor,  Mr.  George  A.  Davis- 
Last  winter  it  was  entirely  remodelled  and  renovated  throughout, 
and  furnished  in  the  most  comfortable  and  modern  style.  The  prem- 
ises occupied  comprise  a  fine  five-story  building,  containing  sixty-five 
sleeping-apartments  parlor,  halls,  dining-room,  etc.,  and  a  corps  of 
experienced  and  polite  assistants  is  employed  in  attending  to  the  re- 
quirements of  guests.  The  house  is  equipped  in  every  department 
with  all  needed  and  improved  facilities,  and  the  table  is  supplied  with 
the  choicest  food  in  the  market,  which  is  neatly  and  abundantly  served, 
while  the  rates  are  extremely  moderate.  Mr.  Davis,  the  experienced 
•host,  is  active  and  earnest  in  his  endeavors  to  make  his  guests'  stay  in 
his  house  satisfactory,  in  which  his  large  patronage  shows  his  suc- 
cess, and  is  very  popular  with  all  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact. 


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ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


WM.  D.  WARNER,  New  England  Agent  for  the  Underwood 
Manufacturing  Company,  Sole  Manufacturers  of  Patent 
Cotton -leather  Belting,  Dealers  in  Cotton  Waste,  Lace 
Leather,  Belt  Hooks  and  General  Mill  Supplies,  etc.,  No. 
133  Pearl  Street.— Mr.  Warner  is  a  general  manufacturers'  agent  and 
dealer  in  cotton  waste,  lace  leather,  belt  hooks,  and  general  mill 
supplies.  He,  in  December,  1877,  in  partnership  with  Mr.  H.  E.  Birds 
eye,  and  under  the  firm  style  of  Warner  &  Birdseye,  founded  this 
enterprise,  which  has  been  marked  by  the  most  gratifying  success. 
In  December,  1888,  the  partnership  was  dissolved,  and  Mr.  Warner 
assumed  the  sole  management,  for  the  purposes  of  which  he  occupies 
the  first  floor  and  basement  of  the  building,  which  covers  an  area  of 
25x80  feet,  and  here  is  displayed  an  "extensive  assortment  of  mill 
supplies  of  all  kinds,  the  trade  in  which  is  of  both  a  wholesale  and 
retail  character.  Mr.  Warner  is  the  New  England  agent  for  the 
Underwood  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Tolland,  Conn.,  sole  manu- 
facturers of  patent  cotton-leather  belting,  also  sole  agent  for  the 
Dodge  "Independence"  wood  split  pulleys,  and  dealer  in  cotton 
waste,  lace  leather,  belt  hooks,  and  mill  supplies  of  every  description. 
The  stock  is  an  extensive  one,  is  of  careful  selection,  and  has  no  su- 
perior in  the  city,  while  the  prices  ruling  are  not  easily  duplicated 
here.  The  transactions  of  the  house  are  of  both  a  wholesale  and  re- 
tail character,  and  a  brisk  and  large  trade  is  done  throughout  the 
whole  of  the  New  England  States.  Five  assistants  are  employed,  and 
prompt  attention  is  given  to  the  filling  of  all  orders.  Mr.  Warner 
has  also  a  branch  office  at  No.  29  Exchange  Place,  Providence,  R.  I. 
in  which  city  he  resides.  He  is  a  native  of  Connecticut,  and  a  mer- 
chant of  strict  probity,  as  well  as  push,  enterprise,  and  ample  ex- 
perience. 


JS.  BEERS,  Auctioneer  and  Commission  Merchant  in  Boots  and 
Shoes,  No.  120  Summer  Street.— This  gentleman  has  been  es- 
M  tablished  in  business  here  since  1873,  and  commands  the  con- 
fidence and  respect  of  all  who  have  been  brought  into  trade 
relations  with  him.  His  excellent  standing  with  the  trade  in  different 
parts  of  the  country  is  best  shown  by  the  list  of  well-known  houses 
whose  interests  be  represents  in  this  market,  viz.:  A.  S.  Richards  & 
Co.,  auctioneers  and  commission  merchants  boots  and  shoes,  Nos.  59 
and61  Reade  Street,  New  York;  Grotgan,  Mitchell  &  Co.,  auctioneers, 
No.  17  Sharp  Street,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  S.  M.  Penland  &  Co.,  auctioneers, 
Galveston,  Tex,  Consignments  of  boots  and  shoes  are  respectfully 
solicited,  promptly  acknowledged,  and  carefully  handled,  with  profit 
to  the  shipper  in  all  cases.  Mr.  Beers'  extensive  acquaintance  with 
manufacturers  and  buyers  makes  his  house  eminently  worthy  of  the 
attention  of  both,  being  a  bright,  wide-awake  concern,  always  ready 
for  business;  while  promptness,  despatch,  and  fidelity  to  the  best  in- 
terests of  patrons  is  the  motto  upon  which  the  management  is  con- 
ducted. Mr.  Beers  is  a  native  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  a  well-known  resident 
of  Charlestown  District,  energetic,  industrious,  and  thoroughly  enter- 
prising. 


WILSON  G.  HAMMOND,  Wholsesale  Dealer  in  Southern 
Eastern,  and  Western  Lumber,  No.  11  Central  Street. — One 
of  the  most  successful  and  best  known  among  the  younger 
lumber  merchants  of  Boston  is  Wilson  G.  Hammond, 
wholesale  dealer  in  southern,  eastern,  and  western  lumber.  Mr. 
Hammond,  who  is  a  native  of  the  state  of  Maine,  has  been  identified 
with  the  lumber  interests  in  this  city  for  quite  some  time,  and  resides 
at  Quincy.  He  is  a  young  man  of  energy,  enterprise,  and  thorough 
experience  in  the  trade,  and  sustains  an  excellent  reputation.  Mr. 
Hammond  has  been  established  in  business  on  his  own^account  close 
on  six  years,  and  has  built  up  a  very  substantial  and  gratifying  con- 
nection, his  trade,  which  extends  throughout  New  England,  being  very 
active.  He  bandies  southern,  western,  and  eastern  lumber  of  all 
kinds,  and  does  a  general  commission  and  wholesale  business  in  hard 
and  soft  lumber,  door  frames  and  kindred  building  supplies;  shipping 
direct  from  the  mills  to  dealers  and  large  consumers.  Sales  are  ex- 
clusively by  cargo  and  carload  lots,  the  total  annual  transactions 
reaching  quite  a  handsome  figure. 


States  and  Canada.  The  company's  factory,  which  is  admirably 
equipped  with  specially  constructed  machinery,  is  situated  at  Wollas- 
ton,  Mass.  The  business  is  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Mellen 
Bray,  who  brings  great  practical  skill  and  experience  to  bear,  coupled 
with  an  intimate  knowledge  of  every  detail  of  this  unique  and  grow- 
ing industry,  and  the  requirements  of  patrons.  The  company's  lac- 
ing studs  and  hooks  and  machines  for  applying  are  unrivalled  for 
utility,  durability,  efficiency,  and  excellence,  and  have  no  superiors 
in  this  or  any  other  market,  while  the  prices  quoted  for  all  goods  are 
extremely  reasonable.  The  premises  occupied  in  Boston  comprise 
three  commodious  floors  30x60  feet  in  area,  which  are  fully  stocked 
with  the  company's  goods  and  specialties.  Mr.  Bray,  for  many  years 
a  resident,  is  highly  esteemed  by  the  community  for  his  enterprise, 
business  ability,  and  just  methods,  fully  meriting  the  large  measure 
of  success  achieved  by  his  energy  and  perseverance. 


WM.  G.  HOWE,  Stock  Broker,  Room  4,  No.  15  Congress  Street. 
Mr.  Howe  established  himself  in  his  present  line  of  busi- 
ness over  thirty  years  ago,  and  his  honorable  methods 
have  secured  to  him  throughout  his  long  career  a  most 
liberal  patronage.  Mr.  Howe  is  prepared  to  buy  and  sell  on  commis- 
sion stock,  bonds,  grain,  provisions,  and  oil  on  margin  or  for  cash, 
making  a  specialty  of  dealings  in  fractional  lots.  He  has  a  private 
wire  to  the  New  York  and  Chicago  exchanges,  and  parties  desiring 
to  speculate  legitimately  in  these  commodities  have  here  every  facil- 
ity at  their  command,  the  same  as  if  they  were  on  the  floor  of  the 
Stock  Exchange  in  person.  As  all  fluctuations  in  prices  are  reported 
here  immediately,  and  the  information  furnished  at  once  to  custom- 
ers as  soon  as  the  facts  are  known,  every  facility  is  afforded  of 
watching  the  market  and  taking  advantage  of  movements  and  prices, 
and  the  firm  are  always  prepared  to  render  to  customers  every  pos- 
sible advantage.  Orders  by  mail  or  telegraph  receive  immediate 
attention,  and  prompt  response  is  made  to  investors  desiring  infor- 
mation or  advice.  Market  letters  and  latest  information  are  con- 
stantly received  from  perfectly  reliable  sources.  Mr.  Howe  was 
born  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  is  thoroughly  experienced  in  stock  matters. 

D  WIGHT  SMITH,  Dealer  in  all  kinds  of  Wool  Waste  and  Flocks 
Nos.  169  to  175  Purchase  Street.— A  house  which  is  carrying 
on  extensive  transactions  in  handling  all  kinds  of  wool  waste 
and  flocks  is  that  of  Mr.  Dwight  Smith.  The  foundation  of 
this  business  was  laid  some  twenty-five  years  ago  by  the  present 
proprietor,  in  Athol,  Mass.,  and  was  carried  on  there  for  seven  years, 
when  a  removal  was  made  to  Worcester,  where  the  enterprise  was 
prosecuted  until  five  years  ago,  when  Mr.  Smith  came  to  Boston. 
During  the  quarter  of  a  century  that  he  has  been  established  he  has 
developed  extensive  business  connections,  and  a  permanent,  influen- 
tial trade  that  extends  to  all  sections  of  New  England.  The  office 
and  wareroom  used  for  the  business  are  of  spacious  dimensions,  and 
a  large  stock  is  at  all  times  carried  to  meet  the  active  demand  sup- 
plied. While  Mr.  Smith  makes  no  ostentatious  claims  to  any  peculiar 
advantages  in  the  conduct  of  his  affairs,  we  can  safely  assure  our 
readers  that  his  facilities  and  thorough  knowledge  of  all  branches 
entitle  him  to  at  least  equal  consideration  from  the  trade  with  those 
who  are  less  modest  in  this  respect.  A  native  of  Massachusetts,  Mr. 
Smith  resides  in  Worcester,  and  enjoys  the  confidence  and  respect  of 
a  large  circle  of  business  and  social  acquaintances,  who  esteem  him 
for  his  business  ability  and  strict  personal  integrity. 


THE  LACING  STUD  COMPANY,  Manufacturers  of  Lacing  Studs 
and  Hooks,  No.  55  Lincoln  Street;  W.  C.  Bray,  Secretary  and 
Treasurer.— This  successful  company  was  duly  incorporated 
in  1879  with  ample  capital,  and  since  its  organization  has  se- 
cured a  liberal  and  permanent  patronage  In  all  sections  of  the  United 


MARKWARD  &  CO.,  Upholsterers  and  Interior   Decorators, 
No.  535  Washington  Street  —Established  in  1878,  this  enter- 
prising and  popular  firm  has  from  its  inception  steadily 
increased  its  hold  on  public  favor  and  patronage.    The  work 
turned  out  here  is  of  a  very  superior  character,  alike  as  to  originality 
and  beauty  of  design,  workmanship,  and  finish,  while  the  lowest 
prices  consistent  therewith  also  prevail.    The  business  premises  oc- 
cupy two  30x70  foot  floors,  with  ample  and  excellent  facilities,  and 
a  number  of  expert  hands  are  regularly  employed.    An  Al  assort- 
ment of  upholstered  goods  and  general  interior  decorations  is  con- 
stantly carried  in  stock,  including  superb  curtains,  window  shades, 
lambrequins, 'cornices,  mirrors,  and  kindred  articles,  while  upholstery, 
etc.,  are  made  to  order  likewise,  and  repairing  attended  to  in  the  very 
best  style  of  the  art,  at  reasonable  rates.    Mr.  Charles  L.  T.  Mark- 
.  ward  who  is  the  sole  member,  was  born1  in  Germany,  but  has  been  in 
this  country  since  1867.    He  is  a  practical  and  expert  upholsterer  and 
decorator  himself,  of  many  years'  experience. 


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EVERETT  PIANO   COMPANY,  Corner  Albany  and  Wareham 
Streets;  William  Moore,  Treasurer.— An   industry  in  which 
Boston  holds  a  leading  place  hi  the  United  States  is  that  de- 
voted to  the  manufacture  of  pianos  and  the  productions  of 
her  manufacturers  in  this  line  have  become  famous  the  world  over 
for  the  superiority  of  the  instruments  produced  by  them.    Among 
the  many  concerns  of  the  kind,  none  have  advanced  to  the  front  so 
rapidly   as  the  Everett   Piano  Company,  whose  headquarters  are 
located  at  the  corner  of  Albany  and  Wareham  Streets.    This  com- 
pany was  organized  in  1880,  with  ample  capital,  and  with  able  execu- 
tive officers  at  the  head  of  the  enterprise.    The  thorough  experience 
and  practical  knowledge  brought  to  bear  in  the  management  of 


affairs  soon  resulted  in  bringing  the  attention  of  the  public  to  this 
new  claimant  to  their  favor,  and  leading  musicians  and  the  musical 
world  in  general  were  not  long  in  discovering  that  exceptional  merit 
marked  the  pianos  turned  out  by  this  company.  The  trade  rapidly 
augmented,  and  in  1886  the  firm  completed  and  took  possession  of 
the  splendid  factory  which  they  have  since  occupied.  This  is  one  of 
the  finest  equipped  piano  factories  in  the  world.  The  premises  con- 
sist of  a  six-story  brick  building  75x250  feet  in  dimensions,  appointed 
throughout  with  the  latest  and  most  approved  machinery  and  me- 
chanical appliances,  and  steam-power  is  furnished  by  a  one  hundred 
horse-power  engine  and  two  large  boilers.  Employment  is  afforded  in 
the  various  departments  to  one  hundred  skilled  and  expert  artisans. 
The  handsomely  furnished  office  and  salesrooms  are  located  on  the 
first  floor,  and  a  large  stock  is  shown  here.  The  company  manu- 
facture square  and  upright  pianos  in  a  large  variety  of  styles.  Every 
particle  of  the  work  of  construction,  from  kiln-drying  and  sawing  of 
the  wood  to  the  final  finishing  touch,  is  all  executed  here,  and  the 
most  delicate  care  is  exercised  to  secure  a  perfect  production.  The 
aesthetic  and  mechanical  properties  of  the  instruments  are  manifest 
at  once,  for  the  tone  is  clear,  pure,  and  sympathetic,  while  the  touch 
is  exceptionally  easy  and  elastic.  Orders  received  from  anywhere 
are  carefully  filled,  and  instruments  are  safely  packed  and  shipped 
without  delay. 

HM.  KINPORTS,  Watches,  Clocks,  Diamonds,  Jewelry,  Sil- 
verware, Rugs,  Carpets,  Novelty  Furniture,  etc.,  No.  71 
„  Cornhill  and  No.  14  Brattle  Street.— For  excellent  value 
in  the  line  of  watches,  clocks,  jewelry,  rugs,  carpets,  and 
household  specialties,  or  for  low  prices  and  easy  terms  of  purchase, 
no  establishment  of  the  kind  in  Boston  compares  with  that  of 
H.  M.  Kinports,  No.  71  Cornhill  and  No.  14  Brattle  Street,  with 
branch  stores  also  at  North  Adams  and  Springfield,  Mass.  This 
flourishing  business,  which  has  its  headquarters  at  No.  71  Cornhill, 
was  established  something  over  two  years  ago,  and  from  its  inception 
has  been  conducted  with  eminent  success,  each  of  the  four  places 
proving  highly  gratifying  ventures.  Goods  are  sold  either  for  cash 
or  on  easy  payments  by  the  week  or  month,  liberal,  and  honorable 
terms  prevailing  hi  every  instance,  while  the  prices  quoted  are  main- 
tained at  bed  rock  figures.  A  large  and  first-class  assortment 
is  constantly  on  hand,  comprising  fine  gold  and  silver  watches, 
French,  Swiss,  and  American  clocks,  superb  diamonds,  elegant  jew- 
elry, solid  silver  and  plated  ware,  exquisite  designs  in  oriental  rugs, 
mats  and  carpets,  cabinet  articles,  novelty  furniture,  and  kindred 
interior  decorations  in  great  variety,  a  large  portion  of  the  goods 
being  sold  through  canvassers  of  whom  an  efficient  force  are  in  reg- 
ular service,  and,  altogether,  a  very  prosperous  business  is  done. 
Mr.  Kinports,  who  is  a  native  of  Philadelphia,  and  a  resident  of  this 
city  eight  years,  is  a  man  of  entire  probity  in  his  dealings,  as  well  as 
of  energy  and  enterprise,  and  fully  merits  the  success  that  has  at- 
tended his  well-directed  efforts  from  the  start. 


HCARMICHAEL,  Ph.D.,  Analytical  and  Consulting  Chemist 
Office  and  Laboratory,  No.  7  Broad  Street.— There  is  no 
m     profession  carrying  with  it  weightier  responsibilities  or  re- 
quiring higher  and  more  comprehensive  qualifications  than 
that  of  the  analytical  and  consulting  chemist.    A  valued  acquisition 
to  Boston's  representatives  in  this  line  was  two  years  ago,  when  Mr. 
H.  Carmichael,  doctor  of  philosophy,  and  the  well  known  ex-professor 
of  chemistry  in  Bowdoin  College,  settled  here  and  opened  his  office 
and  laboratory  at  No.  7  Broad  Street.   Mr.  Carmichael  brings  to  bear 
special  qualifications.    A  native  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  he  early  acquired 
a  thorough  collegiate  training,  graduating  at  Amherst  College  in  1867 
and  subsequently  pursuing  a  full  course  of  study  at  the  famous  Uni- 
versity of  Goettingen,  Germany,  receiving 
the  degree  of  Ph.D.,  and  upon  his  return 
being  appointed  professor  of  chemistry  in 
Iowa  College,  and  a  year  later  was  elected 
professor  of  chemistry  in  Bowdoin  College 
and  in  the  Maine  medical  school.  For  many 
years  he  also  held  the  position  of  State  As- 
sayer  of  Maine.  He  has  faithfully  and  ably 
discharged  the  important  duties  devolving 
upon  him,  and  resigning  from  Bowdoin  to 
enter  the  broad  field  of  usefulness  offered 
by  the  mining  and  manufacturing  world. 
Dr.  Carmichael   attends   to  orders  to  all 

branches  of  his  prof ession ;  he  analyzes  and  reports  upon  waters, 
foods,  chemicals,  dyestuffs,  etc.,  and  also  devotes  much  time  to  the  de- 
mands of  large  corporations  for  the  analyses  of  the  materials  they  use. 
He  also  tests  and  assays  ores  of  the  precious  metals,  iron,  steel,  etc., 
reporting  every  feature  of  commercial  value  and  contributing  to  sci- 
ence anything  of  practical  enlargement  of  knowledge  to  this  branch 
of  physics.  Dr.  Carmichael  is  an  analyst  and  chemist  of  international 
celebrity;  his  tests  "are  accurate,  and  his  researches  exhaustive  and 
his  clients  can  fully  rely  upon  the  reports  submitted.  As  an  expert 
and  authority  in  his  line  he  is  frequently  called  upon,  and  no  one  is 
better  qualified.  His  business  is  large  and  growing;  his  connections 
are  most  desirable  and  influential  and  he  is  a  worthy  representative 
in  his  line.  Dr.  Carmichael  has  given  particular  attention  to  the 
manufacture  of  fibre  ware,  and  his  well-known  inventions  in  this  field 
serve  as  a  basis  of  one  of  the  large  industries  of  the  country.  It 
should  be  added  that  he  is  an  active  member  of  the  Association  for 
the  Advancement  of  Science. 


FRED  HARTLEY,  Wool  Broker  and  Importer,  No.  152  Federal 
Street.— The  well-known  broker  and  importer  of  wools,  Mr. 
Fred  Hartley  of  No.  152  Federal  Street,  enjoys  a  national  repu- 
tation for  handling  foreign  and  domestic  wools  of  all  kinds, 
making  a  specialty  of  worsted  wools;  placing  consignments  in  best 
markets,  which  his  large  connection  and  long  experience  enables  him 
to  do  with  unusual  and  exceptional  advantages,  and  buying  on  orders 
for  others  in  this  country  and  all  foreign  markets.  He  established 
his  business  in  this  city  in  1885,  operating  a  large  business  also  at  Phila- 
delphia, and  acts  as  agent  in  this  country  for  his  brothers,  L.  Hartley 
&  Co.  of  Bradford,  England;  and  Walter  Hartley,  of  Marsden,  Eng- 
land ;  both  of  whom  are  extensive  woolen  manufacturers.  He  imports 
his  foreign  wools  direct  from  the  best  producing  sources,  having  cor- 
respondents in  all  parts  of  the  world,  and  buys  the  entire  consumption 
for  some  of  the  largest  mills  in  New  England.  He  has  established  a 
reputation  as  a  most  successful  handler  of  wool,  while  his  high  per- 
sonal character  gives  purchasers  every  guarantee  that  all  wool  is  as 
represented  in  quality  and  graded  correctly.  His  efforts  to  supply 
this  market  with  the  best  worsted  wools  have  given  a  new  impetus  to 
that  important  branch  of  the  wool  trade,  and  his  imports  of  this  grade 
are  indorsed  by  buyers  all  over  the  country.  So  enterprising  and  pro- 
gressive a  house  must  necessarily  have  an  influence  in  trade  circles 
that  is  appreciated,  and,  as  a  result  of  his  well  directed  labors,  Mr. 
Hartley  is  in  high  repute  among  wool-growers,  consignors  and  buyers 
for  his  great  dispatch  of  business,  the  successful  placing  of  consign- 
ments, and  honorable,  reliable  deah'ng.  His  importations  include  noils 
and  botany  waste,  and  much  of  his  stock  is  left  in  bond.  A  corps  of 
ten  experienced  salesmen  is  employed.  Mr.  Hartley  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, and  came  to  this  country  ten  years  ago.  He  resides  in  this 
city,  and  has  developed  a  reputation  and  a  patronage  in  trade  circles 
of  which  he  has  every  reason  to  be  proud,  and  one  which  is  now  reap- 
ing him  gooi  returns. 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


JUSTICE,  BATEMAN  &  CO.,  Wool  Commission  Merchants,  No. 
620  Atlantic  Avenue.— The  house  of  Messrs.  Justice,  Bateman 
&  Co.,  is  a  prominent  representative  of  the  wool  trade,  not 
alone  from  the  extent  of  its  trade  and  the  force  and  energy  of 
its  management,  but  also  from  the  fact  that  for  full  forty  years  it 
has  exerted  a  powerful  influence  on  the  development  of  the  wool 
trade  with  foreign  countries  and  its  advancement  throughout  our 
own  borders.  The  firm  have  long  enjoyed  an  international  reputa- 
tion as  wool  commission  merchants,  and  have  their  main  head- 
quarters in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  located  at  No.  122  Front  Street, 
where  they  occupy  the  finest  warehouses  for  the  purposes  of  their 
business  in  this  country,  containing  over  fifty  thousand  square  feet 
of  glass,  and  planned  and  erected  exclusively  for  the  firm.  These 
warerooms  contain  over  two  acres  of  flooring  surface.  It  is  the 
oldest  wool  firm  in  Philadelphia,  and  its  Boston  house,  which  was 
established  iu  1883,  is  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Minot  W. 
Walter,  as  selling  agent.  This  branch  supplies  the  New  England 
trade  of  the  firm.  Wool  thus  consigned  to  Messrs.  Justice,  Bateman 
&  Co.  has  two  of  the  largest  markets  for  a  single  commission,  while 
no  firm  realizes  better  prices,  effects  speedier  sales,  or  secures  re- 
turns in  a  more  prompt  and  satisfactory  manner.  This  firm  have 
the  highest  of  reputations  in  the  trade  and  among  wool-growers. 
They  handle  all  domestic  wools,  shipping  orders  direct  from  the 
warehouses  in  Philadelphia;  and  their  trade  is  immense  and  influ- 
ential throughout  the  United  States,  the  Canadas,  England,  France, 
Australia,  and  South  America. 

HARTFORD  &  CO.,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Commission  Dealers 
in  Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits  and  Produce.  No.  284  Con- 
cord Avenue  and  No.  207  Arlington  Avenue,  Mercantile 
Market.— This  popular  and  prosperous  firm  was  established 
in  1863,  and  prior  to  the  opening  of  the  Mercantile  Market  in  1880 
had  been  located  on  South  Market  Street.  From  the  start  its  career 
has  been  a  record  of  steady  progress.  They  handle  everything  in 
the  line  of  fruits  and  country  produce,  making  a  specialty  of 
onions,  apples  and  cranberries,  and  carry  on  a  strictly  commission 
business,  while  prompt  returns  are  invariably  made  to  shippers. 
A  heavy  and  carefully  assorted  stock,  which  includes  oranges, 
lemons,  figs,  nuts  of  every  variety  and  bananas  in  season,  is  con- 
stantly kept  on  hand,  besides  domestic  fruits,  berries  and  country 
produce,  while  five  assistants  are  employed,  and  all  orders  are 
promptly  and  reliably  attended  to.  Mr.  B.  B.  Hartford,  who  is  the 
sole  member,  is  a  man  of  middle  age  and  a  native  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, but  has  resided  in  Boston  forty-two  years. 

EDWARD  T.  GAY,  Fish  and  Oysters,  No.  9  St.  Charles  Market, 
Corner  Lincoln  and  Beach  Streets.— Prominent  among  the 
most  active  and  popular  young  business  men  in  this  section 
of  the  city  is  Mr.  Edward  T.  Gay,  who  in  1885  assumed  entire 
charge  of  the  old  established  business  located  at  stall  No.  9  in  the 
St.  Charles  [Market,  and  during  his  comparatively  brief  career  he 
has  not  only  retained  the  patronage  of  his  predecessors,  but  has 
materially  increased  the  trade  of  the  house,  by  his  untiring  efforts 
to  please  all  classes  of  patrons  in  the  choice,  quality  and  price  of 
food  products  dealt  in.  The  stall  is  large,  well  fitted  up  and  com- 
modious, supplied  with  all  conveniences,  and  well  stocked  with  fish 
of  every  variety  in  their  respective  seasons,  fine  oysters,  clams, 
soft  shell  crabs,  scallops,  shrimps,  etc.,  which  are  promptly  deliv- 
ered to  any  given  address;  several  experienced  and  obliging  clerks 
being  employed  in  the  service  of  patrons.  Mr.  Gay  is  a  native  of 
Boston,  and  is  the  recipient  of  a  liberal  share  of  public  favor. 

T.  ELLS,  Boarding  and  Baiting  Stable,  No.  97  Richmond 
Street.— One  of  the  leading  establishments  for  boarding 
and  baiting  in  town  is  that  so  ably  conducted  by  Mr.  D.  T. 
Ells,  at  No.  97  Richmond  Street,  between  North  and  Fulton 
streets.  Mr.  Ells,  who  is  a  native  of  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  came  here  three 
years  ago,  and  entered  into  the  business  which  he  has  since  carried 
on  with  such  signal  success.  His  stables  on  Richmond  Street  are  of 
the  most  commodious  description,  comprising  two  floors,  150  x  150 
feet  in  dimensions,  well  ventilated  throughout  and  having  110  stalls. 
Mr.  Ells.has  the  care  of  a  large  number  of  animals  belonging  to  bus- 
iness houses  in  the  neighborhood,  as  well  as  those  of  private  parties, 
and  employs  eighteen  experienced  hands  to  look  after  them.  He 
provides  the  best  feed  and  the  most  comfortable  bedding  for  these 


D. 


animals,  and  has  established  a  first-class  reputation  for  the  splendid 
condition  in  which  they  are  kept  in  his  establishment.  Low  rates 
consistent  with  first-class  stabling  and  care  are  features  of  Mr.  Ells' 
place,  and  make  it  peculiarly  attractive  to  all  who  are  particular 
about  the  proper  condition  of  their  stock. 

AM.  BAKER,  Apothecary,  No.  270  Hanover  Street,  Corner 
Parmenter.— The  drug  store  conducted  by  Mr.  A.  M. 
Baker  is  one  of  the  numerous  bright  and  cozy  business 
establishments  in  this  section  of  the  city.  Mr.  Baker  is 
a  practical  pharmacist  who  brings  thirty  years'  experience  to  bear 
in  his  enterprise.  He  was  born  in  Portland,  Me.,  and  has  been 
identified  with  his  present  line  of  business  in  San  Francisco,  New 
York  and  New  Jersey.  He  opened  his  present  store  two  years 
ago,  and  at  once  won  the  confidence  and  custom  of  a  large  num- 
ber of  patrons.  The  store  is  a  commodious  one,  and  is  very  ele- 
gant and  attractive  in  its  fittings  and  appointments,  which  include 
fine  plate-glass  show-cases,  handsome  soda-water  fountain,  etc. 
Here  is  to  be  found  at  all  times  a  first-class  and  complete  stock  of 
pure  fresh  drugs  and  chemicals,  proprietary  medicines  of  acknowl- 
edged worth,  the  latest  novelties  in  perfumery  and  toilet  goods, 
and  druggists'  sundries  in  great  variety.  The  prescription  depart- 
ment is  under  the  immediate  supervision  of  Mr.  Baker,  and  the 
attention  he  gives  it  as  regards  the  best  of  drugs  and  the  careful 
preparation  of  physicians'  prescriptions  is  worthy  of  note,  as  the 
pharmaceutical  preparations  and  prescriptions  are  a  specialty. 

WHASKELL  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Fresh  Fish,  etc., 
No.  132  Commerce  Street.— This  business  was  established 
B   in  1860  by  Parsons,  Langsford  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded 
by  Parsons  &  Co.     Eventually  in  1872  Mr.  W.  Haskell 
purchased  the  business  which  he  is  now  carrying  on  under  the  firm 
name  of  Haskell  &  Co.    The  quarters  occupied  are  equipped  with 
every  convenience  for  the  handling  and  shipping  of  stock.    Mr. 
Haskell  deals  largely  in  all  kinds  of  fresh  fish  and  lobsters,  and 
manufactures  pure  cod  liver  oil  and  curriers'  oil.    Only  the  choicest 
grades  of  fish  are  handled,  and  both  a  wholesale  and  retail  trade  are 
supplied  on  the  most  favorable  terms.    A  large  stock  is  at  all  times 
carried,  and  the  trade  of  the  house  extends  throughout  New  Eng- 
land and  the  Eastern  States.    "Mr.  Haskell  is  a  native  of  Cape  Ann, 
Mass.,  and  an  energetic,  honorable  business  man. 

JM.  READ,  Manufacturer  of  Read's  Patent  Regulating  Check 
Dampers,  etc.,  Nos.  61  and  63  Blackstone  Street.— Mr.  J.  M- 
u  Read,  the  patentee  and  inventor  of  Read's  Patent  Regulating 
Check  Dampers,  which  are  now  used  by  all  the  leading  range- 
manufacturers  of  the  United  States,  was  born  in  Swansea,  N.  H., 
eighty  yeai-s  ago,  and  is  still  hale,  hearty  and  vigorous.  He  invented 
the  first  ranges  ever  made  in  1846,  and  some  of  them  are  still  in  use. 
Mr.  Read  commenced  business  in  1838  as  a  carriage  builder  and 
eventually  began  manufacturing  his  patent  crimping  screw.  la 
1840  he  entered  the  stove  business,  and  after  a  successful  career  sold, 
out  in  July,  1888.  He  is  a  man  of  untiring  energy  and  industry,  and 
though  fourscore  years  old  again  commenced  business  in  Boston  at 
Nos.  61  and  63  Blackstone  Street,  and  is  still  inventing  and  perfecting 
several  useful  specialties.  Mr.  Read  manufactures  and  deals  in 
Read's  patent  regulating  check  dampers,  farmers'  boilers,  patent 
pipe  dampers,  patent  hot-air  pipe  dampers,  patent  malleable  stove 
pokers,  patent  malleable  cover  lifters,  stove  scrapers,  etc.  The 
trade  now  extends  throughout  all  sections  of  the  United  States. 

RR.  SMITH  &  SON,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Beef,  Mutton,  Lamb, 
Veal  and  Poultry,  Stall  Nos.  18  and  19  Central  Market,  Nos. 
„  46  and  52  North  Street.— This  well  and  favorably  known 
firm  was  established  is  1882,  and  from  the  start  Messrs. 
Smith  have  enjoyed  an  excellent  patronage.    Handling  nothing  but 
prime  goods,  attentive  to  customers,  and  being  reliable  in  their 
dealings  the  result  could  scarcely  have  been  other  than  their  well 
merited  success.    The  stall  is  commodious  and    excellently  kept, 
while  a  large  and  fine  stock  is  always  carried  on  hand,  including 
choice  fresh  beef,  mutton,  lamb,  veal,  poultry  and  game  in  season, 
and  the  trade  of  the  firm,  which  is  both  wholesale  and  retail,  is  quite 
substantial,  extending  all  over  the  city  and  vicinity.    Messrs.  R.  R. 
and  Samuel  E.  Smith,  father  and  son,  are  natives  of  Cape  Cod, 
Mass.,  but  have  resided  in  Boston  for  a  quarter  of  a  century. 


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LE.  BOW,  Outfitter,  No.  48  Causeway  Street.— The  store  of 
L.  E.  Bow  is  admirably  arranged  and  handsomely  fitted  up 
and  contains  a  well  selected  assortment  of  shirts  of  all  kinds, 
underwear,  gloves,  hosiery  and  all  the  new  ideas  and  de- 
signs in  neckwear,  collars  and  cuffs,  umbrellas,  canes  and  an  almost 
endless  variety  of  sundries  belonging  to  the  business.  A  specialty 
is  made  of  fine  grade  custom  shirts  to  order,  which  are  cut  upon 
scientific  principles  and  warranted  in  every  respect.  They  are  made 
of  Wamsutta  muslin  and  No.  2200  linen,  with  hand-made  button- 
holes and  linen  neckbands  and  wristbands,  initialled  and  made  by 
experienced  operators  and  sent  by  express  to  any  address  for  the 
low  price  of  six  for  $9.00  unlaundered,  and  will  send  a  sample  shirt 
free  if  the  goods  are  not  perfectly  satisfactory  in  every  reasonable 
particular.  Laundry  work  is  also  quickly  done,  pure  spring  water 
only  being  used  for  this  purpose.  Prices  are  fair  and  reasonable  at 
this  establishment  and  every  attention  is  given  to  those  who  favor  it 
with  their  patronage.  Mr.  L.  E.  Bow,  the  courteous  proprietor,  came 
to  this  country  from  Italy  upwards  of  twenty  years  ago.  He  is  very 
well  known  in  this  community  in  connection  with  his  barber  shop  in 
the  Boston  and  Lowell  Depot,  and  No.  6  City  Hall  Avenue.  He  is 
doing  a  large  business  and  sustains  a  high  reputation  in  this  com- 
munity. 

TB.  EVANS,  Produce  Dealer,  Nos.  50  and  52  North  Street— 
One  of  the  old  established  houses  in  the  produce  business 
M  is  that  of  Mr.  T.  B.  Evans,  who  succeeded  the  well-known 
firm  of  Sears  &  Evans,  which  was  established  twenty  years 
ago,  and  continued  till  the  year  1881.  He  does  an  extensive  whole- 
sale and  retail  business  in  butter,  cheese,  eggs,  poultry,  vegetables 
and  farm  produce  generally,  i-eceiving  fresh  supplies  daily  from  the 
surrounding  country,  and  being  in  a  position  to  fill  the  largest  orders 
on  the  shortest  notice.  Mr.  Evans  carries  on  hand  a  large  stock  of 
produce  at  all  times.  His  stall  is  one  of  the  most  attractive  in  the 
neighborhood,  and  the  best  attention  is  paid  to  customers,  three 
clerks  being  employed  in  the  place,  while  Mr.  Evans  pays  the 
closest  attention  himself  to  all  the  details  of  the  business.  He  is  a 
native  of  Woburn,  Mass.,  where  his  home  still  is,  and  where  his  rep- 
utation in  social  circles  as  in  the  commercial  circles  of  Boston 
stands  very  high. 

ZIMRI  S.  BARNES,  Beef,  Pork,  Lard,  Hams,  etc.,  Stall,  No.  6 
St.  Charles  Market.— Mr.  Zimri  S.  Barnes  has  been  identified 
with  the  provision  trade  for  over  thirty  years,  and  has  been 
in  business  on  his  own  account  for  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
He  is  the  occupant  of  the  commodious  and  well  equipped  No.  6  stall 
in  front  of  St.  Charles  Market,  on  the  Beach  Street  side,  and  oppo- 
site the  United  States  Hotel.  Here  is  to  be  found  at  all  times  the 
choicest  quality  of  beef,  pork,  lard,  hams,  and  other  meat  products, 
in  which  Mr.  Barnes  has  a  fine,  substantial  and  influential  trade  in 
both  the  city  and  suburbs.  His  supplies  are  drawn  from  the  most 
reliable  sources,  and  handling  none  but  first-class  stock,  we  know  of 
no  house  in  the  city  where  quality,  quantity  and  prices  can  be 
obtained  to  surpass  those  of  Mr.  Barnes.  His  stall  is  among  the 
most  popular  in  the  market.  Mr.  Barnes  is  a  native  of  Stoneham, 
Mass.,  and  a  well-known  sportsman.  From  boyhood,  now  over  fifty 
years  ago,  he  has  been  well  acquainted  with  the  leading  sportsmen 
of  Boston,  and  his  reputation  is  that  of  a  crack  shot  and  expert 
angler.  He  has  carried  off  many  prizes  at  famous  pigeon  shooting 
contests.  Even  now,  although  upwards  of  sixty  years  of  age,  he 
frequently,  during  the  shooting  season,  takes  his  gun  and  goes  off 
to  some  of  his  old  haunts  in  quest  of  quail,  woodcocks,  etc.  He  is 
also  a  noted  bird  and  dog  fancier,  and  has  raised  and  broken  some 
of  the  best  hunting  dogs  in  the  state. 


CHARLES    H.    ORDVVAY,    Wholesale    Commission    Dealer   in 
Fruits  and  Produce  of  All  Kinds.  Country  Produce  a  Spe- 
cialty, Nos.  191  and  195  Arlington  Avenue,  Mercantile  Veg- 
etable Market.— Few  engaged  in  the  handling  of  fruits  and 
produce  in  the  Mercantile  Vegetable  Market  are  better  known  or 
enjoy  a  more  liberal  share  of  popular  favor  than  Charles  H.  Ord- 
way,  wholesale  commission  dealer.    Mr.  Ordway,  who  is  a  native  of 
New  Hampshire  and  has  been  a  resident  of  Boston  seventeen  years, 
enjoys  an  excellent  reputation  in  the  trade.    He  established  himself 
in  business  here  in  February,  1878,  and  during  eleven  years  since 


intervening  he  has  maintained  a  career  of  unbroken  prosperity 
Conducting  all  his  transactions  on  strict  business  principles,  prompt 
and  thoroughly  reliable  in  his  dealings,  it  is  only  in  the  nature  of 
things  that  this  gentleman  should  have  attained  success.  Mr.  Ord- 
way occupies  ample  and  commodious  quarters,  and  carries  con- 
stantly on  hand  a  heavy  and  first-class  stock  of  everything  in  the 
line  of  vegetables,  fruits,  berries  and  produce  of  all  kinds,  country 
produce  being  a  specialty,  while  several  efficient  assistants  are  in 
attendance.  An  exclusive  commission  business  is  done,  and  the 
trade,  which  is  of  a  wholesale  character  principally,  is  at  once  large, 
prosperous  and  permanent. 

SUFFOLK  KINDLING-WOOD  COMPANY,  No.  686  East  First 
Street,  Near  K  Street,  South  Boston.— This  is  in  all  respects 
one  of  the  leading  and  largest  concerns  of  the  kind  in 
Boston,  and  has  been  in  successful  operation  upward  of  a. 
quarter  of  a  century.  This  flourishing  enterprise  was  established 
in  1864,  and  from  its  inception  up  to  February,  1888,  the  manufact- 
uring was  done  here  on  the  premises,  but  owing  to  the  plant 
being  destroyed  by  fire  at  the  period  mentioned,  the  company 
have  their  wood  sawed  and  split  by  steam-power,  with  improved 
machinery,  at  Bangor,  Me.,  whence  it  is  shipped  by  rail  to  their 
commodious  yards  and  storehouse  in  South  Boston.  An  exceed- 
ingly large  and  first-class  stock  is  constantly  carried  on  hand  to 
meet  the  requirements  of  the  steady  and  extensive  demand,  and  an 
efficient  force  of  help  is  here  employed,  while  eight  or  more  teams 
are  in  regular  service  supplying  customers,  all  orders  receiving  im- 
mediate attention,  and  the  business,  which  extends  all  over  the  city 
and  suburbs,  Is  of  a  most  substantial  character,  and  grows  apace 
annually.  Messrs.  William  H.  Harvey  and  J.  Roscoe  Wright,  the 
proprietors,  are  men  of  energy  and  enterprise. 


CLOUTMAN,  DUNHAM  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Boots  and 
Shoes,  No.  18  High  Street.— This  firm  are  widely  prominent  as 
manufacturers  of  medium  grades  of  men's,  boys'  sewed  and 
standard  fine  foot  wear  which  are  manufactured  in  buff,  calf 
and  unlined  kips,  and  which  have  no  superiors  in  the  market  for  fit, 
comfort,  durability  or  style  and  which  are  in  large  demand  by  job- 
bers and  dealers  throughout  the  United  States.  The  business  was 
founded  by  the  present  firm  in  1881  and  have  since  that  time  devel- 
oped a  good  trade  throughout  the  United  States,  obtained  by  the  uni- 
form good  quality  of  the  products  as  the  result  of  unremitting  care 
and  close  personal  attention  on  the  part  of  the  proprietors  the  pur- 
chase of  the  best  raw  material  and  sparing  nothing  in  expense  or 
labor  to  improve  the  quality  and  enhance  the  value  and  desirability 
of  the  goods  in  all  essential  respects.  The  spacious  salesrooms  are 
filled  to  repletion  with  the  various  specialties  of  the  house  and  orders^ 
are  filled  of  any  magnitude  with  the  utmost  despatch.  At  the  facto- 
ries a  force  of  upwards  of  500  hands  are  employed.  The  firm  offer 
substantial  inducements  to  the  trade  both  in  prices  and  quality  of 
goods  which  would  be  difficult  to  duplicate  elsewhere,  and  we  com- 
mend the  house  to  our  readers  and  the  trade  everywhere.  Mr.  B.  S. 
Cloutman  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  and  Mr.  E.  F.  Dunham  of 
South  Carolina. 

AH.  HOLWAY,  Real  Estate  and  Insurance,  No.  309  Wash- 
ington Street,  Boston,  and  No.  10  Fairmount  Block. 
B  Everett  Square,  Hyde  Park.— A  gentleman  who  has  for 
the  past  quarter  of  a  century  occupied  a  prominent  posi- 
tion as  an  operator  in  the  real  estate  and  insurance  business,  is  Mr. 
A.  H.  Holway.  Mr.  Holway  has  built  up  a  patronage  of  a  very 
extensive  and  influential  character,  numbering  among  his  patrons 
many  leading  property  owners  and  capitalists.  He  has  always  upon 
his  books  the  best  available  bargains  in  lands,  houses,  stores,  etc. 
Mr.  Holway  is  also  a  heavy  real  estate  owner  himself,  among  his 
acquisitions  being  the  elegant  bank  building  on  Everett  Square  and 
Fairmount  Block  in  this  town.  He  carries  on  a  general  business  in 
buying,  selling,  building,  leasing,  exchanging,  appraising,  and  rent- 
ing property  of  all  kinds,  negotiates  mortgages  at  reasonable  rates, 
and  issues  risks  in  all  reliable  and  substantial  fire  insurance  com 
panics.  Mr.  Holway 's  long  experience  in  the  real  estate  business 
enables  him  to  meet  all  requirements  in  a  prompt  and  satisfactory 
manner.  His  judgment  may  in  every  case  be  depended  upon  as 
being  strictly  reliable  and  sound. 


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ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


RA.  PERKINS  &  CO.,  Wholesale  Dealers  and  Packers  of  Beef, 
Pork,  Lard,  Hams,  etc.,  Barrel  Beef  for  Family  Use  a 
w  Specialty,  Stalls  No.  6  and  8  Central  Market,  No.  50  North 
Street.— The  business  of  supplying  beef  and  pork  by  whole- 
sale and  retail  has  long  been  a  prominent  feature  in  the  commercial 
activity  of  this  city,  and  a  leading  house  devoted  to  this  special  line 
of  trade  is  that  of  R.  A.  Perkins  &  Co.,  occupying  stalls  Nos.  6  and  8 
Central  Market,  No.  50  North  Street.  This  firm  are  extensive  whole- 
sale and  retail  dealers  in  beef  and  pork  exclusively,  and  have  been 
established  in  business  here  since  January,  1885.  The  stalls  are  fitted 
up  with  special  reference  to  the  requirements  of  the  business,  and 
supplied  with  cold  storage  for  the  perfect  preservation  of  perishable 
goods  in  hot  weather,  enabling  the  management  to  supply  patrons 
at  all  times  with  the  freshest  and  most  reliable  supplies  at  the  lowest 
prices.  This  firm  determined  at  the  outset  that  everything  leaving 
.their  hands  to  be  served  to  customers  should  be  of  the  veiy  best  that 
was  reared  and  handled.  They  spare  no  pains  or  expense  to  procure 
.the  choicest  of  meats,  and  possess  facilities  for  procuring  the  same 
not  enjoyed  by  other  concerns.  Their  goods  are  the  best  in  the 
market  for  quality,  flavor  and  excellence,  while  order  and  system 
prevail,  and  the  entire  place  is  a  model  of  neatness,  cleanliness  and 
good  management.  Goods  are  freely  shipped  to  all  parts  of  Massa- 
chusetts and  Maine,  and  the  trade  is  steadily  increasing  in  volume 
-and  importance.  Mr.  Perkins,  the  active  member  of  the  firm,  is  a 
native  of  the  state  of  Maine,  a  resident  of  Boston  for  the  past  thir- 
.teen  years,  and  a  young  man  of  high  social  and  business  standing, 
.reliable  and  responsible  in  all  his  dealings,  and  eminently  popular 
with  his  host  of  patrons. 

WH.  OSGOOD,  Mutton,  Beef,  Lamb,  Veal,  Wild  Game  and 
Poultry,  English  Cured  Bacon,  and  the  Famous  Oxford 
m  Hams,  Nos.  1  and  2  St.  Charles  Market,  Corner  Beach 
and  Lincoln  Streets. — Among  the  enterprising  young 
^business  men  in  the  St.  Charles  Market,  there  are  none  more  popular 
than  Mr.  W.  H.  Osgood,  who  occupies  stalls  Nos.  1  and  2  on  the 
Beach  Street  side.  Mr.  Osgood  has  had  quite  an  extended  experience 
in  the  meat  and  provision  trade,  and  for  some  time  was  with  Mr.  G. 
A.  Pillsbury,  whom  he  succeeded  in  August  last,  and  has  since  con- 
tinued to  do  a  large  wholesale  and  retail  business,  which  he  is  prose- 
cuting vigorously.  He  is  ably  assisted  by  three  employees,  and  fills 
•orders  with  that  promptness  their  importance  demands.  Mr.  Os- 
.good  makes  a  fine  display  of  choice  cuts  of  fresh  beef,  veal,  lamb, 
pork,  and  also  poultry  and  game,  and  numbers  among  his  customers 
many  of  the  leading  hotels,  restaurants  and  families.  He  is  a  na- 
tive of  Maine,  and  has  lived  here  twelve  years,  and  during  his  busi- 
•ness  career  he  has  always  made  it  his  aim  to  supply  his  patrons  with 
-the  very  best  class  of  meats,  poultry,  etc.,  and  the  success  he  enjoys 
is  as  well  merited  as  it  is  deserved.  He  is  very  popular  in  the  mar- 
ket and  among  his  customers,  and  is  active,  wide  awake,  thorough- 
.  going  and  reliable. 

JAMES  TRYON,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Pork,  Lard, 
Hams,  Dressed  Hogs,  Tripe,  Sausages,  Pigs'  Feet,  etc.,  Nos.  1. 
3  and  5  Lakeman  Market,  Corner  Blackstone  and  North 
Streets. — Prominent  among  the  solid  and  substantial  provision 
merchants  doing  business  in  Lakeman  Market  is  James  Tryon, 
wholesale  and  retail  dealer  in  pork,  lard,  hams,  etc.,  who  occupies 
stalls  Nos.  1,  3  and  5.  None  engaged  in  this  line  hereabouts  is  more 
widely  or  favorably  known,  as  few,  if  any  at  all,  enjoy  a  larger  meas- 
ure of  public  favor  and  patronage,  his  trade,  which  extends  all  over 
the  New  England  states,  being  of  a  most  substantial  character.  Mr. 
Tryon,  who  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age,  was  born  in  the  state  of 
Maine,  but  has  resided  in  Boston  over  twenty-eight  years.  He  is  a 
man  of  energy  and  judicious  enterprise,  thoroughly  reliable  in  all  his 
dealings,  and  is  a  popular  and  well-known  member  of  the  Boston 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  Mr.  Tryon  occupies  three  commodious  and 
excellently  kept  stalls  with  ample  and  complete  facilities,  every  con- 
venience being  at  hand,  while  eight  or  more  efficient  salesmen  are  in 
attendance.  A  heavy  and  first-class  stock  is  always  kept  on  hand, 
including  prime,  salt,  corned  and  pickled  pork,  smoked  hams,  bacon, 
lard,  dressed  hogs,  tripe,  sausages,  pigs'  feet,  tongue,  etc.  Pork  and 
hams  are  a  specialty,  and  the  trade,  already  large  and  active,  grows 
apace  annually.  This  prosperous  business  was  established  at  the  pres- 
ent location  in  1871  by  the  gentleman  whose  name  heads  the  sketch, 
and  from  its  inception  has  been  conducted  with  eminent  success. 


CROCKETT  BROS.  &  SANBORN,  Commission  Merchants,  Flour, 
Grain,  Provisions,  etc.,  No.  24  Commerce  Street  and  No.  69 
South  Market  Street.— This  business  was  established  in  1847 
by  Hathaway  &  Woods,  who  conducted  it  till  1885,  when  the 
present  firm  succeeded  them.  The  copartners,  Messrs.  Chas.  B. 
Crockett  and  J.  Walter  Sanborn,  have  had  great  experience  in  the 
grain  and  provision  trade,  and  are  noted  in  business  circles  for  their 
energy,  promptness  and  thorough  protection  of  their  customers' 
best  interests.  They  carry  on  an  extensive  commission  business  in 
flour,  grain,  provisions,  hay  and  straw,  and  also  export  largely  to 
Great  Britain,  France,  Belgium,  Holland,  etc.  They  represent  thirty 
famous  mills  in  Illinois,  Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  Ohio,  Michigan, 
Indiana,  Dakota  and  New  York,  and  make  a  specialty  of  cargo  and 
car  load  lots  of  grain,  flour,  etc.  The  firm  promptly  handles  the 
largest  consignments  of  grain,  flour  and  provisions,  advancing  when 
required  to  any  extent  upon  the  same,  and  at  all  times  giving  their 
patrons  the  benefits  of  the  most  favorable  quotations  on  'Change. 
Mr.  Crockett  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Crockett  Bros., 
and  Mr.  Sanborn  was  for  seventeen  years  connected  with  Hathaway 
&  Woods.  Both  gentlemen  are  members  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce. Mr.  Crockett  was  born  in  Boston,  while  Mr.  Sanborn  is  a 
native  of  Somerville,  near  Boston. 


AHAYDEN  &  CO.,  Commission  Merchants  and  Dealers  in 
Fruits  and  Produce,  Nos.  3,  5  and  7  Quincy  Row  (Between 
B  South  Market  and  Clinton  Streets'*.— This  well  and  favorably 
known  firm  was  established  in  1878,  and  from  the  first  has 
maintained  an  unbroken  record  of  prosperity.  Conducting  the 
house  on  strict  business  principles,  thoroughly  reliable  in  their  deal- 
ings, and  being  withal  fully  conversant  with  the  trade,  it  is  only  in 
the  nature  of  things  that  they  should  have  attained  success.  The 
firm  conducts  a  general  wholesale  business,  in  fruits,  nuts,  berries, 
vegetables  and  country  produce,  handling  everything  in  this  line  in 
season,  and  receive  consignments  fresh  daily,  making  a  special 
feature  of  prompt  returns.  They  occupy  spacious  and  ample  quar- 
ters, and  carry  constantly  on  hand  a  large  and  excellent  stock, 
while  several  efficient  salesmen  are  in  attendance,  and  the  trade  of 
the  house,  which  is  of  very  substantial  proportions,  extends  through- 
out New  England,  New  York  State  and  the  British  Provinces.  Mr. 
Hayden,  who  is  the  sole  member,  sustains  an  Al  reputation  in  com- 
mercial life. 


ISAAC  II.  DYER,  Wholesale  Dealer  in  Mutton,  Lamb,  Veal,  etc., 
Cellar,  No.  6  Clinton  Street.— One  among  the  most  active  of  the 
enterprising  business  men  in  this  city  engaged  in  the  sale 
of  fresh  meats  is  Mr.  Isaac  H.  Dyer,  who  has  been  established 
in  the  business  since  1863,  and  for  the  past  six  yeai-s  has  occupied  the 
basement  at  No.  6  Clinton  Street,  which  is  well  equipped  for  business 
purposes  and  provided  with  a  refrigerator  of  large  capacity.  He 
also  has  a  wagon  fitted  up  for  the  purpose,  from  which  sales  are 
made  outside  Faneuil  Hall  Market.  Mr.  Dyer  is  a  reliable,  careful 
business  man,  whose  long,  practical  experience  in  this  line  of  trade 
and  whose  business  connections  are  such  that  he  can  fill  orders  to 
the  entire  satisfaction  of  customers,  and  supply  the  choicest  mutton, 
lamb  and  veal  at  popular  prices.  He  employs  three  assistants  to  aid 
him  in  his  operations,  and  is  doing  an  extensive  wholesale  and  re- 
tail trade  derived  from  the  city  and  adjacent  sections.  He  is  a  na- 
tive of  Watertown  in  this  state,  and  an  old  resident  of  Boston. 

SS.  LOCKE,  Produce  Dealer,  No.  106  Clinton  Street.— One  of 
the  most  popular  and  successful  among  the  younger  produce 
„  dealers  doing  business  in  the  mercantile  vegetable  market  is 
Mr.  S.  S.  Locke.    Mr.  Locke,  who  is  a  native  of  Winchester, 
Mass.,  where  he  was  brought  up  on  his  father's  farm,  is  a  young 
man  of  sterling  qualities.    After  starting  in  business  here  he  soon 
established  himself  in  public  favor  and  confidence,  owing  to  his 
promptness,  reliability  and  straightforward   dealing.     Mr.  Locke 
occupies  commodious  quarters,  and  carries  on  hand  at  all  times  a 
fine  stock,  which  includes  potatoes,  onions,  apples,  vegetables  and 
country  produce  generally,  while  a  capable  assistant  is  in  attendance 
also.    He  handles  goods  on  his  own  account  altogether,  receiving 
stock  fresh  daily,  and  does  a  wholesale  business  principally,  while 
the  trade,  which  extends  throughout  the  city  and  suburbs,  gives  evi- 
dence of  constant  and  gratifying  increase. 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 


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AMERICAN  DECORATIVE  COMPANY,  No.  116  Pearl  Street.— 
This  Company  makes  a  specialty  of  embossed  wall-papers 
made  from  pure  wood  fibre.  They  style  their  product  ligno- 
mur  (meaning  a  wall  of  wood),  and  the  manufacture  of  the 
same  is  fully  protected  by  United  States  patents.  The  goods  are 
manufactured  at  Cumberland  Mills,  Maine,  by  a  patent  process; 
and  by  the  use  of  their  new  and  improved  machinery,  made  es- 
pecially for  them,  a  surface  is  produced  on  the  goods  on  which  the 
most  delicate  tints  and  shades  are  easily  produced,  either  in  oil  or 
water  colors,  in  the  greatest  variety,  such  as  satin  effects,  royal  Wor- 
cester, old  ivory  and  faience,  cordova  leathers,  etc.  The  company 
has  brought  out  many  very  beautiful  designs  in  high  relief  in  per- 
fect imitation  of  the  finest  carved  work,  or  the  most  expensive 
leathers,  the  finest  and  most  delicate  lines  being  reproduced,  giving  a 
most  beautiful  and  artistic  effect.  Although  the  company  has  only 
been  organized  a  short  time,  yet  they  have  sold  their  goods  to  the 
most  prominent  dealers  throughout  the  country  from  Boston  to  San 
Francisco,  and  decorators  everywhere  speak  loudly  in  praise  of  the 
goods  over  all  others.  Lignomur  is  made  in  the  white  for  decora- 
tion, and  in  various  colors  for  direct  application  to  walls  and  ceilings, 
and  although  the  material  is  so  beautiful  and  artistic,  yet  the  price  for 
the  same  is  very  moderate.  The  company  is  supplying  a  want  long 
felt,  and  they  are  meeting  with  the  success  which  they  deserve.  The 
office  and  warerooms  are  at  No.  116  Pearl  Street,  Mr.  Edward  S.  Sears 
being  president,  and  Mr.  Eliab  Parker,  treasurer.  . 


KINGSTON  KNITTING  MILLS,  No.  27  Kingston  Street  —There 
is  a  growing  interest  and  attention  to  physical  culture  now 
engaging  the  attention  of  many  of  the  young  and  middle- 
aged  men  everywhere:  in  the  gymnasium  for  in-door,  and 
bicycle  riding,  boating,  base-ball,  lawn  tennis,  and  other  sports 
for  out-door  exercise.  The  dress  and  material  for  these  athletes,  are 
somewhat  peculiar  in  their  fabric  and  weaving,  and  especially  in  the 
style,  elasticity,  and  fit  of  the  garments  required.  There  is  no  estab- 
lishment more  deservedly  popular  and  more  successful  in  meeting 
this  need  than  the  Kingston  Knitting  Company,  whose  office  is  at 
No.  27  Kingston  Street.  The  proprietors,  Messrs.  I.  A.  Hatch 
&  Co.,  are  among  the  first  to  introduce  polo  worsted  suits  in 
the  market,  and  every  one  is  ready  to  concede  that  their  knowl- 
edge of  the  wants  of  clubs  and  the  trade  in  these  goods,  with  their 
reputation  for  honorable  dealing,  inspires  the  confidence  of  every 
one  doing  business  with  them,  consequently  they  are  decidedly  pop- 
lar. In  addition  to  almost  every  style  of  garment  used  by  athletes 
and  sportsmen,  they  are  manufacturers  of  the  celebrated  Niantic 
worsted  bicycle  stocking,  in  light  and  heavy  weights,  which  has  no 
superior  in  the  market.  The  varied  styles  and  make-up  of  their 
suits  for  athletes,  and  their  growing  interest  in  their  business  in  get- 
ting up  the  latest  novelties,  and  best  goods  used  we  commend  to 
every  one  interested  in  this  popular  exercise,  either  by  correspond- 
ence or  a  visit  to  the  Kingston  Knitting  Company,  No.  27  Kingston 
Street. 

JG.  McCARTER,  Manufacturer  of  Piping,  All  Colors,  Binding 
and  Stay,  Imitation  Lace  Fronts  for  Boots  and  Shoes,  No. 
B  100  Utica  Street. — J.  G.  McCarter,  manufacturer  of  piping 
in  all  colors,  binding  and  stay;  also  dealer  in  all  kinds  of 
fancy  stitch  coat  looping,  which  is  in  all  respects,  one  of  the  leading 
and  most  responsible  establishments  of  the  kind  in  Boston.  This 
flourishing  business  was  established  in  1882,  and  from  the  first  the 
productions  have  been  steadily  growing  in  demand  among  shoe 
manufacturers  throughout  the  whole  of  the  United  States.  The 
goods  turned  out  here  are  of  exceptional  merit,  and  for  general 
superiority  are  unequalled  by  anything  of  the  kind  produced  in  the 
country.  The  factory  occupies  three  commodious  floors,  and  is  sup- 
plied with  ample  steam-power  and  the  latest  improved  machinery, 
while  fifteen  to  twenty  expert  hands  are  employed.  A  large  and 
first-class  stock  is  always  carried  on  hand,  comprising  piping  in  all 
colors,  binding  and  stay  of  every  description,  imitation  lace  fronts 
for  boots  and  shoes,  fancy  stitch  coat  looping  and  shoe  manufac- 
turers, supplies  in  great  variety:  and  all  orders  by  mail  or  otherwise 
are  promptly  and  reliably  attended  to.  Attention  is  particularly 
called  to  the  patent  edge  welting  for  boot  and  shoe  uppers,  which  he 
has  lately  placed  upon  the  market,  samples  and  prices  of  which  are 
sent  on  application.  Mr.  McCarter  is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  a  man 
of  energy,  enterprise,  and  many  years'  experience. 


THOMAS  CHRISTIAN  &  CO.,  Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Laceg' 
Handkerchiefs,  Small  Wares,  and  Hosiery,  No.  71  to  75 
Chauncy  Street. — An  old-established  and  noteworthy  house  is 
that  of  Thomas  Christian  &  Co.,  importers  and  jobbers  of 
laces,  handkerchiefs,  hosiery  and  small  wares.  It  is  one  of  the  oldest 
and  leading  firms  engaged  in  this  particular  branch  of  mercantile  ac- 
tivity in  Boston.  This  flourishing  business  was  originally  established 
in  1848,  as  a  retail  store,  and  as  such  was  conducted  on  Washington 
Street,  until  1860,  when  the  firm  moved  to  Arch  Street,  and  embarked 
in  a  wholesale  way.  Here  business  continued  to  improve  steadily 
up  to  1872,  when  it  was  burned  out  by  the  great  fire  of  that  year. 
Subsequently  the  firm  resumed  business  at  Nos.  22  and  24  Chauncy 
Street,  where  they  remained  until  November  last,  when  they  re- 
moved to  the  present  commodious  quarters.  They  occupy  here  as 
salesrooms  a  50x100  foot  floor  and  basement,  handsomely  fitted  up 
and  well  ordered  in  every  department,  an  exceedingly  fine  stock 
being  constantly  carried,  while  some  twenty  or  so  clerks  and  sales- 
men are  employed ;  and  the  trade  of  the  house,  which  is  very  large, 
extends  all  over  the  New  England  States.  Mr.  Thomas  Christian  in 
1887  took  his  son,  Mr.  Thomas  F.  Christian,  into  partnership.  The 
senior  member  of  the  business  was  born  in  Belfast,  Ireland,  but  has 
resided  in  this  city  forty-five  years. 


DANIEL  PRATT'S  SON,  Importer  and  Dealer  in  Foreign  and 
American  Clocks  and  Clock  Materials,  No.  24  Haw  ley 
Street.— This  is  the  oldest  concern  in  its  line  in  the  city  or  in. 
New  England.  The  business  had  its  beginning  at  No.  49 
Union  Street  in  1846,  when  it  was  founded  by  the  late  Mr.  Daniel 
Pratt,  who  died  in  1871,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and  son-in-law, 
under  the  firm  style  of  Daniel  Pratt's  Sons.  This  was  dissolved  in 
1880,  and  Mr.  D.  F.  Pratt  continued  in  the  same  business.  He  has 
since  conducted  the  business  with  increased  success  under  the  style 
of  Daniel  Pratt's  Son.  He  has  had  a  life-long  experience  in  the  busi- 
ness and  there  is  no  better  judge  of  clocks  in  the  country.  He  has 
located  in  his  present  convenient  premises  for  the  past  four  years,  and 
here  he  controls  a  very  extensive  wholesale  and  retail  trade,  shipping, 
as  he  does,  goods  to  all  parts  of  the  country.  Mr.  Pratt  carries  at  all 
times  a  very  large  and  complete  stock  of  foreign  and  American  clocks, 
timepieces,  and  clock  materials  of  every  description. 


WP.  RUISSEAU,  Restaurateur,  "  The  Woodcock,"  No.  1039 
Washington  Street.— The  deservedly  popular  ''Wood- 
cock," presided  over  by  W.  P.  Ruisseau,  is  a  well-ordered, 
elegantly  appointed,  first-class  place,  and,  by  common 
consent,  one  of  the  very  best  restaurants  in  this  quarter  of  the  city. 
The  steaks,  chops,  oysters,  and  other  toothsome  edibles  served  here 
are  of  the  choicest  and  juiciest  the  market  affords,  'while  the  cooking, 
etc  ,  is  of  a  kind  to  tickle  the  palate  of  an  epicure.  Delicious  tea  and 
coffee  also  may  be  had  here  at  all  times,  besides  cold  meats,  delica- 
cies, cake,  pastry,  etc. ,  popular  prices  too  prevailing,  while  the  pro- 
prietor exercises  close  personal  supervision  over  the  establishment. 
The  dining-room,  which  has  a  private  parlor  for  ladies  on  one  side,  is 
spacious,  tastefully  furnished,  and  inviting,  several  courteous  and 
efficient  waiters  being  in  attendance  likewise,  and  altogether,  the 
"Woodcock"  receives  a  large  and  influential  patronage.  Mr. 
Ruisseau,  who  is  one  of  Boston's  best-known  caterers,  is  a  gentleman 
of  courteous  manners  and  excellent  business  ability. 


FRANK  WOOD,  Hair-dresser,  Nos.  9  and  10  Franklin  Avenue, 
Opposite  Young's  Hotel.— A  well-conducted  barber-shop  which 
has  gained  a  widespread  popularity  and  an  influential  patron- 
age is  that  of  Mr.  Frank  Wood.  Mr.  Wood  is  a  native  of 
Canada,  and  a  practical  barber  of  long  experience.  He  has  been  in 
business  in  Boston  for  the  past  twenty-eight  years,  and  during  that 
time  has  won  fame  as  an  expert  and  secured  a  patronage  second  to 
that  of  none  of  his  contemporaries.  In  1873,  he  began  business  in  his 
present  shop.  This  has  an  area  of  30x40  feet,  is  located  on  the  first 
floor,  and  has  two  entrances.  The  furnishings  are  of  the  most  hand- 
some and  attractive  character,  and  11  chairs,  requiring  the  services 
of  twelve  assistants,  are  almost  constantly  occupied  by  the  patrons 
of  the  establishment,  who  can  always  rely  upon  being  courteously, 
promptly,  and  satisfactorily  attended  to.  To  be  shaved  at  Frank 
Wood's  is  a  luxury,  for  the  keenest-edged  cutlery  is  in  use,  and  both 
Mr.  Wood  and  his  assistants  know  what  to  do  to  afford  satisfaction  to 
patrons,  and  do  it. 


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ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON 


BOSTON  COMFORT  CORSET  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Corsets 
and  Waists,  No.  76  Chauncy  Street.— From  a  hygienic  stand- 
point, ease  and  comfort  are  of  paramount  importance  and 
the  corset  that  combines  in  it  these  features  absolutely,  with 
perfect  fit,  beauty  of  design  and  durability,  has  manifestly  attained 
the  desideratum  in  corsets.    And  in  this  connection  special  mention 
should  here  be  made  of  the  favorite  "Comfort"  corset,  manufact- 
ured by  the  Boston    Comfort  Corset  Co.,   No.  76  Chauncy  Street, 
which  is  an  article  of  exceptional  merit,  alike  for  ladies,  misses  and 
children,  and  which  is,  in  all  respects,  the  most  complete  and  effec- 
tive article  of  the  kind  yet  introduced.    It  is  by  general  consent  the 
ne  plus  ultra  in  corsets,  and  of  this  assertion  no  better  proof  could 
be  desired  than  the  large  sales  this  really  meritorious  invention  is 
meeting  with  throughout  the  country.    This  corset  has  a  socket 


adjustment  for  the  shoulders,  so  nicely  contrived  and  fitted  that  it 
cannot  by  any  means  slip  up  on  the  neck,  or  down  on  the  arm.  By 
this  invention  the  whole  burden  of  the  clothes  is  transferred  to  that 
part  of  the  shoulder  best  adapted  to  sustain  their  weight,  support- 
ing everything  without  the  least  inconvenience,  and  almost  without 
the  wearer's  consciousness,  realizing  the  name  given  to  the  garment 
—making  it  in  very  truth  a  comfort  corset.  It  has  no  bones  to 
break.  In  the  place  of  bones  are  inserted  continuous  rows  of  very 
stiff  cord,  which  give  all  the  support  of  bones  with  the  advantage  of 
yielding  to  every  movement  of  the  form,  and  of  being  washed  with- 
out changing  the  fitness  of  the  garment.  It  has  a  variety  of  shoul- 
der sizes  for  each  waist  size,  so  as  to  meet  the  requirements  of  a 
tapering  waist,  as  well  as  of  a  straight  form.  The  principle  of  fol- 
lowing the  form  from  a  given  waist  measure  is  peculiar  to  this 
corset,  and  is  one  of  the  things  secured  by  patent.  No  other  corset 
has  more  than  one  size  at  the  top  for  any  one  waist  size,  conse- 
quently the  variety  of  forms  cannot  be  so  well  fitted  with  any  other 
corset.  Stylish  and  tasty  as  a  French  corset,  yet  combining  ease 
and  comfort  with  elegance  and  shape,  the  "  Comfort "  corset  has 
the  unqualified  approval  of  every  physician  that  has  seen  it.  For 
children  the  advent  of  this  corset  marks  a  new  era  in  children's 
waists.  No  movement  of  the  arm  can  displace  the  shoulder  socket ; 
—stockings  and  skirts  are  always  in  position,  and  all  is  ease  and 
comfort.  Walking  or  running,  sitting  down  or  jumping  rope,  it  is 
all  the  same.  The  ladies'  corset  fastens  in  front  and  laces  at  the 
sides;  the  child's  waist  buttons  in  the  back,  but  it  is  a  perfect  little 
corset  in  its  beauty  of  fitness  to  the  form.  Each  corset  is  stamped 
with  two  numbers  signifying  the  two  measurements ;  the  first  being 
the  size  in  inches  around  the  waist,  and  the  second  around  the 
shoulders,  and  the  variations  are  such  that  any  lady  or  child  can  be 
easily  fitted.  The  success  that  has  attended  the  introduction  of 
their  ladies'  corset  has  encouraged  the  Boston  Comfort  Co.  to  intro- 
duce to  the  public  a  line  of  misses'  corsets,  embracing  the  same  gen- 
eral principles  as  their  "  Comfort"  corset  for  ladies,  and  which  have 
made  the  same  so  popular  with  those  who  have  worn  them.  The 
misses'  corset  also  is  made  of  the  best  materials,  and  in  the  most 
thorough  manner.  It  is  adjustable  at  the  shoulder  and  waist  so  that 
any  form  can  be  easily  fitted.  The  Boston  Comfort  Corset  Co.  was 
established  in  1873,  and  from  its  inception  the  enterprise  has  proved 
a  signal  success,  the  business  growing  apace  all  over  the  United 
States  until  it  has  become  exceedingly  large. 


PE.  TP'SCHEMACHER,  Solicitor  of  Patents,  and  Mechanical 
Expert,  No.  328  Washington  Street.— It  is  a  well  established 
M  fact  that  no  inventor  alone  and  unaided  can  secure  the  ben- 
efits arising  from  a  patent.  The  assistance  of  experienced 
and  honorable  solicitors  is  necessary,  and  an  experience  of  over  a 
quarter  of  a  century  enables  Mr.  Teschemacher  to  offer  the  best 
possible  facilities  to  all  desiring  to  procure  strong  and  valid  letters 
patent  in  any  country  of  the  civilized  world,  or  requiring  any  inves- 
tigations or  advice  in  connection  therewith.  Inventors  can  always 
obtain  here  an  expert  opinion  in  regard  to  the  patentability  of  any 
device,  free  of  charge.  Applicants,  by  putting  the  main  points  of 
their  invention  clearly  before  Mr.  Teschemacher,  can  expect  a 
prompt  answer,  often  by  return  mail.  He  transacts  every  descrip- 
tion of  patent  office  work,  including  the  prosecution  of  appeals, 
renewal  of  forfeited  applications,  prevention  of  infringements,  re- 
issues, extensions,  etc.,  and  makes  a  leading  specialty  of  foreign 
patents,  having  expert  and  reliable  correspondents  in  the  different 
foreign  nations,  who  carry  through  to  a  successful  issue  the  most 
important  and  complicated  cases.  His  clients  come  from  all  parts 
of  the  New  England  States,  and  bear  testimony  to  the  zeal  and  suc- 
cess that  characterizes  all  the  transactions  of  this  house.  Fees  are 
moderate  and  uniform,  commissions  are  executed  with  care  and  dis- 
patch, and  the  interests  of  every  patron  are  skillfully  guarded  and 
intelligently  promoted.  Mr.  Teschemacher  is  a  native  Bostonian,  in 
the  prime  of  life,  widely  noted  for  his  legal  ability  and  professional 
attainments,  and  perfectly  reliable,  responsible  and  trustworthy  in 
every  respect. 

BT.  MILLS  &  CO.,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Beef,  Pork, 
Mutton,  Lamb,  Veal,  Poultry,  etc.,  Stall  No.  9  Union  Mar- 
„  ket,  No.  15  New  Washington  Street.— An  unbroken  career 
of  prosperity  extending  over  a  period  of  forty-five  years 
marks  the  history  of  the  well  and  favorably  known  firm  of  B.  T. 
Mills*  &  Co.,  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  meats  and  provisions, 
who  occupy  stall  No.  9  Union  Market  (No.  15  New  Washington 
Street).  It  is,  in  fact,  one  of  the  oldest  concerns  engaged  in  this  line 
in  Boston,  and  fully  maintains  to-day  its  old-time  reputation  for 
prime  goods  and  upright  dealing,  while  the  trade  is  large,  active 
and  permanent,  and  gives  evidence  of  steady  increase.  This  popular 
and  responsible  firm  was  established  in  1843  on  Tremont  and  Pleas- 
ant streets,  where  the  business  was  located  up  to  1858,  when  it  was 
moved  to  Boylston  Market,  where  it  was  conducted  for  eighteen 
years,  occupying  Uie  present  quarters  since  1876.  The  stall  here  oc- 
cupied is  ample,  cleanly  and  excellently  kept,  while  a  large  and  first- 
class  stock  is  always  carried,  including  choice  fresh  beef,  porkr 
mutton,  lamb,  veal,  poultry  and  game  in  season,  lard,  corned, 
smoked  and  salt  beef,  meats-  of  all  kinds  and  provisions.  Orders 
are  called  for,  and  goods  delivered  free  in  any  part  of  the  city,  sev- 
eral assistants  being  In  attendance,  and  customers  can  rely  upon 
receiving  prompt  and  satisfactory  service,  as  well  as  getting  a  very 
fine  article  and  full  weight  in  every  instance  from  this  veteran  and 
prosperous  firm.  Mr.  Mills,  who  is  the  sole  member,  the  "  Co.'r 
being  nominal,  is  a  gentleman  somewhat  past  the  meridian  of  life, 
but  active,  energetic  and  devoted  to  his  business,  was  born  in  New 
Hampshire,  whence  he  came  to  Boston  in  early  manhood,  and  is  a 
respected  resident  of  Medford. 

HW.  WELLS,  Produce  Dealer,  and  Mercantile  Vegetable 
Market,  No.  203  Arlington  Avenue  and  No.  16  Concord 
B  Avenue.— One  of  the  most  reliable  and  prosperous  prod- 
uce dealers  doing  business  in  the  mercantile  vegetable- 
market  is  H.  W.  Wells.  He  has  been  actively  engaged  in  this  line 
here  during  the  past  eight  years,  and  has  built  up  a  very  fine  pat- 
ronage. Mr.  Wells  occupies  commodious  and  well  kept  quarters  at 
No.  203  Arlington  Avenue  and  No.  16  Concord  Avenue,  and  carries  on 
hand  at  all  times  a  large  and  carefully  assorted  stock,  receiving  sup- 
plies fresh  every  day,  while  a  competent  assistant  also  is  in  attend- 
ance. He  handles  everything  in  the  line  of  country  produce  and 
domestic  fruits  and  berries  in  season,  including  apples,  onions,  po- 
tatoes, cabbage  and  staple  vegetables  of  all  kinds,  and  his  trade, 
which  is  both  wholesale  and  retail,  is  quite  extensive.  Mr.  Wells, 
who  is  a  native  of  Georgetown,  Mass.,  and  a  resident  of  Cambridge, 
is  a  man  of  strict  integrity  in  his  business  relations,  as  well  as  push 
and  experience,  and  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  [the  produce 
trade. 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 


PO'RIORDEN,  Teamster  and  Contractor,  Office,  No.  50  Chelsea 
Street,  Charlestown.— The  subject  of  this  sketch,  Mr.  P. 
O'Riorden,  ranks  among  the  most  enterprising  of  the  citi- 
zens of  Boston.  He  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  eventually  when  very 
young  came  to  the  United  States.  Mr.  O'Riorden  commenced  busi- 
ness thirty  years  ago  as  a  teamster  and  contractor,  and  has  become 
one  of  the  most  influential  and  wealthy  men  in  New  England.  He 
undertakes  all  kinds  of  teaming,  and  contracting  for  foundations  of 
buildings,  the  making  of  roads,  streets,  etc.  Mr.  O'Riorden  owns 
216  horses,  and  his  extensive  stables  are  all  required  for  his  own  use. 
He  constructed  the  new  driveway  around  Boston,  the  boulevard, 
which  is  about  seven  miles  long.  On  this  work  he  employed  2,000 
workmen  and  400  to  500  horses.  Ten  years  ago  he  hauled  to  Mt. 
Hope  Cemetery  a  monument  weighing  sixty  tons,  and  he  also  placed 
the  Soldiers'  Monument. on  Boston  Common,  in  its  present  position. 
Formerly  all  the  cannon  for  the  Charlestown  Navy  Yard  were  hauled 
by  him;  he  has  also  frequently  transported  locomotives,  etc.  He 
owns  the  largest  wagon  and  teaming  tackle  in  the  United  States,  the 
rigging  of  which  weighs  ten  and  a  half  tons.  Mr.  O'Riorden  has 
extensive  sand  pits  at  Concord,  Lexington,  Newburyport,  Wilming- 
ton, Montreal  and  Winchester;  also  gravel  pits  at  Chelsea,  and  a 
blue  stone  ledge  at  Somerville.  He  promptly  fills  the  largest  orders 
for  sand,  gravel  and  loam  at  extremely  low  prices,  and  also  carefully 
attends  to  teaming  and  contracting.  His  order  boxes  are  at  No.  325 
Mechanics  Exchange  (No.  35  Hawley  Street);  No.  140  Master 
Builders'  Exchange  (No.  16-1  Devonshire  Street-),  Boston,  while  his 
office  is  at  No.  50  Chelsea  Street,  Charlestown.  The  importance  of 
Mr.  O'Riorden's  transactions  as  a  teamster  is  exemplified  in  the 
fact  that  thirty-five  horses  were  used  in  conveying  Simmer's  Mon- 
ument to  Boston  Common,  and  sixty-seven  horses  were  used  in  con- 
veying a  monument  to  Mount  Hope  Cemetery.  He  teamed  100,000 
tons  of  stone  to  the  Boston  Post  Office  when  in  process  of  construc- 
tion, some  of  which  weighed  as  high  as  twenty  tons.  As  an  excava- 
tor Mr.  O'Riorden's  operations  are  in  accordance  with  the  above. 
He  did  all  the  excavations  on  the  site  of  the  new  Post  Office  and  dug 
the  main  sewer  in  Boston,  which  is  sunk  thirty-seven  feet  in  the 
earth,  and  has  just  completed  a  large  railroad  at  Lake  Village,  N.  H., 
and  is  at  present  filling  a  large  trestle  at  Marlboro,  N.  H.  He  em- 
ploys his  own  carpenters,  painters,  wheelwrights,  blacksmiths  and 
harness  makers  and  has  shops  adapted  to  the  various  branches,  and 
is  one  of  the  largest  real  estate  owners  in  Charlestown,  owning 
property  all  through  the  state.  The  house  is  connected  by  tele- 
phone. 

OTTO  VON  DER  HEYDE,  German  Pharmacy,  Chemist  and 
Druggist,  No.  137  Meridian  Street,  East  Boston. — This  gentle- 
man was  born  and  received  his  education  and  training  for 
the  pharmaceutical  profession  in  Germany,  and  came  from  the 
fatherland  to  East  Boston  and  established  his  present  enterprise  in 
1874.  His  venture  has  been  a  most  successful  one.  and  his  pharmacy 
is  to-day  one  of  the  most  popular  and  best  patronized  in  this  section 
of  the  city.  The  elegant  arrangement  of  his  compact  store  is  ob- 
served by  all  who  enter  it,  being  handsomely  fitted  up  with  artistic 
counters  and  shelving,  plate-glass  show  windows  and  cases,  etc. 
The  stock  embraces  a  large  and  carefully  selected  assortment  of 
fresh  and  pure  drugs  and  chemicals  of  the  highest  standard,  propri- 
etary remedies  of  well-known  merit  and  established  reputation, 
toilet  and  fancy  articles,  perfumery,  druggists'  sundries,  mineral 
waters,  physicians'  and  surgeons'  requisites,  and,  in  fact,  everything 
to  be  found  in  a  first-class  pharmacy  can  be  obtained  at  this  house. 
Mr.  Von  der  Heyde  is  the  manufacturer  and  proprietor  of  the  noted 
and  efficacious  "  Malt  Cough  Balsam,"  which  has  obtained  a  wide- 
spread and  extensive  sale.  A  special  feature  is  made  of  the  com- 
pounding of  physicians'  prescriptions  and  family  recipes,  and  every 
care  is  taken  to  secure  accuracy.  Three  competent  assistants  are 
kept  busy.  Mr.  Von  der  Heyde  is  a  gentleman  of  culture  and  re- 
finement and  very  popular  in  the  community. 


FRANK  H.  BLANEY,  Insurance  Agent  and  Broker,  No.  3  Win- 
throp  Block,  East  Boston.— Of  those  houses  that  have  exerted 
considerable  influence  and  obtained  an  enviable  reputation  in 
these  departments  of  commerce,  that  of  Mr.  F.  H.  Blaney, 
real  estate  and  insurance  agent,  is  among  the  most  popular.    Mr. 
Blaney  was  born  in  this  section  of  the  city,  where  he  still  resides. 


and  it  may  be  said  that  he  was  born  and  reared  in  the  bflSmess,  as 
his  father,  Mr.  D.  H.  Blaney,  is  still  one  of  our  most  prominent 
operators  in  the  same  line  and  occupies  the  same  orate.  Mr.  F.  H. 
Blaney,  desiring  to  establish  himself  in  business  on  his  own  account, 
founded  this  enterprise  originally  in  1870  in  the  city  of  Worcester, 
Mass.,  after  which  he  removed  to  Kansas,  but  preferring  home  sur- 
roundings he  returned  east  and  re-established  himself  in  this  city, 
and  owing  to  his  long  experience  and  knowledge  of  all  its  details,  he 
is  thoroughly  qualified  to  carry  it  on  most  efficiently.  His  office  is 
on  the  first  floor,  and  is  very  neatly  furnished  with  all  the  necessary 
conveniences.  The  transactions  of  this  concern  include  all  the 
departments  of  a  general  real  estate  and  insurance  business,  such  as 
the  buying,  selling,  renting,  or  management  of  estates,  the  collec- 
tion of  rents  and  other  income,  conveyancing,  the  negotiation  of 
loans  on  bond  and  mortgage  and  the  investment  of  funds.  His  long 
experience,  coupled  with  his  intimate  knowledge  of  the  values  of 
residential  and  business  property  in  all  sections  of  the  city,  render 
his  advice  and  judgment  valuable  to  intending  investors.  Mr. 
Blaney  likewise  carries  on  an  extensive  insurance  business,  having 
connections  with  some  of  the  most  reliable  and  financially  sound 
companies  in  the  world,  and  pays  all  losses  without  litigation, 
always  discharging  the  important  trusts  committed  to  him  with 
great  fidelity,  and  to  the  complete  satisfaction  of  all  concerned. 
Insurance  risks  are  effected  immediately,  and  policies  written  up  to 
any  amount  on  all  classes  of  insurable  property  at  the  lowest  rates 
compatible  with  safety.  Mr.  Blaney  enjoys  the  fullest  confidence  of 
capitalists  and  land-owners,  and  is  constantly  handling  large  sums 
of  money  in  mortgages,  ground  rents  and  other  securities. 

LEOPOLD  BABO  &  CO.,  Apothecaries,  No.  4  Columbus  Avenue, 
Opposite  Providence  R.  R.  Depot. — Among  the  old  established 
apothecaries  in  Boston  is  the  firm  of  Leopold  Babo  &  Co. 
The  foundation  of  the  establishment  dates  from  1855.  It  was 
carried  on  at  No.  311  Tremont  Street  for  five  years,  from  which 
place  it  was  removed  to  No.  33  Boylston  Street,  where  the  business 
was  carried  on  for  twenty-five  years.  About  two  years  ago  the 
premises  now  occupied  were  secured.  The  location,  a  very  desir- 
able one,  is  opposite  the  Providence  railroad  depot,  and  the  store, 
which  is  quite  commodious,  forms  one  of  the  features  of  that  busy 
section  of  the  city.  In  all  its  appointments  it  is  perfect  and  com- 
plete; the  fixtures  are  of  hardwood,  and  all  the  surroundings  are 
in  perfect  keeping  with  the  character  of  the  business  carried  on. 
The  assortment  of  drugs  includes  everything  known  in  materia 
medica,  also  chemicals  and  proprietary  medicine,  of  virtue  and 
standard  value,  and  also  perfumes,  extracts  and  everything  required 
for  the  toilet.  Mr.  Leopold  Babo,  who  has  the  general  management 
of  the  business,  was  born  in  Germany  and  graduated  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Heidelberg.  He  has  had  fifty  years'  experience  as  an  apoth- 
ecary and  came  to  the  United  States  in  1855.  He  is  an  old  esteemed 
resident  of  Boston  and  is  very  popular  as  a  professional  gentleman. 
He  is  one  of  the  oldest  apothecaries  in  the  city  and  enjoys  the  con- 
fidence of  all  who  have  dealings  with  him.  Two  practical  pharma- 
cists assist  him  in  conducting  the  business. 

SM.  CARO,  Gents'  Furnishings,  Hats  and  Gloves;  also,  Agent 
for  Troy  Laundry,  No.  157  Kneeland  Street.— The  practical 
experience  of  many  years  amply  qualifies  Mr.  Caro  to  carry 
on  the  enterprise  which  he  established  in  1886,  and  which 
has  thus  far  met  with  a  flattering  degree  of  success  from  many  of 
the  best  known  residents  of  the  community  and  suburbs  of  Boston. 
His  handsomely  appointed  store  is  located  at  the  above  given  ad- 
dress, and  an  elegant  stock  of  men's  furnishing  goods,  hats,  gloves, 
hosieT-y,  collars,  neckties,  scarfs,  etc.,  etc.,  is  always  artistically  dis- 
played for  the  inspection  of  customers,  and  selections  made  there- 
from cannot  fail  to  please  the  most  fastidious  taste.  The  store 
being  between  the  two  depots,  the  Old  Colony  and  the  Boston  and 
Albany,  is  necessarily  the  leading  depot  for  all  transient  trade  on 
these  railroads.  Two  polite  and  efficient  clerks  are  in  constant 
attendance  and  the  needs  of  patrons  receive  prompt  and  satisfaetory 
attention.  This  store  is  only  one  of  his  numerous  enterprises  as  Mr. 
Caro  is  also  an  agent  for  the  Troy  Steam  Laundry,  and  all  laundry 
work  entrusted  to  him  is  done  with  efficiency  and  despatch.  Mr. 
Caro  is  a  native  of  Germany,  but  has  lived  in  Boston  for  thirty  years. 
He  is  a  popular  and  energetic  young  business  man.  and  his  perma- 
nent trade  shows  a  steady  increase  each  year. 


ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


SPRENTISS  HILL  &  CO.,  West  India  Goods,  Grain  and  Meal, 
No.  129  Main  Street,  and  No.  94  Warren  Street,  Charlestown 
m  District.— This  firm  are  extensive  retail  dealers  in  West 
India  goods,  grain  and  meal,  and  their  name  is  familiar  to 
the  public  as  representing  all  that  is  substantial,  pure  and  reliable  in 
fine  family  groceries.  The  foundation  of  the  business  was  laid  some 
fifty  years  ago,  by  Mr.  S.  Prentiss  Hill.  In  1858  Mr.  Jonathan  Hatch 
was  admitted  to  partnership,  and  in  1883,  Mr.  J.  P.  Hill  also  became  a 
partner  in  the  firm.  The  founder  of  the  business  died  in  April,  1888. 
Mr.  Jonathan  Hatch  deceased  in  1884,  and  Mr.  A.  W.  Hatch  was 
admitted  to  the  firm  in  March,  1888.  The  business  premises  com- 
prise three  floors  and  a  basement,  28  x  100  feet  each,  giving  ample 
accommodations  for  supplying  the  most  extensive  demand.  The 
establishment  is  recognized  as  headquarters  for  the  choicest  foreign 
and  domestic  groceries,  table  luxuries,  teas,  coffees  and  spices, 
family  flour,  sugars,  syrups  and  molasses,  and  all  the  good  things 
from  every  quarter  of  the  globe.  The  proprietors  will  handle  noth- 
ing but  the  purest  and  the  best,  and  therefore  cannot  offer  any 
doubtful  goods  for  sale.  Aside  from  the  question  of  reputation, 
purity  is  with  this  trustworthy  firm  one  of  the  standing  principles 
which  cannot  be  deviated  from.  Their  spacious  salesrooms  are  at 
all  times  stocked  with  an  assortment  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries 
which  have  no  superior  in  this  city,  while  the  prices  quoted  are 
always  regulated  by  the  market.  A  corps  of  experienced  salesmen 
give  prompt  and  courteous  attention  to  the  wants  of  customers,  and 
orders  are  filled  with  the  utmost  dispatch.  The  copartners,  Messrs. 
J.  P.  Hill  and  A.  W.  Hatch,  are  both  natives  of  Charlestown,  and 
bring  large  practical  experience  to  bear  upon  their  business,  coupled 
with  an  intimate  knowledge  of  every  detail  and  feature  of  the  gro- 
cery trade. 

JOHN  READE,  Funeral  Director,  and  Furnishing  Undertaker, 
No.  187  Main  Street,  Charlestown  District.— The  splendid 
record  made  by  Mr.  John  Reade  as  a  funeral  director  and  fur- 
nishing undertaker,  commends  him  peculiarly  to  the  people 
of  Charlestown  and  vicinity.  He  established  himself  originally  as 
an  undertaker  in  Milford,  Mass.,  in  1845,  and  removed  to  this  city  in 
1867.  No  similar  establishment  in  the  district  is  better  prepared  for 
furnishing  or  directing  funerals.  Every  necessary  article  can  be 
here  obtained,  while  in  embalming  the  latest  and  best  processes  are 
employed.  The  utmost  despatch  is  used  in  answering  calls  by  day 
or  night,  and  it  has  always  been  the  policy  of  the  proprietor  to  make 
his  charges  as  reasonable  as  is  consistent  with  first-class  service. 
Mr.  Reade  is  also  prominent  and  popular  in  the  community  as  an 
auctioneer  and  appraiser,  also  acting  as  an  agent  for  the  purchase 
and  sale  of  real  estate,  and  has  unsurpassed  facilities  for  the  prompt 
negotiation  of  loans  on  bond  and  mortgage.  He  also  owns  and 
operates  hack,  boarding  and  livery  stables,  at  the  corner  of  Gray 
and  Water  Streets,  and  Hamilton  Court,  where  he  keeps  a  stock  of 
twenty-five  horses  to  let,  and  has  ample  accommodations  for  board- 
ing. Orders  for  carriages  and  horses  may  be  sent  by  telephone  No. 
119-3  or  No.  179-2,  and  will  receive  prompt  and  careful  attention  at 
all  times.  Mr.  Reade  was  born  in  Ireland,  city  of  Kilkenny,  and 
came  to  this  country  in  1846.  He  served  three  and  one-half  years 
as  an  officer  in  the  Union  army,  enlisting  as  a  first  lieutenant  and 
raising  his  own  company.  He  was  successively  attached  to  the  forty- 
eighth  and  fifty-seventh  Massachusetts  Regiments,  and  was  breveted 
a  captain  by  order  of  President  Johnson  for  meritorious  service. 
He  was  captured  at  the  battle  of  Petersburg,  while  engaged  in 
blowing  up  a  mine,  and  was  kept  a  prisoner  for  seven  months  and 
ten  days  at  Columbia,  S.  C.  He  was  the  only  officer  of  the  fifty-sev- 
enth Massachusetts,  who  was  neither  wounded  or  killed;  is  a  prom- 
inent member  of  Post  11,  G.  A.  R.,  and  is  highly  esteemed  by  his 
fellow  men. 


the  finest  fabrics  from  the  best  looms  in  America  and  Europe  in 
suitings,  cassimeres,  diagonals,  broadcloths,  cheviots,  beavers,  vest- 
ings,  etc.,  in  their  different  varieties  and  qualities.  Measures  are 
taken  and  the  best  fitting  garments,  trimmed  and  made  in  the  most 
desirable  manner,  and  accurate  in  cut  and  fit,  are  furnished  at  short 
notice.  Every  suit  that  leaves  the  establishment  is  made  from  the 
best  quality  of  material,  and  is  beautifully  finished  and  of  the  most 
stylish  and  fashionable  patterns.  A  specialty  is  made  of  military 
costumes.  A  number  of  skilled  and  experienced  tailors  are  con- 
stantly employed,  and  all  work  is  executed  under  the  supervision  of 
Mr.  White,  whose  long  experience  and  fine  taste  and  judgment  com- 
bine to  make  him  a  connoisseur  in  this  particular  line.  The  patron- 
age is  drawn  from  the  best  classes  of  society,  and  the  house  is  one  of 
the  most  popular  of  its  kind. 

EDWARD  L.  GRUBBY,  Watch  and  Clock  Maker,  No.  117  Merid- 
ian Street,  East  Boston. — Among  the  many  establishments  in 
this  city  devoted  to  the  watch-making  and  jewelry  trade,  the 
oldest  is  that  of  Mr.  Edward  L.  Grueby.  Mr.  Grueby  was 
born  in  Portland,  Maine,  and  has  had  over  sixty  years  experience  as 
a  watchmaker  and  jeweler,  and  is  pronounced  one  of  the  best  repre- 
sentatives and  most  skillful  and  correct  reliable  workmen  in  Boston. 
He  has  been  established  in  business  in  East  Boston  since  1844,  and  is 
well  known  to  the  trade  and  citizens  generally  as  a  watch  and  clock 
maker  and  repairer  of  superior  ability.  The  store,  which  has  a  front 
of  25  and  a  depth  of  60  feet,  contains  handsome  show-cases  and  orna- 
mental fixtures  and  a  full  and  general  assortment  of  everything  in  the 
line  of  rich,  elegJint  jewelry,  and  also  watches  in  gold  and  silver  casesf 
optical  goods  and  clocks  of  all  kinds.  Mr.  Grueby  warrants  all  his 
goods  and  workmanship  and  will  be  found  in  every  way  reliable. 
One-half  of  the  store  is  occupied  by  his  daughter,  Miss  Susan  E.  F 
Grueby,  who  has  a  large  and  complete  stock  of  toys  and  fancy 
goods  of  every  description,  which  are  being  offered  at  remarkably 
low  prices. 

JOHN  A.  KELLY,  Funeral  Undertaker  and  Practical  Embalmer, 
Warerooms  and  Residence,  No.  11  Meridian  Street,  East  Bos- 
ton.— The  old-established,  well-known,  popular  undertaker  and 
practical  embalmer  of  East  Boston,  Mr.  John  A.  Kelly,  has  been 
engaged  in  the  vocation  for  fourteen  years.  He  is  careful  and  con- 
siderate and  can  always  be  relied  on  with  the  fullest  confidence.  He 
gives  his  personal  attention  to  the  management  of  funerals,  and  fur- 
nishes everything  required,  coffins,  caskets,  robes,  hearse  and  car- 
riages, corpse  preserved,  and  also  secures  burial  plots  in  any  of  the 
cemeteries  in  this  vicinity  and  attends  promptly  to  all  orders  at  all 
hours  of  the  day  or  night.  Mr.  Kelly  enjoys  a  wide  reputation  as  an 
embalmer,  and  by  new  and  improved  processes  achieves  remarkable 
results  in  this  direction  and  is  pronounced  one  of  the  most  expert 
and  successful  in  the  city,  He  also  gives  his  personal  attention  to 
removing  bodies,  and  in  the  performance  of  the  duties  connected  with 
his  calling  exercises  rare  tact,  skill  and  judgment.  A  native  of 
Ireland,  Mr.  Kelly  has  lived  in  Boston  and  vicinity  for  more  than, 
forty  years. 


JAMES  WHITE,  Merchant  and  Military  Tailor,  No.  8  Waverly 
Block,  Charlestown  District. — This  gentleman  came  to  America 
in  1849,  and  was  for  twenty-seven  years  engaged  in  this  line  of 
business  by  J.  Earl,  of  Washington  Street,  and  in  1876  started 
business  on  his  own  account.    For  the  past  four  years  he  has  occu- 
pied his  present  eligible  premises,  which  comprise  a  handsomely 
appointed  store,  22  x  50  feet  in  dimensions.    The  stock  is  large  and 
complete  and  makes  a  tasteful  and  handsome  display.    It  includes 


WM.  HUGHSON,  Carpenter  and  Builder,  No.  121  Eliot  Street. 
—One  of  the  most  reliable  and  competent  carpenters  and. 
builders  in  the  city  is  Mr.  Wm.  Hughson,  No.  121  Eliot 
Street.  Mr.  Hughson  has  been  a  resident  of  Boston  for 
a  period  of  twenty-one  years,  having  come  here  when  he  had 
reached  his  twentieth  year.  He  has  been  established  in  business 
for  himself  since  1870,  and  during  the  past  six  years  has  occupied 
his  present  commodious  premises  which  are  40  x  40  feet  in  dimen- 
sions and  have  every  facility  for  carpenter  work  of  all  kinds.  Mr. . 
Hughson  employs  from  four  to  six  men  in  his  establishment  and- 
has  an  extensive  business  throughout  the  city  as  a  builder,  his  work 
standing  the  best  tests  on  all  occasions.  He  makes  a  specialty  of 
carpenter  jobbing,  which  he  executes  in  the  promptest  and  most 
satisfactory  manner  and  at  extremely  reasonable  charge.  In  addi- 
tion to  his  carpenter  and  building  business,  Mr.  Hughson  is  engaged 
in  the  letting  of  houses  and  stores,  collecting  rents  and  taking  care 
of  real  estate.  He  is  a  first-class  business  man,  forty  years  of  age, 
and  possesses  the  highest  confidence  of  all  who  have  had  business, 
transactions  with  him. 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 


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MRS-  M.  W.  COLE,  French  Millinery  and  Fancy  Goods, 
Stamping,  etc.,  No.  297  Main  Street,  Charlestown.— Mrs. 
M.  W.  Cole,  dealer  and  manufacturer  of  French  millinery 
and  fancy  goods,  stamping,  embroidering  and  painting, 
etc.,  is  a  resident  of  this  city  and  having  acquired  a  thoroughly 
practical  knowledge  of  and  experience  in  the  art  of  millinery  in  all 
its  branches  by  years  of  close  application,  she  inaugurated  her  pres- 
ent enterprise  at  the  present  location  in  1884,  and  the  success  which 
she  has  met  with  is  indicative  of  what  a  lady  can  accomplish 
by  strict  attention  to  the  wants  of  customers,  handling  only  first- 
class  articles,  prompt  and  faithful  execution  of  orders  and  liberal 
business  methods.  The  premises  utilized  for  business  purposes 
comprise  a  spacious  and  commodious  store,  with  workroom 
attached,  and  fitted  up  in  a  very  attractive  manner.  In  the  store 
will  be  found  at  all  times  a  splendid  line  of  fine  French  millinery 
goods  such  as  bonnets,  bonnet  frames,  also  English  round  hats,  in 
fact  all  that  may  be  included  under  the  general  term  of  ladies'  head 
covering,  all  of  the  finest  quality  and  most  fashionable  shapes. 
These  are  both  trimmed  and  untrimmed,  and  patrons  not  suited 
with  those  in  stock  can  have  their  wants  supplied  immediately  un- 
der their  own  personal  instructions  when  desired,  by  the  most  pro- 
ficient milliners,  whose  services  are  in  constant  employment  in  the 
establishment.  The  millinery  products  of  this  house  embrace  all 
the  latest  and  newest  styles  in  seasonable  goods  of  the  most  recent 
productions  of  Parisian  modistes,  which  she  receives  regularly, 
simultaneous  with  their  appearance  in  London,  Paris  or  Vienna. 
Mrs.  Cole  also  devotes  particular  attention  to  all  orders  for  stamp- 
ing and  designing,  enabling  customers  to  have  their  wants  filled 
while  waiting  for  them,  and  she  also  keeps  on  hand  a  full  line  of 
elegant  and  artistic  hand  embroideries,  and  all  kinds  of  materials 
for  such  work,  such  as  crewels,  silks,  chenilles,  arrasene,  plushes, 
satins,  felts,  Germantown  wools,  Saxony  yarns,  worsteds,  etc.,  also 
perforated  patterns,  church,  household  and  other  designs,  mono- 
grams, ornate  letters,  etc.  Hand-paiuting  and  dress  garnishing  re- 
ceive prompt  attention,  also  the  cleaning  and  dyeing  of  gloves, 
feathers  curled  and  colored;  besides  she  is  the  agent  for  the  Troy 
Laundry  and  Chelsea  Dye  House.  Mrs.  Cole  gives  special  attention 
to  mourning  goods  orders,  which  are  executed  in  the  highest  style  of 
art,  promptly,  on  the  shortest  notice. 


SA.  FREEMAN,  Apothecary,  No.  559  Main  Street,  Charles- 
town  District.— A  thoroughly  reliable  and  competent  drug- 
B  gist  is  Mr.  S.  A.  Freeman,  whose  fine  store  1*as  been  for 
many  years  a  noted  landmark  in  this  section  of  the  city. 
Being  a  thoroughly  skilled  and  practical  pharmacist,  he  founded 
this  establishment  on  his  own  responsibility  in  1877,  and  its  suc- 
cess since  that  date  is  the  best  evidence  of  the  manner  in  which 
it  has  been  conducted,  as  its  patronage  is  large  and  rapidly 
increasing.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  commo- 
dious, neatly  and  appropriately  furnished  in  the  latest  modern 
style.  Having  a  very  largely  developed  prescription  and  family 
recipe  trade,  and  fully  appreciating  the  great  responsibility  attend- 
ing their  preparation,  he  has  provided  a  distinct  department  for 
this  branch  of  the  business,  in  which  will  be  found  all  the  latest 
improved  appliances  and  devices  to  secure  accuracy.  In  his  stock 
will  be  found  the  freshest  and  purest  of  drugs,  chemicals  and  phar- 
maceutical preparations,  proprietary  medicines  of  well-known  repu- 
tation for  efficiency,  fancy  and  toilet  articles,  perfumery,  fine  sta- 
tionery, select  brands  of  foreign  and  domestic  cigars,  physicians' 
and  surgeons'  requisites,  druggists'  sundries,  foreign  and  domestic 
mineral  waters,  etc.  In  connection  with  his  pharmacy  he  keeps 
constantly  on  hand  all  the  latest  publications  of  periodicals  and 
weekly  papers,  and  on  his  counter  can  be  found  all  the  latest  and 
most  prominent  daily  newspapers  of  Boston,  New  York,  and  other 
cities.  Prescriptions  are  compounded  in  the  most  careful  manner 
at  all  hours  of  the  day  or  night.  Mr.  Freeman  is  a  thorough  phar- 
macist, fully  posted  in  every  branch  of  the  profession. 


commodities  above  enumerated,  which  are  received  fresh  from  the 
most  reputable  sources  of  supply,  and  no  establishment  is  better 
prepared  to  cater  successfully  to  all  requirements  of  the  trade  in 
this  connection.  The  house  from  its  inception  has  been  a  popular 
purchasing  depot  for  the  surrounding  trade,  and  the  services  of  two 
experienced  clerks  are  required  in  the  transaction  of  the  prosperous- 
and  growing  business.  Mr.  Williams  is  a  native  of  Boston,  and  a 
gentleman  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  provision  trade.  He 
began  business  in  the  Highlands  in  1886,  and  in  October,  1888, 
removed  to  this  city  and  established  this  enterprise. 

THOS.  H.  RATIGAN,  Plumber,  No.  770  Tremont  Street.— This 
business  was  originally  established  in  1867  by  Thomas  Rati- 
gan,  who  conducted  the  same  for  sometime,  when  it  passed 
into  control  of  his  son  and  successor,  the  gentleman  whose 
name  heads  the  sketch.  Mr.  Ratigan  occupies  commodious  quarters 
as  store  and  shop,  and  keeps  always  on  hand  a  complete  assortment 
of  everything  comprehended  in  plumbers'  materials,  including  lead 
and  water  pipe,  fittings,  sheet  lead,  water  closets,  marble  basins, 
sinks,  pumps,  faucets,  sewer  traps  and  sanitary  devices,  while  half 
a  dozen  or  more  skilled  workmen  are  employed.  He  is  prepared  to- 
enter  into  contracts  for  all  classes  of  work  in  the  line  of  plumbing, 
giving  special  attention  to  house  drainage  and  ventilation,  while  job- 
bing likewise  is  done  in  the  most  prompt  and  excellent  manner,  all 
work  being  executed  under  the  immediate  supervision  of  the  pro- 
prietor, and  satisfaction  guaranteed  in  every  instance.  Mr.  Ratiganr 
who  is  a  native  of  this  city,  is  a  practical  and  expert  plumber  him- 
self, of  ample  experience  in  the  exercise  of  his  art,  and  is  thoroughly 
conversant  with  every  feature  and  detail  of  the  business. 

CH.  WACHTER,  Manufacturer  of  Home-Made  Candies  and  Ice- 
Cream,  No.  187  Broadway,  South  Boston.— Among  the  pop- 
B  ular  business  men  in  South  Boston  there  are  none  more 
prominent  than  Mr.  C.  H.  Wachter,  manufacturer  of  home- 
made candies  and  ice-cream,  whose  handsome  attractive  store  and 
neat  and  tastefully  fitted  up  parlors  are  at  No.  187  Broadway.  Mr.. 
Wachter  has  had  a  long  experience  in  this  business  and  about  a 
year  ago  succeeded  his  brother,  who  had  established  it  in  1870.  Be- 
sides himself,  four  assistants  are  employed,  and  a  large  substantial 
business  is  being  carried  on.  Choice  home-made  candies  and  fine 
confectionery  of  all  kinds,  and  ice-creams  of  all  flavors  are  made 
fresh  every  day,  and  a  first-class  family  trade  is  supplied,  and  a 
splendid  custom,  including  many  of  the  best  citizens  of  this  section, 
visit  the  parlors  to  partake  of  the  delicious  ice  cream  and  ices  he 
prepares.  He  makes  a  leading  specialty  of  furnishing  parties  and 
weddings,  and  can  always  be  depended  upon  to  fill  orders  in  a  satis- 
factory manner.  In  the  manufacture  of  candies  he  uses  only  pure 
sugar  and  has  won  an  enviable  reputation.  He  was  Tborn  in  Ger- 
many thirty-three  years  ago,  and  came  to  Boston'when  a  child  and 
learned  the  trade  of  a  confectioner  in  the  city. 


FRANK  J.  WILLIAMS,  Provisions,  Fruits  and  Vegetables,  No. 
664  Broadway,   South  Boston.— One  of    the  best  conducted 
establishments  of  South  Boston  in  its  important  branch  of 
trade,  is  that  of  Mr.  Frank  J.  Williams,  dealer  in  provisions, 
fruits  and  vegetables,  butter  and  eggs.    The  spacious  and  finely 
lilted  up  salesroom  contains  a  full  and  complete  stock  of  the  staple 


BOSTON  PORK  STORE,  Nos.  216  and  218  Main  Street,  Charles- 
town;  Frank  Warner,  Proprietor.— This  establishment^ 
which  was  founded  in  1886  by  Mr.  Frank  Warner,  is  one  of 
the  finest  of  its  kind  in  this  section,  is  conveniently  arranged 
and  conducted  in  the  most  systematic  manner,  and  is  liberally 
patronized  by  all  the  best  classes  of  citizens.  Mr.  Warner  has  had  a 
long  experience  in  the  meat  trade,  and  thoroughly  understanding 
the  wants  of  the  public  knows  how  to  meet  them.  The  store,  which 
is  25x60  feet  in  dimensions,  is  kept  scrupulously  clean,  is  well 
lighted,  is  provided  with  a  refrigerator  and  with  every  facility  for 
filling  orders,  and  is  made  attractive  and  inviting  by  the  excellent 
manner  everything  in  the  line  of  choice  cuts  of  beef,  veal,  lamb, 
mutton,  pork,  etc.,  is  displayed.  Oysters  and  all  kinds  of  fish  form  a 
special  feature  of  the  business,  and  the  house  has  always  the  finest 
and  freshest  that  come  to  the  Boston  markets.  Mr.  Warner  has  also 
a  department  for  sausages  of  all  kinds,  lard,  hams,  head-cheese, 
pickles,  tomatoes,  corn,  horseradish,  German  mustard,  yeast  cakes, 
Bell's  dressing,  tomato  catchup,  deo  table  sauce,  milk,  etc.  In  fresh 
meats  this  establishment  cannot  be  surpassed,  either  in  quality  or 
price,  and  the  stock  is  renewed  daily.  Orders  are  promptly  attended 
to,  and  goods  are  delivered  free  in  any  part  of  the  city,  five  assistants 
and  a  delivery  wagon  being  in  constant  service.  Mr.  Warner,  who 
is  a  native  of  this  state,  is  a  gentleman  of  enterprise  and  sound  busi- 
ness standing. 


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ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


GEO.  E.  JAMES,  Bell  -Hanger,  No.  41  Border  Street,  East  Boston. 
— The  introduction  of  electricity  into  the  operations  of  so  many 
branches  of  industry  during  the  last  quarter  of  a  century, 
has  had  a  tendency  to  make  them  more  useful  and  to  create 
a  greater  demand  for  their  supplies.  This  is  particularly  noticeable 
in  the  business  of  the  bell-hanger  and  his  kindred  occupations.  A 
house  with  an  established  prestige  in  this  special  line  of  trade,  in 
East  Boston,  and  with  a  standing  of  the  highest  character  among 
our  business  houses  and  ship  owners,  is  that  of  Mr.  George  E.  James, 
bell-hanger,  at  No.  41  Border  Street,  which  has  always  borne  an  en 
viable  name  for  the  excellence  of  its  work.  Mr.  James  is  a 
native  of  Medford,  this  state,  and  has  been  a  resident  of  this  part  of 
Boston  for  many  years,  and  being  a  thoroughly  practical  and  expe- 
rienced man  in  this  line  of  intricate  mechanics,  he  founded  this 
establishment  on  his  own  account,  originally  in  1856,  and  by  close 
attention  to  the  wants  of  customers,  executing  first-class  work  and 
liberal  dealing  he  soon  obtained  a  prominent  position  in  the  front 
rank  of  his  profession,  and  has  continued  to  occupy  the  same  ever 
since.  The  premises  occupied  are  spacious  and  commodious,  and 
comprise  a  store  with  workshop  attached.  In  the  latter  will  be 
found  all  (lie  necessary  tools  and  appliances  required  in  the  mechan- 
ical department  of  his  business,  and  constant  employment  is  fur- 
nished to  skilled  and  competent  workmen.  The  store  is  neatly  and 
appropriately  fitted  up  with  every  convenience  for  the  display  of 
goods  and  the  successful  transaction  of  business.  The  stock  kept 
constantly  on  hand  embraces  everything  pertaining  to  the  line  of 
bell  hanging,  such  as  bells  and  gongs  of  all  sizes  for  house,  hotel 
and  steamship  purposes,  wires,  swivels,  pulls,  knobs,  buttons,  elec- 
tric batteries  and  annunciators.  Mr.  James  being  a  practical  man 
is  prepared  to  execute  all  work  in  this  line  of  business  at  the 
shortest  notice  and  in  the  best  possible  manner.  All  kinds  of  ship 
work  receives  especial  attention,  all  emergency  calls  receive  prompt 
response.  Annunciators  are  properly  adjusted,  and  repairing  of 
the  same  is  done  in  the  best  style  of  workmanship  known  to  the 
trade,  and  in  fact  all  kinds  of  light  house-smithing  is  promptly  done. 
Mr.  James  takes  especial  pride  in  doing  first-class  work,  and  as  evi- 
dence of  his  skill  he  refers  to  any  of  his  work  to  be  found  in  and 
around  this  part  of  the  city. 

WILLIAM  H.  OAKES,  Fancy  and  Family  Groceries,  a  Com- 
plete Line  of  Imported  Pickles,  Sauces,  Condiments,  Pre. 
serves,  etc.,  No.  211  Main  Street,  Charlestown. — This  house 
was  opened  by  the  present  proprietor  in  1886,  and  has 
"been  conducted  with  marked  ability.  The  premises  occupied  are 
very  spacious  in  size,  attractive  in  all  their  appointments,  and  per- 
fect in  convenience  of  arrangement  for  inspection  and  sale.  The 
stock  is  large  and  completely  assorted,  covering  every  branch  of 
fancy  and  staple  groceries,  all  fresh  and  splendid  goods,  which  are 
quoted  at  the  lowest  ruling  market  prices.  As  dealer  in  teas,  coffees 
and  spices  no  house  is  better  prepared  to  quote  bed-rock  rates  for 
the  choicest  growths.  The  house  always  carries  a  fine  assortment  of 
fresh  crop  Oolongs,  Japans,  Gunpowder,  Imperial,  Young  Hyson, 
English  breakfast  and  other  standard  teas  that  are  renowned  for 
flavor  and  quality,  and  are  justly  popular  with  the  public.  A 
specialty  is  also  made  of  coffees.  The  extra  Java,  Ozama,  and 
extra  Rio  here  offered  are  absolutely  unrivalled  for  purity,  quality, 
flavor  and  excellence.  The  same  high  standard  characterizes  the 
selections  of  spices,  both  whole  and  ground,  as  well  as  the  fine  stock 
of  imported  pickles,  sauces,  condiments  and  preserves,  which  form 
so  important  a  feature  of  the  trade.  In  such  staples  as  sugars, 
syrups  and  molasses,  cereals,  farinaceous  goods  and  family  flour, 
Mr.  Oakes  is  prepared  to  offer  substantial  inducements  in  regoi-cfto 
both  reliability  of  stock  and  economy  of  prices.  Mr.  Oakes  was  born 
in  Cohasset,  Mass.,  and  is  a  prominent  citizen  of  Charlestown  Dis- 
trict ;  is  now  serving  his  second  term  as  Councilman  of  Ward  4,  is 
Captain  of  the  Charlestown  Cadets,  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows 
and  Masons. 


can  always  be  found  a  very  fine  assortment,  while  customers  are 
assured  of  getting  a  superior  article  at  the  lowest  prices  consistent 
with  choice  goods  and  upright  dealing  at  all  times  here.  The  stock, 
which  is  large  and  carefully  assorted,  includes  choice  meats,  poultry 
and  general  provisions,  prime  lard,  fine  butter,  cheese,  eggs,  fruits, 
vegetables  and  table  delicacies,  while  three  courteous  assistants  are 
in  attendance,  all  orders  by  telephone  (26-3)  receiving  immediate 
attention,  and  altogether,  an  excellent  trade  is  done.  This  prosper- 
ous store  was  established  over  twelve  years  ago  by  the  present  pro- 
prietor, and  from  the  inception  of  the  business  Mr.  Henry  has  en- 
joyed a  large  and  active  patronage.  Mr.  Henry  is  a  gentleman  of 
middle  age,  and  a  Vermonter  by  birth,  but  has  resided  in  Charles- 
town  since  1870.  Mr.  Henry  served  with  credit  during  the  late  war, 
sharing  the  fortunes  of  the  Sixteenth  Vermont  Volunteer  Infantry 
and  the  Twentieth  Vermont  Cavalry  for  three  years,  enlisting  as  a 
private  and  rising  to  the  rank  of  corporal,  and  is  an  active  member 
of  the  G.  A.  R. 


CHARLES  M.  BROMWICH,  Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Stoves, 
Tinware,  Crockery  and  Glassware,  etc.  Plumbing,  Tin  Plate, 
Sheet  Iron,  Brass  and  Copper  Work,  etc.  Corner  Broadway 
and  I  Street,  City  Point,  South  Boston.— Among  those  engaged 
in  business  in  South  Boston  is  Mr.  Charles  M.  Bromwich,  manufact- 
urer and  dealer  in  stoves,  tinware,  crockery,  glassware,  kitchen  fur- 
nishing goodsj  wooden-ware,  etc.  Mr.  Bromwich  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, but  has  been  a  resident  of  the  United  States  ever  since  he  was 
a  mere  lad.  After  serying  a  long  and  faithful  apprenticeship  in  the 
manufacture  of  tin,  sheet  iron,  brass  and  copper  wares,  supple- 
mented by  years  of  service  in  some  of  our  best  houses  devoted  to 
that  mechanical  industry,  he  established  this  enterprise  originally 
in  1858,  and  during  its  lengthy  career  of  almost  a  third  of  a  cent- 
ury it  has  always  maintained  the  highest  of  reputations.  The 
premises  utilized  for  the  business  are  of  spacious  dimensions,  com- 
prising a  store  having  a  frontage  of  twenty-five  feet  with  a  depth 
extending  almost  three  times  that  distance,  to  which  is  attached  a 
spacious  and  well-lighted  workshop,  which  is  fully  equipped  with 
all  the  necessary  tools  and  machinery  for  the  manufacture  of  his 
products,  at  which  a  number  of  skilled  and  competent  workmen  are 
constantly  employed.  Here  will  be  found  at  all  times  a  full  and 
complete  assortment  of  parlor,  office,  and  cooking  stoves,  ranges, 
heaters,  furnaces,  grates,  also  gas  and  oil  stoves  of  the  very  latest 
approved  patterns  and  styles,  all  of  which  have  been  carefully 
selected  from  among  the  productions  of  the  most  celebrated  manu- 
facturers in  the  United  States;  also  a  fine  assortment  of  fine  tin, 
sheet  iron,  brass  and  copper  ware,  all  of  his  own  superior  make,  in 
which  none  but  the  best  material  and  workmanship  are  used.  He 
keeps  also  a  large  and  elegant  assortment  of  fine  foreign  and  domes- 
tic china,  queen's,  crockery  and  glassware  of  the  best  quality  in 
full  and  broken  sets,  in  all  the  latest,  most  fashionable  and  unique 
designs,  also  lamps  and  their  trimmings,  together  with  everything 
in  the  way  of  wooden,  willow  and  general  kitchen  furnishing  goods, 
etc.  Mr.  Bromwich  is  agent  for  the  Globe  ventilator  and  chimney 
cap,  which  is  pronounced  to  be  the  best  device  of  its  kind  that  has 
been  introduced  to  the  public.  A  special  feature  of  this  business  is 
sanitary  plumbing,  tin  plate,  sheet  iron,  brass  and  copper  work 
done  to  order.  Mr.  Bromwich  is  a  practical  sanitary  plumber,  and 
is  prepared  to  execute  all  work  pertaining  to  it  at  the  shortest 
notice  in  the  most  satisfactory  manner. 


WILLIAM  P.  HENRY,  Provisions,  Country  Produce,  etc.,  No. 
127  Main  Street,  Bunker  Hill  District.— One  of   Charles- 
town's  most  popular  and  best  known  provision  and  prod- 
uce stands  is  the  well  kept  and  excellent  store  of  William 
P.  Henry.    It  is  a  commodious,  neat  and  first-class  establishment, 
one  of  the  very  best  of  the  kind  in  the  Bunker  Hill  District,  where 


CHARLES  A.  MOFFATT,  Cigars  and  Tobacco,  Pipes  and  Snuffs, 
No.  141  Hanover  Street  and  No.  90  Kingston  Street.— Among 
those  prominently  identified    with  the  trade  in    cigars  and 
tobacco  there  are  none  who  have  met  with  a  more  deserved 
success  than  Mr.   Charles  A.  Moffatt.    Everything  in   the  line  of 
cigars   and  tobacco  is  to  be  found  in  his  well-kept  store,  including 
all  the  favorite  brands  of  imported  and  domestic  goods  and  the 
popular  brands  of  cigarettes,  chewing  and  smoking  tobacco;  also 
pipes,  and  all  the  various  articles  that  belong  to  the  business.    Two 
assistants  are  employed  by  Mr.  Moffatt,  who  has   gained  a  large 
wholesale  and  retail  patronage  from  those  who  appreciate  a  good 
cigar  and  the  best  quality  smoking  and  chewing  tobacco.    He  is 
from  Sydney,  Cape  Breton,  and  has  been  a  citizen  of  Boston  many 
years. 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 


241 


EH.  CUTLER,  Selling  Agent,  Woonsocket  Rubber  Company, 
Bedford  and  Kingston  Streets.— At  the  present  day  the  man 
u     ufactureof  India  rubber  goods  is  one  of  the  most  important 
of  American  industries.    Not  only  are  waterproof  garments, 
boots,  and  shoes  made  of  this  valuable  material,  but  by  means  of 
chemical  processes  may  be  made  to  assume  any  degree  of  hardness, 
and  by  the  action  of  heat  can  be  moulded  into  any  desired  shape.    A 
representative  and  one  of  the   most  famous  houses  in  the  United 
States  extensively  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  all  kinds  of  rubber 
boots  and  shoes,  is  that  known  as  the  Woousocket  Rubber  Company, 
whose  offices  and  salesrooms  in  Boston,  under  the  able  and  careful 
management  of  Mr.  E.  H.  Cutler,  the  selling  agent,  are  located  at  the 
corner  of  Bedford  and  Kingston  Streets.    The  works  of  the  company, 
which  are  among  the  largest  and  best  equipped  in  America,  are  situ- 
ated  at  Woonsocket,    R.  I.    The   Boston    salesrooms  comprise  a 


spacious  floor  150x200  feet  in  area,  elegantly  equipped  and  fully 
stocked  with  the  company's  rubber  boots  and  shoes.  Those  goods 
are  unrivalled  for  quality,  finish,  durability,  and  excellence,  and  have 
no  superior  in  the  American  or  European  markets,  while  the  prices 
quoted  are  as  low  as  the  lowest.  Special  attention  is  given  to  the  proc- 
esses embodied  in  their  manufacture,  and  all  boots  and  shoes  made 
by  this  popular  company  are  fully  warranted.  A  very  high  status 
has  been  given  the  Woonsocket  Rubber  Company 's  goods,  the  trade 
not  only  extending  throughout  all  sections  of  the  United  States  and 
Canada,  but  also  to  South  America,  Europe,  Australia,  and  New 
Zealand.  Mr.  Cutler  has  been  engaged  with  the  company  for  the  last 
twelve  years.  He  has  had  great  experience  in  the  rubber  trade,  and 
his  high  standing  is  a  sufficient  assurance  that  all  orders  and  com- 
missions will  receive  faithful  attention. 


GRAY'S  DYNAMO  ELECTRIC  MACHINE  COMPANY,  No.  15 
Chardon  Street.— Gray's  Dynamo  Electric  Machine  Company 
enjoys  a  national  reputation  as  manufacturers  of  the  cele- 
brated Gray  dynamo  electric  machine,  and  was  incorporated 
in  1883  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Maine,  with  a  capital  of 
$500,000,  and  is  under  the  management  of  Mr  Win.  G.  Lewis  as  pres- 
ident; S.  S.  Bucklin,  treasurer;  Joshua  Gray,  general  manager.  The 
latter  gentleman  is  the  largest  shareholder  in  the  company,  and  the 
machine  which  bears  his  name  is  manufactured  from  his  own  pat- 
ents and  is  the  product  of  his  inventive  brain.  He  is  widely  promi- 
nent as  a  practical  machinist  and  electrician, and  is  specially  known 
to  fame  as  the  inventor  of  Gray's  magazine  rifle  and  breech-loading 
guns,  used  during  the  war,  and  of  permanent  value  as  a  fire-arm  of 
great  power.  He  also  invented  a  large  part  of  Singer's  sewing-ma- 
•chine,  and  produced  many  other  articles  of  value  to  humanity. 
Without  entering  into  a  comparison  of  the  "  Gray  Dynamo  Electric 
Machine"  with  others  now  in  use,  it  is  sufficient  to  call  attention  to 
the  results  exhibited,  viz.:  That,  with  but  a  one  and  one-fourth  inch 
belt,  this  company  is  enabled  to  light  continuously  two  hundred 
incandescent  lamps  of  sixteen  candle-power.  Facts  are  stubborn 
things,  and  no  theories  of  scientists  can  set  them  aside.  True  sci- 
ence is  but  the  illustration  of  the  truths  of  nature, "and  in  electrical 
machines,  as  in  others,  theory  must  yield  to  fact.  The  great  reduc- 
tion in  power,  as  exhibited  by  this  company,  commends  itself  to  all 
practical  and  economical  minds,  and  .to  such  it  appeals  with  confi- 
dence. Scrupulous  business  probity,  keen  intelligence,  broad,  lib- 


eral treatment,  courteous  cultivation  of  pleasant  relations  with 
others,  and  a  rigid  avoidance  of  speculative  schemes  have  combined 
to  make  this  house  what  it  is.  The  president,  Mr.  Lewis,  is  a  native 
of  Boston,  well  known  and  highly  esteemed  in  its  business  and 
financial  circles,  and  resides  at  Mansfield,  Mass.  Mr.  Bucklin,  the 
treasurer,  was  born  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  is  a  prominent,  public- 
spirited  citizen  of  Boston.  Mr.  Gray,  the  general  manager  and  mov- 
ing spirit  of  the  enterprise,  is  a  native  and  leading  citizen  of  Med- 
ford,  Mass.,  while  his  position  as  an  inventor  and  electrician  places 
him  far  beyond  the  requirements  of  any  praise  or  eulogy  which 
these  pages  could  bestow. 

HENRY  M.  NOURSE,  Architect,  No.  5  Pemberton  Square,  Room 
6.— One  of  the  most    competent   and  reliable  among  the 
younger  architects  of  this  city  is  Mr.  Henry  M.  Nourse,  who 
enjoys  an  excellent  and  merited  reputation  for  skill  in  his 
profession.    Mr.  Nourse  is  a  native  of  this  city,  and  a  thoroughly 
practical  and  expert  draughtsman  and  all-around  architect,  of  am- 
ple experience.    He  has  been  established  in  his  profession  some 
three  years  or  so,  and  from  the  first  he  has  steadily  won  his  way  to 
public  favor  and  recognition,  owing  to  uniform  satisfaction  rendered 
in  every  instance  to  those  engaging  his  professional  services.    Mr. 
Nourse  is  prepared  to  make  plans  for  all  classes  of  buildings,  in  the 
most  reliable  and  excellent  manner,  designs,  specifications,  and  es- 
timates being  promptly  furnished,  while  construction  is  personally 
superintended  also  when  desired;  and  altogether,  this  gentleman 
receives  a  very  flattering  city  and  suburban  patronage. 


MEADE,  DODGE  &  CO.,  Importers  and  Dealers  in  Art- 
ists' Materials,  and  Art  Novelties  of  all  Kinds,  No.  4  Park 
Street. — A  prominent  and  reliable  house  engaged  in  import- 
ing and  dealing  in  artists'  materials,  architects',  engineers', 
and  draughtsmen's  supplies,  etc.,  is  that  of  Messrs.  Meade,  Dodge, 
&  Co.  Mr.  Meade,  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  was  for  many 
years  with  the  '•  Prang"  house.  During  his  service  there  he  opened  to 
the  public  the  finest  appointed  store  for  artists'  materials  to  be  found 
in  the  United  States.  After  conducting  that  department  for  several 
years,  the  house  desired  to  turn  then-  attention  in  other  directions. 
Upon  this  Mr.  Meade  withdrew,  soon  after  forming  the  above  firm, 
in  1887,  and  from  the  start  they  have  been  the  recipients  of  a  very 
large  patronage.  They  occupy  a  spacious  store,  having  a  frontage 
of  twenty  feet,  with  a  depth  of  three  times  that  space,  which  is 
very  elegantly  fitted  up  with  every  convenience  for  the  artistic  dis- 
play of  their  large  and  varied  assortment  of  artists'  materials,  etc. 
They  are  direct  importers  from  the  European  markets,  and  possess 
excellent  facilities  and  the  finest  of  connections  among  the  most 
celebrated  manufacturers  in  Europe ;  also  of  this  country.  In  their 
stock  will  be  found  everything  that  an  artist  may  wish,  together  with 
a  choice  assortment  of  art  studies  and  decorative  goods  of  all  kinds. 
These  goods  are  all  of  the  very  finest  quality,  and  are  offered  at  ex- 
tremely low  prices.  Having  every  facility  at  their  command,  they 
are  prepared  to  execute  all  kinds  of  framing  for  works  of  art,  in  any 
desirable  style  and  material,  promptly  and  in  the  best  style  of  work- 
manship. Messrs.  Meade,  Dodge  &  Co.  are  very  popular  with  the  art 
profession  and  the  general  public. 


JA.  HASTY,  Architect,  No.  13  Tremont  Row,  Room  6.— Promi- 
nent among  the  leading  architects  of  this  city  is  Mr.  J.  A. 
Hasty.  Mr.  Hasty  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion five  years  ago,  and  has  since  secured  a  liberal  and  in- 
fluential patronage.  His  work  bears  evidence  of  care  and  talent, 
coupled  with  a  thorough  knowledge  of  modern  requirements.  He 
has  designed  and  supervised  the  erection  of  many  substantial  and 
handsome  buildings  in  Boston  and  its  vicinity,  and  spares  neither 
time  or  pains  to  satisfy  the  wishes  and  requirements  of  patrons. 
Mr.  Hasty  has  just  erected  the  Cambridge  Mutual  Fire  Insurance 
Building.  Cambridge,  costing  $70,000;  also  the  handsome  residence 
of  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Wood,  Cambridgeport,  and  that  of  Mr.  Wm.  Austin, 
proprietor  of  Austin's  Nickelodem,  at  Brookline.  He  promptly  pre- 
pares plans,  specifications,  etc.,  for  all  classes  of  work.  Mr.  Hasty 
was  born  in  Maine,  and  is  now  a  resident  of  Cambridge.  He  is  a 
thoroughly  capable  architect,  and  can  always  be  implicitly  relied 
on  to  satisfactorily  execute  all  work  pertaining  to  his  profession. 


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ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


ALEXANDER  CAMPBELL,  Gas  Fitter,  Plumber  and  Sanitary 
Engineer,  No.  4  Main  Street,  Charlestown.— The  imperious 
demands  made  upon  the  gas  fitter  and  plumber  of  the  pres- 
ent day  are  much  more  exacting  in  their  nature  than  at 
any  previous  time  in  the  history  of  his  trade,  and  in  order  to  success- 
fully conduct  the  business,  the  very  best  mechanical  skill  and 
knowledge  of  sanitary  engineering  are  required.  A  veteran  popu- 
lar and  representative  concern  of  this  character  in  Charlestown,  is 
that  of  Mr.  Alexander  Campbell,  gas  fitter,  plumber  and  sanitary 
engineer,  at  No.  4  Main  Street,  which  is  one  of  the  most  reliable 
houses  of  the  kind  in  this  section  of  the  city.  Mr.  Campbell  is  a 
native  of  Scotland,  who  has  been  a  resident  of  the  United  States  for 
almost  half  a  century,  and  the  greater  portion  of  the  time  of  this 
city.  Thoroughly  practical  and  experienced  in  every  branch  of  his 
business,  he  founded  this  house  originally  in  1858,  and  during  the 
entire  intervening  period  of  thirty  years,  he  has  had  a  constant  suc- 
cession of  prosperity,  and  his  establishment  is  well  and  favorably 
known  to  the  whole  community,  and  distinguished  for  its  general 
superiority,  and  its  perfect  adaptation  to  all  the  purposes  to  which 
it  is  devoted.  The  premises  utilized  are  of  spacious  dimensions,  and 
comprise  an  admirably  fitted  up  store,  supplied  with  all  the  conven- 
iences for  the  accommodation  of  his  splendid  stock  of  goods,  and  in 
the  rear  is  attached  a  workshop  fully  equipped  with  all  the  neces- 
sary tools,  machinery  and  appliances  of  the  most  improved  designs, 
and  where  a  force  of  competent  workmen  are  employed  constantly. 
His  assortment  of  goods  embraces  a  full  and  complete  line  of  chan- 
deliers, candelabras,  hall,  wall  and  drop  lights,  shades,  and  other 
gas  fixtures,  also  plumbers'  supplies,  such  as  bath  and  water  closet 
fixtures,  wash  bowls,  water-backs,  reservoirs,  lead,  block-tin,  wrought 
and  cast  iron,  and  terra  cotta  service  or  drain  pipes,  etc.  He  will 
furnish  a  fine  line  of  parlor,  office  and  cooking  stoves,  ranges, 
grates,  furnaces,  heaters,  oil  and  gas  stoves,  all  of  the  latest  im- 
proved designs,  and  selected  from  among  the  productions  of  the 
most  reliable  manufacturers  in  this  country.  He  is  also  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  all  kinds  of  tin,  sheet-iron  and  copper  ware,  all 
of  which  is  made  from  the  best  quality  of  materials  in  the  best  style 
of  workmanship,  an  assortment  of  which  is  to  be  found  in  his  store, 
together  with  everything  else  in  the  line  of  housekeeping  hardware, 
and  offered  to  the  public  at  lowest  prices.  Mr.  Campbell  is  pre- 
pared to  do  all  kinds  of  gas  and  steam  fitting,  also  plumbing  in  the 
most  approved  manner,  and  furnishes  estimates,  enters  into  con- 
tracts of  any  magnitude  for  all  such  work,  also  metal  roofing,  spout- 
ing, which  are  performed  in  the  most  satisfactory  manner  promptly 
and  at  lowest  prices.  He  is  a  reliable  and  thorough  tradesman  and 
mechanic,  and  as  evidences  of  his  skill  he  invites  particular  atten- 
tion to  his  fine  line  of  manufactured  goods,  and  the  many  specimens 
of  his  work  to  be  found  in  some  of  our  leading  business  houses  and 
residences. 


ALFRED  W.  TILTON,  Apothecary,  Corner  Prince  and  Salem 
Streets. — The  oldest  drug  store  in  Boston  in  existence  to-day 
is  that  which  is  now  identified  with  the  name  of  Alfred  W. 
Tilton,  corner  of  Prince  and  Salem  streets,  sign  of  the  bust 
Esculapius,  which  is  made  of  camphor  wood  and  was  carved  in  Rome, 
and  is  one  of  the  noted  antique  features  of  Boston,  being  over  fifty 
years  old.  This  well-known  establishment  was  founded  in  1797,  by 
Robert  Fennelly,  who  died  in  1828,  and  was  succeeded  by  Beza  Lin- 
coln, who  in  turn  was  succeeded  by  Seth  W.  Fowle,  and  afterwards 
by  Henry  D.  Fowle,  who  conducted  it  successfully  for  a  period  of 
forty  years,  and  which  has  been  carried  on  under  successive  manage- 
ment ever  since,  when  the  present  proprietor,  Mr.  Tilton,  assumed 
control  of  the  business  in  July,  1882.  He  carries  a  fine  line  of  the 
purest  drugs  and  chemicals,  proprietary  medicines,  etc.,  and  does 
an  extensive  business  in  the  thickly  settled  neighborhood,  com- 
pounding the  prescriptions  of  most  of  the  physicians  around,  two 
experienced  assistants  being  employed.  Mr.  Tilton  conducts  a 
strictly  first-class  prescription  drug  store,  no  liquors  being  sold. 
One  of  Mr.  Tilton's  best  known  specialties  is  the  "Black  Bottle'' 
formerly  prescribed  by  the  late  Dr.  Hyndman,  one  of  Boston's  most 
noted  physicians,  for  coughs  and  lung  troubles,  which  has  been 
found  an  invaluable  remedy  in  such  cases,  and  is  largely  used 
throughout  the  city.  Mr.  Tilton  is  a  Boston  man.  and  an  apothe- 
cary of  the  highest  standing. 


MCARBEE  &  CO.,  Machinists,  Brass  Finishers  and  Pipe 
Fitters,  Manufacturers  of  Steaiu-Engines,  Brass  and  Iron- 
m  Valves  and  Fittings,  etc.,  No.  87  Border  Street,  East 
Boston. —On  the  first  day  in  the  year,  1806,  Mr.  Carbee, 
then,  as  now,  a  practical  mechanic  of  extended  experience,  started 
business  in  a  small  way  in  the  premises  he  now  occupies,  his  princi- 
ple capital  consisting  of  a  pair  of  brawny  arms  and  an  active  brain. 
For  a  time  he  encountered  many  obstacles  and  reverses,  for  his 
facilities  were  very  meagre,  but  orders  were  plentiful  and  his  work 
first  class,  and  his  ability  and  high  reputation  brought  him  increased 
patronage.  By  degrees  his  facilities  for  manufacture  were  multi- 
plied, and  to-day  he  has  under  his  dominion  one  of  the  best  ma- 
chine and  engine  shops  in  East  Boston,  and  a  trade  at  once  substan- 
tial and  influential.  Mr.  Carbee  is  a  machinist,  brass  finisher,  pipe 
fitter,  and  manufacturer  of  steam-engines,  brass  and  iron  valves  and 
fittings,  and  dealer  in  wrought-irou  and  brass  pipes  for  steam,  gas 
and  water.  His  leading  specialty  is  that  of  steam  fitting  and  piping. 
His  machine  shop  comprises  one  floor,  with  a  capacity  of  30  x  80 
feet,  and  it  is  appropriately  fitted  up  and  equipped  with  every 
mechanical  device,  and  appliances  that  can  contribute  to  the  suc- 
cessful and  economical  carrying  on  of  the  business,  while  from  eight 
to  ten  skilled  and  experienced  workmen  are  permanently  em- 
ployed. The  trade  comes  from  all  parts  of  the  city  and  its  populous 
surroundings.  Mr.  Carbee  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  and  since 
1866  has  resided  in  East  Boston. 


ESSEX  COSTUME  PARLORS,  W.  C.  Montgomery,  Proprietor,. 
No.  40  Essex  Street.— Mr.  Montgomery  succeeded  to  this  old- 
established  business  in  1886.    A  native  of  Bradford,  Mass.,  he 
came  to  Boston  in  1852,  and  was  successively  in  the  confec- 
tionery and   shoe   business,  in   both   of  which   he   did  well   and 
remained  for  a  number  of  years.    Since  he  assumed  the  direction  of 
his  present  enterprise,  he  has  displayed  high  intelligence  and  busi- 
ness capacity,  in  meeting  the  requirements  of  the  numerous  patrons 
of  the  establishment.    He  occupies  commodious  premises,  25  x  60- 
feet  in  dimensions,  and  has  always  on  hand  a  large  variety  of  fancy 
costumes  for  all  occasions,  theatrical  or  otherwise,  embracing  the 
styles  of  the  various  historical  periods,  and  made  up  in  the  most 
elaborate  and  costly  style.    Mr.  Montgomery  is  also  the  inventor  of 
the  famous  rat-trap  which  is  meeting  with  such  success  throughout 
the  country. 

ISS  ANNIE  MORGAN,  Millinery,  No.  39  Beach  Street.— A 
widely  known  and  deservedly  popular  establishment  in  the 
millinery  line  is  that  of  Miss  Annie  Morgan.  Miss  Morgan 
is  a  Bostonian,  and  in  addition  to  being  an  expert  milliner, 
brings  to  bear  a  rare  degree  of  business  tact  and  executive  ability. 
She  first  tegan  business  in  1871  at  the  corner  of  Washington  and 
Beach  Streets,  and  since  1881  has  been  located  at  the  present  site. 
The  premises  are  commodious  and  convenient  in  arrangement  and 
the  general  appointment  includes  all  the  modern  adjuncts  of  ele- 
gance and  utility.  In  the  handsome  show  windows  and  by  means  of 
various  ingenious  interior  devices  is  advantageously  displayed  a  full 
line  of  fashionable  hats,  bonnets,  and  in  short  everything  in  the  line 
of  millinery  goods,  while  in  the  shop  in  the  rear  a  corps  of  experi- 
enced hands  is  employed  in  making  up  the  artistic  creations  in  this 
line  for  which  the  establishment  is  noted.  Miss  Morgan  counts 
among  her  numerous  patronage  the  best  local  custom. 

DANIEL  BUCKLEY.  Registered  Plumber,  Office,  No.  480  Broad- 
way, South  Boston.— One  of  the  oldest  and  best  known  ex- 
ponents of  this  important  branch  of  skilled  industry  in  this 
city  is  Mr.  Daniel  Buckley,  plumber  and  general  jobber  in 
sheet  iron  work.    Mr.   Buckley  was  born  in  this  city,  and  early 
learned  and  became  a  skillful  exponent  of  the  plumbers'  trade.    As 
far  back  as  1860  he  began  business  for  himself  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
present  site,  and  in  the  interval,  by  superior  work  and  fair  and 
equitable  dealing,  has  reared  a  prosperous,  general   trade.    The 
spacious  and  well  ordered  premises,  25  x  60  feet  in  size,  consist  of  an 
office  and  shop,  the  former  fitted  up  in  an  attractive  style,  and  the 
latter  equipped  with  all  modern  facilities  for  the  advantageous 
prosecution  of  the  work.    Mr.  Buckley  employs  from  six  to  ten  ex- 
perienced workmen,  and  does  everything  in  the  line  of  sanitary 
plumbing,  special  attention  being  given  to  drainage  and  ventilation. 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF    NEW    ENGLAND. 


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WL.  ANDERSON  &  CO.,  Diamonds,  Watches,  Clocks, 
Jewelry,  Silver  and  Plated  Ware,  Spectacles,  etc.,  No. 
B  381  Main  Street,  Bunker  Hill  District.— The  great  per- 
fection which  has  been  attained  in  this  line  can  be  seen 
by  paying  a  visit  to  the  old  and  reliable  house  of  Messrs.  W.  L. 
Anderson  &  Co.,  dealers  in  diamonds,  watches,  clocks,  jewelry,  etc., 
where  are  shown  the  finest  modern  productions  of  these  valuable 
and  beautiful  goods,  all  of  which  represent  the  highest  artistic 
forms  of  mechanical  skill  and  ingenuity.  Mr.  Anderson  is  a  native 
of  Charlestown  where  he  still  resides,  and  after  serving  a  faithful 
apprenticeship  for  a  number  of  years,  supplemented  by  long 
experience  in  this  industry,  he  determined  to  embark  in  the  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account,  and  inaugurated  this  establishment  orig- 
inally in  Boston  proper  in  1861.  He  removed  to  his  present  address 
in  1876,  which  at  once  succeeded  far  beyond  his  expectations.  His 
finely  furnished  store  contains  the  most  superb  stock  of  pure  and 
sparkling  diamonds,  rubies,  sapphires  and  other  precious  gems  to 
be  found  in  Charlestown,  also  beautiful  jewelry,  such  as  crosses, 
bracelets,  necklaces,  watch  chains  and  charms,  lockets,  plain  and 
chased  rings,  chatelaines,  studs,  scarf  and  lace  pins,  collar  and  cuff 
buttons,  pendants,  etc.,  in  profuse  display,  and  all  the  leading 
makes  and  styles  of  American  and  European  watches  in  both  gold 
and  silver.  His  assortment  includes  also  a  fine  line  of  French, 
Swiss  and  American  clocks  in  all  the  latest  and  most  unique  styles 
and  designs,  solid  silver  and  plated  wares,  novelties  and  fancy 
goods,  bric-a-brac,  also  eye-glasses,  spectacles,  Opera-glasses,  etc., 
in  fact  everything  pertaining  to  a  first-class  jewelry  house.  A 
specialty  is  made  of  repairing  fine  watches,  clocks  and  jewelry. 
They  make  a  specialty  of  loose  diamonds,  ready  for  mounting, 
so  that  you  can  select  the  size  and  quality  of  diamond  you  wish  and 
have  them  mounted  in  rings,  ear  jewels,  studs  or  pins.  By  so  doing 
you  can  suit  your  own  taste  and  also  know  just  what  you  are  buying 
as  imperfections  are  not  easily  detected  after  being  mounted.  We 
buy  our  diamonds  direct  from  New  York  importers  for  cash  and  are 
satisfied  with  small  profits. 

JA.  OBERMEYER,  Dealer  in  Groceries  and  Provisions,  Nos. 
30  and  34  Broadway,  South  Boston.— A  house  in  this  por- 
tion of  Boston  well  worthy  the  attention  of  consumers  and 
purchasers  is  that  of  Mr.  J.  A.  Obermeyer,  dealer  in 
groceries  and  provisions.  Mr.  Obermeyer  is  a  German  by  birth 
but  has  been  in  the  United  States  for  many  years,  having  become  a 
resident  of  Boston  in  1868.  Having  acquired  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  this  line  of  trade  as  a  clerk  for  a  long  time,  he  founded  this  enter- 
prise originally  on  his  own  responsibility  on  South  Street,  in  1878, 
where  he  met  from  the  start  a  very  large  and  influential  trade, 
which  increased  to  such  an  extent  that  he  was  compelled  to  seek 
larger  and  more  commodious  quarters  and  removed  to  his  present 
location  in  1881,  where  he  occupies  a  very  commodious  and  spacious 
store.  It  is  very  neatly  and  appropriately  fitted  up  and  supplied 
with  every  convenience.  Here  will  be  found  at  all  times  a  full  and 
general  assortment  of  almost  everything  in  the  line  of  food  prod- 
ucts, embracing  the  purest  and  freshest  teas  from  China,  Japan 
and  Formosa,  coffees  from  Rio,  Mocha,  Java,  Maracaibo  and  other 
countries,  hermetically  sealed  goods  in  glass  and  tin.  sugars, 
syrups,  foreign  and  domestic  green  and  dried  fruits,  flour  and 
meals  of  all  description,  spices,  bakers'  and  laundry  supplies, 
smoked  and  dried  meats,  provisions,  etc.,  also  potted  and  canned 
meats,  table  luxuries,  vegetables,  dairy  and  creamery  butter  and 
cheese,  fresh  eggs,  and  other  products  of  the  farm,  garden  and 
dairy.  Purity  and  first-class  quality  is  the  essential  requirement  of 
all  goods  kept  by  Mr.  Obermeyer,  and  customers  dealing  with  him 
can  always  have  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  no  inferior  or 
adulterated  goods  will  be  offered  to  them.  His  connections  with 
the  trade  are  very  extensive  and  enable  him  to  secure  first  quality 
of  goods,  and  at  prices  by  which  he  can  offer  them  at  figures  which 
defy  successful  competition,  and  orders  are  delivered  at  residences 
In  the  city  free  of  charge. 


GEO.  O.  AYER,  Photo.  Artist,  No.  74  Meridian  Street,  East  Bos- 
ton.—Among  the  prominent  representative  photographers  in 
this  city  there  are  probably  none  executing  a  higher  class  or 
better  finished  work  than  Mr.  Geo.  O.  Ayer,  who  has  been 
identified  with   the  art  for  many  years  and  has  kept  pace  with  all 


the  improvements  and  advances  that  have  been  made  in  it.  Very 
handsomely  furnished  premises  are  occupied,  the  office  and  recep- 
tion-room being  on  the  third  floor  and  the  operating-room  on  the 
fourth  floor.  Mr.  Ayer  is  particularly  expert  in  fine  portrait  work 
and  in  groups,  and  in  all  his  work  is  plainly  discernible  the  marked 
hand  of  the  thorough  artist.  Crayon  work  is  also  executed,  and  a 
special  business  made  of  finishing  photographs  in  ink,  oil,  water 
colors  or  pastille  as  may  be  desired,  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art. 
Mr.  Ayer's  skill  and  artistic  ability  are  highly  appreciated  in  this 
community,  and  as  evidence  of  his  popularity  as  a  photograph 
artist  it  is  only  necessary  to  state  that  his  patronage  is  not  only 
derived  from  Boston  but  comes  from  all  the  adjoining  cities  ami 
towns.  Born  in  Maine  Mr.  Ayer  commenced  business  operations  as 
a  photographic  artist  in  Augusta  in  that  state  in  1870,  where  he  is 
still  doing  a  large  business.  He  has  been  established  in  his  present 
location  in  East  Boston  about  three  years  and  keeps  in  his  employ 
six  assistants. 

CHARLES  F.  BY  AM  &  CO.,  Jobbers  and  Retailers  of  Boots, 
Shoes  and  Rubbers,  No.  277  Main  Street,  Bunker  Hill  Dist.— 
The  old  reliable  house  of  Messrs.  Charles  F.  Byam  &  Co., 
jobbers  and  retailers  of  boots,  shoes  and  rubbers,  has 
enjoyed  a  note-worthy  popularity  for  a  period  extending  over  thirty 
years.  This  concern  was  founded  originally  in  1856  by  the  senior 
partner,  Mr.  Charles  F.  Byam,  who  is  a  native  of  South  Chelmsford, 
Mass.,  whose  individual  enterprise  carried  it  so  successfully  down 
to  1882  when  the  above  firm  title  was  adopted  by  the  admission  into 
copartnership  of  Mr.  M.  Clarence  Hall,  a  native  and  resident  of 
Charlestown,  and  who,  by  long  experience  and  sound  business  quali- 
fications, is  well  adapted  for  the  business.  The  trade  of  this  house 
is  both  jobbing  and  retail,  and  extends  throughout  this  city  and  the 
surrounding  vicinity.  The  premises  utilized  for  business  purposes 
comprise  a  commodious  store  with  basement,  which  are  fully  pro- 
vided with  all  conveniences  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  their 
large  and  steadily  increasing  trade.  This  firm  represents  some  of 
the  most  celebrated  boot  and  shoe  manufacturers  in  this  portion  of 
the  country,  and  in  their  salesroom  will  be  found  a  full  and  com- 
plete assortment  of  fine  and  medium  grades  of  hand-made  and 
machine-sewed  boots,  shoes,  gaiters,  slippers,  etc.,  for  men,  youths 
and  boys,  also  everything  in  the  line  of  external  foot  wear  for 
ladies,  misses  and  children,  from  the  strong  walking  boot  and  school 
shoe  to  the  most  delicately  made  kid  slipper.  In  addition  to  these 
will  be  found  a  complete  line  of  rubber  boots,  arctics,  overshoes, 
sandals  and  slips.  These  goods  have  all  been  carefully  selected 
from  among  the  productions  of  the  best  manufacturers,  by  both 
members  of  the  firm,  who  are  excellent  judges  and  experts  in  the 
materials  and  workmanship  of  boots  and  shoes.  Polite  and  intelli- 
gent assistants  serve  customers  promptly.  Both  members  of  the 
firm  are  gentlemen  whose  integrity  and  ability  require  no  words  of 
comment. 

WC.  HALLETT.  Watches,  Clocks,  Jewelry,  Silverware,  and 
Optical  Goods,  No.  5  Meridian  Street,  East  Boston.- 
Among  the  young  business  men  of  East  Boston  who 
have  made  a  success  in  their  special  field  of  enterprise 
Mr.  W.  C.  Hallett,  the  widely  and  favorably  known  jeweler  and 
watchmaker,  merits  special  recognition.  Before  venturing  into  bus- 
iness on  his  own  account,  which  he  did  1884,  he  wisely  determined  to 
make  of  himself  an  expert  in  his  chosen  line  of  industry,  and  when 
he  opened  his  store  doors  and  invited  the  public  to  put  their  confi- 
dence in  him  as  a  seller  of  jewelry  and  as  a  maker  of  watches,  he 
could  satisfactorily  point  to  the  fact  that  his  knowledge  of  the  trade 
was  backed  by  hard  practical  experience  extending  over  eleven 
years.  His  fine,  handsome,  store  is  elegant  and  attractive  in  its  fit- 
tings and  appointments,  and  it  glistens  with  a  splendid  display  of 
diamonds  and  other  precious  stones,  rings,  bracelets,  cliarms,  pins, 
bangles  and  jewelry  ornaments  of  every  description,  unique  and 
artistic  in  design ;  silver  and  gold  watehes  of  foreign  and  domestic 
makes,  clocks  of  all  sizes  and  forms:  silverware,  chaste  and  elegant 
in  design  and  ornamentation,  and  optical  goods  to  suit  the  necessi- 
ties of  all  who  require  them.  The  prices  are  such  that  few  houses 
can  excel.  In  watch  and  jewelry  repairing  the  work  is  perfect,  and 
the  business  is  growing.  Mr.  Hallett  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by 
birth  and  an  honor  to  his  profession. 


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ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


CII.  WHITING,  Receiver  and  Jobber  of  Flour,  No.  382  Broad- 
way.—A  prominent  and  long  established  house  engaged  in 
M  handling  these  products  is  that  of  Mr.  C.  H.  Whiting,  re- 
ceiver and  jobber  in  flour,  etc.  Mr.  Whiting  is  a  native  of 
this  part  of  the  city  of  Boston  and  about  forty-six  years  of  age.  He 
acquired  a  thorough,  practical  knowledge  of  and  experience  in  this 
line  of  commercial  industry  as  a  clerk  and  assistant  in  this  house, 
which  was  established  originally  by  Messrs.  Porter  &  Co.,  in  1861, 
the  present  proprietor  assuming  sole  ownership  and  control  of  it  in 
1883.  The  premises  utilized  for  business  purposes  comprise  a  large 
and  spacious  store  appropriately  fitted  up  with  an  office  and  other 
conveniences  and  a  basement,  all  of  which  are  supplied  with  every 
facility  for  the  handling  of  goods  pertaining  to  the  trade.  Mr.  Whit- 
ing carries  on  a  very  extensive  trade  in  receiving  and  jobbing  all 
kinds  of  flour  and  mill  products,  and  keeps  constantly  on  hand  a 
full  assortment  of  choice  family,  shipping  and  bakers'  flour,  which 
are  received  direct  from  the  best  producers  and  millers  in  the 
United  States,  including  the  best  spring  wheat  products  from  Min- 
neapolis, Duluth  and  other  portions  of  the  great  northwest;  also  the 
finest  grades  of  winter  wheat  flour  from  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois  and 
Missouri,  together  with  pure  bolted  and  unbolted  corn,  meal,  Gra- 
ham, rye  and  buckwheat  flour,  wheaten  and  oat  grits,  and  all  other 
cereal  products  for  table  consumption.  The  brands  of  these  com- 
modities are  the  very  best  to  be  obtained  in  the  market.  A  specialty 
is  made  of  the  Haxall  brand,  the  reputation  of  which  is  so  well 
known  to  the  community  that  no  comments  of  ours  upon  its  excel- 
lence are  necessary.  He  is  a  close  observer  of  the  markets,  their  sup- 
ply and  demand,  and  his  knowledge  of  the  same  will  compare 
favorably  with  any  others  in  the  town. 

DEXTER'S  HARNESS  SHOP,  Harnesses  to  Order,  Also  Dealer 
in  Whips,  Blankets,  Robes  and  Horse  Goods,  No.  373  Main 
Street,  Charlestown.— In  Charlestown  no  house  enjoys  a 
better  reputation  in  this  line  than  that  of  Dexter's  harness 
shop,  manufacturer  of  harnesses,  and  dealer  in  whips,  blankets, 
horse  goods,  etc.,  which  has  always  maintained  the  highest  stand- 
ard of  excellence  in  the  trade.  Mr.  Dexter  is  a  native  of  Boston  and 
a  resident  of  Somerville,  and  although  a  young  man  yet,  he  has  ac- 
quired a  thorough  proficiency  in  all  branches  of  this  industry  by 
years  of  close  application  and  practical  experience  as  a  saddle  and 
harness  maker.  This  house  was  established  as  a  harness  shop  and 
factory  over  twoscore  years  ago,  and  after  many  changes  in  pro- 
prietorship, Mr.  Dexter  went  into  it  on  his  own  account  in  1883,  and 
since  that  date  has  augmented  its  business.  The  premises  occupied 
are  spacious  and  appropriately  fitted  up,  comprising  a  store  and 
workshop.  In  the  latter  will  be  found  a  full  complement  of  skilled 
and  experienced  workmen  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  fine  and 
medium  grades  of  harness,  while  in  the  store  will  be  found  a-  full 
and  complete  assortment  of  saddles,  harness,  bridles,  halters,  etc., 
of  his  own  superior  production,  which  are  made  of  the  very  best 
quality  of  leather  and  accompanying  trimmings.  He  also  carries  a 
fine  stock  of  blankets,  fur  and  lap-robes,  whips,  nets,  chest  pro- 
tectors, sunshades,  feed-bags,  housings,  collars,  names,  halters, 
sheets,  horse  boots,  brushes,  sponges,  combs,  etc. ;  in  fact,  every- 
thing in  the  horse-furnishing  line.  These  goods  are  all  of  the  very 
best  materials,  made  to  wear  rather  than  to  sell,  and  cannot  fail  to 
give  satisfaction.  A  specialty  of  this  house  is  the  manufacture  of 
light  and  heavy,  single  or  double  harness  to  order,  and  repairing  is 
also  executed  in  the  most  skillful  manner  and  promptly.  Many  of 
our  most  prominent  citizens  and  business  firms,  are  patrons  of  this 
reliable  house. 

LJ.    WYZANSKI,  Dry   and    Fancy  Goods,   Nos.   129  and    131 
Meridian  Street,  East  Boston.— The  leading  headquarters  for 
m  dry  and  fancy  goods  in  East  Boston,  is  the  establishment  of 
Mr.  L.  J.  Wyzanski.     The  popular  proprietor  has  resided  in 
this  country  for  the  past  twenty-one  years.    He  established  his  busi- 
ness here  in  1878,  bringing  to  bear  upon  his  enterprise  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  wants  of  the  public.    The  store  is  spacious  in  size, 
attractive   in  all  its  appointments,  and  perfect  in  convenience  of 
arrangement  for  inspection  and  sale     The  stock  is  varied  and  com- 
prehensive, and  is  representative  of  all  that  is  choice,  fashionable 
arid  novel  in  dress  goods,  shawls,  silks,  satins,  velvets,  linens,  house- 
keeping goods,  hosiery,  gloves  and  underwear,  corsets,  hoop-skirts 


and  bustles,  laces,  ribbons  and  embroidery,  notions,  fancy  goods 
and  small  wares  in  almost  endless  variety.  He  makes  a  specialty  of 
kid  gloves,  being  the  first  to  introduce  them  to  the  citizens  of  East 
Boston,  and  also  makes  a  specialty  of  laces  and  embroideries.  The 
proprietor  makes  it  a  special  feature  of  his  establishment  to  charge 
no  fancy  prices  for  goods,  but  to  mark  everything  as  low  as  can  be 
done  consistently  with  a  living  profit;  henct;  it  is  that  his  counters 
are  daily  thronged  with  customers  from  all  classes  of  society.  A 
corps  of  experienced  clerks  and  salesmen  contribute  to  the  satis- 
factory operations  of  the  house,  and  the  business  here  carried  on  is 
an  important  and  growing  factor  in  the  mercantile  activity  of  this 
community. 

SHAWMUT  FURNITURE  COMPANY,  House-Furnishing  Goods 
of  Every  Description,  No.  54  Shawmut  Avenue,  J.  P.  Atkin- 
son, Manager.— In  Boston  no  house  takes  a  higher  position  in 
the  general  house-furnishing  trade  than  that  of  the  Shawmut 
Furniture  Company,  who  are  extensive  dealers  in  fine  furniture, 
carpets,  oil-cloths,  refrigerators,  stoves,  crockery,  and  in  everything 
needed  for  the  complete  furnishing  of  the  mansion  or  the  cottage. 
The  business  of  this  concern  was  organized  in  1876  under  the  style  of 
B.  A.  Atkinson  &  Co.,  and  in  1884  the  concern  became  an  incorpo- 
rated company  with  the  title  of  the  Shawmut  Furniture  Company,  at 
the  head  of  which  is  the  popular  and  widely  known  great  installment 
house  furnisher,  and  the  founder  of  the  business.  Mr.  B.  A.  Atkin- 
son, while  the  enterprise  is  under  the  general  management  of  his 
brother,  Mr.  J.  P.  Atkinson,  an  energetic,  pushing  young  business 
man,  who  was  reared  in  this  line  of  trade.  The  premises  occupied, 
comprise  an  entire  building,  25  x  60  feet  in  dimensions,  and  contains 
three  floors  and  basement.  The  warerooms  are  elegantly  appointed 
and  stocked  to  repletion  in  every  department  with  new,  choice  and 
valuable  goods.  The  stock  embraces  everything  that  can  be  desired 
in  parlor,  chamber,  dining-room,  kitchen,  office,  hall  and  library 
furnishings,  and  the  goods  are  of  a  class  that  rank  superior,  not 
only  in  the  quality  of  material,  but  in  the  equally  important  matter* 
of  tasteful  design  and  artistic  workmanship.  The  relations  sus- 
tained by  the  concern  with  manufacturers  of  the  highest  repute, 
both  at  home  and  abroad,  enable  them  to  obtain  the  lowest  prices 
known  to  the  trade,  and  to  secure  every  novelty  in  due  season.  The 
business  is  conducted  on  the  installment  plan. 

LS.  STEVENS,  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  427  Broadway,  South  Bos- 
ton.—Among  the  old  time  representative  mercantile  estab- 
u  lishments  of  South  Boston  should  be  prominently  mentioned 
that  of  Mr.  L.  S.  Stevens,  dealer  in  boots  and  shoes.  This 
business  was  founded  by  the  present  proprietor  as  far  back  as  1870. 
and  from  its  inception  has  been  characterized  by  a  degree  of  ever 
increasing  prosperity.  The  commodious  store  is  fitted  up  in  a  style 
which  is  a  happy  combination  of  modern  convenience  and  elegance, 
and  with  its  ornate  plate-glass  front  and  handsome  interior  fixtures, 
constitutes  one  of  the  attractive  features  of  this  popular  thorough- 
fare. Mr.  Stevens  possesses  the  happy  faculty  of  selecting  goods 
especially  adapted  to  the  requirements  of  the  current  trade,  and  in 
the  large,  comprehensive  and  complete  stock  of  men,  women  and 
children's  high  grade  foot  wear  displayed  in  his  salesroom  the  most 
critical  customer  cannot  fail  to  be  suited.  Mr.  Stevens,  the  deserv- 
edly popular  proprietor,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Norwalk,  Conn. 
He  early  went  to  sea,  beginning  like  all  thorough  seamen,  on  the 
forecastle— not  the  quarter  deck.  Before  he  had  reached  his  twenty- 
first  year  he  had  become  a  master,  his  promotion  being  brought 
about  as  follows:  the  ship  to  which  he  belonged  reached  the  Sand- 
wich Islands  en  route  to  China  after  a  hard  voyage,  the  discomforts 
of  the  voyage  being  greatly  augmented  by  the  bad  treatment  which 
officei-s  and  crew  had  received  at  the  hands  of  the  captain.  As  soon 
as  possible  after  making  port,  the  officers  deserted  the  ship  and  the 
captain  dying  soon  after,  the  consul  put  Mr.  Stevens  in  master, 
although  not  yet  of  age.  He  completed  the  voyage  and  so  pleased 
the  owners  by  his  fidelity  and  successful  care  of  their  interests  that 
he  was  retained  permanently  in  the  captaincy.  Mr.  Stevens  subse- 
quently made  many  prosperous  voyages,  sailing  to  all  parts  of  the 
globe.  He  subsequently  retired  from  the  profession  which  for 
twenty-eight  years  he  had  successfully  followed,  and  in  1P70  came  to 
Boston. 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF    NEW    ENGLAND. 


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JOIIX  HALL,  JR.,  Successor  to  John  D.  Dodge,  Dealer  in  Pro- 
visions and  Produce,  No.  233  Broadway.— Mr.  Hall  is  a  native 
of  Natick,  and  has  had  many  years  of  practical  experi- 
ence in  this  line  of  commerce,  having  first  engaged  in  it  on 
his  own  account  on  A  Street  in  1878,  and  which  house  he  still  carries 
on  at  the  present  time  in  connection  with  the  former  mentioned  con- 
cern, which  was  founded  originally  by  Mr.  John  D.  Dodge  in  1852  and 
lias  been  ever  since  a  popular  house  with  the  entire  community  in 
that  portion  of  the  city.  Mr.  Dodge  was  succeeded  by  the  present 
popular  proprietor  in  1883,  who  has  augmented  its  trade  very  mate- 
rially since  that  date,  having  been  obliged  to  increase  the  capacity 
of  his  storeroom,  which  is  of  commodious  dimensions.  Mr.  Hall 
keeps  constantly  on  hand  a  very  full  and  comprehensive  stock 
of  all  kinds  of  provisions  and  country  produce,  which  comprises  the 
choicest  and  most  popular  brands  of  canvased  and  uncanvased 
smoked  hams,  shoulders,  bacon,  beef,  corned  beef  and  pork,  also 
sausages,  fresh  and  smoked,  in  all  varieties,  pickled  and  smoked 
tongues,  also  pigs'  feet,  tripe,  pork  and  beef  tenderloins,  fresh 
country  sausages,  roasting  pigs,  fresh  veal,  mutton,  lamb  and  pork, 
also  choice  poultry  in  season.  These  articles  are  all  selected  with 
the  greatest  care.  Besides  this  immense  stock  Mr.  Hall  also  keeps 
constantly  on  hand  a  full  and  general  line  of  country  produce,  such 
as  fresh  selected  eggs,  choice  dairy  and  creamery  butter,  pure  leaf 
lard,  potatoes,  fruits,  beans,  peas,  canned  goods  of  every  descrip- 
tion, and  in  fact  a  general  assortment  of  farm,  garden  and  dairy 
products,  all  fresh  and  pure.  Prompt  attention  isgiven  to  all  custom- 
ers' orders,  while  the  very  lowest  prices  always  rule  in  this  estab- 
lishment. 

SS.  SPARKLIN,  Millinery  and  Fancy  Goods,  No.  115  Meridian 
Street,  East  Boston. — This  gentleman  inaugurated  his  enter- 
prise here  in  1885,  and  has  met  constantly  increasing  success 
from  the  outset,  building  up  a  first-class  line  of  patronage 
strictly  on  the  merits  of  his  goods.  The  store  has  an  area  of  20  x  50 
feet,  is  excellently  fitted  up  for  the  purposes  of  the  business,  is  pro- 
vided with  a  cash  carrier  system,  and  is  admirably  arranged  for 
securing  convenience  to  customers  and  an  effective  display  of  the 
large  and  varied  stock.  All  the  latest  novelties  in  millinery  and 
fancy  goods  of  every  kind,  in  hosiery  and  underwear,  in  gloves,  cor- 
sets, ribbons,  laces,  neckwear,  and  every  description  of  ladies'  and 
gents'  furnishing  goods,  in  jewelry,  notions,  etc.,  are  to  be  found  dis- 
played here  in  profusion,  and  temptingly  offered  at  prices  that  cannot 
be  surpassed  elsewhere.  The  stock  is  kept  abreast  with  the  varying 
fashions  of  the  hour,  and  customers  can  always  rely  upon  obtaining 
here  the  latest  representatives  of  modern  styles.  Ten  assistants  are 
in  service,  and  patrons  are  accorded  prompt  attention.  Mr.  Spark- 
lin  is  a  native  of  Maryland,  and  has  resided  in  East  Boston  for  nearly 
twenty  years. 

CA.  DODGE,  Mason  and  Builder,  etc.,  No.  164  Devonshire 
Street,  Wharf  No.  326  Albany  Street.— Among  the  compara- 
B  live  few  who  have  by  force  of  merit  become  noted  for  the 
success  with  which  they  have  invariably  accomplished  every 
undertaking,  is  Mr.  C.  A.  Dodge,  the  well-known  mason  and  builder, 
and  dealer  in  brick,  lime,  cement,  sand  and  hair,  whose  offices  are 
at  the  rooms  of  the  master  builders'  association.  The  business 
of  this  house  was  originally  established  in  1863,  by  Messrs.  Vinal  & 
Dodge,  the  present  proprietor  succeeding  to  the  sole  control  in  1884. 
His  business  premises  cover  an  area  of  40  by  200  feet,  and  comprise 
spacious  storehouses  and  sheds,  and  excellent  wharfage  facilities, 
giving  ample  accommodations  for  the  convenient  receipt  and  stor- 
age of  supplies,  while  the  stock  of  brick,  cement  and  other  building 
materials  here  carried  is  one  of  the  most  complete  and  comprehen- 
sive in  this  section.  The  connections  of  the  proprietor  with  the  best 
sources  of  supply  are  so  intimate  and  influential  that  he  is  enabled  to 
procure  his  materials  in  large  quantities  and  at  advantageous  rates, 
and  consequently  to  offer  his  patrons  the  rarest  inducements  in 
terms  and  prices.  Mr.  Dodge  is  a  large  contractor  for  building  work 
of  all  kinds,  and  lias  carried  to  a  successful  completion  many  heavy 
and  important  commissions  in  this  city  and  adjoining  towns.  He  is 
in  a  position  to  undertake  the  erection  of  the  most  extensive  and 
difficult  works,  and  to  guarantee  the  most  entire  satisfaction.  Mr. 
Dodge  is  a  native  of  this  city,  and  a  prominent  member  of  the 
master  builders'  association. 


BP.  SPEAR  &  SON,  Practical  Plumbers,  and  Dealers  in 
Plumbers'  Supplies,  No.  !K)  Warren  Street,  Corner  Thomp- 
m  son,  Charlestown  District.— Among  those  who  have  acquired 
a  most  enviable  reputation  in  this  important  industry  in 
the  Charlestown  district  of  the  city,  Messrs.  B.  P.  Spear  &  Son,  prac- 
tical plumbers  and  dealers  in  plumbers'  supplies,  are  deserving  of 
especial  recognition.  The  senior  partner  of  this  firm  is  a  native  of 
Vermont,  but  has  been  a  resident  of  this  state  for  many  years,  hav- 
ing resided  in  Chelsea,  Mass.,  a  long  time,  where  his  son'and  partner 
was  born,  and  removed  from  there  to  this  city.  Both  are  practical 
and  experienced  plumbers  and  thoroughly  proficient  in  all  its 
branches.  They  founded  this  establishment  under  the  present  firm 
title  originally  in  1880.  The  premises  occupied  are  eligibly  located 
on  a  corner  and  comprise  a  finely  fitted  store  with  all  conveniences 
for  the  accommodation  of  their  fine  stock  of  goods,  to  which  is 
attached  a  large  and  commodious  store,  both  covering  an  area  of 
1600  feet.  The  shop  is  fully  equipped  with  all  the  latest  appliances 
and  tools  required  in  the  mechanical  department  of  the  business, 
while  the  store  contains  an  extensive  and  complete  assortment  of 
everything  in  the  line  of  plumbers'  supplies,  embracing  wrought 
iron  and  cast  iron,  block  tin,  lead  and  earthen  pipes,  bath  tubs, 
faucets,  automatic  water  closets  and  urinals  in  all  styles,  wash- 
bowls, showers,  valves,  traps,  lift  and  force  pumps,  chandeliers, 
brackets,  side  and  drop  lights,  gas  jets,  lava  tips,  boilers  and  water- 
backs  for  ranges,  etc.  These  goods  are  all  of  the  very  best  manu- 
facture and  of  the  latest  and  most  desirable  patterns,  and  are  offered 
at  the  lowest  prices.  The  firm  is  prepared  to  execute  all  kinds  of 
work  in  the  way  of  ventilating,  lighting,  sanitary  plumbing,  making 
sewer  connections,  etc.,  in  which  a  full  and  competent  force  of 
skilled  workmen  are  given  constant  employment.  Both  being  prac- 
tical workmen,  no  work  is  permitted  to  leave  their  hands  that  does 
not  come  up  to  the  highest  standard  of  excellence.  They  have  tele- 
phone communication  No.  6541,  and  all  orders  received  by  that  source 
receive  prompt  response.  Repairing  receives  special  attention. 


JAMES  P.  STEWART  &  CO.,  Coal  and  Wood,  Wharf,  No.  65 
Medf  ord  Street,  Charlestown  District,  Boston  Office,  No.  26  Ex- 
change Place.— The  house  of  James  P.  Stewart  &  Co.,  dealers 
in  coal  and  wood,  was  originally  established  twenty  years  ago, 
by  Messrs.  Winslow  &  Stewart,  the  present  firm  succeeding  to  the 
control  in  1876.  They  deal  exclusively  at  retail  in  both  hard  and  soft 
coal  for  domestic  and  steam  purposes,  and  their  wharf  has  a  storage 
capacity  for  fifteen  thousand  tons,  and  every  demand  of  the  public 
is  met  with  promptness  and  satisfaction.  The  most  careful  atten- 
tion is  given  to  the  quality  of  the  different  varieties  of  coal  and  wood 
handled.  The  supplies  are  received  from  original  sources,  and  the 
firm  command  the  best  opportunities  for  securing  the  choicest  and 
most  popular  in  large  quantities  and  at  advantageous  rates.  Orders, 
either  large  or  small,  receive  immediate  and  careful  attention,  and 
a  force  of  twenty  workmen  contribute  to  the  satisfactory  operations 
of  the  house.  A  branch  office  is  operated  at  No.  26  Exchange  Place, 
Boston,  and  telephone  connections  are  provided  at  each  office.  Mr. 
Stewart,  the  active  member  of  the  firm,  is  a  native  of  Vermont  and 
a  well-known  citizen  of  Everett,  Mass. 


JORDAN'S,  Famous  Candies  and  Ice-Cream,  No.  232  Meridian 
Street,  East  Boston.— An  establishment  well  known  in  East 
Boston  and  a  great  convenience  to  the  citizens  in  that  section 
is  "Jordan's,"  which  has  become  famous  for  pure  candies 
and  ice-creams.  It  was  first  opened  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Jordan,  in  1885, 
and  from  that  time,  owing  to  the  superiority  of  his  delicious  confec- 
tionery and  rich  ice-cream,  which  are  unrivalled  in  purity  and 
wholesomeness,  he  has  established  a  large  family  hotel  and  res- 
taurant custom,  which  is  steadily  growing  yearly.  A  store  and  base- 
ment, each  20  x  30  feet  in  area,  is  occupied,  and  on  an  average  from 
three  to  five  candy  makers  and  confectioners  are  kept  steadily  em- 
ployed engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  candies  of  all  kinds,  including 
caramels,  chocolate  creams  and  bon  bons  generally,  which  are  made 
fresh  every  hour,  also  ice-cream  of  all  flavors  and  sherbets  ami 
frozen  puddings  to  order.  Church  fairs,  parties,  societies,  weddings, 
etc.,  are  furnished,  all  orders  receiving  the  prompt  personal  atten- 
tion of  Mr.  Jordan,  and  are  delivered  to  any  part  of  the  city  without 
extra  charge.  The  store  is  neatly  fitted  up,  as  is  also  the  ice-cream 
parlor. 


ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


GEO.  H.  DUPEE,  Dealer  in  Provisions,  Fruit  and  Butter,  Poul- 
try and  Game  in  their  Season,  No.  405  Tremont,  Corner  of 
Berkeley  Street.— If  a  long   honorable  career  entitles  any 
enterprise  to  prominence  and  confidence,  then  certainly  Mr. 
Geo.  H.  Dupee  can  make  that  claim.    For  more  than  thirty  years  he 
has  been  catering  to  the  publ'C,  supplying  substantial  and   deli- 
cacies for  the  table,  and  has  become  widely  known,  and  is  receiving 
a  liberal  patronage  from  the  best  class  of  citizens.    During  a  period 
of  fifteen  years  he  was  located  on  Tremont  Street,  and  last  year  he 


TRADE  MARK . 


occupied  the  premises  at  No.  495,  on  that  thoroughfare  at  the  corner 
of  Berkeley  Street,  which  have  a  front  of  20  with  a  depth  of  40  feet, 
and  are  attractively  fitted  up  and  thoroughly  equipped,  presenting 
at  all  times  a  neat,  clean  and  orderly  appearance.  Mr.  Dupee  is  a 
careful  business  man,  and  each  day  receives  the  choicest  and  best 
cuts  of  all  kinds  of  fresh  meats,  sweet  pure  dairy  and  creamery 
butter,  country  produce,  all  kinds  of  game  and  dressed  poultry 
when  in  season,  also  foreign  and  domestic  fruits,  and  always  has  the 
best  quality  of  smoked  and  salt  meats  to  place  before  his  customers. 
He  is  ably  assisted  in  business  operations  by  three  courteous  clerks, 
and  orders  are  filled  and  delivered  without  unnecessary  delay.  Tel- 
ephone connection — No.  4449-3— also  materially  facilitates  opera- 
tions and  quick  deliveries.  Mr.  Dupee  deals  in  only  the  choicest  and 
best  food  products,  and  can  be  depended  on  to  supply  the  freshest 
at  all  times.  He  is  a  native  of  Brighton,  about  fifty  years  of  age, 
and  has  been  a  permanent  resident  of  Boston  since  he  was  a  young 
man.  Mr.  Dupee  established  the  "  Newton  City  Market,"  Newton, 
Mass.,  where  he  did  a  large  business  in  provisions,  fruit  and  butter 
for  ten  years  previous  to  his  going  to  Dakota  to  look  after  his  3000 
acre  market. 


LUTHER  S.  HANDY,  Charlestown  Stove  Company,  Nos.  515  and 
517  Main  Street,  Charlestown.  —Among  the  houses  in  Charles- 
town  extensively  engaged  in  dealing  in  stoves,  furnaces,  heat- 
ers, ranges,  etc.,  may  be  named  that  of  Mr.  Luther  S.  Handy, 
who  deals  also  in  stoves,  new  and  second-hand  furniture,  crockery, 
glass  and  wooden  ware,  and  is  also  a  plumber.  Mr.  Handy  is  a 
native  of  this  state,  and  has  been  a  resident  of  this  district  a  number 
of  years.  Having  a  complete  knowledge  and  many  years  of  expe- 
rience in  this  line  of  business,  he  founded  this  establishment  about 
the  year  1870,  under  the  present  firm  title,  and  from  the  date  of  its 
inception  has  been  the  recipient  of  a  rery  liberal  and  permanent 
patronage,  which  is  continually  increasing  to  proportions  of  great 
magnitude.  The  premises  occupied  are  of  spacious  dimensions, 
having  a  double  frontage  of  two  street  numbers,  and  150  feet  in 
depth  with  a  workshop  on  the  second  floor.  A  full  force  of  compe- 
tent and  reliable  workmen  are  given  constant  employment,  and  in 
his  stock  will  be  found  a  complete  and  varied  assortment  of  parlor, 
office  and  cooking  stoves,  ranges,  heaters,  furnaces,  open  grates, 
etc.,  all  having  been  carefully  selected  from  among  the  productions 
of  the  most  famous  manufacturers  in  the  country,  also  a  fine  line  of 
the  latest  improved  gas  and  oil  stoves.  The  stock  of  furniture  em- 
braces fine  parlor,  hall,  library,  chamber  and  dining-room  suites, 
also  sofas,  lounges,  rockers,  upholstered  goods,  kitchen  fnrniture, 


extension  and  plain  tables,  carpets,  oil-cloths,  mattings,  rugs,  spring 
beds,  mattresses  of  every  kind,  feathers,  etc.,  new  and  second  hand, 
the  latter  all  in  complete  order.  His  assortment  of  crockery 
includes  full  and  broken  sets  of  china,  queen's,  granite,  C.  C.,  yellow 
and  stone  wares,  also  glass  goods  of  every  description,  lamps  and 
their  fixtures,  likewise  cooking  utensils,  wooden-ware,  etc.,  in  fact 
all  kinds  of  household  specialties,  which  are  offered  to  the  public  at 
the  lowest  prices  consistent  with  a  living  business.  Mr.  Handy  is  a 
practical  plumber  and  sanitary  engineer,  and  is  prepared  to  execute 
all  work  in  that  line  at  the  shortest  notice,  promptly,  satisfactorily, 
and  at  moderate  prices.  He  also  sets,  cleans  and  repairs  stoves, 
heaters,  ranges  and  furnaces  in  the  best  style  of  workmanship.  For 
the  benefit  of  those  desiring  any  of  his  wares  on  easy  terms,  he  has 
adopted  for  their  benefit  the  installment  plan. 

GGREENLEAF  &  CO.,  Wire  Workers  and  Manufacturers  of 
Wire  Cloths,  Foundry  Riddles,  No.  90  Union  Street.— This 
m  first-class  concern  was  established  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  in 
1850,  and  in  1861  was  removed  to  Boston.  The  premises 
occupied  at  No.  90  Union  Street  comprise  a  building  of  four  floors, 
25  x  40  feet  in  dimensions,  equipped  throughout  with  the  latest 
appliances  in  wire  working  and  in  which  eight  experienced  hands 
are  employed.  The  firm  manufacture  all  kinds  of  wire  work  for  the 
general  trade  and  to  order,  including  wire  cloths,  foundry  riddles, 
iron  railings,  window  guards,  window  coal  and  sand  screens,  patent 
barrel  coal  sieves,  sparker  cloths,  flour  sieves,  mosquito  and  poultry 
nettings,  skylight  screens,  etc..  which  are  all  done  by  handwork 
exclusively.  The  trade  is  of  the  largest  dimensions,  covering  the 
west  as  well  as  the  whole  of  New  England,  the  goods  of  the  house 
being  unsurpassed  by  any  other  in  the  line.  Mr.  Greenleaf,  who  is 
a  Maine  man,  has  a  thorough,  practical  knowledge  of  the  business. 

CC.  CHAPMAN,  Stoves,  Furnaces,  Ranges,  etc.,  No.  470  Broad- 
way, South  Boston. — An  old-time  honored  and  representa- 
u  tive  South  Boston  establishment  in  its  line  is  that  of  Mr.  C. 
C.  Chapman,  plumber  and  general  jobber,  also  dealer  in 
stoves,  ranges,  furnaces,  tins,  britannia,  iron  and  wooden- ware,  etc., 
etc.  Mr.  Chapman  was  born  in  the  town  of  Dennis,  Mass.,  and  early 
learned  the  trade  with  which  for  nearly  forty  years  he  has  been 
most  prosperously  identified.  He  established  the  present  enterprise 
in  1866  and  from  the  start  has  enjoyed  a  large  business.  The  spa- 
cious store,  30  x  72  feet  in  dimensions,  contains  a  large,  compre- 
hensive and  complete  stock,  embracing  the  best  improved  makes  of 
heating  and  cooking  apparatus;  also  all  kinds  of  kitchen  furnishing 
goods,  together  with  iron  sinks,  lead  pipe  and  water  fixtures.  In  the 
rear  is  a  well  equipped  shop,  where  a  corps  of  experienced  workmen 
.  is  employed,  and  all  work  in  the  plumbing  and  general  jobbing  line 
is  executed  in  the  most  skillful  manner.  Mr.  Chapman  counts 
among  his  numerous  patronage  the  best  custom  of  the  vicinity. 


GEORGE  BARNES,  Family  Bread,  Cake  and  Pastry  Baker,  Nos. 
424  and  778  Tremont  Street.— Mr.  George  Barnes  is  a  practi- 
cal bread,  cake  and  pastry  baker,  and  has  occupied  the  stores 
Nos.  424  and  778  Tremont  Street  about  a  year,  succeeding  Mr. 
J.  B.  Whitney  who  had  established  the  business  in  1883.  Both  stores 
are  perfect,  complete  and  very  handsome  in  their  appointments,  and 
well  adapted  for  meeting  the  demands  of  the  public.  The  bakery  is 
well  equipped,  and  eight  competent  assistants,  who  are  proficient  in 
their  respective  departments,  are  kept  constantly  employed.  The 
very  best  home-made  family  bread,  rolls,  etc.,  and  plain  and  fancy 
cakes  and  pastry  are  made  fresh  every  day,  and  hot  baked  beans  on 
Wednesday  and  Saturday  evenings,  and  every  Sunday  morning  hot 
brown  bread  and  baked  beans,  which  are  supplied  to  families,  hotels, 
restaurants  and  boarding  houses.  Everything  used  in  these  estab- 
lishments is  of  the  best  quality,  and  the  premises  will  be  found 
scrupulously  neat  and  clean.  Mr.  Barnes  also  furnishes  to  order 
roast  turkey,  chicken,  beef,  boiled  tongue  and  ham,  giving  his  per- 
sonal attention  to  orders,  and  is  indefatigable  in  his  endeavors  to 
please  his  patrons.  His  business  is  large  and  steadily  growing,  the 
products  of  his  bakeries  being  highly  esteemed.  Mr.  Barnes'  prices 
are  very  moderate,  and  all  who  desire  sweet,  nutritious,  wholesome, 
home-made  bread  and  rich  pastry  and  properly  cooked  beans  and 
brown  bread  should  not  fail  to  send  him  an  order. 


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WILLIAM  H.  WALL  &  CO.,  Dealers  in  Provisions,  Fruits 
and  Vegetables,  Fifth  Street,  Corner  of  O  Street,  Branch 
Store,  No.  807  East  Fourth  Street,  South  Boston.— Mr. 
Wall,  by  long  experience  in  this  line  of  business,  is 
thoroughly  versed  in  all  its  details.  He  founded  this  enterprise 
originally  in  1873,  under  the  present  firm  title,  and  has  occupied 
his  present  eligible  location  in  East  Fourth  Street  ever  since  1873, 
and  has  established  his  other  house  in  Fifth  Street  subsequent 
to  that  date,  and  by  wise  and  able  management  he  has  developed  a 
very  large  and  rapidly  increasing  business.  He  handles  none  but 
the  very  choicest  stall-fed  beef,  veal,  mutton,  lamb,  pork,  fresh  and 
salt  water  food,  poultry  and  game  in  their  season,  while  his  cured 
meats,  both  foreign  and  domestic,  are  noted  for  their  excellence, 
flavor,  etc.  The  first  poultry  and  game  of  the  season  are  always  to 
be  found  in  his  establishments,  fresh  and  untainted,  direct  from  the 
yard  or  the  hunters'  skill,  while  the  most  delicious  fruits  and  berries 
and  all  toothsome  vegetables  are  secured  by  him  to  meet  the 
demands  of  his  customers.  Tropical  and  southern  state  produc- 
tions are  received  by  him  direct  from  producers,  as  is  also  all  his 
California  delicacies.  A  special  feature  of  his  establishment  is  the 
preparation  of  his  meats  and  provisions  in  perfect  order,  dressed 
and  cleaned  ready  for  the  range.  His  stores  are  spacious  and  com- 
modious, elegantly  fitted  up  in  natural  wood  fixtures,  and  have 
every  modern  convenience,  including  cold  storage  for  the  preserva- 
tion of  perishable  articles  in  hot  weather,  which  enables  him  to  sup- 
ply his  patrons  with  the  freshest  and  best  during  all  seasons  of  the 
year  at  the  most  reasonable  prices.  Both  stores  are  models  ojf  neat- 
ness and  cleanliness.  Mr.  Wall  is  a  native  of  this  section  of  the  city, 
and  is  popular  with  the  community. 


WILLIAM  E.  BROWN,  Funeral  Undertaker,  No.  14  Benning- 
ton  Street,  East  Boston. — One  of  the  oldest  undertaking 
establishments  in  the  vicinity,  is  that  now  conducted  by 
Mr.  William  E.  Brown.    It  was  established  in  1858  by  Mr. 
William  H.  Brown,  his  father,  whom  he  succeeded  in    1884.    Mr. 
Brown  was  born  and  brought  up  in  this  community,  and  has  had 
many  years'  practical  -experience  as  a  funeral  undertaker,  and  in 
the  prosecution  of  his  calling  is  very  considerate,  and  having  a  nat- 
ural adaptation  to  it,  discharges  the  duties  connected  therewith  with 
a  fine  sense  of  delicacy  and  sympathy.    He  attends  personally  to  all 
details   of   funerals,  furnishing   everything    necessary,   Including 
hearse  and  carriages,  and  takes  full  charge  of  affairs  from  the  house 
to  the  cemetery,  and  will  always  be  found  prompt,  faithful,  obliging 
and  courteous. 

ALFRED  ROGERS,  Dealer  in  Choice  Groceries  and  Provisions, 
No.  731  East  Broadway,  near  L  Street,  South  Boston. — A 
well-known  house  in  South  Boston  whose  operations  in 
these  articles  are  as  creditable  as  they  are  extensive  is  that 
of  Mr.  Alfred  Rogers,  dealer  in  choice  groceries  and  provisions.  Mr. 
Rogers  is  a  native  of  Marshfield,  is  forty -two  years  of  age.  and  has 
been  in  this  line  of  business  for  a  great  many  years,  having  founded 
this  establishment  in  1872.  In  order  to  accommodate  his  steadily  in- 
creasing trade  he  was  obliged  to  seek  more  commodious  quarters 
and  removed  to  his  present  location  in  1883,  where  he  occupies  a 
very  spacious  store  and  basement,  having  a  frontage  of  twenty-five 
feet  with  a  depth  four  times  greater  than  that  space.  It  is  very 
handsomely  and  appropriately  fitted  up  with  every  convenience  and 
facility  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  the  business  and  ease  of 
patrons,  and  contains  an  unusually  large  and  first-class  assortment 
of  fancy  and  staple  groceries,  including  French,  English,  German 
and  Italian  delicacies,  sauces,  relishes,  condiments,  etc.,  hermeti- 
cally sealed  goods  in  glass  and  tin.  foreign  and  domestic  fruits, 
canned  fish,  potted  meats,  bakers'  and  laundry  supplies,  choice 
spring  and  winter  wheat,  family  flour,  rye  flour,  corn  and  oat  meal, 
corn  starch  and  other  cereals,  smoked  and  pickled  meats  of  every 
variety,  choice  dairy  and  fancy  creamery  butter,  foreign  and 
domestic  cheese,  fresh  eggs,  vegetables  and  other  farm,  garden  and 
dairy  products.  The  great  specialties  of  this  house  are  its  sugars, 
syrups  and  molasses,  and  particularly  its  fine  grades  of  fresh  and 
pure  teas,  coffees  and  spices.  The  prices  asked  for  these  articles 
are  the  same  as  paid  for  inferior  grades  in  other  places.  Mr.  Rogers 
is  one  of  our  most  popular  citizens  and  tradesmen,  and  highly  re- 
spected. 


BUNKER  HILL  FURNITURE  COMPANY,  Furniture  and 
Carpet  House,  Nos.  244,  246,  248  Main  Street,  Charlestown 
District.— This  enterprise  was  originally  established  in  1880, 
by  Mr.  Edward  White,  who  was  succeeded  by  the  present 
proprietor,  Mr.  J.  V.  Steele,  in  1882.  The  premises  occupied  com- 
prise a  three-story  building,  60  by  80  feet  in  dimensions,  arranged  in 
the  best  manner  for  storage  and  exhibition,  and  the  rapid  and  eco- 
nomical handling  of  goods.  An  immense  stock  is  carried,  embrac- 
ing furniture,  carpets,  stoves,  ranges  and  household  goods  gener- 
ally. The  furniture,  which  is  carried  in  magnificent  assortment, 
ranges  in  quality  from  the  plainest  to  the  most  elegant  and  elaborate 
styles,  and  many  beautiful  specimens  of  mechanical  skill  and  excel 
lence  are  shown  that  arrest  the  attention  and  win  the  admiration  of 
critical  and  judicious  purchasers.  The  supply  is  of  the  most  com- 
plete and  comprehensive  character,  and  is  well  calculated  to  meet 
the  requirements  of  every  taste  and  fancy.  In  the  carpet  depart- 
ment a  fine  display  is  made  of  goods  representing  the  products  of 
the  most  noted  American  and  European  manufacturers,  and  the 
stock  contains  the  latest  novelties  and  most  exquisite  designs  known 
to  the  trade.  The  line  of  stoves  and  ranges  includes  the  most  valu- 
able improvements  made  for  both  heating  and  cooking.  The  prices 
are  placed  at  the  lowest  point  of  moderation,  and  a  specialty  is 
made  of  the  popular  installment  plan,  which  brings  the  goods  within 
the  reach  of  all  classes  of  patrons.  The  trade  is  at  all  times  brisk 
and  lively.  Mr.  Steele  is  a  native  and  well-known  citizen  of  Somer- 
ville.  He  also  operates  a  plumbing  and  furnace  workshop  at  No.  75 
Blackstone  Street,  Boston,  and  is  a  gentleman  of  marked  business 
ability. 

JOHN  McWEENY,  Dry  Goods,  Millinery,  Gents'  Furnishing 
Goods,  etc.,  Nos.  17  and  19  Meridian  Street,  East  Boston.— The 
establishment  of  Mr.  John  McWeeny  is  the  leading  dry  goods 
house  in  East  Boston.  He  established  himself  in  business  in 
1875,  originally  locating  at  No.  2  Meridian  Street,  and  in  1885  removed 
the  dry  goods  business  to  his  present  store,  on  the  same  street,  re- 
taining the  old  store  for  his  gents'  furnishing  goods,  hat  and  cap  de- 
partments. His  dry  goods  emporium  comprises  two  floors  and  a 
basement,  60  by  80  feet  each,  the  interior  of  which  is  fitted  up  and 
furnished  in  keeping  with  the  correct  taste  and  sound  judgment  of 
the  proprietor.  This  store  is  the  busiest  in  this  line  in  this  commu- 
nity, its  counters  being  daily  thronged  with  patrons  from  all  classes 
of  society.  Each  department  is  complete  within  itself,  while  the 
staff  of  employees,  numbering  fifteen  in  all,  are  noted  for  their  cour- 
tesy and  obliging  manners,  and  a  faculty  for  anticipating  the  wants 
of  customers,  laying  before  them  a  full  variety  of  fabrics,  patterns 
and  shades  from  which  to  choose.  Customers  can  here  find  a  com- 
plete outfit  of  dress  goods,  housekeeping  goods,  shawls,  suits  and 
cloaks,  hosiery,  gloves  and  underwear,  corsets,  hoop-skirts  and  bus- 
tles, laces,  ribbons  and  embroideries,  notions,  fancy  goods  and 
small  wares,  all  at  prices  which  defy  competition.  The  establish- 
ment at  No.  2  is  managed  with  equal  success,  and  is  stocked  to  re- 
pletion with  choice  stylish  and  reliable  goods,  including  gentlemen's 
dress  shirts,  gloves  and  underwear,  hosiery,  handkerchiefs  and 
general  outflttings,  as  well  as  the  latest  styles  of  hats  and  caps.  Mr. 
McWeeny  is  a  native  of  Ireland,  and  justly  accounted  as  one  of 
East  Boston's  most  able  and  progressive  merchants. 

EMERSON  &  FRYE,  Country  Produce,  No.  227  Broadway.— Fish 
and  Oysters,  No.  9  C  Street,  South  Boston.— Furnishing  the  cit- 
izens of  South  Boston  with  food  supplies  is  a  business  of  ever 
expanding  dimensions,  and  is  well  represented  by  Messrs. 
Emerson  &  Frye,  whose  ably  conducted  store  was  first  opened  in  1883 
by  Mr.  E.  S.  Emerson,  who  carried  it  on  until  January  last  when  he 
was  joined  by  Mr.  W.  A.  Frye.  They  are  both  experienced  men  in  the 
business  and  from  long  association  with  it  fully  understand  the  wants 
of  the  public.  The  store  in  size  is  25  x  50  feet  and  in  its  appointments 
it  is  admirably  adapted  for  the  purposes  of  the  business.  The  firm 
has  every  advantage  for  procuring  the  finest  and  best  country  pro- 
duce and  fish  and  oysters,  while  important  inducements  are  held  out 
in  the  matter  of  prices.  Each  day  a  fine  display  is  made  in  the  neat, 
clean  premises  and  two  assistants  besides  the  firm  are  kept  busy 
filling  orders.  Messrs.  Emerson  &  Frye  can  always  be  depended  on 
to  furnish  only  the  very  best  and  choicest  food  supplies  to  be 
obtained  in  South  Boston.  They  are  both  from  the  state  of  New 
Hampshire. 


ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


HENRY  J .  ADDISON,  Watches,  Clocks  and  Jewelry,  Eye-Glasses 
and  Spectacles,  No.  275  Main  Street,  Charlestown.— Among 
the  noteworthy  houses  in  Charlestown  is  that  of  Mr.  Henry 
J.  Addison,  dealer  in  watches,  clocks,  jewelry,  eye-glasses 
and  spectacles,  which  is  one  of  the  most  reliable  concerns  in  this 
section  of  the  city,  and  its  goods  are  in  extensive  and  steady 
demand,  owing  to  the  high  reputation  they  sustain.  Mr.  Addison 
was  born  in  England,  but  has  been  a  resident  of  the  United  States 
ever  since  1837,  and  after  acquiring  a  thorough  practical  knowledge 
of  his  trade  by  years  of  practical  experience,  he  inaugurated  this 
enterprise  in  1869,  and  the  positive  and  permanent  success  that  has 
attended  his  efforts  from  the  start  fully  attests  the  general  excel- 
lence of  the  goods  handled  and  the  honorable  methods  he  employs 
in  dealing  with  patrons.  His  store  is  spacious  and  commodious,  and 
appropriately  furnished  for  the  attractive  display  of  his  large  and 
valuable  stock,  which  embraces  a  full  and  complete  assortment  of 
fine  gold  and  silver  watches  of  both  American  and  European  con- 
struction, in  all  varieties  of  styles,  diamonds,  rubies,  emeralds, 
sapphires  and  other  precious  gems  of  dazzling  brilliancy,  set  in  the 
latest  and  most  unique  designs,  plain  and  fancy  gold  rings,  watch 
chains  and  charms,  bracelets,  necklaces,  lace  and  scarf  pins, 
chatelaines,  collar,  cuff  and  sleeve  buttons,  studs,  etc.  Also  fine 
French,  Swiss  and  American  clocks,  solid  silver  and  plated  wares, 
gold  pens,  pencils,  eye-glasses,  spectacles,  opera  and  field  glasses, 
together  with  other  optical  and  scientific  wares  pertaining  to  this 
line  of  trade.  These  goods  have  all  been  selected  with  the  greatest 
care,  and  cannot  fail  to  supply  every  want  as  they  are  sold  at  the 
very  lowest  prices.  Mr.  Addison  makes  a  specialty  of  Odd  Fellows' 
jewelry,  also  of  other  societies,  and  excels  in  this  particular  feature 
of  his  business.  He  devotes  particular  care  and  attention  to  the 
repairing  of  fine  jewelry,  watches,  clocks  and  silverware  and 
employs  for  that  purpose  only  reliable  workmen. 

AL.  ADAMS,  Apothecary,  No.  295  Meridian  Street,  East  Bos- 
ton.— The  oldest  and  best  known  pharmacy  in  East  Boston 
m  is  the  well-ordered  and  neat  drug  store  of  A.  L.  Adams. 
Physicians'  prescriptions  and  family  recipes  are  here  com- 
pounded in  the  most  accurate  and  reliable  manner  in  every  instance, 
from  absolutely  pure  and  fresh  ingredients,  while  bed-rock  prices  at 
all  times  prevail.  The  store,  which  is  compact  and  ample,  is  neatly 
appointed  and  well  equipped,  and  a  large,  carefully  selected  stock  is 
constantly  kept  on  hand,  including  drugs,  medicines  and  chemicals 
of  every  description,  extracts,  acids,  essences,  spirits,  alcohol  and 
pure  medicinal  liquors,  wines  and  mineral  waters;  herbs,  barks  and 
roots;  all  the  standard  proprietary  remedies,  sanitary  specialties, 
pharmaceutical  preparations  in  great  variety,  and  a  fine  line  of 
toilet  articles,  perfumery,  fancy  soaps,  sponges,  chamois,  medicated 
paper  and  everything  in  the  line  of  druggists'  sundries,  while  a  com- 
petent assistant  is  in  attendance  likewise,  the  proprietor  however, 
exercising  close  personal  supervision  over  the  prescription  counter. 
Mr.  Adams,  who  is  a  gentleman  somewhat  past  the  middle  age,  but 
active  and  energetic,  was  born  at  Graf  ton,  Vt.,  where  he  established 
himself  in  business  over  thirty  years  ago,  subsequently  moving  to 
Ludlow,  same  state,  and  has  conducted  the  excellent  pharmacy  here 
in  East  Boston  since  1866. 


JP.  E.  PARKER,  Tobacco,  Cigars  and  Smokers'  Articles,  No. 
44i  Howard  Street.— The  business  house  of  Mr.  J.  P.  E. 
B  Parker  was  established  about  two  .years  ago,  and  under  his 
able  management  a  large,  substantial  trade  has  been  built 
up.  The  store  is  complete  in  all  its  appointments,  and  neatly  and 
tastefully  fitted,  and  well  stocked  with  a  large  and  varied  assortment 
of  all  the  leading  popular  brands  of  imported  and  domestic  cigars 
and  smoking  and  chewing  tobaccos,  cigarettes,  and  all  those  arti- 
cles required  by  consumers  of  tobacco  in  its  many  forms.  Mr. 
Parker  is  agent  for  the  sale  of  the  -celebrated  cigars  manufactured 
by  the  Eastern  Cigar  Company  of  Westfield,  Mass.,  and  is  conduct- 
ing a  large  wholesale  trade,  supplying  a  large  demand  from  dealers 
in  the  city.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  the  popular  "  Harvard  "  cigar, 
which. are  selling  for  the  moderate  price  of  5  cents,  and  the  N.  S. 
cigar  selling  for  10  cents,  three  for  25  cents.  He  is  a  native  of  New 
Hampshire.  Mr.  Parker  is  also  agent  for  the  Troy  laundry,  and 
gives  his  prompt  attention  to  orders  and  work  left  at  his  store. 


ELLISON  J.  KIMPTON,  Apothecary,  Cambridge  and  Kings- 
ton Streets,  Charleston  District.— Mr.  Ellison  J.  Kiinpton's 
handsome  apothecary  store  has  been  known  for  many  years 
as  one  of  the  safest  drug  houses  in  the  city.  Mr.  Kimpton  is  a 
native  of  Vermont,  but  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city  ever  since 
1878.  The  establishment  which  he  conducts  was  founded  originally 
in  1870,  and  after  some  changes  of  proprietorship  he  became  sole 
owner  of  it  in  1882,  and  under  his  administration  since  that  date  has 
greatly  increased  its  patronage,  clearly  indicating  what  may  be  ac- 
complished by  close  attention  to  the  wants  of  customers,  handling 
pure  and  fresh  goods  only,  and  liberal  business  methods.  The 
premises  occupied  comprise  an  elegant  corner  store,  which  is  neatly 
and  appropriately  fitted  up  in  the  most  improved  modern  style, 
with  handsome  display  windows,  show-cases,  beautiful  counters, 
also  an  elaborate  soda  water  fountain.  Fully  appreciating  the  re- 
sponsibility attending  the  compounding  of  physicians'  prescriptions 
and  family  recipes,  he  has  provided  a  separate  department,  devoted 
exclusively  to  this  branch  of  the  business,  in  which  will  be  found  all 
the  latest  appliances  and  devices  to  secure  accuracy,  and  he  devotes 
his  -personal  attention  to  their  proper  dispensation.  He  keeps  on 
hand  constantly  a  full  and  complete  stock  of  pure  and  fresh  drugs, 
chemicals  and  pharmaceutical  preparations,  all  of  which  are  up  to 
the  highest  standard  demanded  by  the  United  States  Pharmaco- 
poeia ;  botanic  remedies,  proprietary  remedies  of  well-known  effi- 
ciency and  reputation,  toilet  and  fancy  articles,  perfumery,  foreign 
and  domestic  mineral  waters,  physicians'  and  surgeons'  requisites, 
druggists'  sundries,  in  fact,  everything  usually  found  in  a  well 
regulated  pharmacy.  Prescriptions  are  prepared  at  all  hours  of 
the  day  or  night,  and  at  most  reasonable  prices. 

WC.  TOWNSEND,  Groceries  and  Provisions,  Fruits  and  Veg- 
etables, No.  152  Sumner  Street,  East  Boston.— This  gen- 
B  tlemau  began  business  here  six  years  ago,  and  has  gained 
a  widely  extended  reputation  for  the  high  character  of 
his  goods  and  the  care  he  exercises  in  meeting  the  wants  of  his  cus- 
tomers. His  premises  comprise  a  salesroom  and  basement,  each 
with  a  capacity  of  25  x  35  feet,  and  the  salesroom  is  a  model  of  neat- 
ness and  order.  The  business  is  divided  into  two  departments,  one 
being  devoted  to  groceries  and  the  other  to  provisions.  The  stock 
carried  is  a  large  and  comprehensive  one,  and  includes  the  choicest 
teas  from  China  and  Japan,  coffees  from  South  America,  Mocha  and 
Java,  the  finest  flour  made  in  the  country,  creamery  and  dairy 
butter,  canned  goods  in  great  variety,  pickles,  sauces,  table  delicacies 
of  all  kinds,  grocers'  sundries  of  every  description,  choice  cuts  of 
fresh  beef,  mutton,  lamb  and  pork,  sausages,  smoked  hams  and 
tongues,  salted  meats  of  all  kinds,  fruits  and  vegetables  in  season, 
etc.  The  stock  is  frequently  renewed  and  kept  up  to  the  highest 
standard  of  excellence,  while  the  prices  are  kept  at  the  lowest  point 
consistent  with  a  living  business.  Mr.  Townsend  is  ever  at  the  post 
of  duty,  exercising  a  close  supervision  over  his  affairs,  and  he  and 
his  three  assistants  are  kept  busy.  A  special  feature  of  the  business 
is  the  handling  of  ship  stores  and  yacht  supplies,  and  in  this  line  the 
trade  is  brisk  and  growing.  Mr.  Townsend  is  a  native  of  Cambridge 
and  a  resident  of  East  Boston 


ALEIGHTON,  Merchant  Tailor,  No.  53  Meridian  Street,  East 
Boston.— A  noteworthy  and  successful  house  deserving  of 
B  special  mention  in  this  work  is  that  of  Mr.  A.  Leighton,  who 
brings  a  wide  range  of  practical  experience  to  bear  on  his 
enterprise.  He  started  business  here  in  1885,  and  at  once  secured  a 
substantial  and  flattering  patronage  that  has  kept  on  increasing  year 
by  year.  Mr.  Leighton  occupies  a  neat,  well  ordered  store,  20  x  30  feet 
in  dimensions,  and  here  he  carries  constantly  on  hand  an  exceedingly 
fine  assortment  of  imported  and  domestic  suitings,  elegant  woolen 
and  worsted  fabrics  in  the  newest  styles  and  most  fashionable 
designs  and  patterns,  cassimeres,  checks,  cloths,  meltons,  cheviots, 
stripes,  vestings,  etc.  Measures  are  taken  and  garments  trimmed 
and  made  in  the  most  desirable  manner,  and  accurate  in  cut  and 
fit,  and  furnished  at  short  notice.  Every  suit  that  leaves  the  estab- 
lishment is  made  from  the  best  quality  of  material,  and  is  beauti- 
fully finished  and  of  the  most  stylish  and  fashionable  patterns.  Mr. 
Leighton  makes  a  specialty  of  the  finest  work,  is  an  experienced 
and  first-class  cutter,  and  has  in  service  a  competent  staff  of  tailors. 
The  patrons  include  the  best  classes  in  the  city.  Mr.  Leighton  is  a 
native  of  Portland,  Mass. 


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MRS.  P.  H.  SPELMAN,  French  Millinery,  No.  138  West  Broad- 
way, South  Boston.— An  old  and  long  established  house  en- 
gaged in  the  millinery  trade  in  this  city  is  that  of  Mrs.  P.  H. 
Spelman.  Mrs.  Spelman  is  a  native  of  this  city  and  has 
been  in  this  line  of  industry  for  a  period  extending  over  a  quarter  of 
a  century.  Having  a  thorough  and  practical  knowledge  of  it  in  all 
its  intricate  details,  she  established  herself  in  business  on  her  own  ac- 
count, originally  in  Boston  proper  in  1862,  and  after  ten  years  of  mi- 
re mitted  prosperity  there  she  removed  to  her  present  location  in  1872, 
bringing  with  her  a  large  share  of  her  old  patronage,  and  rapidly  ac- 
quiring a  very  liberal  and  permanent  trade  from  among  the  leading 
and  most  refined  families  in  this  portion  of  the  city.  She  occupies  a 
handsome  store  of  large  proportions,  which  is  elegantly  fitted  up  in 
the  most  approved  modern  style  and  fully  equipped  with  every 
convenience  for  the  attractive  display  of  her  superb  stock  of  sea- 
sonable goods.  Here  will  be  found  at  all  times  a  full  and  general 
line  of  almost  everything  that  adds  to  the  personal  appearance  of 
the  gentler  sex  in  the  way  of  head  covering,  embracing  imported 
and  domestic  bonnets  and  hats,  trimmed  and  untrimmed,  of  every 
variety,  in  the  latest  and  most  fashionable  designs  and  patterns, 
trimmed  to  order  in  the  newest  and  most  correct  styles,  also  superb 
plumes,  feathers,  stuffed  birds  of  rare  and  gorgeous  plumage,  ostrich 
tips,  French  artificial  flowers,  fruits,  etc.,  also  beautiful  trimmings, 
silks,  satins,  velvets,  plushes,  ribbons  and  in  fact  everything  in 
French  millinery.  She  also  keeps  constantly  on  hand  a  fine  stock  of 
crape  goods,  and  especial  prompt  attention  is  given  to  all  crape 
orders.  Mrs.  Spelman  enjoys  unusual  facilities  with  the  largest  and 
most  reliable  importers,  which  enables  her  to  give  her  patrons  spe- 
cial inducements  which  cannot  be  obtained  elsewhere.  She  keeps  a 
number  of  artistic  and  thoroughly  experienced  milliners  constantly 
employed,  and  a  specialty  is  made  of  rush  orders  or  trimming  while 
customers  wait.  Mrs.  Spelman  is  greatly  esteemed  in  social  and 
mercantile  life,  and  justly  merits  the  success  attained  by  her  ability, 
enterprise  and  perseverance. 


S  GOLDENBERG,  Men's,  Youths',  Boys'  and  Children's  Cloth- 
ing, and  Gents'  Furnishing  Goods,  No.  64  Sumner  Street. 
East  Boston.— One  of  the  well-known  dealers  in  East  Boston 
in  clothing  and  furnishing  goods  is  Mr.  S.  Goldenberg,  who 
has  been  established  in  the  business  for  the  past  eighteen  years.  The 
store  is  very  neatly  and  tastefully  fitted  up  and  presents  the  ample 
area  of  80  x  90  feet,  and  is  well  stocked  with  a  large,  valuable  assort- 
ment of  men's,  youths',  boys'  and  children's  clothing  in  all  the  new 
fashionable  styles,  cut  in  the  best  manner,  suitable  for  all  seasons. 
The  goods  have  been  carefully  selected  and  will  bear  the  most  crit- 
ical examination  and  inspection,  and  are  warranted  by  Mr.  Golden- 
berg  in  every  respect.  He  also  makes  a  fine  display  of  everything 
desirable  in  gentlemen's  furnishing  goods,  and  also  new  style  fash- 
ionable hats  and  caps,  and  boots  and  shoes,  slippers  and  rubbers  of 
every  kind,  and  trunks,  satchels,  etc.  Mr.  Goldenberg  is  a  thorough, 
active,  energetic  business  man,  who  can  always  be  relied  on  and 
never  makes  misrepresentations  to  sell  goods.  His  prices  are  low, 
and  the  stock  will  be  found  first  class  in  every  respect.  He  was 
born  in  Poland  and  came  to  this  country  over  twenty  years  ago. 


ORIN  CURTIS  &  SON,  Dealers  in  Choice  Family  Groceries,  No. 
439J  Main  Street,  Charlestown.— A  conspicuous  establishment 
engaged  extensively  in  this  department  of  commerce,  and 
deserving  a  marked  high  degree  of  popularity,  is  that  which  is 
so  ably  conducted  by  Messrs.  Orin  Curtis  &  Son,  dealers  in  choice  fam- 
ily groceries.  The  individual  names  of  this  firm  are  Orin  and  Frank 
L.,  the  former  being  a  native  of  Vermont,  but  a  resident  of  Charles- 
town  for  twoscore  years  where  his  son  and  partner  was  born.  The 
business  was  founded  originally  by  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  in 
January,  1886,  and  owing  to  the  rapid  growth  of  its  patronage,  which 
required  additional  capital  and  enterprise,  the  present  copartnership 
was  formed  in  the  following  month  of  March,  and  since  that  date 
has  been  most  successfully  conducted  under  that  firm  title.  In  ad- 
dition to  his  connection  with  this  wide-awake  concern,  Mr.  Frank  L. 
Curtis  is  superintendent  of  the  Waverly  House,  which  duties  he  per- 
forms in  the  most  satisfactory  manner  to  all  concerned.  The  store 
and  basement  occupied  are  of  spacious  dimensions,  finely  appointed 
throughout,  and  provided  with  every  modern  convenience  to  facili- 
tate the  operations  of  business,  while  the  reputation  of  the  house  is 


first  class,  both  for  the  quality  of  the  goods  handled  and  for  the  cor- 
rect methods  that  are  strictly  observed  in  its  management.  They 
carry  at  all  times  a  large  and  fresh  stock  of  the  finest,  purest  and 
freshest  of  teas,  coffees  and  spices,  of  which  specialties  are  made : 
also  cocoa,  chocolate,  flour,  corn  and  oatmeal,  and  other  cereals, 
sugars,  syrups,  table  delicacies,  foreign  and  domestic  green  and 
dried  fruits,  sauces,  condiments,  hermetically  sealed  goods  in  glass 
and  tins,  bakers'  and  laundry  supplies,  covered  and  uncovered  ham*, 
bacon,  shoulders,  salt,  dried  and  smoked  fish,  vegetables,  choice 
dairy  and  fancy  creamery  butter,  full  cream  cheese,  freshly  laid 
eggs  and  other  products  of  the  farm,  garden  and  dairy.  Tne  store 
is  a  model  of  neatness  and  cleanliness. 

NERSKINE,  Pictures  and  Frames,  No.  103  Meridian  Street, 
East  Boston.— An  old-established  and  popular  art  em- 
a  porium  is  the  well-known  store  of  N.  Erskine,  where  can 
always  be  found  a  complete  and  first-class  assortment  of 
pictures,  frames  and  kindred  art  novelties,  and  which  for  more  than 
thirty  years  has  been  in  prosperous  existence.  It  is  about  the  oldest 
and  leading  establishment  of  the  kind  in  East  Boston,  having  been 
established  in  1858  by  the  gentleman  whose  name  heads  the  sketch, 
and  for  the  past  twenty-seven  years  has  been  conducted  at  the  pres- 
ent location.  The  store  is  commodious  and  well  kept,  with  work- 
room in  the  rear,  and  three  expert  assistants  Are  employed.  A  full 
and  fine  stock  is  constantly  carried  on  hand,  including  beautiful  oil 
paintings,  engravings,  etchings  and  elegant  pictures  in  quite  a  vari- 
ety ;  also  superb  picture  frames,  cornices,  etc. ;  artistic  gilt  frames  and 
genuine  works  of  art  being  a  specialty,  while  frames  are  made  to 
order  likewise  and  regilt  in  first-class  style  at  short  notice.  Pictures 
are  framed  also,  and  old  paintings,  engravings,  etc.,  renovated  equal 
to  new,  at  reasonable  rates.  Mr.  Erskine  was  born  in  the  state  of 
Maine,  but  is  an  old  and  respected  resident  of  East  Boston. 

LEVI  W.  DODGE'S  Pharmacy,  No.  435  Main  Street,  Charlestown. 
— Among  the  old  established  business  places  in  this  section  of 
the  city,  that  familiarly  known  as  Dodge's  Pharmacy  is  one 
of  the  most  prominent.  It  was  founded  about  a  quarter  of  a 
century  ago  by  Mr.  Levy  G.  Dodge,  who  was  succeeded  by  his  son, 
the  present  proprietor,  Mr.  Levi  W.  Dodge,  in  1883.  He  has  had 
many  years  practical  experience,  and  was  brought  up  to  the  busi- 
ness under  the  careful  tuition  of  his  father.  In  compounding  physi- 
cians' prescriptions,  Mr.  Dodge  exercises  care  and  judgment,  and  in 
their  preparation  uses  only  the  freshest  and  purest  drugs,  and  com- 
bines accuracy  with  promptness.  The  store  is  22  x  40  feet  in  area, 
and  is  handsomely  fitted  up  in  an  elaborate  style,  and  is  well 
equipped  in  every  respect  for  the  purpose  of  compounding  and  dis- 
pensing medicines.  The  assortment  of  drugs  and  chemicals,  and 
standard  proprietary  preparations,  and  Pharmaceuticals,  and  toilet 
goods  is  perfect  and  fine  and  complete,  and  everything  belonging 
to  the  business  can  always  be  obtained  in  this  establishment.  Of 
Mr.  Dodge,  the  proprietor,  who  was  born  in  Charlestown  and  has 
always  lived  here,  it  is  only  necessary  to  say  of  him  personally  that 
he  stands  high  in  professional  circles. 

DEMPSEY  BROS.,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Beef,  Pork, 
Mutton,  Poultry,  Vegetables,  Butter,  Lard,  Eggs,  etc.,  Nos. 
74  and  76  Beach  Street.— Among  the  best  conducted  and  most 
popular  city  establishments  in  the  provision  trade  should  be 
mentioned  that  of  Messrs.  Dempsey  Bros.,  wholesale  and  retail 
dealers  in  beef,  pork,  mutton,  poultry,  vegetables,  butter,  lard,  eggs, 
etc.  This  well-known  firm  began  business  on  the  corner  above  in 
1879,  and  have  been  at  the  present  site  since  1883.  The  spacious  and 
well  arranged  premises  are  handsomely  fitted  up  with  hardwood 
fixtures,  marble  slabs,  etc,  etc.,  and  the  general  appointment  em- 
braces all  the  modern  improved  methods  and  appliances  for  the  dis- 
play and  handling  of  stock.  Here  is  at  all  times  to  be  found  a  full 
line  of  the  staple  commodities  above  enumerated,  carefully  selected 
in  each  department  from  the  best  markets,  and  with  due  regard  for 
the  requirements  of  all  classes  of  trade.  A  goodly  corps  of  expe- 
rienced assistants  is  kept  busy  in  supplying  the  wants  of  the  numer- 
ous patronage,  and  goods  are  delivered  at  Newton,  Brookline,  Long- 
wood  and  Dorchester,  besides  delivering  goods  at  Boston.  Messrs. 
C.  H.  and  C.  S.  Dempsey,  composing  the  firm,  are  natives  of  Maine, 
and  gentlemen  of  long  experience  in  and  possessing  a  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  provision  trade. 


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ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


GEORGE  W.  BAIL,  Dealer  in  Coal  and  Wood,  First  Street,  be 
tween  F  and  Dorchester  Streets,  South  Boston.— In  this  por- 
tion of  Boston  we  find  the  active  and  enterprising  establish- 
ment of  Mr.  George  W.  Bail,  coal  and  wood  merchant,  which 
ranks  second  to  no  other  in  South  Boston,  in  its  line.  Mr.  Bail  is  a 
gentleman  of  about  middle  age  and  is  a  Bostonian  by  birth,  well  and 
favorably  known  in  commercial  and  social  life.  This  business  was 
founded  originally  in  1877  under  the  firm  title  of  Messrs.  Gushing  and 
Bail,  and  was  continued  under  that  copartnership  until  1882,  when 
Mr.  Bail  became  sole  proprietor,  and  its  operations  were  removed 
from  the  old  stand  foot  of  C  Street  to  the  present  location  during  the 
same  year.  The  premises  utilized  for  the  business  comprise  a  very 
neatly  arranged  office  for  the  transacticta  of  business,  and  a  yard  80 
x  200  feet  in  dimensions.  This  spacious  and  commodious  plant  is 
supplied  with  every  appliance  and  convenience  for  the  proper  con- 
duct of  its  trade,  which  includes  shedding  capacity  for  over  6000 
tons  of  coal,  also  proper  protection  for  the  large  stock  of  wood  con- 
stantly on  hand,  also  a  full  force  of  teams  and  drivers,  coal  screens, 
power  for  sawing  and  splitting  wood,  standard  [scales  properly  and 
legally  tested,  in  fact  all  appurtenances  to  a  first-class  coal  and 
wood  yard.  Mr.  Bail  keeps  at  all  times  a  full  and  complete  assort- 
ment of  hard  and  soft  coal  of  all  sizes  and  grades,  and  is  prepared  to 
execute  orders  of  any  magnitude  for  these  articles  promptly  and  in 
the  most  satisfactory  manner,  grade,  quality  and  quantity  being 
guaranteed  in  all  cases.  He  has  direct  connections  with  producers 
and  his  anthracite  varieties  are  from  the  most  famous  mines  in  the 
Lehigh,  Lackawauna,  Wyoming,  Lykeus  and  Schuylkill  regions  in 
.Pennsylvania,  as  is  also  his  semi  and  full  bituminous  varieties  from 
west  of  the  Alleghanies  in  that  state.  He  also  carries  a  fine  line  of 
cannel  coal  for  grate  consumption.  His  stock  of  wood  embraces  all 
the  different  varieties  of  hickory,  oak,  maple,  birch,  ash,  walnut, 
Also  pitch  and  black  pine,  and  hemlock.  Mr.  Bail  can  offer  superior 
inducements  to  manufacturers  and  the  general  public.  Mr.  Bail 
was  elected  by  his  fellow-citizens  to  represent  them  in  the  state  leg- 
islature and  as  such  acquitted  himself  with  the  same  satisfaction  to 
them  that  has  followed  him  in  liis  long  business  career. 

SA.  THORPE  &  CO.,  Beef,  Mutton,  Lamb,  Veal  and  Poultry, 
No.  1095  Washington  Street.— The  establishment  of  Messrs. 
m  S.  A.  Thorpe  &  Co.,  at  No.  1095  Washington  Street,  and 
known  as  the  Chicago  Cash  Market,  is  a  prominent  and 
popular  one  in  its  line.  They  conduct  an  extensive  trade  as  dealers 
in  beef,  mutton,  lamb,  veal  and  poultry,  butter,  eggs,  fruit,  vege- 
tables, salt  and  pickled  fish,  making  a  specialty  of  supplying  hotels. 
boarding  houses  and  restaurants  at  special  rates.  The  market  is  a 
model  of  cleanliness,  order  and  good  management,  and  here  is  to  be 
found  at  all  times  the  finest  stock  known  to  the  trade  in  meats, 
fruits,  vegetables,  fish  and  country  produce,  offered  at  prices  which 
are  safe  from  successful  competitiou.  The  meats  handled  by  this 
firm  are  the  choicest  that  can  be  secured  from  any  section  of  the 
-country,  while  the  connections  of  the  house  with  producers  and 
shippers  enable  the  flr-m  to  supply  the  trade  and  consumers  with 
first-class  goods  in  quantities  to  suit  and  to  guarantee  the  prompt 
fulfillment  of  all  orders.  The  reliability  of  the  firm  is  too  well 
known  to  require  comment  in  this  work.  Mr.  Thorpe,  the  active 
member  of  the  firm,  is  a  well-known  Boston  market  man,  who  has 
been  established  in  the  business  here  since  1863,  and  is  eminently 
popular. 

AMOS  T.  WHITE  &  CO.,  Groceries  and  Provisions,  No.  476 
Broadway  and  174  Dorchester  Street,  South  Boston. — Atten- 
tion is  here  directed  to  the  spacious  and  finely  appointed 
store  of  Amos  T.  White  &  Co.,  located  at  No.  476  Broadway 
(with  branch  store  also  at  No.  174  Dorchester  Street)  where  can  be 
found  at  all  times  a  complete  and  very  fine  line  of  everything  com- 
prehended under  the  general  head  of  "  groceries  and  provisions," 
and  where  purchasers  can  rely  upon  getting  a  first-class  article,  full 
weight  and  satisfactory  treatment  in  every  instance.      The  firm 
handles  nothing  but  finest  quality  goods,  while  the  prices  prevail- 
ing are  the  very  lowest  consistent  therewith,  and  all  orders  receive 
immediate  attention,  from  six  to  eight  efficient  and  polite  assistants 
attending  to  the  wants  of  customers  in  the  Broadway  store.    The 
premises  here  occupied  comprise  a  handsome  store,  30  x  100  feet,  and 
basement  of  like  area,  while  an  extensive  and  Al  stock  is  constantly 


carried,  including  choice  teas  and  coffees  of  all  kinds,  pure  and  fresh 
spices,  condiments,  sauces,  pickles,  preserves,  olives  and  table  lux- 
uries in  great  variety,  foreign  and  domestic  fruits,  nuts  and  kindred 
toothsome  products,  dried  fruit,  prepared  cereals,  and  canned  goods 
of  every  description,  prime  dairy  butter,  cheese  and  eggs,  fine  hams, 
bacon,  smoked  meats,  lard  and  general  provisions,  salt,  smoked  and 
dried  fish,  best  brand  of  family  flour,  oatmeal,  corn  and  rye  meal, 
rice,  beans,  peas,  salt,  soda,  baking  powder,  saleratus,  starch,  soap, 
crackers,  confections  and  staple  and  fancy  groceries  of  all  kinds  ; 
and  the  trade  of  the  firm,  which  extends  throughout  South  Boston 
and  environs,  is  of  a  most  substantial  character.  This  flourishing 
business  was  established  in  1871  by  Johnson  &  White,  who  conducted 
the  same  up.to  1877,  when  Mr.  White  assumed  sole  control,  and  who 
under  the  firm  name  that  heads  the  sketch  has  since  continued  it 
alone  with  uninterrupted  success,  opening  the  Dorchester  Street 
store  some  five  years  ago. 

DOWLEY  &  PROCTOR,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Fur- 
niture, Carpets,  Rugs.  Lamps,  etc.,  No.  431  Broadway,  South 
Boston.— Among  the  large,  well  conducted  business  enter- 
prises which  line  this  popular  thoroughfare  will  be  found  that 
of  Messrs.  Dowley  &  Proctor,  manufacturers  of  and  dealers  in  furni- 
ture, carpets,  rugs,  lamps,  wringers,  clocks,  musical  instruments, 
etc.,  etc.  The  spacious  and  attractive  salesroom,  60  x  40  feet  in 
dimensions,  is  heavily  stocked  with  the  newest  novelties  and  latest 
and  most  fashionable  designs  in  the  staple  house  furnishings  above 
enumerated,  which  are  sold  to  customers  at  the  lowest  rates,  for 
cash  or  upon  the  installment  plan,  with  easy  weekly  or  monthly  pay- 
ments. The  superior  goods  and  fair  and  equitable  dealing  of  the 
house  have  made  it  a  favorite  purchasing  depot  for  the  trade  of  the 
vicinity.  Messrs.  G.  W.  Dowley  and  W.  W.  Proctor  are  natives 
respectively  of  Vermont  and  Maine  and  practical,  go-ahead  business 
men.  They  embarked  in  the  present  enterprise  in  the  spring  of  1886, 
and  have  already  reared  a  business  which  places  them  in  the  front 
rank  of  South  Boston  merchants. 

CBAUCKMAN,  Dry  and  Fancy  Goods,  Corsets,  Hosiery,  Gloves. 
Buttons  and  Trimmings,  No.  867  Washington  Street.— Prom- 
inent among  those  of  the  dry  goods  stores  on  Washington 
Street  that  have  gained  a  high  reputation  in  the  trade  is 
Mr.  C.  Bauckman.  His  dress  fabrics  have  been  very  carefully  and 
judiciously  selected,  and  all  novelties  in  the  latest  designs  either  of 
shade  or  material  will  be  found  upon  his  shelves.  Large  purchases 
and  close  cash  payments  enable  him  to  mark  goods  down  to  the  low- 
est possible  point.  Mr.  Bauckman  has  been  in  the  dry  and  fancy 
goods  trade  since  1867,  and  he  removed,  in  1883,  to  his  present  store, 
which  has  an  area  of  20  x  60  feet.  It  is  neatly  and  attractively  fitted 
up,  and  contains  a  full  assortment  of  all  the  latest  novelties  in  dress 
goods  of  the  most  costly  and  cheapest  fabrics,  fancy  goods  in  great 
variety,  corsets,  hosiery,  gloves,  buttons,  trimmings,  ladies'  and  gen- 
tlemen's underwear,  etc.  His  notion  department  is  one  that  gives 
him  pre-eminence  as  a  caterer  to  a  variety  of  customers.  Four 
assistants  are  in  constant  service.  Mr.  Bauckman  is  a  native  of 
Nova  Scotia  and  is  popular  with  all  to  whom  he  is  known. 


ROBERT  J.  RODDAY  &  CO.,  Furnaces,  Ranges  and  Stoves,  Man- 
ufacturers of  Tin,  Sheet-Iron,  Zinc  and  Copper  Ware,  No.  138 
Harrison  Avenue.— Among  the  well  conducted  and  prosper- 
ous business  enterprises  in  this  section  of  the  city  should  be 
mentioned  that  of  Robert  J.  Rodday  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of  tin, 
copper  and  sheet-iron  ware,  and  dealers  in  stoves,  ranges,  furnaces, 
etc.  The  spacious  and  well  arranged  premises  consist  of  a  store 
20  x  40  feet  in  dimensions,  with  a  commodious  shop  in  the  rear,  sup- 
plied with  all  requisite  tools  and  appliances.  The  general  stock  of 
stoves,  ranges,  furnaces  and  kitchen  ware  carried,  represents  the 
finest  productions  in  this  line,  and  the  work  turned  out  in  the  shop 
has  a  standard  reputation  for  general  excellence.  The  house  is  lib- 
erally patronized  by  the  best  custom  of  the  vicinity,  and  the  general 
business  is  both  large  and  lucrative.  Mr.  Rodday  is  a  practical  and 
skillful  exponent  of  his  trade,  and  brings  to  bear  a  wide  experience 
in  the  conduct  of  his  enterprise.  He  has  been  established  since  1879, 
and  in  the  interval  has  built  up  a  business  which  distinguishes  him 
as  one  of  the  leading  local  merchants  in  his  line. 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 


DALY  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Fancy  Saddlery,  Eu:.,  No.  45 
Sudbury  Street.— This  enterprising  and  reliable  house 
opened  its  doors  to  the  business  world  in  1880,  and  from  the 
first  has  been  attended  with  remarkable  success.  HJS 
motto  has  always  been  "Honest 
work  and  square  dealing,'  and  it 
has  brought  its  reward  in  build- 
ing up  a  large  and  permanent  trade. 
The  leading  specialty  of  the  house 
is  the  manufacture  of  firemen's  hats 
.and  firemen's  supplies,  which  have 
trained  a  widespread  reputation,  and 
the  trade  in  which  is  yearly  increas- 
ing in  volume.  Shipments  are  made 
to  all  parts  of  the  United  States  and 
Canada,  to  the  British  Provinces 
and  the  south  and  a  very  exten- 
sive, carefully  selected  and  miscel- 
laneous stock  is  continually  kept  on 
hand  to  meet  the  immediate  demands 
of  the  trade.  Born  in  Ireland  he 
came  to  the  United  States  twenty 
eight  years  ago,  and  is  now  a  resident  in  Woburn.  In  business cir. 
cles  he  has  a  high  reputation  for  promptness  and  probity  and 
stands  high  in  all  circles. 


BOSTON  CHAIR  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Clias.  P. 
Hemenway,  President;  W.  G.  Wheildon,  Treasurer,  No.  92 
Canal  Street.— Extensively  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
reed,|caneand  wood  seat,  bent- wood  and  other  chairs, we  find 
the  representative  and  progressive  Boston  Chair  Manufacturing 
Company.whose  office  and  salesrooms  are  centrally  located  at  No.  92 
Canal  Street.  This  company  was  duly  incorporated  under  the  laws  of' 
Massachusetts  in  1880,  since  which  period  it  has  built  up  an  exten- 
sive and  influential  patronage  not  only  in  all  sections  of  the  United 
States,  but  also  in  Mexico,  the  West  Indies,  Central  and  South 
America,  Europe,  Africa,  Australia  and  New  Zealand.  The  fac 
tories  of  the  company,  which  are  admirably  equipped  with  the 
latest  improved  machinery  and  appliances,  and  furnish  constant 
employment  to  300  operatives  are  situated  at  Ashburnham.  Mass. 
The  company's  reed,  cane  and  wood  seat  chairs  are  unrivalled  fo/ 
strength,  finish,  quality,  elegance  and  general  excellence,  and 
have  no  superiors  in  this  or  any  other  market,  while  the  prices 
quoted  in  all  cases  necessarily  attract  the  attention  of  close  and 
prudent  buyers.  The  factories  are  under  the  able  and  careful 
management  of  Mr.  F.  8.  Coolidge,  who  is  an  expert  in  the  manu- 
facture of  chairs.  A  large  stock  is  constantly  on  hand  in  the  Bos- 
ton store,  and  all  goods  are  fully  guaranteed  in  every  particular 
The  company  have  likewise  a  branch  in  New  York  at  No.  99  Mott 
Street,  and  in  London,  England,  at  No.  16  Great  Eastern  Street. 

JS.  PARKER,  Hats,  Caps,  Gloves,  Hammocks  and  Umbrellas, 
No.  278  Washington  .Street.— There  are  few  articles  of  male 
„  outfit  to  which  more  attention  is  paid  in  these  days  of  taste- 
ful attire  than  hats  and  gloves,  and  in  this  connection  it 
may  be  observed  that  very  marked  improvement  has  been  effected 
in  these  articles  of  late  years,  as  the  excellent  display  made  in  a 
leading  hat  store  to-day  amply  attests.  Right  here,  attention  is 
•directed  to  the  neat  and  popular  emporium  of  J.  S.  Parker,  No.  278 
Washington  Street,  where  may  always  be  found  a  complete  and  Al 
assortment  of  everything  in  this  line,  from  the  most  fashionable 
silk  tile  to  the  nattiest  derby,  from  the  foremost  manufacturers: 
only  first-class  goods  being  handled  while  exceedingly  low  prices 
prevail.  The  store  is  compact  and  tastefully  appointed,  while 
several  efficient  assistants  are  employed,  hats  being  made  to 
order,  also,  in  the  latest  style  at  short  notice.  The  assortment 
embraces  besides,  hats  and  caps  of  every  size,  style  and  variety, 
also  an  elegant  line  of  gloves,  furs,  umbrellas,  hammocks,  etc., and 
altogether  this  reliable  establishment  has  a  large  and  influential 
patronage.  Mr.  Parker,  the  proprietor,  is  a  gentleman  of  middle 
age  and  long  business  experience,  and  was  born  at  Hartford, 
Conn.,  but  has  lived  in  this  city  many  years.  He  opened  this  pros- 
perous store  here  in  1870  and  during  upward  of  eighteen  years 
since  intervening,  the  business  has  been  conducted  with  uniform 
success  in  every  particular. 


MANISON  &  CO.,  Real  Estate,  Etc.,  No.  194  WashingtonStreet. 
—Tins  reliable  and  well-ordered  agency  was  established 
in  1883,  by  Fuller  &  Co.,  who  were  succeeded  two  years 
later  by  F.  S.  Manison  (formerly  junior  member  of  the 
firm),  and  by  this  gentleman  the  business  was  conducted  up  to  1887, 
when  he  associated  with  him  in  partnership,  Charles  H.  Heisey, 
thus  constituting  the  firm,  whose  name  heads  this  sketch.  Mi. 
Hersey.  retiring  in  18P  They  transact  a  general  real  estate  btisi 
ness,  buying,  selling  and  exchanging  all  kinds  of  city  and  country 
property,  including  farms,  houses,  lots,  etc. ;  also  business  chances 
of  every  description,  such  as  stores,  factories,  mills,  docks,  express 
routes,  hotels,  boarding  houses,  restaurants,  saloons,  etc.,  special 
attention  being  given  to  the  care  of  estates  and  the  collection  of 
rents.  Loans  are  effected  also,  on  real  and  personal  property  at 
low  rates  of  interest  and  mortgages  are  negotiated  while  invest- 
ments are  desirably  placed,  in  short,  everything  that  apper- 
tains to  the  purchase,  sale,  transfer  and  management  of  real  estate 
and  kindred  interests  is  attended  to  in  the  most  judicious  manner. 
Messrs.  Manison  &  Co.,  are  gentlemen  of  agreeable  manners  and 
strict  probity,  as  well  as  men  of  energy  and  sagacity,with  references 
of  the  most  flattering  character,  and  all  persons  having  business 
relations  with  them  will  find  the  same  profitable. 

GEO.  W.  BUSS&  CO.,  Manufacturers  of  Wooden  Bungs,  Ironing 
Tables,  Boards  and  various  other  Kitchen  Goods,  No.  99 
Beverly  Street.— This  thriving  enterprise  was  started  in  1877, 
and  from  its  inception  the  venture  has  proved  a  positive  and 
permanent  success.  The  shop,  which  is  located  on  the  fifth  floor, 
at  No  99  Beverly  Street,  is  ample  and  well-equipped,  full  steam 
power  and  all  necessary  facilities  being  in  service,  while  several 
skilled  hands  are  employed.  The  firm  manufacture  wooden  bungs 
of  every  description,  also  ironing  tables,  skirt  boards,  pastry  boards 
and  a  variety  of  kitchen  specialties,  a  complete  assortment  being 
kept  on  hand  always,  all  orders  for  the  trade  receiving  immediate 
attention,  and  the  patronage  of  the  concern  which  is  chiefly  located 
in  and  around  Boston,  is  quite  large.  Mr.  Geo.  W.  Buss,  who  is  sole 
proprietor,  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  but  has  been  a  resident, 
of  this  vicinity  for  over  thirty  years.  He  is  a  practical  and  skilful 
workman  himself  „  of  long  and  varied  experience. 

ATWOOD  &  RICH,  Ship  Brokers  and  Commission  Merchants, 
No.  109  Commercial  Street.— This  pushing  and  prosperous 
firm  was  established  in  1878.  and  during  the  eleven  years 
since  intervening  Messrs.  Atwood  &  Rich  have  steadily  in 
creased  their  hold  on  public  favor  and  confidence  in  the  shipping 
circles  of  the  city  and  surroundings,  until  their  business  has  at- 
tained quite  extensive  proportions.  They  conduct  a  general  ship- 
brokerage  and  commission  business,  chartering,  freighting  and 
sending  out  ships  to  all  the  principal  American,  Canadian,  South 
American  and  European  ports,  while  cargoes  are  insured  likewise 
at  the  very  lowest  consistent  rates.  The  firm  are  agents  also  for 
the  steamer  Longfellow,  plying  between  Boston  and  Providence, 
and  have  an  interest  in  a  number  of  vessels,  being  part  owners,  and 
all  business  entrusted  to  these  gentlemen  is  certain  to  beatteuded 
to  in  the  most  expeditious  and  satisfactory  manner.  Messrs.  T.  D. 
Atwood  and  Lyman  B.  Rich,  who  compose  the  firm,  are  both 
gentlemen  and  natives  of  Cape  Cod.  They  are  men  of  sound  judg- 
ment, energy  and  long  practical  experience. 

JAMES  H  DUNNE  &  CO.,  Importers  and  Jobbers  of  Cutlery 
and  Fancy  Hardware,  No.  57  Washington  Street.— This  enter- 
prising and  prosperous  firm  was  established  about  three  years 
ago,and  Its  career  from  the  first  marks  a  record  of  steady  and 
substantial  progress.  The  office  and  salesroom,  which  are  located 
on  the  second  floor  at  No.  57  Washington  Street,  are  compact  and 
ample,  and  a  large  and  superb  assortment  is  constantly  carried  in 
stock,  including  the  finest  imported  cutlery  of  every  description 
(table  and  pocket),  hones,  fancy  steel  and  metal  novelties  and 
hardware  specialties  in  great  variety,  all  orders  for  the  trade  being 
promptly  and  reliably  filled.  Some  half  dozen  clerks  and  salesmen 
are  in  attendance,  while  seven  experienced  representatives  are 
maintained  on  the  road,  and  the  business  of  the  firm,  which  is 
principally  with  jobbers  throughout  the  United  States,  is  at  once 
large  and  flourishing,  the  total  annual  sales  reaching  a  very  hand, 
some  figure. 


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ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


WM.  S.  HOWARD,  Apothecary,  No.  354  Hanover  Street.— One 
of  the  oldest  established  houses  in  the  drug  trade  in  Bos- 
ton is  the  well-known  concern  with  which  the  name  of 
Win.  S.  Howard  is  now  identified  at  No.  354  Hanover 
Street.  This  first-class  business  was  founded  in  the  year  1800  by 
Charles  French,  and  was  successfully  conducted  under  his  manage- 
ment up  to  1873,  when  Wm.  P.  Howard  succeeded  to  the  concern 
and  gave  renewed  impetus  to  the  trade.  He  died  in  1885,  and  Win. 
S.  Howard  succeeded.  Dr.  French  left  the  college  of  pharmacy 
$3000.  He  was  a  very  noted  man  in  a  popular  way,  and  held  in 
much  esteem.  He  was  frequently  urged  to  accept  city  offices  but 
declined.  Many  of  the  earlier  slates  for  municipal  elections  were 
prepared  in  the  old  store,  which  was  a  sort  of  headquarters  for  the 
politicians  of  his  day.  The  store  still  contains  the  original  fixtures, 
is  commodious,  being  35  x  35  feet  deep.  It  contains  a  first-class 
stock  of  the  purest  and  freshest  drugs  and  chemicals,  patent  and 
proprietary  medicines,  and  pure  confectionery  for  a  fine  family 
trade.  Mr.  Howard  makes  a  specialty  besides  of  cough  mixtures, 
sarsaparilla,  Russian  tooth  paste,  etc.,  which  are  in  great  popular 
demand.  He  also  takes  the  greatest  care  in  compounding  physi- 
cians' prescriptions,  employing  two  experienced  clerks  to  attend  to 
the  trade.  Mr.  Howard  is  a  native  of  Boston. 


ET.  PIGEON,  Dealer  in  Boots,  Shoes  and  Rubbers,  No.  147 
Meridian  Street,  East  Boston. — The  boot  and  shoe  industry 
m  has  always  occupied  a  foremost  position  in  the  commerce 
of  every  civilized  community,  and  in  this  city  it  is  one  of 
the  most  prominent  factors  in  its  resources.  A  thoroughly  repre- 
sentative house  engaged  in  this  line  in  East  Boston,  and  popular 
with  patrons,  is  that  of  Mr.  E.  T.  Pigeon,  dealer  in  boots,  shoes, 
rubbers,  etc.,  whose  handsome  establishment  is  located  at  No.  147 
Meridian  Street.  Mr.  Pigeon  is  a  native  of  this  portion  of  the  city, 
where  he  still  resides,  and  having  acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
this  branch  of  mercantile  life,  inaugurated  his  present  enterprise  in 
1871,  and  the  great  success  lie  lias  achieved  since  the  commence- 
ment, is  a  striking  illustration  of  what  can  be  accomplished  by 
attending  closely  to  the  wants  of  customers,  handling  only  the  best 
qualities  of  merchandise  and  straightforward  business  methods. 
His  trade  is  derived  principally  from  among  our  most  intelligent  and 
refined  citizens,  and  in  his  dealings  he  not  only  endeavors  to  obtain 
new  patrons,  but  to  retain  them.  He  occupies  a  spacious  and  com- 
modious store,  which  is  very  neatly  and  appropriately  equipped 
with  every  convenience  for  the  accommodation  of  his  extensive 
stock  and  the  comfort  of  patrons  while  transacting  business.  He 
keeps  constantly  on  hand  a  full  and  comprehensive  assortment  of 
everything  in  the  line  of  fine  and  medium  grades  of  boots,  shoes, 
ties,  gaiters  and  slippers  for  gentlemen,  youths  and  boys,  and  in  the 
line  of  external  foot  wear  for  ladies,  misses  and  children,  everything 
that  is  fashionable,  novel  and  desirable,  from  the  strong  walking 
boot  or  school  shoe  to  the  delicate  kid  or  satin  bowed  slippers.  In 
connection  with  this  superb  stock  he  also  carries  a  complete  line  of 
rubber  goods  for  foot  wear,  including  rubber  boots,  overshoes,  san- 
dals, arctics,  slips,  etc.  These  articles  have  been  most  carefully 
selected  from  among  the  best  productions  of  the  most  celebrated 
manufacturers  in  the  country  by  Mr.  Pigeon,  whose  long  experience 
enables  him  to  distinguish  the  best  and  most  durable  materials  and 
workmanship,  as  well  as  the  latest  and  most  becoming  styles,  and 
all  goods  sold  by  him  are  guaranteed  to  be  as  represented  in  every 
particular,  while  his  prices  are  extremely  reasonable.  Repairing 
receives  special  attention  and  is  promptly  executed.  Polite  and 
courteous  assistants  serve  customers  intelligently,  and  every  effort 
is  made  by  the  proprietor  to  meet  all  requirements  of  the  trade  in 
his  line  of  business. 

GEORGE  A.  LAWS,  Pianos,  Organs,  Musical  Instruments  of  all 
Kinds,  No.  283  Main  Street,  Charlestown.  —Prominent  among 
those  engaged  in  the  sale  of  musical  goods  in  Charlestown  is 
Mr.  George  A.  Laws,  dealer  in  all  kinds  of  musical  instru- 
ments.   Mr.  Laws  is  a  native  of  this  city,  where  he  still  resides,  and 
has  been  in  the  music  line  a  number  of  years,  and  established  this 
industry  some  time  ago.    The  premises  utilized  are  of  ample  dimen- 
sions, neatly  and  appropriately  fitted  up,  and  supplied  with  every 
facility  for  the  proper  transaction  of  business.     In  his  store  are 
found  an  assortment  of  square  and  upright  pianos,  parlor,  school 


and  church  organs  of  the  most  celebrated  makes;  also  automatical 
instruments  to  operate  which  requires  no  knowledge  of  music  what- 
ever; various  string  and  reed  instruments,  such  as  violins,  guitars, 
mandolins,  zithers,  harps,  banjos,  violincellos,  double  bases,  clario- 
nets, piccolos,  flutes,  fifes,  cornets,  accordeons,  harmonicas,  etc. 
He  also  carries  a  fine  stock  of  Italian  violin,  harp,  cello,  guitar  and 
other  strings,  key -pads  for  wind  instruments,  clarionet  reeds,  etc. 
Mr.  Laws  keeps  on  hand  constantly  a  complete  assortment  of  all  the 
latest  productions  in  sheet  music,  including  the  scores  and  librettos 
of  all  the  leading  and  latest  operas  and  operettas,  together  with  all 
the  standard  works  of  the  old  composers,  besides  new  ballads,  part 
songs,  choruses,  oratorios,  galops,  schottisches,  polkas,  waltzes,  and 
in  fact  everything  pertaining  to  the  musical  profession.  Mr.  Laws 
is  a  piano  polisher  by  occupation,  and  is  well  qualified  to  make 
selections  of  these  popular  household  instruments.  He  is  the  agent 
of  the  United  Piano  Makers  of  New  York,  instruments  which  are 
well  known  by  all  musical  people  to  possess  all  the.  best  qualities  of 
the  much  lauded  instruments  of  more  pretentious  makers.  Orders 
for  tuning  pianos  are  received  and  given  prompt  attention. 


HN.  HATCH,  Dealer  in  Hardware,  Cutlery,  Crockery  Ware, 
etc.,  Plumbing,  Tin  and  Sheet  Iron  Worker,  etc.,  No.  130 
m  Broadway,  South  Boston.— Among  those  houses  engaged 
in  this  line  of  commercial  industry  in  this  section  of  Bos- 
ton is  that  of  Mr.  H.  N.  Hatch,  dealer  in  hardware,  cutlery,  etc., 
plumber,  tin  and  sheet  iron  worker,  etc.  Mr.  Hatch  was  born  in 
Maine,  but  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city  for  the  last  quarter  of  a 
century.  Having  a  thorough  and  practical  knowledge  of  this  busi- 
ness and  its  kindred  industries,  he  inaugurated  this  house  in  1869. 
which  from  the  start  has  been  the  center  of  a  first-class  trade.  The 
premises  are  of  ample  dimensions,  and  comprise  a  store  with  work- 
shop in  the  rear,  the  latter  being  spacious  and  well  lighted,  and 
thoroughly  equipped  with  all  the  latest  improved  tools  and  devices 
necessary  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  the  mechanical  part  of 
the  business.  The  store  is  admirably  fitted  lip,  and  the  stock  carried 
embraces  all  kinds  of  shelf  and  general  hardware,  cutlery,  house- 
furnishing  goods,  mechanics'  and  machinists'  tools,  manufacturers' 
and  builders'  supplies,  and  numerous  other  articles  that  are  in  daily 
request  by  the  housekeeper,  builder,  mechanic  and  manufacturer. 
He  also  carries  a  full  and  general  assortment  of  china,  queen's, 
crockery  and  glass  wares,  including  lamps  and  their  fittings, 
wooden  and  willow  ware.  His  stock  of  stoves  comprise  parlor, 
office  and  cooking  stoves,  ranges,  heaters,  grates,  furnaces;  also 
gas  and  oil  stoves,  all  of  the  very  latest  and  most  improved  patterns 
which  have  been  selected  from  among  the  best  productions  of  the 
most  famous  manufacturers  in  the  United  States.  In  addition  to 
these  goods  he  keeps  constantly  on  hand  a  full  assortment  of  tin, 
copper  and  sheet-iron  ware,  all  of  his  own  superior  manufacture,  iu 
which  only  the  best  materials  are  used,  and  the  most  skillful  work- 
manship employed.  He  keeps  a  full  force  of  skilled  and  experienced 
workmen  constantly  employed,  and  is  prepared  to  execute  all  kinds 
of  out-deor  work,  such  as  roofing,  spouting,  etc.,  and  he  makes  a 
particular  specialty  of  plumbing  in  all  its  branches,  which  is  executed 
upon  true  sanitary  and  scientific  principles.  He  does  all  kinds  of 
stove  and  other  repairing  in  this  line  in  the  best  manner  possible. 
Mr.  Hatch  is  a  reliable,  painstaking  merchant. 

CHARLES  H.  GEE,  Meats,  Poultry,  etc.,  No.  304  South  Street.— 
One  of  the  most  reliable  and  well-known  meat  and  provision 
markets  in  this  section  of  the  community,  is  that  which  is 
located  at  No.  204  South  Street,  and  was  originally  established 
in  1881  by  the  present  proprietor,  Mr.  Charles  H.  Gee,  a  young  man 
who  has  long  been  actively  engaged  in  this  particular  line  of  busi- 
ness. The  premises  occupied  are  20  x  40  feet  in  area,  and  are  fitted 
up  in  hard  wood,  marble  topped  counters,  the  latest  improved 
refrigerating  facilities,  etc.,  while  several  skilled  assistants  are  em- 
ployed to  attend  to  the  needs  of  customers,  and  all  orders  are 
promptly  and  satisfactorily  executed.  The  stock  of  food  products 
dealt  in  is  selected  with  great  care,  and  includes  a  full  line  of  fresh, 
salt,  and  smoked  meats,  poultry  and  game  in  season,  fruits  and  pro- 
visions in  general,  all  of  which  are  guaranteed  to  be  pure,  fresh  and 
wholesome  when  offered  for  sale,  and  may  be  purchased  at  fair 
prices.  Mr.  Gee  is  a  native  of  this  state. 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF    NEW    ENGLAND. 


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JOSEPH  A.  PETERS.  Manufacturer  of  Havana  and  Domestic  Ci- 
gars, Special  Brands  Made  to  Order,  No.  33  City  Square,  Charles- 
town.— Mr.  Joseph  A.  Peters,  manufacturer  of  Havana  and  do- 
mestic  cigars,  is  a  native  of  one  of  the  Azores,  and  although 
quite  a  young  man  has  been  a  resident  here  for  some  time.  Having  a 
thorough,  practical  knowledge  acquired  by  long  experience  as  a  cigar 
maker,  and  desirous  of  embarking  in  business  on  his  own  account, 
he  founded  this  establishment  originally  in  the  autumn  of  1888,  and 
although  of  such  recent  origin  the  trade  has  become  very  large  and 
permanent,  which  is  a  sufficient  guarantee  that  its  business  is  con- 
ducted upon  strictly  honorable  and  straightforward  methods.  The 
premises  occupied  are  of  spacious  dimensions  and  comprise  a  sales- 
room with  workshop  connected  in  which  his  favorite  brands  are 
manufactured  under  his  own  immediate  supervision,  while  his  store 
is  very  neatly  fitted  up  with  special  reference  to  the  business,  and 
with  every  accommodation  for  the  display  of  his  fine  assortment  of 
goods  and  the  comfort  of  customers.  From  the  start  Mr.  Peters  de- 
cided that  he  would  manufacture  or  handle  only  such  goods  as 
would  meet  the  highest  appreciation  of  expert  judges.  That  he 
has  succeeded  in  this  is  evidenced  by  the  large  trade  he  enjoys.  His 
business  is  both  wholesale  and  retail,  and  is  rapidly  extending.  In 
his  store  will  be  found  a  choice  and  selected  assortment  of  all  his 
favorite  brands,  fine  Havana  and  domestic  cigars,  conspicuous 
among  them  being  his  famous  "  J.  A.  P.,"  a  ten-cent  cigar  honestly 
made  from  the  best  quality  of  material,  and  is  unexcelled  as  to  fla- 
vor, fragrance  and  smoking  properties.  Besides  these  he  likewise 
carries  a  choice  line  of  foreign  and  domestic  cigarettes,  smoking 
and  chewing  tobaccos,  and  snuffs,  also  meerschaum,  wood  and  clay 
pipes,  cigar  and  cigarette  holders,  amber  mouth-pieces,  pipe  stems, 
pouches,  cases,  etc. ;  in  fact  everything  in  the  line  of  smokers'  arti- 
cles, all  of  which  are  offered  to  the  public  at  lowest  prices.  Mr. 
Peters  is  prepared  to  make  to  order  all  kinds  of  special  brands,  and 
makes  a  specialty  of  this  branch  of  the  trade. 

HALL'S  BEE  HIVE,  Dry  Goods,  Small  Wares,  No.  865  Wash- 
ington Street. — Hall's  Bee  Hive  is  a  representative  concern 
in  the  retail  dry  goods  trade.  Mr.  Hall  has  been  identified 
with  this  trade  nearly  all  his  life  as  a  salesman  and  em- 
ployer. He  started  business  on  his  own  account  in  1867  at  No.  843 
Washington  Street,  and  here  he  remained  until  August,  1888,  when 
he  removed  to  No.  865.  This  store  has  an  area  of  18  x  60  feet,  and  is 
elegant  and  attractive  in  its  fittings  and  appointments,  while  it  is 
admirably  arranged  and  equipped  with  every  convenience  and  appli- 
ance for  facilitating  the  operations  of  the  business.  To  speak  of  the 
stock  in  detail  would  fill  more  space  than  is  at  our  command ;  suf- 
fice it  to  say  that  the  looms  of  every  country  in  the  world  contrib- 
ute to  make  up  its  variety.  It  embraces  dress  goods  of  every 
description,  household  linens,  flannels,  cottons,  etc.,  ladies'  and 
gentlemen's  furnishing  goods  of  every  kind,  notions  and  fancy  goods 
in  almost  endless  variety.  Four  assistants  are  kept  busy  in  attend- 
ing to  the  wants  of  customers,  who  are  accorded  courteous  and 
liberal  treatment.  The  house  has  a  fine,  substantial  city  and  sub- 
urban trade.  Mr.  Hall  is  a  native  of  Maine. 

WP.  STEVENS,  Merchant  Tailor,  No.  269  Main  Street, 
Charlestown.— The  merchant  tailoring  interests  of 
B  Charlestown  are  well  represented  in  the  popular  and 
firmly  established  house  of  Mr.  W.  P.  Stevens.  The  bus- 
iness was  established  in  1878  by  Mr.  Stevens,  and  has  grown  up  with 
the  advancing  demands  of  the  times.  The  store  is  25  x  35  feet  in  size, 
is  handsomely  and  attractively  appointed,  and  is  provided  with  every 
convenience  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  the  business.  There  is 
a  fine  display  of  fabrics,  of  the  latest  and  most  desirable  designs,  in 
«loths,  cassimeres,  meltons,  stripes,  checks,  suitings,  vestings,  etc. 
Measures  are  taken  and  garments  made  promptly  to  order  in  the 
highest  style  of  the  tailors'  art.  Mr.  Stevens  is  a  practical  cutter  of 
long  experience,  and  has  been  identified  with  the  trade  from  his 
youth  up.  He  has  in  service  an  excellent  corps  of  skilled  and  expe- 
rienced tailors,  and  over  all  work  done  he  exercises  a  close  super- 
vision, which  enables  him  to  guarantee  to  all  his  customers  that 
every  garment  leaving  his  establishment  shall  be  of  the  best  mate- 
rial and  workmanship,  perfect  in  cut,  style,  fit  and  finish:  and  his 
prices  compare  favorably  with  those  of  any  competing  house.  Mr. 
Stevens  was  born  in  Portland,  Me.,  thirty-four  years  ago.  and  for 
upwards  of  twenty-one  years  has  resided  in  Charlestown. 


HA.  DERRY,  Dealer  in  Horses,  Carriages,  Harness,  Whips, 
Robes,  Blankets,  etc.,  Boarding  and  Sale  Stables,  Meridian 
B  Street,  East  Boston.— Among  the  leading  sale  and  boarding 
stables  and  its  kindred  branches  in  East  Boston,  well  worthy 
of  the  consideration  of  our  citizens,  is  that  which  is  conducted  by  Mr. 
H.  A.  Derry,  dealer  in  horses,  carriages,  harness,  etc.,  also  boarding 
and  sale  stables.  Mr.  Derry  is  a  native  of  Quincy,  Mass.,  but  has 
been  a  resident  here  for  a  number  of  years,  and  is  a  thoroughly 
practical  man  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  different  branches  of 
his  industry.  Devotedly  attached  to  everything  connected  with  the 
amelioration  of  the  noble  animals'  condition,  and  desiring  to  embark 
in  business,  he  inaugurated  this  establishment  originally  in  1875, 
with  results  of  the  most  successful  character.  The  premises  occu- 
pied for  business  purposes  are  very  spacious,  embracing  two  floors 
each  50  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  which  are  divided  into  suitable 
departments  in  order  to  facilitate  business  transactions.  The  store 
contains  a  full  and  complete  assortment  of  everything  in  the  line  of 
horse  furnishing  goods,  such  as  heavy  and  light,  single  and  double 
harness,  bridles,  reins,  collars,  saddles,  halters,  blankets,  whips, 
horse  combs  and  brushes,  horse  boots  of  every  style,  bridles  and 
harness  for  breaking  colts  or  trick-y  horses,  also  buffalo,  fur,  lap  and 
other  robes,  etc.  The  assortment  of  horses  kept  on  sale  can  always 
be  relied  upon  as  represented  by  Mr.  Derry,  and  his  opinions  in  rela- 
tion to  equine  matters,  are  considered  as  final  by  the  horse  dealing 
fraternity,  while  his  stock  of  carriages  embraces  coaches,  clarences, 
coupes,  landaus,  surries,  carriages,  top  and  open  buggies,  road 
wagons,  light  express  wagons,  etc.  His  stables  are  kept  in  the  neat 
est  and  cleanest  order,  being  well  lighted,  ventilated  and  properly 
drained,  and  he  has  accommodations  for  thirty-three  head  of  horses. 
Animals  are  taken  on  board,  and  those  entrusted  to  the  care  of  Mr. 
Derry  will  receive  the  best  attention  at  the  hands  of  experienced 
and  faithful  grooms,  while  the  provender  supplied  is  of  the  very  best 
quality  and  plenty  of  it.  Here  will  also  be  found  at  all  hours  of  the 
day  or  night,  fine,  stylish  turn-outs  for  business  or  pleasure  purposes. 

PH.  SHEEHAN,  Provisions,  Fish,  Game,  etc.,  Corner  of  Har- 
vard and  Tyler  Streets.— Mr.  P.  H.  Sheehan,  dealer  in  choice 
provisions,  fish,  game,  etc.,  has  since  he  was  eight  years 
old  been  a  resident  of  Boston,  and  is  a  graduate  of  the 
Quincy  School.  He  began  business  as  a  junior  clerk,  and  by  his  zeal 
and  industry  soon  acquired  an  expert  knowledge  of  the  provision 
trade  and  was  with  the  old  house  of  W.  C.  Coolidge  for  over  seven 
years.  In  1878,  he  began  business  for  himself  at  the  corner  of  Har- 
vard and  Tyler  Streets.  The  store  although  small  was  wtll  stocked 
and  well  kept,  and  it  speedily  became  a  favorite  purchasing  depot 
for  the  surrounding  residents.  In  February,  1888,  Mr.  Sheeban 
fitted  up  and  opened  the  fine  establishment  upon  the  corner  oppo- 
site the  original  site,  and  has  since  conducted  both  establishments 
with  marked  ability.  The  new  store  is  a  spacious  corner  apartment 
with  plate-glass  show  windows,  hard  wood  fixtures,  marble  slabs, 
and  in  short  all  the  modern  adjuncts  to  convenience,  utility  and  at- 
tractiveness. Here  as  in  the  old  store  can  at  all  times  be  found  a 
large,  carefully  selected  and  complete  stock  of  meats,  vegetables, 
fish,  game,  and  in  short  everything  pertaining  to  the  family  pro- 
vision trade.  In  the  old  store,  Mr.  Sheehan  carries  also  a  full  line  of 
staple  and  fancy  groceries.  The  extensive  general  business  gives 
employment  to  a  good  number  of  experienced  assistants  ;  the  gene- 
ral trade  is  both  large  and  lucrative. 

CHAS.  H.  COTTON,  Beef,  Pork,  Lard,  Hams,  Tripe,  Tongues, 
etc..  Stall  No.    9    Central  Market,    Nos.    46   and   48    North 
gtreet.— Mr.  Chas.  H.  Cotton,  who  is  an  old  time  resident  of 
Boston,  is  one  of  the  most  successful  business  men  in  Central 
Market,  where  he  has  occupied  stall  No.  9  for  the  past  thirteen  years. 
He  is  well  known  to  the  citizens,  and  as  a  dealer  in  dressed  beef, 
pork,  lard,  hams,  tripe,  tongues,  etc.,  enjoys  an  enviable  reputation 
and  always  has  the  finest  and  best,  which  he  is  enabled  to  sell  at  the 
lowest  prices.    The  stall  is  kept  neat  and  clean  and  every  conven- 
ience is  at  hand  for  supplying  all  demands.  He  has  the  best  possible 
facilities  for  securing  all  the  various  articles  of  food  supply  he  deals 
in  and  has  established  a  large,  wide-spread  appreciative  custom.  Mr. 
Cotton  was  born  in  Centre  Harbor,  N.  H..  and  came  to  Boston  about 
twenty  years  ago,  and  as  one  of  the  leading  representative  dealers  in 
his  line  of  business  in  Central  Market  is  very  popular. 


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ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


DJ.  HAYES,  Successor  to  T.  B.  Wiggin,  Jr.,  Manufacturer  and 
Dealer  in  Harness,  Saddles,  Bridles,  Collars,  etc.,  No.  312 
„  Broadway,  South  Boston.— Mr.  Hayes  was  born  in  Maine, 
but  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city  ever  since  he  was  a 
more  child,  and  learned  his  trade  here,  after  which  he  worked  at  it 
for  several  years,  and  desiring  to  go  into  business  on  his  own  respon- 
sibility, he  bought  out  the  right,  title  and  interest  of  the  harness  and 
saddlery  establishment  of  T.  B.  Wiggin,  Jr.,  and  became  his  suc- 
cessor in  July,  1884,  and  from  the  start  greatly  augmented  its  busi- 
ness and  patronage.  The  premises  utilized  for  the  business  are  of 
ample  size,  and  comprise  a  very  neatly  and  appropriately  furnished 
store  with  a  finely  lighted  and  thoroughly  equipped  workshop  in  the 
rear,  where  a  force  of  skilled  and  experienced  workmen  are  con- 
stantly engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  fine  harness,  saddles,  bridles, 
halters,  collars  and  other  articles  belonging  to  the  trade.  The  stock 
carried  in  the  store  is  very  full  and  complete  and  bears  every  evi- 
dence of  having  been  manufactured  or  selected  by  a  most  thoroughly 
experienced  person.  It  consists  of  all  styles  of  single  and  double 
harness,  both  light  and  heavy,  saddles,  bridles,  collars,  bits,  whips, 
blankets,  robes,  brushes,  horse  boots,  fly  nets,  sponges,  combs,  and 
all  goods  used  upon  or  about  horses  and  well  regulated  stables.  The 
harness  displayed  is  of  his  own  superior  manufacture,  in  which 
nothing  but  the  best  materials  are  used.  Mr.  Hayes  does  a  very 
large  custom  trade  in  fine  and  heavy  harness,  and  numbers  among 
his  best  regular  patrons  many  of  our  leading  horse  men  and  business 
firms.  Repairing  receives  special  attention  and  is  done  promptly  in 
the  best  possible  manner,  while  the  very  lowest  prices  are  asked. 


AN.  SWALLOW  &  CO.,  West  India  Goods,  Teas,  Oils,  Flour, 
Country  Produce,  etc. ,  Nos.  12  and  13  City  Square,  Charles- 
m  town.— The  leading  headquarters  in  the  Charlestown  Dis- 
trict for  West  India  goods,  fine  family  groceries  and  general 
country  produce  is  the  establishment  of  A.  N.  Swallow  &  Co.  The  bus- 
iness was  founded  thirty  years  ago  by  Mr.  A.  N.  Swallow,  who  died  in 
1879,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Mr.  George  N.  Swallow,  who  has 
been  connected  with  the  house  since  1872.  The  premises  occupied 
for  trade  purposes  comprise  a  store  and  basement,  50  x  60  feet  each, 
fully  equipped  with  every  modern  convenience  for  the  handling  and 
preservation  of  the  choice  and  valuable  stock.  Here  will  be  found 
an  unusually  large  and  first-class  assortment  of  foreign  and  domes- 
tic fancy  and  staple  grooeries,  including  English  and  American  table 
delicacies,  mustards,  sauces,  pickles,  preserves,  jellies  and  condi- 
ments of  all  kinds;  canned  goods  of  every  description,  choice  family 
flour,  farinaceous  articles,  and  the  best  brands  of  teas  and  coffees. 
The  goods  offered  by  this  house  are  highly  esteemed  for  their 
quality,  absolute  purity,  freshness  and  low  prices,  while  customers 
have  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  nothing  inferior  or  adulterated 
will  be  sold  to  them.  The  proprietor  is  prepared  to  furnish  new 
goods,  fresh  vegetables  and  fruits,  and  all  the  most  desirable  novel- 
ties of  foreign  growth  as  soon  as  they  make  their  appearance  in  the 
American  market.  Mr.  Swallow  is  a  native  of  Charlestown,  and 
one  of  its  most  public-spirited  and  prominent  citizens,  is  the  present 
representative  to  the  State  Legislature  from  the  5th  Suffolk  Dis- 
trict, and  known  and  honored  in  the  community  as  a  stanch  repub- 
lican and  a  representative  business  man. 

GIVAN  BROTHERS,  Dealers  in  Groceries  and  Provisions,  No. 
379  Main  Street,  Charlestown  District.— A  popular  house  en- 
gaged in  this  business  in  Charlestown  District  is  that  of 
Messrs.  Givan  Brothers,  dealers  in  groceries  and  provisions. 
The  gentleman  comprising  the  firm  are  Mr.  J.  H.  and  Mr.  G.  A. 
Givan,  both  of  whom  are  natives  of  Nova  Scotia,  but  have  been  resi- 
dents of  this  portion  of  Boston  for  a  long  time.  Having  had  a  long 
experience  in  this  line  of  business,  and  desiring  to  engage  in  active 
life  on  their  own  account,  they  founded  this  establishment  originally 
in  April,  1887,  which  from  the  start  has  been  a  favorite  source  of 
supply  for  the  residents  of  this  vicinity.  The  store  is  appropriately 
furnished  and  supplied  with  every  convenience  for  transaction  of 
the  business,  and  in  which  will  be  found  at  all  times  a  splendid  stock 
of  fancy  and  staple  groceries,  embracing  the  choicest  and  most 
select  varieties  of  fresh,  pure  teas,  coffees  and  spices,  hermetically 
sealed  goods  of  every  description  in  tin  and  glass,  table  delicacies, 
sauces,  condiments,  relishes,  rice,  corn  starch,  family  flour  and 


other  cereals,  covered  and  uncovered  hams,  shoulders,  bacon,  beef, 
tongues,  full  cream  cheese,  smoked,  dried  and  salt  fish,  bakers'  and 
laundry  supplies,  vegetables,  choice  dairy  and  fancy  creamery 
butter,  pure  leaf  lard,  fresh  meats,  fresh  laid  eggs  and  other  farm, 
garden  and  dairy  products.  The  store  is  a  model  of  neatness 
and  cleanliness,  and  orders  from  patrons  receive  prompt  and  polite 
attention,  and  are  delivered  at  residences  without  extra  charge. 

FRANK  W.  EASTERBROOK,  Coal  and  Wood,  No.  125  Cambridge 
Street,  Charlestown.— Among  the  leading  and  best  patronized 
concerns  devoted  to  the  sale  of  fuel  in  the  Bunker  Hill  Dis- 
trict may  be  named  that  of  Frank  W.  Easterbrook,  dealer  in 
coal  and  wood.  Only  thoroughly  screened  and  excellent  grades  of 
coal  are  handled,  and  purchasers  can  rely  upon  getting  a  first-class 
article  and  full  weight  at  the  lowest  consistent  prices  at  all  times 
here,— quality  and  quantity  being  guaranteed  in  every  instance,— 
while  all  orders  receive  immediate  attention,  order  boxes  being 
maintained  at  Crane's  drug  store  on  Franklin  Street.  The  business 
premises  include  a  coal  yard,  40  x  100  feet,  with  a  well  equipped 
structure  where  wood  is  sawed  by  steam-power  at  any  length  re- 
quired, while  four  or  more  in  help  are  employed.  A  heavy  and 
superior  stock  is  always  kept  on  hand,  inchiding  best  quality  of  hard 
and  soft  coal  thoroughly  screened,  also  cord  wood  and  Kindling 
sawed  and  split,  and  the  trade,  which  is  large  and  active,  extends 
all  over  Charlestown  and  Somerville.  This  prosperous  business  was 
established  thirteen  years  ago  by  J.  E.  Perkins,  who  conducted  it  up 
to  February,  1888,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  the  present  proprietor. 
Mr.  Easterbrook,  who  is  a  native  and  resident  of  Charlestown,  is  a 
gentleman  of  energy  and  good  business  qualities,  as  well  as  a  man 
of  entire  probity  in  his  dealings,  and  fully  merits  the  substantial 
patronage  he  receives. 

THE  GREAT  ATLANTIC  AND  PACIFIC  TEA  CO.,  Importers 
and  Retailers  in  Teas  and  Coffees,  No.  109  Meridian  Street. 
East  Boston.— The  widely  known  and  deservedly  popular 
Great  Atlantic  and  IV.cific  Tea  Co.,  importers  and  retailers, 
with  headquarters  at  Nos.  35  and  37  Vesey  Street,  New  York,  and 
branches  in  all  the  principal  cities  of  the  United  States,  started  their 
East  Boston  store  in  1881,  and  three  years  later  was  placed  under  the 
efficient  management  of  Mr.  Patrick  McHugh.  Here  can  always  be 
found  a  choice  assortment  of  teas,  coffees,  sugars,  spices,  condi- 
ments, baking  powder,  shelf  goods,  etc.,  at  materially  lower  prices 
than  those  prevailing  elsewhere  for  an  inferior  article,  while  pur- 
chasers may  rely  upon  getting  first-class  value,  full  weight  and 
courteous  attention  in  every  instance.  The  premises  here  occupied 
are  commodious  and  neatly  appointed,  a  large,  full  stock  being  con- 
stantly carried  on  hand,  while  several  efficient  assistants  attend  to 
the  wants  of  customers,  no  pains  being  spared  to  render  the  utmost 
satisfaction  even  to  the  smallest  purchaser;  and  the  trade  of  tke 
establishment,  already  large,  grows  steadily  apace  with  years. 


THOMAS  HOEY,  Manufacturer  of  Steam  and  Gas  Pipe  Nipples. 
No.  87  Border  Street,  East  Boston.— Mr.  Thomas  Hoey,  the 
well-known  manufacturer  of  steam  and  gas  pipe  nipples,  is  a 
practical  and  expert  manufacturer  of  ten  years'  experience, 
and  established  himself  in  business  here  in  1881.  Devoting  his  entire 
time  and  talents  to  the  above-named  specialty,  his  productions  are 
justly  considered  superior  to  those  of  all  other  manufacturers,  and 
are  in  heavy  and  constantly  increasing:  demand  throughout  the 
United  States.  He  occupies  spacious  and  well-equipped  premises, 
supplied  with  ample  steam-power  and  all  necessary  modern  facilities 
for  insuring  rapid  and  perfect  production,  while  steady  employment 
is  given  to  a  force  of  fifteen  Kkilled  and  expert  hands.  The  plain 
nipples  made  by  Mr.  Hoey  are  made  from  new  pipe,  showing  a  taper 
from  both  ends,  which  is  best  for  good  joints.  His  brass  nipples  are 
made  from  heavy  gauge,  seamless  drawn  brass  tubing,  iron  sizes. 
All  kinds  of  nipples  are  made  to  order  at  the  shortest  notice,  and  all 
orders  are  promptly  and  perfectly  fulfilled,  while  inducements  are 
offered,  as  regards  both  superiority  of  goods  and  liberality  of  terms 
and  prices,  which  challenge  comparison  and  defy  successful  compe- 
tition. Mr.  Hoey  is  a  native  of  England,  a  resident  of  this  country 
since  1868,  and  esteemed  as  a  useful  and  honorable  citizen  and  a» 
accomplished  master  of  his  trade. 


THE  METROPOLIS  OF  NEW  ENGLAND. 


JAMES  H.  RYAN,  Auctioneer,  Real  Estate  and  Insurance  Broker, 
No.  60  Broadway,  South  Boston.— A  house  busily  engaged  in 
auctioneering,  real  estate  and  insurance,  is  that  wliich  is  con- 
ducted by  Mr.  James  H.  Ryan,  who  has  built  up  a  wide-spread 
and  enviable  connection  with  property  owners  and  capitalists.  Mr. 
Ryan  is  a  native  Bostonian  and  is  yet  quite  a  young  man.  Having 
acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  of  this  line  of  trade,  he  established 
his  present  enterprise  in  1887,  and  by  close  attention  to  the  wants  of 
his  patrons,  fair  and]  honorable  dealing,  and  carefully  studying  the 
rise  and  progress  of  the  city's  growth,  soon  secured  a  patronage 
such  as  is  not  often  accorded  to  much  older  houses  in  the  same  line 
of  trade.  He  occupies  a  neatly  fitted  up  office,  which  is  fully  sup- 
plied with  every  convenience  for  the  transaction  of  the  various  lines 
of  his  business.  Having  an  intimate  knowledge  of  all  the  choice 
business  and  residential  sections  of  Boston  and  vicinity,  intending 
purchasers  can  rely  in  all  cases  upon  his  sound  judgment.  Mr. 
Ryan  gives  particular  attention  to  the  selling,  renting  and  appraise- 
ment of  both  city  and  suburban  property,  and  full  descriptions  of 
such  can  always  be  found  on  his  books.  He  likewise  gives  the 
closest  attention  to  the  agency  of  estates,  taking  entire  charge  of 
the  same,  collecting  the  rents,  securing  responsible  tenants,  effecting 
repairs,  paying  taxes  and  assessments  and  keeping  them  up  in  every 
way  to  the  highest  standard  of  productive  efficiency.  He  has  spe- 
cial facilities  for  effecting  insurance  upon  factories,  stores,  resi- 
dences, fixtures,  stock,  etc.,  in  reliable  and  financially  sound 
companies,  both  foreign  and  domestic,  and  likewise  negotiates  loans 
on  bond  and  mortgage  upon  the  most  favorable  terms.  As  an 
auctioneer  of  real  estate  and  personal  properties,  Mr.  Ryan  has  de- 
veloped a  particular  aptitude  and  high-  reputation.  He  also  makes  a 
specialty  of  examining  titles,  ami  possesses  superior  facilities  for  ob- 
taining perfect  abstracts  of  the  same. 

S LATTERY  BROTHERS,  Mercliant  Tailors,  No.  410  Washington 
Street. — Messrs.  Slattery  Brothers,  the  popular  and  successful 
tailors,  in  1880  determined  to  put  out  their  shingle  on  Wash- 
ington Street,  with  the  self-satisfaction  that  their  knowledge 
of  what  constitutes  symmetry  and   elegance  in  wearing   apparel 
would  in  time  have  its  effect.    They  calculated  surely,  for  patrons 
flocked  in  upon  them,  and  have  continued  their  visits  and  orders  so 
that  the  Messrs.  Slattery  Brothers  are   to-day  very  busy  men  and 
employ  a  large  corps  of  help.    Their  salesroom  is  a  model  of  ele- 
gance in  its  appointments,  and  it  is  replete  with  as  carefully  a 
selected  stock  of  foreign  and  domestic  fabrics  of  recent  manu- 
facture as  is  to  be  found  in  the  city.    Their  work  is  of  the  best,  their 
prices  fair  and  equitable,  their  patronage  substantial  and  influential, 
and  their  reputation  second  to  that  of  no  other  tailoring  firm  in 
town. 

DANIEL  J.  CROSS,  Grocer,  and  Dealer  in  Provisions,  Flour. 
Teas,  Butter,  etc.,  Nos.  362  and  364  Dorchester  Street,  South 
Boston. — Among  the  best  known  and  most  popular  local 
establishments  in  the  grocery  line  will  be  found  that  of  Mr. 
Daniel  J.  Cross,  grocer,  and  dealer  in  provisions,  flour,  teas,  butter, 
etc.  The  spacious  double  store,  40  x  60  feet  in  size,  is  systematic  and 
convenient  in  arrangement,  and  with  its  hardwood  fixtures,  large 
show  windows  and  well  displayed  stock,  forms  one  of  the  attractive 
features  of  the  street.  Here  is  to  be  found  everything  in  the  line  of 
family  groceries  and  provisions— teas,  coffees,  spices,  canned  goods, 
flour,  fresh  and  cured  meats,  etc.,  etc.,  the,  goods  in  each  depart- 
ment being  carefully  selected  from  the  best  markets.  Four  assist- 
ants are  kept  busy  in  supplying  the  trade  with  their  requirements  in 
this  line,  and  the  numerous  patronage  received  represents  and 
largely  includes  the  best  family  custom  of  the  vicinity.  Mr.  Cross  is 
a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  but  has  been  a  resident  of  South  Boston 
for  the  past  twenty  years.  He  began  business  as  a  clerk,  and  having 
mastered  the  details  of  the  grocery  trade,  embarked  for  himself  in 
laSO  in  the  firm  enterprise  with  which  he  has  since  been  prominently 
identified. 

CH.  PACKARD,  Pharmacist,  No.  46  Maverick  Square  and  No. 
123  Chelsea  Street,  East  Boston.— The  drug  trade  is  ably  rep- 
m  resented  in  East  Boston  by  Mr.  C.  H.  Packard.  In  June,  1887, 
he  opened  his  store  at  the  address  already  indicated,  and  from 
the  first  has  merited  and  received  the  confidence  of  the  public.    His 


thorough  knowledge  of  the  properties  of  drugs  and  chemicals  well 
qualifies  him  to  be  entrusted  with  the  responsible  duty  of  com- 
pounding physicians'  prescriptions  and  family  recipes,  and  as  he  is 
accurate  in  his  preparations,  and  uses  only  the  purest  and  freshest 
ingredients,  the  faculty  recognize  his  trustworthiness  by  sending 
their  patients  to  his  establishment.  His  store  is  a  model  of  neatness, 
order  and  arrangement.  It  is  filled  with  drugs  and  chemicals  of  all 
kinds,  proprietary  remedies  of  acknowledged  merit,  perfumery  and 
novelties  in  toilet  and  fancy  goods,  and  a  splendid  assortment  of 
druggists'  sundries  of  every  description.  Competent  assistants  are 
in  service,  and  courteous  and  prompt  attention  is  accorded  to  all 
classes  of  patrons. 

GW.  FREEMAN,  Photographer,  No.  82  Main  Street,  Charles- 
town.— A  Charlestown  artist  who  has  long  enjoyed  an  Al 
m  reputation  for  fine  work  is  Mr.  G.  W.  Freeman,  the  popular 
and  well-known  photographer,  and  who  is  by  general  con- 
sent the  leading  exponent  of  the  art  in  the  Bunker  Hill  District.  Mr. 
Freeman,  who  is  a  gentleman  of  courteous  manners  and  the  highest 
personal  integrity,  was  born  in  the  state  of  Maine,  but  is  an  old  and 
respected  resident  of  Charlestown.  He  is  a  thoroughly  practical 
and  expert  photographer,  with  many  years'  experience  in  his  pro- 
fession, and  is  a  complete  master  of  the  art  in  all  its  branches. 
Establishing  himself  in  business  here  in  1858,  he  has  from  this  period 
to  the  present  day  steadily  increased  his  hold  on  popular  favor  and 
confidence  by  the  uniform  satisfaction  rendered  to  patrons,  building 
up  a  large,  permanent  and  influential  patronage.  Mr.  Freeman 
occupies  spacious  and  tastefully  appointed  premises,  including 
handsome  reception  parlors,  operating  rooms,  picture  gallery,  etc., 
and  has  in  service  all  the  latest  improved  apparatus  and  appliances, 
while  three  competent  assistants  are  employed.  Mr.  Freeman  is 
prepared  to  make  photographs  of  every  description  in  the  highest 
style  of  the  art  at  bed-rock  prices,  fine  portraits  and  children's 
pictures  being  a  specialty,  while  crayon,  pastel,  India  ink  and  water 
color  portraits  are  finished  in  the  finest  manner,  first-class  work  and 
perfect  satisfaction  being  warranted. 


FRANK  H.  BLACKINTON  &  CO.,  Grocers,  No.  466  Tremont 
Street.— One  of  the  most  successful  houses  in  the  grocery 
trade  in  this  city  is  that  of  Frank  H.  Blackinton  &  Co., 
who  succeeded  the  well-known  house  of  George  A.  Oakes, 
which  was  established  in  the  year  1885,  and  did  a  first-class  business  for 
the  three  subsequent  years.  Mr.  Blackiuton,  who  was  a  trusted  em- 
ployee of  Mr.  Oakes,  bought  the  latter  out  in  1888,  and  is  now  by  his 
energy,  capacity  and  agreeable  manner,  extending  the  operations 
of  the  house  in  a  large  degree.  He  deals  in  all  kinds  of  staple  and 
fancy  groceries,  of  which  he  keeps  a  large  stock  on  hand  of  the 
freshest  description.  The  store  is  a  highly  commodious  and  attrac- 
tive one,  20  x  60  feet  in  dimensions,  and  with  every  convenience  of  a 
modern  kind.  Mr.  Blackinton  keeps  three  assistants  in  his  estab- 
lishment to  attend  to  the  large  trade  he  has  built  up  among  a  large 
portion  of  the  finest  families  in  the  neighborhood.  He  is  a  native 
of  Boston,  young,  enterprising  and  highly  intelligent,  and  is  des- 
tined to  extend  the  operations  of  his  business  to  a  still  more  eminent 
degree. 

GA.  BURLEIGH,  Boots,  Shoes  and  Rubbers,  No.  38  Essex 
Street,  and  No.  56  Beach  Street.— A  successful  house  in  the 
boot  and  shoe  trade  is  that  of  G.  A.  Burleigh  at  No.  38 
Essex  Street.  Mr.  Burleigh  has  a  long  experience  in  the 
line,  having  clerked  for  a  number  of  years  with  some  of  the  leading 
firms  in  the  city.  In  1882  he  started  in  business  for  himself  at  the 
above  address,  No.  3S  Essex  Street,  which  is  15  x  40  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, and  fitted  up  to  display  to  the  best  advantage  the  large  stock 
of  goods  which  he  carrries,  comprising  men's,  women's,  misses'  and 
children's  boots,  shoes  and  rubbers  of  the  finest  quality  and  most 
fashionable  make.  The  trade  is  of  large  dimensions  among  the  best 
class  of  the  purchasing  public,  and  under  the  able  and  experienced 
management  of  the  proprietor  continues  to  steadily  increase.  Mr. 
Burleigh  is  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Osborne  &  Burleigh,  which  has 
carried  on  a  first-class  business  in  Cambridgeport  in  the  same  line 
since  1886.  He  is  a  native  of  Boston,  in  his  thirty-third  year,  and  if 
one  of  our  typical  energetic  traders. 


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ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


GEORGE  JAMES  &  CO.,  Sole-cutters,  No.  55  South  Street.— As 
a  dealer  in  leather  and  every  description  of  cut  stock,  and  as 
sole-cutters,— being  the  pioneer  in  this  line  of  trade,  and  the 
first  man  that  ever  cut  tops  and  top  pieces  for  the  finding 
and  shoemaking,— the  firm  of  George  James  &  Co.  are  well 
known,  and  their  enterprise  has  assumed  a  magnitude  of  great  im- 
portance. Founded  in  1873  on  High  Street,  the  businsss  was  re- 
moved in  1880  to  the  commodious  premises  now  occupied,  which 
have  an  area  of  30x100  feet.  Three  floors  are  used  by  the  firm, 
which  are  thoroughly  fitted  up  and  provided  with  every  facility,  in- 
cluding special  machinery  and  appliances,  and  from  25  to  35  practi- 
cal workmen  are  kept  constantly  engaged.  The  firm  supplies  a 
large  demand  from  the  boot  and  shoe  manufacturers,  and  have  a 
patent  process  for  cutting  top  pieces  and  lifting,  whereby  a  clean 
saving  of  7J^  per  cent  is  made.  Mr.  George  James,  who  has  full 
charge  of  the  management  of  the  house,  has  had  many  years'  prac- 
tical experience  in  the  boot  and  shoe  business.  He  is  a  native  of 
Vermont,  and  for  some  years  was  engaged  in  the  trade  in  Montreal, 
Canada.  He  came  to  Boston  in  1866,  and  during  his  business  career 
in  the  city,  he  has  become  widely  known,  and  has  built  up  a  busi- 
ness in  his  special  line  second  to  no  other  in  the  city. 


THOS.  S.  DAVIS,  Diamonds,  Watches,  and  Jewelry,  No.  923 
Washington  Street.— This  well-known  and  deservedly  popu- 
lar jewelry  store  was  established  in  1870  by  the  present  pro- 
prietor, and,  during  the  nearly  nineteen  years  since  interven- 
ing, has  been  conducted  with  uniform  success,  the  patronage  grow- 
ing steadily  from  the  start  until  it  has  attained  highly  gratifying 
proportions.  The  business  premises  are  commodious  and  hand- 
somely fitted  up,  and  a  large  and  splendid  stock  is  kept  constantly 
on  hand,  embracing  fine  gold  and  silver  watches,  superb  dia- 
monds, rubies,  pearls,  and  kindred  gems,  novelties  in  rings,  pins, 
chains,  charms,  bracelets,  and  elegant  jewelry  in  great  variety;  also 
solid  silver  and  plated  ware,  art  novelties,  clocks  in  unique  and  ar- 
tistic designs,  opera-glasses,  spectacles,  eyeglasses,  and  everything 
in  the  line  of  optical  goods.  Watches,  jewelry,  etc.,  are  repaired 
likewise  in  the  most  prompt  and  excellent  manner,  at  reasonable 
rates,  two  competent  assistants  being  employed;  and  all  work  exe- 
cuted here  is  fully  warranted  to  render  satisfaction,  special  atten- 
tion being  given  to  fine  watch-repairing  and  diamond-setting.  Mr. 
Davis,  who  is  a  gentleman  of  middle  age  and  a  native  of  Boston,  is  a 
practical  and  expert  watchmaker  and  jeweler  of  many  years'  ex- 
perience, and  is  a  thorough  master  of  his  art  in  all  its  branches. 


BRIDGHAM  &  CO.,  Importers  of  Fine  Woolens,  No.  82  Chauncy 
Street.— An  old-established  and  widely  known  Boston  busi- 
ness-house is  that  of  Bridgharn  &  Co.,  importers  of  fine  wool- 
ens, which  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  leading  firms  engaged  in 
this  branch  of  mercantile  activity  in  the  city.  The  house  was  founded 
in  1848  by  P.  C.  Bridgham,  who  conducted  it  alone  up  to  1878,  when  he 
admitted  into  partnership  his  son,  R.  C.  Bridgham.  The  business  was 
formerly  carried  on  at  No.  104  Summer  Street,  where  the  firm  were 
burned  out  in  the  great  fire  of  1872,  subsequently  moving  to  No.  48 
Bedford  .Street,  where  they  continued  for  thirteen  years  ;  removing 
to  the  commodious  quarters  now  occupied  in  1886.  The  salesroom, 
which  occupies  the  whole  of  a  60xl25-foot  floor,  is  finely  appointed 
and  well  ordered  in  every  respect,  while  eight  or  ten  courteous  sales- 
men are  in  attendance.  A  very  large  and  superb  stock  is  constantly 
carried  on  hand,  embracing  everything  in  the  line  of  fine  imported 
woolens,  in  newest  designs,  styles,  and  patterns,  and  the  trade  of  the 
firm,  which  is  of  a  wholesale  character  exclusively,  extends  to  all 
parts  of  the  United  States.  Mr.  Bridgham  the  elder  is  a  gentleman 
of  about  sixty-five,  but  active  and  energectic,  was  born  in  Maine  ; 
and  Mr.  Bridgham  the  younger,  who  is  a  comparatively  young  man, 
is  a  Bostonian  by  birth. 

JOHN   WALES   &  CO.,  Manufacturers'  Agents  ;  New  England 
'Agents  for  Cleveland  Rolling  Mill  Co.,  the  Falls  Rivet  Co., 
Union  Steel  Screw  Co.,  Chisholm  Steel  Shovel  Works,  H.  P. 
Nail  Co.,  Malin  &  Co.,  etc.;  Nos.  5  Winthrop  Square  and  275 
Devonshire  Street.— The  business  of  this  widely-known  concern  was 
founded  twenty-five  years  ago  by  Mr.  John  Wales,  under  whose  en- 
ergetic management  the  house  rapidly  grew  in  strength  and  volume 
of  trade,  and  soon  acquired  an  enviable  reputation  in  its  special  line 


of  industry.  Twelve  years  since  his  son,  Mr.  George  R.  Wales,  a 
young  man  of  excellent  business  capacity,  was  admitted  to  partner- 
ship, and  the  enterprise  has  been  conducted  under  their  joint  con- 
trol. The  firm  carry  on  general  operations  as  New  England  agents 
for  the  following  prominent  manufacturers  :  Cleveland  Rolling  Mill 
Company;  Union  Steel  Screw  Company,  H.  P.  Nail  Company,  Chis- 
holm Steel  Shovel  Works,  and  Maliu  &  Co.,  all  of  Cleveland,  Ohio; 
the  Falls  Rivet  Company,  of  Cuyahoga  Falls,  O.,  and  the  Bridgeport 
Brass  Company,  of  Bridgport,  Ct.  The  productions  of  these  respon- 
sible houses  have  won  a  national  reputation.  The  premises  occupied 
by  Messrs.  Wales  &  Co.  comprise  a  store  and  basement  65x110  feet 
in  dimensions.  The  salesroom  and  offices  are  handsomely  appointed. 
A  heavy  stock  is  at  all  times  carried,  and  orders  from  any  part  of 
New  England  are  filled  promptly  and  accurately.  The  Messrs. 
Wales,  who  are  natives  of  this  state,  reside  in  Brookline. 


SF.  DAWSON,  Manufacturer  "  Essex   Mills"  Leather  Board, 
Nos.  37  High  Street  and  259  Purchase  Street.— A  flourishing 
m     house  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  this  useful  article  is 
that  of  Mr.  S.  F.  Dawson.   Mr.  Dawson  founded  his  enterprise 
eight  years  ago,  and  being  fully  versed  in  every  branch  of  the  busi- 
ness, he  has  since  built  up  a  large  and  most  desirable  trade,  having 
for  its  tributary  area  Massachusetts,  New  York  State,  and  Pennsyl- 
vania.   The  factory  is  located  at  Lawrence,  is  equipped  in  the  most 
complete  manner,  and    affords  employment    to  about  twenty-five 
skilled  workmen,  while  every  facility  is  possessed  to  insure  a  per- 
fect production.    A  large  stock  is  carried  at  the  factory  and  also  in 
this  city,  and  all  orders  meet  with  close  attention  and  are  shipped 
without  delay.    Mr.  Dawson  is  a  native  of  England,  but  has  made 
his  home  in  the  United  States  since  1847,  and  has  become  a  widely 
known  and  respected  merchant  and  citizen. 


FI.  WILSON,  Manufacturer  of  Sashes,  Doors,  and  Window 
Frames,  Nos.  30  and  32  Lancaster  Street.— During  the  past 
B     fourteen  or  fifteen  years  Mr.  F.  I.  Wilson,  manfacturer  of 
sashes,  doors,  and  window  frames,  has  conducted  business 
with  uniform  success.    The  factor}',  which  is  situated  on  the  fourth 
floor,  is  spacious  and  commodious,  while  ample  steam-power,  all 
necessary  machinery,  and  complete  facilities  are  at  hand,  and  an  ef- 
ficient force  of  workmen  are  regularly  employed.      Mr.  Wilson  is 
prepared  to    manufacture  to    order,  at    short  notice,  and  in  the 
most  superior  manner,  sashes,  doors,  and  window  frames  in  every 
size,  design,  and  variety,  and  all  orders  for  anything  in  this  line  are 
promptly  executed  under  his  immediate  supervision.    Mr.  Wilson, 
who  is  a  native  of  Maine,  is  a  thoroughly  practical  and  experienced 
workman. 


MC.  KIMBALL,  Manufacturer  of  Finished   Leather,  No.  136 
Summer   Street.— This   business  was   established    seven 
B     years  ago  by  the  present  proprietor,  who  has  since  built 
up  a  liberal  and  influential  patronage  in  all  sections  of 
New  England,  New  York,  and  Pennsylvania.  He  manufactures  largely 
flexible  innersoling,  grain  and  split  leather.    His  goods  are  unrivalled 
for  quality  and  uniform  excellence,  and  have  no  superiors  in  this  or 
any  other  market.    All  orders  are  promptly  filled  from  the  Boston 
office  at  the  lowest  possible  prices,  and  all  goods  are  fully  guaranteed 
to  be  exactly  as  represented.    Mr.  Kimball  was  born  in  Maine,  but  at 
the  present  time  is  a  resident  of  Maiden.    He  is  a  popular  member  of 
the  New  England  Shoe  and  Leather  Association,  and  fully  merits 
the  large  measure  of  success  secured  in  this  valuable  industry. 


CvJ.  SOUTHWICK,  Broker  in   Western  Hides  and  Skins,  No. 
94  High  Street.— Among  the  leading  and  responsible  whole- 
„     sale  brokers  in  western  hides  and  skins  is  Mr.  C.  J.  South- 
wick.    Mr.  Southwick  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  and  early 
in  life  became  identified  with  the  trade  in  which  he  has  achieved  such 
deserved  prominence.    In  1878  be  established  in  business  as  a  western 
hide  broker,  and  has  the  most  perfect  facilities  of  any  one  in  the 
east  for  meeting  the  wants  of  tanners  and  manufacturers,  selling 
largely  on  account  of  leading  western  shippers,  and  delivering  a 
class  of  stock  that  has  no  superior  for  quality.    Mr.  Southwick  is 
prepared  to  promptly  fill  all  and  the  largest  orders,  is  a  popular  and 
respected  member  of  commercial  circles,  and  worthy  of  the  large 
measure  of  success  and  influential  connections  he  has  developed. 


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DH.  BLANEY,  Real  Estate  Agent,  No.  3  Winthrop  Block, 
East  Boston. — The  name  of  Mr.  D.  H.  Blaney,  the  popular 
B  and  respected  real  estate  agent,  is  a  very  familiar  one  in 
East  Boston.  Mr.  Blaney  is  to-day  the  oldest  established 
business  man  in  the  real  estate  line  in  this  section  of  the  city.  It  is 
now  forty -eight  years  since  he  first  embarked  in  his  present  branch 
of  enterprise,  and  he  well  recollects  when  what  is  now  the  choicest 
and  most  valuable  section  of  East  Boston  was  nothing  but  pasture 
lands  and  gardens.  He  has  in  the  course  of  business  along  in  the 
forties  bought  and  sold  for  his  customers,  land  at  a  few  dollars  per 
acre  which  is  now  covered  with  buildings,  each  one  representing  a 
fortune.  Mr.  Blaney  is  a  ^recognized  authority  on  the  values  of 
realty  not  only  in  East  Boston  but  all  over  the  city  of  Boston  and  its 
populous  surroundings.  He  deals  generally  in  residential  and  busi- 
ness property,  buying,  selling,  letting  and  leasing,  and  has  very 
superior  connections,  numbering  among  his  customers  many  of  our 
leading  business  men.  Special  attention  is  given  to  the  manage- 
ment of  estates  and  to  the  collection  of  rents.  Loans  are  also  nego- 
tiated at  reasonable  rates  on  bonds  and  mortgages.  Mr.  Blaney  has 
always  on  hand  desirable  properties  for  sale  that  merit  the  exam- 
ination of  persons  seeking  profitable  investments.  Mr.  Blaney  is  a 
native  of  Marblehead,  Mass.,  and  is  an  honored  and  upright  repre- 
sentative of  the  greatest  interests  of  the  city.  In  the  same  office 
with  him  is  his  son,  Mr.  F.  H.  Blaney. 

PH.  SMITH,  New  England  Agent  for  the  New  Howe  Mfg. 
Co.,  Weed  Sewing  Machines,  McKay  Double  Needle  Ma- 
M  chine,  Tailors  Press  Machines  and  Crandall  Type  Writer  Co., 
No.  31  Hayward  Place. — An  enterprising  and  well-known 
gentleman  is'Mr.  P.  H.  Smith,  who  is  the  New  England  agent  for  the 
Crandall  type  writer,  the  New  Howe  sewing  machines  and  the 
Weed  sewing  machines,[the  McKay  double  needle  machine,  Tailors 
press  machines  and  a  number  of  other  machines  and  devices.  His 
store  is  25  x  40  feet  in  size,  with  a  large  repair  shop  attached  in 
which  sewing  machines  are  repaired.  He  sells  sewing  machines 
lower  than  any  one  in  the  city,  and  does  not  employ  any  agents  and 
is  pushing  the  sale  of  the  Crandall  type-writer,  which  has  recently 
been  very  much  improved,  and  is  now  better  in  its  mechanism  than 
any  other  type-writer  manufactured,  having  twenty-eight  keys, 
which  enables  a  beginner  to  learn  the  machine  much  sooner  than 
any  other,  and  has  the  advantage  of  price,  being  far  below  that  of 
any  other  first-class  type-writer,  and  which  takes  the  award  of  merit 
wherever  exhibited  in  competition  with  other  type-writers.  Mr. 
Smith  is  a  native  of  New  York  and  is  familiar  with  all  the  different 
machines  and  type-writers  in  the  country,  and  is  always  introducing 
the  best  novelties  into  the  New  England  market,  and  has  built  up  a 
large  trade  by  his  energy. 

JH.  HOWARD,  Manufacturer  of  Mirrors,  Counters,  Mantels, 
Office,  No.  20  Pitts  Street. — The  manufacture  of  ornamental 
B  woodwork  is  a  business  in  which  Mr.  J.  H.  Howard  has  been 
engaged  the  past  twenty  years,  and  in  that  time  he  has  won  an 
enviable  reputation  for  the  high  standard  class  of  his  work.  He 
commenced  his  operations  in  Chickering  Place  where  he  remained 
until  six  years  ago,  when  he  removed  to  the  location  now  occupied. 
The  premises  are  very  spacious  and  commodious  and  well  equipped 
throughout,  and  every  convenience  is  provided  for  the  manufacture 
of  plain  and  ornamental  mirror  frames  and  counters  and  wood  man- 
tels and  doing  all  kinds  of  woodwork  for  stores,  and  fitting  up 
offices  and  counting-houses.  Mr.  Howard  gets  out  many  new,  novel 
and  unique  designs  and  furnishes  estimates  and  makes  contracts  for 
all  work  in  his  line  of  business.  He  also  attends  to  repairing  and 
general  jobbing  and  keeps  in  stock  a  great  variety  of  fancy  hard- 
woods of  every  kind.  He  has  built  to  order  many  of  the  fittings  to 
be  seen  in  some  of  the  leading  business  houses,  hotels,  banks,  etc. 
Mr.  Howard,  who  was  born  in  Ireland,  came  to  this  country  when  a 
boy.  He  has  done  a  great  amount  of  fine  work  for  the  Chickering 
Piano  Co.  in  the  most  skillful  and  artistic  manner. 

FJ.   BALDWIN  &   CO.,   Machinists,   No.  23  Chelsea  Street, 
Charlestown .  -This  popular  and  prosperous  firm  was  estab- 
B     lished  some  two  and  a  half  years  ago,  and  from  the  start 
has  enjoyed  an  excellent  patronage.    They  occupy  commo- 
dious quarters  on  the  third  floor,  with  a  carpenter  shop  on  the  sec- 


ond floor,  and  have  ample  and  complete  facilities,  including  steam-  • 
power  and  all  necessary  appliances,  while  several  expert  mechanics 
are  employed.  All  kinds  of  machinery,  light  and  heavy,  are  built  in 
the  most  expeditious  and  excellent  manner,  special  attention  also 
being  given  to  repairing  and  jobbing  of  every  description,  while 
mechanics'  tools  of  every  variety  are  made  to  order  likewise  at  short 
notice,  cutting,  sinking  and  thread  dies  being  specialties,  and  all 
work  executed  here  is  warranted  to  render  satisfaction.  Mr.  Bald- 
win is  the  inventor  and  patentee  of  The  "  Comfort  "  Blind  Fastener, 
which  is  intended  to  simplify  the  opening  and  closing  of  blinds.  By 
the  use  of  this  fastener,  the  necessity  of  leaning  out  of  window  is 
dispensed  with,  which  of  itself  is  a  very  great  advantage,  especially 
in  stormy  weather.  There  is,  also,  no  possibility  of  the  blinds  being- 
lifted  from  their  hangings  where  the  "Comfort"  fastener  is  used. 
It  can  be  readily  attached  to  any  blind  at  an  expense  very  trifling. 
Mr.  Baldwin,  who  is  the  sole  member,  is  a  practical  and  experienced 
shipwright  and  has  carried  on  business  in  this  line  for  over  ten 
years. 

RICHARD  SULLIVAN,  Boat  Builder,  Boats  of  all  Kinds,  Built 
and  Repaired,  No.  353  Commercial  Street.— As  a  practical 
boat  builder,  no  one  is  better  known  or  more  appreciated  in 
Boston  than  Mr.  Richard  Sullivan,  No.  353  Commercial  Street, 
head  of  Union  Wharf.  Mr.  Sullivan  is  a  native  of  St.  Johns,  N.  B., 
and  is  now  in  his  fifty-first  year.  He  came  to  Boston  twenty-two 
years  ago  with  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  boat  builders'  trade, 
which  he  put  to  good  use  when  he  established  his  present  business  in 
1875.  Mr.  Sullivan  occupies  one  floor  of  commodious  dimensions,  30 
x  75  feet,  at  No.  353  Commercial  Street,  where  he  has  been  located 
for  the  past  nine  years.  He  builds  boats  of  all  kinds,  rowboats, 
sailboats,  skiffs,  sculls,  etc.,  and  has  obtained  the  highest  reputation 
for  the  solid  character  of  his  work  and  the  graceful  proportions  of 
the  build.  He  makes  a  leading  specialty  of  Whitehall  boats  and 
pilots'  canoes  which  are  unexcelled  anywhere.  He  also  does  an 
extensive  business  in  repairing,  which  he  does  in  a  prompt  and  satis- 
factory way,  charging  only  the  most  moderate  prices  for  work  of 
this  kind.  Mr.  Sullivan's  attention  to  business,  particular  skill  in 
his  trade  and  general  intelligence  have  won  for  him  the  highest 
respect  among  all  who  know  him. 


DAVID  SMITH,  Carpenter  and  Builder,  No.  112  Harrison 
Avenue.— A  well-known  carpenter  and  builder  in  this  city  is 
Mr.  David  Smith,  who  has  for  more  than  thirty  years  been 
identified  with  the  improvements  that  have  been  going  on  in 
that  time.  He  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  and  was  brought  up 
to  the  trade  and  for  a  number  of  years  carried  it  on  elsewhere.  In 
1858  he  came  to  Boston  and  at  once  attracted  attention  by  the  suc- 
cessful manner  he  accomplished  the  remodeling  of  the  United  States 
Court  House.  He  is  a  successful  master  of  his  trade  and  furnishes 
estimates  and  plans  and  specifications  for  buildings  and  dwellings 
and  makes  alterations,  and  makes  contracts  and  supplies  material. 
He  also  fits  up  stores  and  offices  and  attends  to  making  repairs  and 
doing  all  kinds  of  jobbing  in  his  line  of  business.  Mr.  Smith  employs 
a  large  force  of  skilled  practical  mechanics.  He  occupies  a  commo- 
dious workshop,  which  is  well  fitted  up  for  the  requirements  of  the 
carpenter,  and  builder. 

FRANK  O.  GUILD,  Apothecary,  No.  182  Pleasant  Street— 
Prominent  among  those  well  known  in  this  community  as. 
dispensers  of  medicines  is  Mr.  Frank  O.  Guild,  No.  182  Pleasant 
Street,  who  has  been  identified  with  the  business  of  the  apoth- 
ecary for  some  years,  and  was  brought  up  [in  it  under  the  careful 
tuition  of  his  father,  Mr.  C.  E.  Guild,  who  established  the  business  in 
1869  and  continued  it  till  1879.  The  premises  occupied,  which  have  an 
area  of  30  x  35  feet,  are  perfectly  equipped,  and  made  attractive  by 
handsome  show-cases  and  ornamental  counters  and  fixtures  of  mod- 
ern design.  The  feature  of  the  business  is  the  prescription  depart- 
ment, which  is  under  the  personal  direction  of  Mr.  Guild,  who  is 
assisted  by  a  competent  clerk,  and  every  care  and  attention  is  given 
to  preparing  medicines  on  physicians'  order  and  also  to  filling  diffi-. 
cult  formulas.  All  the  various  kinds  of  drugs  are  kept  on  sale  and 
only  those  of  the  highest  standard  character.  Chemicals  and  pro- 
prietary preparations  and  toilet  articles  and  all  those  requisites  used 
by  physicians  are  also  kept  on  sale.  Born  in  Uxbridge,  Mr.  Guild 
has  lived  in  Boston  many  years. 


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ILLUSTRATED    BOSTON. 


MRS.  0.  L.  FRASER  &  SONS,  Prescription  Druggists,  Fraser 
Square,  East  Boston. — There  are  few  drug  stores  in  East  Bos- 
ton more  widely  known  and  deservedly  popular  than  that  of 
Mrs.  C.  L.  Fraser  &  Sons.  The  business  of  this  flourishing 
concern  was  organized  in  1854  by  the  late  Mr.  Charles  L.  Fraser,  who, 
on  his  death  in  1872,  was  succeeded  by  his  widow  and  his  two  sons, 
Messrs.  D.  A.  and  J.  J.  Fraser,  who  are  natives  and  residents  of  East 
Boston.  The  store  has  a  frontage  of  60  feet,  with  a  depth  of  12  feet, 
is  superbly  fitted  up,  and  is  one  of  the  handsomest  establishments  of 
its  kind  to  be  found  in  the  city.  The  counters  bear  elegant  plate- 
glass  show-cases,  the  shelf -ware  is  of  the  most  tasteful  order,  and 
altogether  the  arrangements  and  conveniences  are  such  as  to  call 
forth  the  admiration  of  the  visitor,  while  they  reflect  much  credit 
upon  the  taste  of  the  management.  The  extensive  stock  carried  em- 
braces a  complete  assortment  of  fresh  pure  drugs  and  chemicals, 
family  and  proprietary  remedies,  toilet  goods,  fancy  articles,  surgi- 
cal appliances,  physicians'  supplies  and  druggists'  sundries  in  gen- 
eral, all  derived  from  the  most  reliable  sources  of  production.  The 
firm  have  a  number  of  special  preparations  of  their  own  manufact- 
ure, which  are  of  special  merit,  among  them  being  :  C.  L.  Fraser's 
anti-bilious  pills,  worm  powders,  comp.  mustard  liniment,  chil- 
dren's diarrhoea  and  dysentery  cordial,  hair  oil,  toothache  drops, 
sough  syrup,  diarrhoea  and  dysentery,  cordial  for  adults,  tonic  seda- 
tive, anti-rheumatic  elixir,  blo->d  purifier,  pints  and  half  pints, 
sachet  odors,  petrola,  etc.  A  Icrge  wholesale  as  well  as  a  brisk  re- 
tail trade  is  done  in  these  specialties.  Particular  attention  is  given 
to  the  compounding  of  physicians'  prescriptions  and  family  recipes, 
the  purest  materials  only  being  used,  and  every  care  being  taken  to 
preclude  the  possibility  of  error. 


CHARLES  H.  PAINE,  Machine  Carpet  Cleaning  Works,  No.  245 
Medford  Street,  Charlestown.— There  is  no  house  in  Charles- 
town  more  capable  and  competent  to  do  such  work  than  that 
»f  Mr.  Charles  H.  Paine,  whose  machine  carpet  cleaning 
works  has  obtained  an  excellent  reputation  and  is  highly  endorsed 
by  large  numbers  of  our  most  refined  and  distinguished  families. 
Mr.  Paine  was  born  in  Centre  Harbor,  New  Hampshire,  but  has  been 
a  resident  of  Charlestown  for  a  number  of  years.  Fully  appreciating 
the  wants  of  the  public  he  founded  this  establishment  April  1,  1885, 
and  since  that  date  has  developed  a  business  of  superior  character. 
The  premises  utilized  for  the  business  are  spacious  and  commodious, 
occupying  the  entire  second  floor  of  a  two-story  building,  50  x  60  feet 
in  dimensions,  which  is  fully  equipped  with  the  latest  improved 
•carpet-cleaning  machines,  which  are  driven  by  steam-power,  and  a 
number  of  hands  are  given  constant  employment,  carpets  are  taken 
up  and  cleaned  by  these  machines,  which  remove  thoroughly  all 
dust,  moths,  etc.,  without  any  injury  whatever,  and  are  returned 
and  relaid  at  most  reasonable  prices,  the  following  being  the  rates 
charged:  four  cents  per  running  yard  for  wool,  Brussels  or  tapestry, 
five  cents  for  Wilton,  velvet  or  Axminster;  four  cents  for  laying 
rooms  and  halls;  two  cents  for  taking  up  carpets,  while  special 
prices  as  agreed  upon  for  laying  stair  carpets.  Mr.  Paine  makes  a 
specialty  of  making  over  and  renovating  hair  mattresses,  which  is 
done  in  the  very  best  manner  known  to  the  trade.  For  the  benefit 
of  his  patrons  order  boxes  for  work  can  be  found  at  Reed's  book 
store,  No.  21  Main  Street;  Albee's  printing  office,  No.  134  Main 
Street;  Wiley's  stable,  Hancock  Square;  Willard's  Pharmacy,  Sulli- 
vaa  Square;  Fillebrown's  grocery,  corner  Bunker  Hill  and  Elm 
streets;  No.  1  Trenton  Street,  Charlestown;  also  C.  H.  Crape's  phar 
inacy,  corner  Perkins  and  Franklin  streets,  East  Somerville,  and  all 
orders  addressed  to  works  No.  245  Medford  Street,  will  receive 
prompt  attention.  Goods  are  taken  from  and  delivered  at  residences 
throughout  the  city  free  of  charge. 

ADA  PRATO  &  CO.,  Manufacturers  and  Wholesale  and  Re- 
tail Dealers  in   Florentine  Statuary,  and  Plaster   Center 
Pieces,  Nos.  13  and  14  Waverly  House,  Charlestown  Dis- 
trict.—This  concewi  is  the  most  popular  and  extensive  one 
in  its  line  in  this  section  of  the  city.    The  copartners  in  the  firm  are 
Messrs.  A.  Da  Prato  and  L.  Mariki,  both  of  whom  are  natives  of 
Itajy,  and  both  of  whom  came  to  the  United  States  five  years  ago. 
As  manufacturers  of  statuary  they  learned  their  trade  in  their  own 
sunny  country,  and  in  1885  established  themselves  in  business  here. 
They  occupy  two  connecting  stores,  each  25  x  50  feet  in  dimensions, 


and  one  of  these  is  utilized  as  a  workroom  and  the  other  as  salesroom. 
The  latter  is  finely  fitted  up  and  contains  an  almost  endless  assort- 
ment of  beautiful  statuary  of  the  Florentine  order,  and  the  equal  to 
any  imported.  The  advantages  afforded  by  this  house  lie  in  its 
ability  to  offer  to  purchasers  statuary  as  fine  in  execution  as  any 
made  at  about  one-half  or  less  the  price  charged  for  imported  goods. 
Five  hands  are  kept  busy,  and  the  trade,  which  now  extends 
throughout  New  England  and  the  states  of  New  York  and  Michigan, 
is  rapidly  increasing.  The  firm  are  always  in  a  position  to  fill  whole- 
sale as  well  as  retail  orders. 


ANTOINE  VINCENT,  Carriage.  Manufacturing,  Nos.  155,  157, 
159  Dorchester  Avenue,  South  Boston.— A  leading  and  re- 
sponsible South  Boston  establishment  is  that  of  Antoine  Vin- 
cent, carriage  manufacturer,  which,  for  over  twenty -one 
years  has  maintained  an  excellent  reputation  for  fine  work,  prompt- 
ness and  reliability.  This  well  and  favorably  known  concern  was 
established  in  1867  by  the  firm  of  Mitchell  &  Vincent,  who  conducted 
it  up  to  1878,  when  the  business  passed  into  sole  control  of  Mr.  Vin- 
cent who  has  since  continued  it  alone  with  unbroken  success.  The 
factory  is  a  three-story  brick  structure,  35  x  60  feet  in  dimensions, 
and  is  completely  equipped  with  all  necessary  facilities,  while  a 
dozen  or  more  skilled  mechanics  are  employed.  Carriages,  buggies 
and  light  wagons  of  every  description  are  made  to  order  in  the  high- 
est style  of  the  art  and  in  the  most  expeditious  manner  at  reason- 
able rates,  the  vehicles  turned  out  here  being  first  class  in  every 
particular— in  beauty  of  design,  ease  of  motion,  construction  and 
elegance  of  finish.  Hepairing  likewise  in  all  its  branches  is  promptly 
and  reliably  attended  to,  all  work  executed  in  this  concern  being 
fully  warranted  to  render  satisfaction,  and,  altogether,  Mr.  Vin- 
cent, who  is  himself  a  thoroughly  practical  and  expert  workman, 
has  a  large  and  growing  trade. 


AW.  BAILEY,  Groceries  and  Provisions,  No.  303  Meridian 
Street,  East  Boston. --This  popular  grocery  and  provision 
B  house  was  inaugurated  in  1886  by  Mr.  A.  W.  Bailey.  The 
premises  occupied  for  the  business  are  conveniently  lo- 
cated ana  comprise  a  salesroom,  35  x  40  feet  in  dimensions.  This  is 
fitted  up  with  special  reference  to  the  business,  and  presents  at  all 
times  a  very  neat,  attractive  appearance.  The  stock  embraces  a  gen- 
general  line  of  groceries,  both  staple  and  fancy,  such  as  teas,  coffees 
and  spices,  sugars,  syrups,  molasses,  canned  goods  in  great  variety, 
table  delicacies,  condiments,  flour,  butter,  fresh  eggs,  cheese,  cigars 
and  tobacco  and  ship  supplies  of  eveiy  description.  The  great 
specialties  of  this  responsible  house,  however,  are  the  best  brands  of 
teas  and  coffees,  which  are  highly  appreciated  for  their  superior 
qualities.  In  fact  the  goods  handled  here  are  renowned  for  their 
quality,  purity  and  freshness  and  moderate  prices.  Particular 
attention  is  given  to  the  trade  in  ship  stores,  the  stock  of  which  is  of 
a  most  extensive  and  comprehensive  character.  The  facilities  pos- 
sessed by  Mr.  Bailey,  who  draws  his  supplies  from  first  hands,  are 
such  as  to  enable  him  to  compete  successfully  with  any  house  in  the 
trade,  and  to  fill  all  orders  with  the  utmost  promptitude.  Four 
assistants  and  a  delivery  wagon  are  in  permanent  service.  Mr. 
Bailey  was  born  in  Maine,  and  for  a  score  of  years  has  resided  in 
East  Boston. 

THE  MASSACHUSETTS  DEPARTMENT  STORE,  House  Fur- 
nishing Goods,  China,  Crockery,  Glassware  and  Notions, 
W.  E.  Whipple,  Proprietor,  No.  409  Broadway,  South  Boston. 
—This  business  was  founded  in  October,  1886,  by  Messrs. 
Dawes  &  Nelson,  and  has  been  under  the  present  able  proprietor- 
ship since  September,  1888.  The  store,  20  x  72  feet  in  dimensions,  is 
a  model  of  systematic  and  convenient  arrangement,  and  the  general 
appointment  is  a  happy  combination  of  modern  convenience  and 
attractiveness.  Upon  its  shelves  and  counters  is  displayed  a  large 
and  varied  stock  embracing  house  furnishing  goods,  china,  crock- 
ery, glassware  and  a  thousand  and  one  useful  and  ornamental  arti- 
cles generalized  as  notions.  Three  assistants  and  an  automatic  cash 
system  aid  the  proprietors  in  supplying  the  wants  of  the  numerous 
patronage,  and  the  general  business  is  both  large  and  prosperous. 
Mr.  Whipple  is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  but  has  long  been  located 
in  this  city,  where  through  the  medium  of  an  extensive  clerkship  he 
acquired  a  comprehensive  knowledge  of  the  business  in  hand. 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF    NEW    ENGLAND. 


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JA.  O.  CURRIER,  Successor  to  Littlefleld  &  Currier,  Steam 
Printer,  No.  32  Hawley  Street. — The  well  ordered  and  relia- 
w  ble  establishment  of  Mr.  J.  A.  O.  Currier,  steam  printer, 
bears  a  very  reputable  name  among  its  contemporaries  and 
the  public  in  consequence  of  the  excellence  of  its  productions  and 
the  liberal  manner  in  which  its  business  affairs  are  conducted.  This 
establishment  was  founded  originally  by  Messrs.  Littlefleld  and  Cur- 
rier in  1885,  and  was  conducted  under  that  firm  name  with  more 
than  usual  success  until  January  1,  1889.  when  upon  the  withdrawal 
of  Mr.  Littlefield  from  the  firm  Mr.  Currier  became  sole  proprietor. 
Mr.  Currier  is  a  Bostonian  by  birth,  and  is  a  thorough  exponent  of 
the  printing  art  in  all  its  branches,  having  acquired  his  knowledge 
by  close  application  and  several  years  of  experience  in  all  its 
branches.  The  premises  utilized  for  the  business  are  of  ample 
dimensions,  easy  of  access  by  elevator,  and  embrace  a  fine  business 
office,  press  and  composing  room.  The  latter  is  fully  equipped  with 
all  the  necessary  machinery,  type  and  appliances  of  the  very  latest 
and  most  improved  styles  required  in  the  execution  of  first-class 
work,  and  employment  is  furnished  to  a  sufficient  force  of  reliable 
and  skilled  workmen  to  meet  promptly  all  the  demands  of  his  trade. 
His  presses  and  machinery  are  driven  by  steam-power,  and  the 
range  of  work  includes  commercial  job  printing  of  every  description, 
such  as  business,  visiting  and  invitation  cards,  bill,  letter  and  note 
heads,  envelope  and  postal-card  printing,  wedding  invitations,  fu- 
neral notices,  hotel  bills  of  fare,  ball,  society,  festival,  picnic  an- 
nouncement posters,  dodgers,  circulars,  pamphlets,  lawyers'  briefs, 
blanks  of  all  kinds,  catalogues,  price  lists,  etc. 

CH.  BUCK  &  Co.,  The  Leading  Sign  Painters,  No.  292  Harrison 
Avenue. — An  old  established  and  representative  enterprise 
B  in  its  particular  field  of  skilled  industry  is  that  of  C.  H. 
Buck  &  Co.,  sign  painters  and  manufacturers  of  and  dealers 
in  all  kinds  of  advertising  signs,  also  enamelled  glass  and  metal  let- 
ters. This  business  was  founded  in  1878,  and  from  its  inception  has 
maintained  a  trade  supremacy  which  fully  demonstrates  the  energy 
and  executive  ability  brought  to  bear  in  its  conduct.  The  present 
premises,  which  have  been  occupied  since  1884,  consists  of  an  entire 
first  floor,  25  x  80  feet  in  dimensions,  the  fore  part  devoted  to  an 
office  and  supply  room  while  in  the  rear  is  a  commodious  and  con- 
veniently arranged  workroom.  A  competent  corps  of  experienced 
hands  is  employed  and  the  work  turned  out  is  invariably  of  the  high- 
est artistic  and  mechanical  excellence.  The  house  has  built  up  an 
enviable  reputation  for  superior  work,  and  prompt  and  satisfactory 
execution  of  jobs  and  its  extensive  patronage  is  drawn  from  the 
high  class  city  and  suburban  custom.  Mr.  Buck  is  a  practical  and 
skillful  exponent  of  the  trade  with  which  he  has  been  so  long  and 
prominently  identified. 

GEORGE  M.  STETSON,  Apothecary,  Gray's  Block,  No.  617  East 
Broadway,  South  Boston. — A  well  appointed  and  well  con- 
ducted pharmacy  is  that  of  Mr.  George  M.  Stetson,  located  in 
Gray's  Block.    The  spacious  store  is  fitted  up  in  accord  with 
the  best  ideas  of  modern  convenience  and  elegance ;  the  laboratory  is 
supplied  with  all  requisite  facilities  for  compounding  the  most  diffi- 
cult prescriptions,  and  the  stock   of  drugs,  medicines,  toilet  and 
fancy  articles,  etc.,  embraces  all  to  be  found  at  a  first-class  metro- 
politan pharmacy.    Two  experienced  drug  clerks  are  employed,  and 
the  large  and  liberal  patronage  received  is  drawn  from  the  best 
medical  and  family  custom  of  the  vicinity.    Mr.  Stetson  is  a  native 
of  South  Boston  and  a  graduate  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of 
Pharmacy,  and  has  been  established  here  since  1874. 


MF.  FARRELL,  Sanitary  Plumbing,  and  Gas  Fitting,  No.  190 
Sumner  Street,  East  Boston.— Mr.  M.  F.  Farrell  has  been 
B   in  business  in  East  Boston  for  the  past  eight  years,  and 
has  developed  a  trade  connection  of  considerable  impor- 
tance.   He  occupies  an  eligibly  located  store  and  workshop  at  No. 
190  Sumner  Street,  near  to  Lyceum  Hall.    A  large  stock  of  plumbers' 
and  gas  fitters'  supplies  is  at  all  times  carried,  including  plain,  gal- 
vanized and  brass  pipe  and  fittings  of  all  kinds,  sheet  lead  and  lead 
pipe,  water  closets  and  wash  bowls  and  urinals,  copper  baths  and 
sinks,  brass  works,  plated  faucets,  in  short,  everything  that  a  plumb- 
er, gas  or  steam  fitter  could  possibly  need  in  the  prosecution  of  his 
business.    Mr.  Farrell  is  preparedjat  all  times  to  make  estimates  amd 


enter  into  contracts  for  furnishing  buildings  of  any  kind  with  their 
water,  gas,  steam  or  sewerage  connections,  and  has  the  facilities  for 
executing  the  same  promptly,  however  large  they  may  be.  In  sani- 
tary plumbing,  the  specialty  of  the  house,  and  on  the  proper  per- 
formance of  which  so  much  of  the  health  and  comfort  of  the  com- 
munity depends,  an  experience  of  almost  a  lifetime  should  certainly 
be  an  element  to  inspire  confidence.  Such  an  experience  has  Mr. 
Farrell,  who  was  brought  up  to  the  business  and  thoroughly  under- 
stands it  in  all  its  branches.  A  competent  staff  of  workmen  are 
employed.  Mr.  Farrell  is  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  and  a  thorough 
mechanic. 


ALONZO  RAND,  Merchant  Tailor,  No.  80  Main  Street,  Char.es- 
town.— A  prominent  and  reliable  headquarters  in  Charles- 
town  District  for  fine  merchant  tailoring  is  at  the  establish- 
ment of  Mr.  AlonzoRand.  He  is  a  native  of  this  district,  also 
a  resident,  and  having  acquired  a  thorough  and  practical  knowledge 
of  this  business  in  all  its  branches,  by  years  of  practical  experience, 
he  established  this  house  on  his  own  responsibility  at  the  same  loca- 
tion in  1878.  His  patronage  is  large  and  permanent,  and  is  derived 
principally  from  among  our  most  distinguished  and  professional 
classes.  His  store  is  spacious  and  commodious,  handsomely  fur- 
nished, and  is  equipped  with  every  convenience  for  the  display  of  his 
fine  assortment  of  piece  goods,  and  the  comfort  of  patrons.  He 
keeps  always  on  hand  a  full  and  complete  stock  of  all  kinds  of 
French,  English  and  German  broadcloths,  cassimeres,  worsteds, 
tweeds,  cheviots,  melton  diagonals,  in  all  the  latest  desirable  and  sea- 
sonable styles,  which  have  been  selected  with  the  greatest  care,  and 
cannot  fail  to  satisfy  every  want,  not  even  the  most  fastidious,  and 
are  offered  at  the  lowest  possible  prices.  Being  a  practical  tailor 
and  cutter,  fully  up  to  the  times  and  constant  changes  in  fashions, 
he  knows  exactly  how  to  meet  the  wants  of  his  patrons.  Besides 
keeping  a  constant  supervision  of  all  work  done  in  this  establish- 
ment nothing  is  permitted  to  leave  it  that  does  not  come  up  to  the 
highest  standard  of  excellence  in  style,  fit  and  exquisite  workman- 
ship, and  none  but  the  best  and  most  reliable  workmen  are  employed 
and  a  perfect  system  of  order  is  observed.  Mr.  Rand  makes  a  spe- 
cialty of  naval  uniforms,  which  are  made  up  in  true  regulation  style 
and  of  the  best  materials,  while  the  workmanship,  trimmings,  etc., 
are  of  the  highest  character.  He  is  also  prepared  to  do  all  kinds  of 
repairing,  cleansing  and  pressing  at  short  notice  in  the  most  satis- 
factory manne~  Mr.  Rand  is  a  skillful  cutter  and  tailor. 

GEORGE  H.  GRIGSON,  Ladies'  and  Gents'  Cafe,  No.  465  Tre- 
mont  Street.— One  of  the  most  popular  resorts  in  this  city  by 
those  in  quest  of  a  regular  meal  or  luncheon  is  the  ladies'  and 
gentlemen's  cafe  at  No.  465  Tremont  Street,  of  which  Mr. 
George  H.  Grigson  is  proprietor.    It  has  been  established  since  1881 
and  under  able,  efficient  management  it  has  become  widely  known 
and  liberally  patronized.     It  is  complete  in  all  its  appointments, 
handsomely  furnished  with  neatness  in  excellent  good  taste  and  has 
dimensions  of  30  x  40  feet.    The  service  is  of  the  best,  and  everything 
that  is  furnished  is  cooked  in  the  best  style  and  first  class  in  every 
respect.    Everything  when  in  season  will  be  found  on  the  bill  of  fare, 
and  oysters  and  coffee  and  lunches  may  be  had  at  all  times.    Mr. 
Grigson,  who  has  lived  in  Boston  many  years,  is  from  Cape  C«*. 

WL.  BASSETT,  Butter,  Cheese  and  Eggs,  No.  186  South 
Street. — Mr.  Bassett  has  long  been  identified  with  this 
m  branch  of  trade,  and  his  large  experience  and  superior 
knowledge  of  the  business  have  obtained  for  him  an 
ever  increasing  patronage,  while  his  excellent  stock  and  facilities 
have  secured  for  him  the  custom  of  the  leading  hotels  and  restau- 
rants. Mr.  Bassett  occupies  a  commodious  store,  20  x  40  feet, 
centrally  located  and  admirably  equipped.  A  fine  stock  of  fresh 
butter,  cheese  and  eggs  is  constantly  on  hand,  and  competent  assist- 
ants, under  the  personal  supervision  of  the  proprietor,  give  prompt 
and  accurate  attention  to  the  many  orders  received.  Mr.  Bassett  is 
a  native  of  the  state  of  New  York,  started  early  in  life  in  his  present 
line  of  business,  and  though  but  recently  located  in  Boston,  his 
natural  business  ability,  and  his  prompt  and  satisfactory  fulfillment 
of  his  customers'  wants,  have  secured  for  him  a  large  and  increasing 
trade. 


260  ILLUSTRATEDBOSTON. 


ET.  COWDKEY  CO.,  Preservers  and  Importers  of  Table  Delicacies, 
„  Nos.  7JB,  80,  and  82  Broad  Street. — An  important  adjunct  10 
the  canned-goods  trade  of  New  England  is  the  old-established  and 
representative  house  of  E.  T.  Cowdrey  Co.,  whose  office  and  warehouse 
in  Boston  are  located  at  Nos.  78-82  Broad  Street.  This  widely-known 
and  reliable  house  was  established  in  1855  by  Mr.  E.  T.  Cowdrey,  who 
continued  the  canning  and  preserving  business  and  importation  of 
foreign  table  delicacies  till  within  a  few  years,  when  he  retired  from 
active  life,  after  a  successful  and  honorable  career.  In  1888  the  busi- 
ness was  duly  incorporated,  under  the  laws  of  Massachusetts,  under  the 
style  and  title  of  the  E.  T.  Cowdrey  Co.,  the  general  manager  and  treas- 
urer being  Mr.  Cromwell  T.  Schubarth,  who  for  several  years  had  been 
the  managing  partner  of  the  old  firm.  The  company's  manufactories 
and  canneries — admirably  equipped  with  the  latest  improved  apparatus 
and  appliances — are  situated  at  Boston,  Littleton,  and  Dighton,  Mass., 
and  North  Wayne,  Me.  Here  250  operatives  are  constantly  employed, 
and  the  trade  of  the  company  now  extends  not  only  throughout  the  entire 
United  States  and  Canada,  but  also  abroad.  The  E.  T.  Cowdrey  Co. 
preserve  and  can  fruits,  vegetables,  meats,  fish,  poultry,  soups,  pre- 
serves, jellies,  jams,  pickles,  etc.  All  of  their  food  products  are  prepared 
with  scrupulous  care  and  neatness,  and  are  warranted  to  be  exactly  as 
represented ;  while  the  prices  quoted  for  all  goods  are  as  low  as  those  of 
any  other  first-class  house  in  the  trade.  Their  factories  are  eligibly 
located  at  the  best  centres  of  supply,  and  are  furnished  with  every  facility 
for  preserving  the  freshly-gathered  products  of  the  farm.  All  the  goods 
of  the  E.  T.  Cowdrey  Co.  are  unsurpassed  for  quality  and  uniform  ex- 
cellence, and  are  everywhere  recognized  and  appreciated  by  the  trade  as 
standard  productions  ;  the  brands  being  general  favorites  with  the  trade 
and  a  critical  public,  always  commanding  a  rapid  sale.  In  conclusion, 
we  would  observe  that  the  affairs  of  the  E.  T.  Cowdrey  Co.  are  placed  in 
able  and  energetic  hands,  and  it  worthily  maintains  a  leading  position 
in  this  useful  and  valuable  industry,  reflecting  the  greatest  credit  upon  all 
concerned. 


THE    METROPOLIS    OF     NEW     ENGLAND. 


261 


E.  T.  COWDREY  CO.  (See  descriptive  article,  opp.  page.) 


262 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON. 


"The  Citadel  of  Hope  for  Earth,  is  Home." 

THIS  place  is  a  charming  home.     It  is  situated  on  high  land,  in  a  neighborhood  unexcelled  by  any 

other.     It  is,  in  fact, 

'  '  A  bower  of  ease,  in  which 
The  past  may  be  forgot.  " 

Neither  money  or  labor  was  spared  in  making  this  house  as  thorough  as  brains  and  talent  could 
devise.  It  is  situated  on  the  corner  of  two  streets  ;  the  architectural  effect  on  each  is  equally  pleasing  ; 
and  is  so  arranged  that  every  room  is  very  sunny  and  pleasant. 

On  the  first  floor  are  five  rooms,  besides  a  large  hall  and  back  room,  with  large  and  numerous 
closets.  The  smallest  room  on  this  floor  is  12x15  feet,  and  all  are  finished  in  hard  woods,  rubbed  down 
and  polished  to  a  mirror  .surface.  The  floors  are  inlaid,  polished  hard  woods.  There  are  eight  open 
grates,  with  mantels  and  tiled  hearths,. 

Four  large  chambers  and  the  bath-room  open  from  the  front  hall  up  stairs,  and  one  from  the  back 
hall  ;  several  of  the  chambers  have  large  dressing-rooms  connected  with  them,  set  bowls,  hot  and  cold 
water,  etc.  The  closets  are  all  very  large  and  well  fitted  up.  The  back  staircase  is  in  quartered  oak, 
and  is  continued  up  into  the  third  story,  which  contains  four  large",  airy,  pleasant  chambers,  finished  in 
pine  in  the  natural  color,  with  large  closets  and  ample  store-rooms. 

The  house  is  heated  throughout  with  the  most  recently  improved  steam  apparatus,  by  indirect 
radiation.  The  lawn  is  large  and  beautifully  laid  out.  This  is  a  genuine  HOME  ! 

This  estate  is  located  in  Ward  7,  city  of  Newton,  and  is  only  twelve  minutes'  walk  from  the 
railroad  station,  public  library,  churches,  and  schools.  The  estate  cost  nearly  $30,000,  was  built  for 
ready  cash,  and  is  free  and  clear.  It  has  never  before  been  offered  for  sale;  but  owing  to  changed 
circumstances,  it  will  now  be  disposed  of  at  a  bargain,  on  easy  terms. 

For  further  particulars  inquire  of 

K. 


417   CENTRE  STREET,  NEWTON. 


ILLUSTRATED     BOSTON.  263 


M.  BOLLES  &  CO., 

No.  jo  State  Street, 

Do  a  regular  banking  and  brokerage  business.    The  senior 

is  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Stock  Exchange,  and  the 

house  is  the  oldest  one  in  the  business  in  Boston. 


FRANCIS  C.  STANWOOD, 


Cotton  Broker, 


No.    4    POST-OFFICE    SQUARE. 


The  following  pages  are  devoted  to  the  environs, — Chelsea,  Cambridge, 
Walthani,  Hyde  Park,  Newton,  and  Somerville. 


THE  CITY  OF  CHELSEA, 


HE  erty  ^of  Chelsea  is  one  ol  the  most  populous  and  flourishing  suburbs  of  the  city  of  Boston, 
and  is  situated  from  three  to  four  miles  northeast  of  Boston  Common.  It  is  separated  from 
Charlestown  by  the  Mystic  River,  which  is  crossed  by  the  Mystic  Bridge.  It  is  bounded  on 
the  south  and  southeast  by  an  inlet  of  the  sea  called  Chelsea  Creek,  which  separates  it  from 
East  Boston. 

Chelsea,  which  is  to-day  a  progressive  city  of  about  thirty  thousand  inhabitants,  was  in 
1739,  by  direction  of  the  State  Legislature,  created  a  town,  which  was  formed  out  of  what  up 
to  that  date  had  been  known  as  Winmsimmet  Village,  Rumney  Marsh,  and  Pullin  Point,  and  this  was  ordered 
"  in  consideration  of  the  fact  that  they  had  long  since  built  a  meeting-house  and  supported  the  same."  The 
town  district  then  embraced  what  is  now  known  as  Chelsea,  Revere,  Winthrop,  and  part  of  Saugus.  This 
domain,  however,  underwent  at  different  periods  considerable  abridgment  by  the  creation  of  new  towns  and 
districts,  but  since  March  19,  1846,  Chelsea  has  retained  its  present  size.  It  seems  that  in  the  early  days  the 
present  city  of  Chelsea  was  in  that  portion  now  known  as  Winthrop  and  Revere,  and  in  1731  the  population 
of  Chelsea  was  only  thirty  persons,  while  the  whole  town  of  which  it  formed  a  part  contained  only  about  775 
persons.  To-day,  Chelsea  has  about  4450  houses,  and  there  are  nearly  8000  polls  assessed.  She  has  thirty- 
seven  and  a  quarter  miles  of  streets,  well  laid  out  and  in  good  condition ;  and  she  has  also  twenty-six  miles  of 
sewers,  making  three  of  the  most  complete  systems  of  sewerage  to  be  found  in  any  city  outside  of  Boston  in 
the  State.  The  city  has  not  been  neglectful  in  providing  "  breathing-places,"  so  essential  to  the  health  and 
enjoyment  of  large  communities,  for  Chelsea  has  two  public  parks.  The  largest  is  Union  Park,  winch  contains 
122,000  square  feet.  The  other  is  Washington  Park,  which  contains  73,000  square  feet  of  land.  Both  are 
very  tastefully  laid  out,  and  are  highly  prized  by  the  citizens. 

The  first  road  into  Chelsea  was  what  was  known  as  the  "  County  Road,"  which  started  at  the  old  ferry 
slip  and  wended  its  course  through  part  of  Broadway,  Park,  and  Hawtnorne  Streets,  and  up  Washington 
Avenue.  The  first  steam  ferry-boats  between  Boston  and  Chelsea  began  to  run  in  1832.  Taft,  who  is  remem- 
bered by  old  Bostonians  as  a  famous  caterer,  then  kept  a  noted  hostelry  in  Chelsea,  near  the  ferry  landing. 
Here,  on  Sundays,  the  citizens  of  Boston  were  wont  to  resort,  and  children  found  fun  and  delight  in  a  men- 
agerie kept  in  the  back  yard.  This  place  answered  the  same  purpose  thaf  Nantasket,  Chelsea  Beach,  and  other 
noted  watering-places  do  now. 

On  May  27,  1857,  the  first  horse-car  line  was  chartered,  and  ran  through  Broadway  to  Boston,  and  on  April 
6,  1859,  the  present  Lynn  and  Boston  horse  railroad  was  chartered.  The  Meridian  Street  bridge  was  built 
in  1834,  and  connected  Chelsea  with  East  Boston. 

The  first  dwelling-house  erected  within  the  present  city  limits  was  built  in  1731,  at  the  corner  of  what  is 
now  Winmsimmet  and  Williams  Streets,  by  Joseph  S.  Edwards,  and  the  first  store  was  built  by  John  Low,  in 
1736,  on  the  corner  of  Broadway  and  Everett  Avenue,  and  was  a  low  one-story  edifice,  about  20x30  feet  in 
dimensions.  Mr.  Low  was  chaffed  by  his  friends  for  "  building  so  far  out  of  the  way  ;"  but  his  venture  was  a 
successful  one,  for  other  buildings  arose  around  his.  His  business  prospered,  and  he  waxed  rich. 

In  1852  the  Chelsea  Gas  Light  Company  was  chartered ;  and  then  the  streets  were  for  the  first  time  illnminat- 

265 


266  CITY     OF     CHELSEA. 

ed  by  gas.  The  first  sewer  was  built  in  1846,  and  the  first  edge  stones  were  set  by  the  town  in  1850,  on  Winni- 
siimnet  Street.  The  largest  sewer  in  Chelsea  is  in  Broadway,  from  Bellingham  to  Third  Street,  thence  through 
Pearl  Street  to  the  harbor.  It  is  1100  feet  long  and  6  feet  in  diameter.  The  first  fire  recorded  occurred  in  what 
was  then  Banscom's  wheelwright  shop,  and  was  situated  on  land  now  facing  Chelsea  Square.  This  fire  so 
alarmed  the  citizens  that  they  at  once  purchased  a  fire-engine,  and  in  1835  the  original  "Chelsea"  was  pur- 
chased, and  in  1837  a  second  one,  named  the  "Volunteer,"  was  bought  second-hand  for  the  small  amount  of 
$J50.  To-day  the  city  has  a  splendid  fire-department,  equipped  with  steam  fire-engines,  electric  fire-alarm, 
etc.  Among  the  notable  events  treasured  in  the  memories  of  old  Chelseans  is  what  is  known  as  the  "  Chelsea 
Riot,"  which  occurred  on  Monday,  May  7,  1854.  A  large  mob,  headed  by  a  man  known  as  "Angel  Gabriel," 
attempted  to  tear  down  the  Catholic  Church,  then  being  located  on  Cottage  Street.  The  militia  was  called  out 
and  "  Gabriel "  retreated,  while  the  howling  mob  dispersed. 

In  1856  the  "town  of  Chelsea"  had  grown  to  have  a  population  of  between  12,000  and  13,000  inhabi- 
tants, and  a  city  charter  was  proposed.  A  committee  composed  of  Erastus  Rugg,  Stephen  D.  Massey,  Melin 
Chamberlain,  Samuel  Orcutt,  and  Hosea  Ilsley  presented  to  the  general  court  a  petition  for  a  city  charter 
on  February  11,  1857,  and  on  March  13  of  the  same  year  the  pleasing  news  was  Heralded  on  the  streets  of 
Chelsea  that  a  charter  had  been  granted,  which  was  submitted  to  the  voters  on  March  22d,  and  adopted  by  a 
vote  of  733  to  107.  The  first  mayor  elected  was  Honorable  Francis  B.  Fay,  who  was  elected  by  a  vote  of  688 
to  27,  and  he  took  the  oath  of  office  on  the  evening  of  April  13,  1857.  Chelsea  now  enjoys  the  distinction  of 
having  one  of  the  youngest  mayors  ever  seated  in  -the  executive  chair.  This  is  Arthur  B.  Champlin,  who  was 
born  in  this  city  and  has  resided  here  all  his  life.  He  has  always  followed  the  profession  of  a  journalist,  and  is 
now  editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Gazette,  which  ho  established  nearly  four  years  ago.  He  was  at  one  time 
connected  with  the  Boston  Globe,  and  was  for  years  editor  of  the  Chelsea  ftecord.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Common  Council  for  three  years,  and  for  two  years  was  its  president.  He  has  also  been  a  member  of  the 
Massachusetts  Legislature  for  two  years. 

The  members  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  are :  George  E.  Dylse,  Alfred  C.  Converse,  Benjamin  T.  Martin, 
Martin  V.  B.  Flanders,  W.  Frederick  Kimball,  Henry  B.  Swazey,  John  C.  Loud,  and  Thomas  M.  Elwell. 

The  members  of  the  Council  are :  Ward  One — Charles  H.  Holmes,  Timothy  J.  Keefe,  William  H.  Farn- 
ham,  R.  Edward  Butler,  and  Albert  L.  Morse.  Ward  Two — James  Gould,  John  M.  Mason,  Fred  M.  Whiting, 
George  B.  Barrett,  and  Philip  H.  McLaughlin.  Ward  Three — Alfred  W.  Brown,  Isaac  W.  Loring,  George  H. 
Carter,  Frank  E.  Winslow,  and  Melvin  L.  Breath.  Ward  Four — Herbert  L.  Slade,  E.  Shirley  Lombard,  Eli  C. 
W.  Bliss,  Alfred  W.  Fitz,  and  John  F.  Low. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  municipal  year  of  1889  the  city  had  a  net  permanent  debt  of  $1,213,259.  The 
tax  valuation  of  the  city  for  1888  was :  Real  estate,  $17,428,900;  personal  estate  and  bank  tax,  $2,358,190 ; 
total,  $19,787,090.  The  State  and  city  tax  in  1888  was  $364,082  ;  rate  per  $1000  in  1888,  $18.40.  Chelsea 
has  one  burden  less  than  any  other  city  in  the  commonwealth — she  has  no  county  tax  to  raise.  By  an  act 
passed  on  June  23,  1831,  Boston  was  given  exclusive  control  o-f  all  county  buildings,  and  Chelsea  was  relieved 
of  any  expense  in  that  way. 

The  city  owns  the  waterworks,  and  the  streets  are  wide,  paved,  and  well  kept,  and  the  health  of  the  com- 
munity is  excellent,  the  death-rate  being  unusually  low. 

Chelsea  has  thirteen  churches,  and  for  a  city  of  her  age  and  size  vies  with  any  other  in  the  commonwealth 
in  this  respect.  Many  of  the  church  buildings  are  splendid  specimens  of  modern  architecture,  and  are  well 
attended.  The  people  of  Chelsea  take  pride,  as  well  they  may,  in  the  public  schools,  which  are  under  the 
direction  of  a  board  that  is  an  independent  body,  elected  by  the  citizens.  There  are  twelve  schools,  namely, 
one  high  school,  four  grammar  schools,  and  seven  primary  schools.  Among  other  educational  facilities  the 
city  has  a  fine  public  library,  contained  in  a  splendid  building,  and  the  large  patronage  given  it  proves  how 
much  it  is  appreciated  by  the  citizens.  Another  valuable  educational  agency  is  the  press.  There  are  four 
admirably  conducted  weekly  papers  published  in  the  city.  The  Leader  is  issued  by  Mr.  W.  P.  Nickerson,  and 
the  Gazette  by  Mayor  Arthur  B.  Champlin,  to  both  of  whom  we  are  indebted  for  many  of  the  foregoing  his- 
torical facts.  The  other  newspapers  are  the  Record  and  Pioneer. 

In  Chelsea  the  first  marine  hospital  in  this  part  of  the  country  was  built  in  1826  and  1827,  but  was  aban- 
doned, and  sold  to  the  city  on  May  18,  1857.  The  present  marine  hospital  was  built  at  that  time,  the  land 


CITY     OF     CHELSEA.  267 

on  which  it  is  situated  being  ceded  to  the  Federal  Government  on  February  28,  1828.  Efforts  have  since  been 
made  by  the  municipal  government  of  Chelsea  to  induce  the  United  States  Government  to  relinquish  to  Chel- 
sea the  lands  upon  which  are  located  the  Marine  and  Naval  Hospitals,  and  several  committees  have  been  ap- 
pointed to  consider  the  matter,  but  have  reported  adversely ;  and  it  now  seems  that  the  institutions  are  here 
to  stay  for  an  indefinite  time.  Congress  is,  however,  to  be  petitioned  to  construct  a  public  avenue,  wholly  on 
the  government  lands  along  the  line  where  the  present  division  fence  stands,  from  Broadway,  opposite  Medford 
Street,  to  Spruce  Street.  Such  a  street  will  be  of  public  benefit. 

To-day  Chelsea  looms  up  in  all  the  power  of  a  city,  has  everything  pertaining  to  a  great  and  independent 
people.  She  has  a  fine  city  hall  and  many  splendid  public  and  private  buildings.  She  has  lawyers,  doctors, 
orators,  politicians,  editors,  and  professors ;  and  is  rich  in  all  that  it  is  necessary  for  any  city  to  possess. 

The  city  has  many  large  manufacturing  establishments  within  its  limits,  and  these  consist  of  an  elastic  rub- 
ber factory,  chemical  works,  and  factories  for  the  manufacture  of  sewing  machinery,  brassware,  linseed-oil,  iron 
safes,  woollens,  brushes,  machinery,  tools,  etc.  The  manufactories  and  other  trade  establishments  of  this  city 
are,  as  a  rule,  intelligently  and  successfully  directed  and  admirably  equipped,  a1  fact  that  will  be  fully  shown  in 
the  sketches  of  individual  houses  at  the  end  of  this  chapter.  The  manufacturing  facilities  are  as  complete  and 
perfect  as  they  can  be  made,  the  custom  being  to  employ  the  finest  machinery,  the  most  skilful  artisans,  and 
all  accessories  calculated  to  improve  production  and  economize  cost.  Thus  it  has  come  to  pass  that  the  goods 
made  here  are  in  wide  demand,  and  are  considered  as  standard  in  all  markets.  The  shops  and  factories  of  the 
city  give  employment  to  a  large  number  of  skilled  laborers,  receiving  good  wages  ;  indeed,  the  people  are,  as  a 
rule,  of  the  better  class  to  be  found  in  the  cities  of  New  England,  being  composed  largely  of  industrious  arti- 
sans, while  the  business  men  and  capitalists  are  enterprising  and  large-spirited  in  contributing  to  the  already 
phenomenal  growth  and  prosperity  of  the  city.  Chelsea  has  many  attractions  from  a  manufacturing  and  com- 
mercial point  of  view,  and  also  as  a  place  of  residence.  The  land  of  the  district  is  undulating,  and  there  are 
many  charming  natural  resorts  in  and  about  and  within  easy  reach  of  the  city  ;  Chelsea  Beach,  with  its  mag- 
nificent family  hotels,  its  bathing-houses,  wayside  hostelries,  pleasure-gardens,  restaurants,  photographic  booths, 
show-tents,  and  its  long,  wide-stretching  sandy  shore,  being  one  of  the  famous  "watering-places"  of  New 
England  that  attract  thousands  of  visitors  in  the  hot  months.  The  location  of  the  city  is  everything  that  can 
be  desired,  and  its  eligibility  as  a  place  of  residence  has  exerted  a  powerful  influence  in  the  development  of 
its  natural  resources.  Its  broad  streets  and  wide  business  thoroughfares  are  well  cared  for,  its  fine  roads  afford 
fine  opportunities  for  driving,  while  its  numerous  elegant  private  residences  and  fine  public  buildings  combine 
to  make  it  an  attractive  place  in  which  to  live.  The  rents  are  remarkably  reasonable,  cost  of  building  low, 
and  the  expenses  of  living  as  small  as  those  of  any  other  part  of  the  State,  while  there  are  always  opportunities 
offered  for  those  to  labor  who  wish  to  work.  The  people  generally  are  occupied  in  some  useful  sphere  of 
labor,  and  the  homes  of  all  classes  have  an  air  of  comfort  and  respectability  about  them.  There  are  many  fine 
mansions  with  beautifully  laid  out  grounds,  and  the  flourishing  condition  of  the  city  finds  apt  illustration  in 
the  constant  building  of  business  structures  and  private  residences. 

Chelsea  has  ever  been  closely  connected  with  Boston  in  all  its  literary,  intellectual,  and  political  relations^ 
and,  were  it  not  for  municipal  distinctions,  might  be  considered  as  virtually  an  integral  part  of  the  metropolis. 


WM.  GOULD,  Groceries,  Meats,  Vegetables,  etc.,  Cor.  Con-  "C  ~f  y ALTER  SEARLE  &  CO.,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in 
gress  Avenue,  and  Park  Street.— One  of  the  most  popu-  \l\/  Groceries,  Flour,  Grain,  and  Provisions,  Nos.  119  and  123 
lar  establishments  devoted  to  the  sale  of  family  grocer-  "  "  Park  Street.— The  popular  house  of  Messrs.  Walter  Searle 
ies,  meats,  and  vegetables  in  this  city,  is  the  well  and  &  Co.,  wholesale  and  retail  grocers,  so  well  known  for  its 
favorably  known  stand  of  W.  M.  Gould.  The  store  is  commodious,  excellent  reputation,  has  been  established  for  some  years  and  was 
neat,  and  very  complete  as  to  stock  and  fixtures,  while  an  efficient  formerly  carried  on  by  a  co-operative  association,  of  which  Mr. 
staff  of  help  is  employed,  with  three  teams  in  regular  service  supply-  Searle  was  manager  and  afterwards  became  owner  and  proprietor 
ing  customers.  A  large  and  first  class  assortment  is  always  kept  on  by  purchase.  This  was  some  time  in  1876.  He  was  soon  after  joined 
hand,  including  fine  teas,  coffees,  and  spices,  sugars,  syrups,  baking-  by  his  son,  and  under  the  present  firm-name  a  good  substantial  busi- 
powder,  condiments,  delicacies,  and  canned  goods  of  all  kinds,  best  ness,  which  has  steadily  grown  and  developed,  has  been  built  up. 
brands  of  western  corn,  meal,  rice,  beans,  peas,  prime  butter,  cheese,  The  store  has  a  double  front  and  is  quite  capacious.  The  stock  em- 
eggs,  smoked  and  salt  fish,  crackers,  soda,  salt,  and  general  grocer-  braces  everything  in  the  line  of  staple  and  fancy  foreign  and  domes 
ies.  while  in  the  provision  department  may  be  found  at  all  times  tic  groceries,  and  flour  and  provisions,  and  including  canned  goods, 
choice  fresh  beef,  pork,  mutton,  lamb,  poultry,  lard,  hams,  bacon,  table  delicacies,  condiments,  etc.  Mr.  Walter  Searle,  who  is  a 
etc.  The  stock  also  embraces  a  full  and  fine  line  of  vegetables,  fruits,  native  of  Townsend,  Mass.,  was  for  many  years  known  as  one 
and  table  luxuries  This  deservedly  popular  store  was  formerly  con-  of  the  most  popular  blacksmiths  in  this  vicinity,  and  for  a  period 
ducted  by  the  firm  of  Gould  &  Dinsmore,  who  had  succeeded  D.  S.  covering  twenty -seven  years  carried  on  the  business  in  Ashburn- 
Plumer,  who  carried  on  business  here  about  ten  years,  the  present  ham,  and  for  seven  years  in  Keene,  N.  H.  He  has  lived  in  Chelsea 
proprietor  assuming  sole  control  in  1887.  Mr.  Gould,  is  a  native  of  since  1864.  Mr.  Walter  C.  Searle  is  an  active,  enterprising  business 
Belfast,  Maine,  but  a  resident  of  this  city  quite  some  tune  man. 


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CITY     OF     CHELSEA. 


GEO.  D.  EMERY,  Mahogany  and  Cedar  Lumber  ;  Office, 
Mills  and  Wharves,  Nos.  1  to  35  Broadway.— An  especially 
notable  and  flourishing  Chelsea  enterprise,  and  one  worthy 
of  special  mention  in  this  review  of  the  representative 
establishments  contributing  to  the  city's  industrial  and  commercial 
interests,  is  the  extensive  and  well-equipped  concern  conducted  by 
Geo.  D.  Emery,  importer,  manufacturer,  and  wholesale  dealer  in 
Mahogany  and  Cedar  Lumber,  whose  office,  mills,  and  wharves  are 
conveniently  located  at  Nos.  1  to  35  Broadway.  This  is  one  of  the 
largest,  leading,  and  most  complete  plants  of  the  kind  in  the  entire 
country;  and  its  business  connection,  which  extends  throughout  the 
United  States  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  is  fully  commensurate  with  the 
vast  capacity  of  the  concern.  Prior  to  the  inception  of  this  enterprise 
here,  New  York  City  had  a  virtual  monopoly  of  the  trade  in  mahog- 
any and  cedar  lumber,  but  Mr.  Emery  (who  enjoys  the  distinction  of 
being  the  only  man  in  the  country  importing  the  timber  in  the  round 
log  direct  from  the  forest  to  his  mills  to  be  sawed  and  dressed)  has  for 
years  successfully  competed  with  the  metropolis  in  the  market  all 
over  the  land.  He  controls  immense  tracts  of  timber-land  in  Mexico, 
Honduras,  Central  and  South  America,  where  he  employs  a  large 
force  of  lumbermen  in  cutting  down  and  getting  the  timber  ready 
for  shipment,  maintaining  altogether  ten  separate  camps,  at  an 
enormous  outlay,  while  the  "round"  logs  are  brought  from  the 
countries  mentioned  in  sailing-vessels  and  steamers  direct  to  his 
premises  here  in  Chelsea.  The  plant  in  this  city,  which  covers  a 
superficial  area  of  twelve  acres  of  ground,  includes  several  huge 
structures  used  as  saw-mills,  drying-houses,  etc.,  also  spacious  sheds, 
yards,  and  ample  wharf  facilities,  and  is  supplied  with  heavy  steam- 
power,  and  completely  equipped  throughout  with  all  the  latest  im- 
proved machinery,  appliances,  and  general  appurtenances,  while  em- 
ployment is  furnished  to  upward  of  one  hundred  in  help.  An  ex- 
ceedingly large  and  carefnlly  assorted  stock  is  constantly  carried 
on  hand,  which  comprises  mahogany  and  Spanish  cedar  wood  of  every 
description,  cigar-box  lumber  being  a  specialty,  and  all  orders  are 
filled  in  the  most  expeditions  and  reliable  manner,  while  the  business 
transacted,  which  is  already  of  a  most  substantial  character,  affords 
evidence  of  steady  and  material  increase,  the  total  annual  sales 
reaching  a  very  handsome  figure.  Mr.  Emery,  who  is  a  gentleman 
in  the  prime  of  life,  was  born  in  Fall  River,  Mass.,  but  for  many  years 
was  a  resident  of  Indianapolis,  Ind.  He  has  resided  in  this  city  about 
eight  years,  and  is  a  man  of  sterling  qualities,  as  well  as  energy,  en- 
terprise, and  thorough  business  experience,  and  maintains  an  Al 
standing  in  commercial  and  social  life,  being  one  of  Chelsea's  stanch- 
est  and  most  respected  citizens,  and  an  efficient  director  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  this  city. 

MERRILL  &  MORRISOX,  Furniture,  Carpetings,  Wall-paper, 
etc.,  Nos.  34-36  Third  Street.— The  leading  headquarters 
in  Chelsea  for  furniture,  carpetings,  upholstery  goods, 
wall-papers,  china,  crockery,  silver-plated  and  wooden 
ware  is  the  extensive  establishment  of  Messrs.  Merrill  &  Morrison, 
located  at  Nos.  256  Broadway  and  34  and  36  Third  Street.  This  rep- 
resentative house  was  founded  in  1851  by  Mr.  J.  O.  Merrill,  the  pres- 
ent firm  being  organized  in  1857  by  the  admission  of  Mr.  T.  F.  Morri- 
son to  partnership  The  firm  were  formerly  large  manufacturers  of 
furniture;  but  now  devote  their  entire  attention  to  the  mercantile 
branch  of  the  trade,  excepting  a  department  for  the  manufacture  of 
upholstery  goods  to  order.  The  business  premises  comprise  three 
floors,45xl20  feet  each;  and  a  stock  valued  at  $20,000  and  upwards  is 
constantly  carried.  The  business  has  been  developed  to  its  present 
proportions  by  a  diligent  observance  of  those  principles  of  honesty,  lib- 
erality, and  enterprise  without  which  no  establishment  can  be  placed 
upon  a  lasting  foundation.  The  house  is  fitted  up  in  elegant  style 
throughout,  while  the  stock  embraces  at  all  times  a  larger  variety 
and  a  newer  line  of  goods  than  can  be  found  elsewhere  in  the  city. 
The  goods  in  every  department  are  of  the  highest  standard  of  man- 
ufacture, and  are  unsurpassed  for  elegance  of  design  and  sterling 
value.  Bargains  are  continually  offered  in  carpetings,  rugs,  furni- 
ture, curtains,  draperies,  wall-papers,  and  shade  goods,  silver-plated 
ware,  china,  crockery,  and  wooden  ware  which  distance  competition, 
and  the  patronage  is  brisk  and  lively  at  all  seasons.  A  corps  of  four- 
teen clerks  and  salesmen  contribute  to  the  satisfactory  operation  of 
the  house,  and  the  wants  of  all  classes  of  customers  are  ministered  to 
with  eminent  success  in  every  instance.  The  copartners  are  both 
natives  of  New  Hampshire  and  accounted  among  Chelsea's  most  en- 


terprising merchants,  and  solid  and  successful  business  men,  who 
have  met  with  the  appreciation,  popularity,  and  prosperity  which 
their  abih'ties  and  worth  have  so  richly  merited.  Mr.  Morrison  served 
as  chief  of  police  of  this  city  in  1867-68,  and  has  held  a  number  of  im- 
portant public  offices  in  the  gift  of  his  fellow-townsmen ;  while  both 
he  and  Mr.  Merrill  are  closely  identified  with  the  growth  and  pros- 
perity of  the  city. 

T  MARTIN  &  BRO.,  Manufacturers  of  the  Celebrated  "Crown 
Brand "  Loom  and  Garter  Webs,  Braids,  Frills,  etc.— 
This  mammoth  enterprise  was  inaugurated  in  1874  by  the 
present  proprietors,  Messrs.  Thomas  and  William  Martin, 
who  came  to  this  country  from  England  in  1862  as  mill-cperatives; 
and  who,  by  the  exercise  of  industry,  economy,  and  indomitable 
energy,  have  reared  an  institution  of  commanding  influence  in  this 
community,  and  won  a  reputation  and  a  standing  in  business,  finan- 
cial, and  trade  circles  of  which  they  have  every  reason  to  be  proud. 
Offices  and  salesrooms  are  operated  at  No.  234  Fifth  Avenue,  Chicago, 
and  No.  325  Broadway,  New  York.  The  general  agent  of  the  con- 
cern is  Mr.  H.  Martin,  who  is  thoroughly  experienced  in  all  the 
wants  and  requirements  of  the  trade,  and  is  eminently  popular  and 
successful  in  meeting  all  its  demands.  The  works  cover  a  ground 
area  of  40,000  square  feet,  and  comprise  four  separate  buildings. 
The  elastic-web  factory  is  three  stories  high,  100x46  feet  in  dimen- 
sions; the  narrow-web  factory  is  two  stories  high,  100x46  feet  in  size; 
stock-room,  100x40  feet;  and  a  manufactory  for  braids  and  frills. 
The  motive  power  is  supplied  by  a  50-horse  power  Corliss  engine, 
and  100-horse  power  boiler.  An  electric  dynamo  supplies  three 
hundred  lights,  and  automatic  fire-alarms  are  placed  throughout 
the  buildings.  One  hundred  and  five  looms  are  now  operated,  and 
steady  employment  is  given  to  one  hundred  and  eighty  skilled 
hands.  The  products  of  this  reliable  house  find  their  way  to  all  the 
markets  of  the  United  States,  and  practically  supplant  all  similar 
goods  wherever  introduced  by  reason  of  their  uniform  excellence 
and  solid  worth.  With  its  great  resources,  perfected  facilities,  and 
liberal  methods,  this  house  is  in  a  position  to  advance  the  interests 
of  its  customers,  as  well  as  to  increase  and  develop  the  commercial 
prosperity  and  material  welfare  of  this  community.  The  plant  is  a 
valuable  factor  in  the  industrial  thrift  of  this  section,  and  is  annually 
becoming  more  efficient  under  the  enterprise  and  progressive  meth- 
ods of  the  proprietors,  whose  success  has  been  as  remarkable  as  it 
is  rare,  and  whose  popularity  and  prosperity  has  been  nobly  earned 
and  is  well  deserved. 


WILLIAM  M.  JEWETT,  Real-estate  Agent  and  Auctioneer, 
Room  2,  Granite  Block,  No.  328  Broadway.— As  it  goes 
without  saying,  the  business  of  handling  realty  and 
placing  of  risks  on  property  constitutes  a  sphere  of  activity 
of  peculiar  importance  in  every  centre  of  trade  and  industry.  And  it 
may  be  observed  also  that  it  is  a  department  of  usefulness  that  oc- 
cupies the  attention  of  some  of  the  most  stanch  and  sagacious  citi- 
zens in  every  progressive  community.  Prominent  among  those 
engaged  in  this  line  in  Chelsea  is  William  M.  Jewett,  the  popular  and 
responsible  real-estate  agent  and  auctioneer,  whose  office  is  centrally 
located  at  No.  328  Broadway,  Room  2,  Granite  Block,  and  than  whom 
none  in  the  business  in  or  around  the  city  is  so  widely  known,  or  en- 
joys as  large  a  measure  of  public  favor  and  confidence.  Mr.  Jewett, 
who  is  a  gentleman  in  the  prime  of  life,  is  a  man  of  sterling  integrity 
in  his  dealings,  as  well  as  of  energy,  sagacity  and  experience,  and  is 
thoroughly  conversant  with  every  feature  and  detail  connected  with 
the  real-estate  and  kindred  interests,  having  been  actively  and  suc- 
cessfully engaged  in  this  line  here  for  quarter  of  a  century.  He  is, 
in  fact,  one  of  Chelsea's  solid  citizens  and  most  prominent  business 
men,  having  served  efficiently  as  member  of  the  Board  of  Assessors 
for  many  years,  and  is  accounted  the  most  trustworthy  judge 
of  the  present  and  prospective  values  of  realty,  both  improved  and 
unimproved,  in  the  city.  Mr.  Jewett  is  a  general  real-estate  agent 
and  auctioneer,  buying,  selling,  exchanging,  and  leasing  city  and 
suburban  property  of  every  description,  and  he  also  negotiates  mort- 
gages and  loans  on  realty,  special  attention  being  given  to  auction 
sales.  Rents  are  collected  and  estates  taken  in  charge  likewise,  while 
insurance  is  placed  with  first-class  fire  companies  at  lowest  rates,  Mr. 
Jewett  being  special  also  for  the  Jersey  City  Fire  Ins.  Co.,  and  all 
business  intrusted  to  this  gentleman  is  certain  to  be  handled  in  the 
most  judicious  and  satisfactory  manner. 


CITY     OF     CHELSEA. 


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HA.  FOSTER,  Groceries,  No.  174  Broadway.— To  conduct  a 
strictly  first-class,  general  fancy  and  staple  grocery  estab- 
B  lishment  sucessfully,  requires  not  only  ability  and  energy  to 
a  marked  degree,  and  u,  knowledge  of  the  various  influences 
that  affect  the  trade,  but  also  the  faculty  of  anticipating  the  constantly 
varying  tastes  of  the  community.  A  leading  and  popular  house 
engaged  in  this  line  of  industry  in  Chelsea,  and  deserving  of  special 
mention,  is  that  of  Mr.  H.  A.  Foster,  dealer  in  fancy  and  staple  gro- 
ceries, which  is  centrally  located  at  No.  174  Broadway,  and  during  its 
entire  existence  has  always  maintained  a  most  excellent  reputation  for 
the  reliability  and  absolute  purity  of  goods  and  liberal  management  of 
its  business  affairs.  Mr.  Foster  is  a  native  of  Lowell,  this  state,  but  has 
been  a  resident  of  this  city  for  a  quarter  of  a  century,  and  prior  to 
engaging  in  business  on  his  own  account  was  in  the  employ  of  Mr.  C. 
Newhall,  also  a  dealer  in  groceries.  Mr.  Foster  founded  this  establish- 
ment originally  in  1880,  and  from  the  start  he  has  met  with  the  most 
gratifying  success,  which  aptly  illustrates  what  may  be  accomplished 
by  close  attention  to  the  wants  of  customers,  dealing  in  first-class 
goods  only,  and  adhering  to  fair,  square,  honorable  methods.  The 
premises  utilized  for  the  business  are  of  spacious  dimensions,  admir- 
ably appointed  and  fully  equipped  with  every  facility  for  the  transac- 
tion of  the  already  large  and  rapidly  increasing  trade,  and  the  comfort 
of  customers.  The  stock  carried  is  full  and  complete,  and  embraces 
everything  in  the  line  of  fancy  and  staple  groceries,  a  specialty  being 
made  of  absolutely  pure  and  fresh  teas  from  China  and  Japan,  fra- 
grant coffees  from  Java,  Mocha,  and  South  America,  ground  and  whole 
spices,  canned  goods  from  the  most  celebrated  establishments,  table 
delicacies,  sauces,  condiments,  foreign  and  domestic  fruits,  bakers' 
and  laundry  supplies,  choice  family  flour,  farinaceous  and  cereal 
foods,  sugars,  syrups,  molasses,  salt  and  cured  meats  and  fish,  choice 
dairy  and  fancy  creamery  butter,  cheese,  fresh  laid  eggs,  vegetables, 
and  other  farm  and  dairy  products,  in  fact,  all  articles  usually  found 
in  a  well  regulated  house  of  this  character.  The  goods  of  this  house 
are  noted  for  their  purity  and  reliability,  and  are  sold  at  lowest  rul- 
ing prices.  The  store  is  a  model  of  neatness  and  cleanliness,  polite 
and  courteous  assistants  attend  promptly  to  the  wants  of  customers, 
and  orders  are  delivered  at  residence  in  the  city  free  of  charge. 

MARTIN'S  DRUG  STORE  AND  FLOWER  MART,  No.  1  Gran- 
ite Block.— A  reference  to  the  pharmacies  of  Chelsea  at  once 
suggests  the  popular  establishment  of  Mr.  A.  C.  Martin. 
The  business  had  its  commencement  in  1865,  and  five  years 
later  was  removed  to  the  premises  now  occupied.  It  has  always  been 
under  the  control  of  Mr.  Martin,  who  was  educated  to  the  profession. 
He  is  cautious  and  exact,  and  compounds  and  prepares  and  dispenses 
medicine  with  that  degree  of  accuracy  only  attained  by  long,  practi- 
cal experience.  His  knowledge  of  materia  medica  is  comprehensive 
and  thorough.  The  store,  which  is  tastefully  fitted  up  with  orna- 
mental fixtures  and  plate-glass  cases,  is  30x50  feet  in  size,  and  the 
stock  of  drugs  and  medicines  it  contains  is  complete  and  perfect  in 
every  detail,  including  in  its  assortment  only  the  best,  purest,  and 
freshest.  There  is  also  a  variety  of  all  the  different  kinds  of  pharma- 
ceutical preparations  and  all  the  standard  medicines  and  toilet-goods, 
specialties,  etc.  Mr.  Martin  is  also  devoting  much  attention  to  sup- 
plying the  citizens  with  cut-flowers  and  rare  exotics  and  growing 
plants  and  bulbs,  and  presents  many  beautiful  specimens  of  all  kinds 
that  are  fashionable  and  desirable.  He  furnishes  bouquets  and  de- 
signs for  the  table  and  parlor  and  also  funeral  emblems,  wreaths, 
anchors,  crosses,  etc.,  and  gives  his  particular  attention  to  arranging 
flowers  for  weddings  and  entertainments,  and  to  decorating  halls  and 
churches.  He  is  a  great  lover  of  flowers,  and  an  expert  floriculturist. 
A  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  Mr.  Martin  came  to  this  country  when 
twelve  years  of  age,  and  has  ever  since  been  a  resident  of  Chelsea. 


HARRY  W.  JEFFERS,  Grocer,  and  Dealer  in  Flour  and  Teas, 
No.  77  Winnisimmet  Street.  —This  well  and  favorably  known 
store  was   originally  established  in   1835  and   had   passed 
through  several  hands  up  to  1874,  and  was  bought  at  that 
period  by  the  present  proprietor,  by  whom  the'business  has  since  been 
continued  with  uninterrupted  prosperity.    Handling  a  very  fine  line 
of  goods,  courteous  and  attentive  to  customers,  and  withal  a  young 
man  of  strict  integrity  in  his  dealings,  Mr.  Jeffers  has  been  enabled 
by  untiring  energy  to  build  up  the  substantial  patronage  he  deserv- 
edly enjoys.    The  premises  occupied  are  commodious  and  neatly 
appointee),  and  a  heavy,  first-class  stock  is  constantly  carried  on  hand 


comprising  fresh,  pure,  and  choice  teas,  coffees,  and  spices,  foreign 
and  domestic  fruits,  canned  goods,  prepared  cereals,  dried  fruits, 
sauces,  crackers,  confections,  fine  creamery  butter,  including  the 
famous  "  H.  A."  brand  which  is  always  uniform  fresh  made  cheese 
and  eggs,  prime  lard,  smoked  meats  and  fish,  sugars,  syrups,  and 
molasses,  best  brands  of  family  flour,  meal,  rice,  peas,  beans,  soda, 
saleratus,  baking-powder,  starch,  soap,  household  specialties,  oils, 
vinegar,  and  everything  in  the  line  of  staple  and  fancy  groceries. 
Four  assistants  are  employed,  while  two  teams  are  in  regular  service 
supplying  customers,  all  orders  being  promptly  and  reliably  delivered 
throughout  the  city  and  environs;  and  patrons  can  rely  upon  getting 
an  excellent  article  and  full  weight,  as  well  as  prompt  and  polite 
attention  at  all  times.  Mr.  Jeffers,  who  is  a  native  of  this  city,  is  a 
gentleman  of  thorough  reliability  in  his  dealings,  and  fully  merits  the 
success  that  has  attended  his  efforts. 


CASSELL  BROTHERS.  Sanitary  Plumbers,  Manufacturers  and 
Dealers  in  Stoves,  Furnaces  and  Ranges,  No.  187  Winnisimmet 
Street.— The  work  of  the  plumber  is  one  requiring  a  peculiar 
knowledge  in  its  scientific  application,  a  full  measure  of  which 
is  possessed  by  the  Cassell  Brothers,  who  have  established  a  well- 
earned  reputation  for  skill  and  thorough  workmanship.  They  are 
prompt  in  their  attention  to  orders,  and  furnish  plans  and  specifica- 
tions for  making  sewer  connections  and  'regulating  underground 
drainage  and  to  ventilation,  and  introducing  water  into  buildings  and 
dwellings,  and  setting  bath-tubs,  sinks,  etc.  Much  time  and  atten- 
tion has  been  devoted  by  the  firm  to  sanitary  work  appertaining  to 
plumbing,  and  being  familiar  with  all  the  details  connected  with  it,  do 
all  work  in  a  most  complete  and  satisfactory  manner.  The  Messrs. 
Cassell  Brothers  also  carry  on  an  extensive  business  as  manufact- 
urers and  dealers  in  stoves,  furnaces  and  ranges,  and  tinware,  and 
carry  a  full  stock  of  goods  in  the  well-appointed  store  which  has  a 
front  of  22  with  a  depth  of  120  feet.  In  the  manufacturing  depart- 
ment every  convenience  is  provided,  and  only  the  best  class  of  work 
is  turned  out.  On  an  average  from  eight  to  ten  workmen,  who  are 
skilled  in  their  respective  branches,  are  kept  constantly  employed,  and 
a  widespread  city  and  a  good  substantial  business  derived  from  all 
the  adjacent  sections  is  carried  on.  Tin  and  sheet-iron  work  is  done 
to  order,  and  a  special  business  is  made  of  repairing  stoves  and 
ranges,  and  setting  and  cleaning  furnaces  and  jobbing  generally. 
The  assortment  of  goods  to  be  found  in  the  store  is  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  complete  to  be  found  in  the  city.  Mr.  James  and  Mr. 
George  Cassell,  the  copartners,  are  both  natives  of  Andover,  and  old 
residents  of  Chelsea.  The  business  they  are  now  conducting  with 
such  marked  ability  and  success,  dates  its  foundation  from  1840, 
when  it  was  established  by  Luther  Newhall,  and  has  been  under  the 
control  of  the  present  firm  since  1879. 


CHELSEA  SUSPENDER-MANUFACTURING  COMPANY,  Man- 
ufacturer of  Suspenders,  Shoulder-braces,  Suspender-trim- 
mings, etc.  Office  and  Factory,  No.  932  Broadway.— In 
sketching  the  notable  industrial  enterprises  that  have  had 
inception  in  this  city  within  recent  years,  more  than  passing  men- 
tion ought  to  be  made  of  the  Chelsea  Manufacturing  Company,  man- 
ufacturers of  suspenders,  shoulder-braces,  etc.,  whose  office  and  fac- 
tory are  situated  at  No.  932  Broadway.  The  productions  of  LUIS  con- 
cern are  goods  of  a  very  superior  character,  being  noted  for  their 
general  excellence,  and  as  a  consequence,  they  are  in  extensive  and 
steadily  growing  demand  in  the  trade.  The  Chelsea  Manufacturing 
Company,  of  which  F.  S.  Wright  is  sole  proprietor,  was  established  in 
April,  1886  ;  and  the  unequivocal  success  that  has  attended  this  enter- 
prise from  the  first  abundantly  attests  the  wisdom  that  inspired  the 
venture,  to  say  nothing  of  the  unquestionable  merit  of  the  articles 
produced.  The  factory  occupies  the  third  story,  45x90  feet  in  size, 
supplied  with  ample  steam-power  and  the  latest  improved  appli- 
ances, while  employment  is  here  furnished  to  from  forty  to  fifty  ex- 
pert hands.  The  productions  include  suspenders,  shoulder  braces, 
and  suspender-trimmings  in  every  size,  design,  shape  and  pattern, 
some  three  hundred  different  styles  being  turned  out,  while  an  ex- 
tensive, varied,  and  elegant  assortment  being  kept  in  stock  always, 
upward  of  25CO  pairs  per  week  being  manufactured,  and,  altogether, 
a  flourishing  business  is  done.  Mr.  Wright,  the  proprietor,  who  is  a 
native  of  England,  but  a  resident  of  Chelsea  quite  a  long  time,  is  a 
man  of  energy,  enterprise,  and  practical  experience  in  this  line,  and 
is  thoroughly  conversant  with  the  business  in  all  its  details. 


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CITY     OF     CHELSEA. 


CF.  PRUDEN,  Optician,  No.  466  Broadway.— During  the  past 
half-century  steady  advance  has  been  made  in  the  inter- 
„  esting  and  important  branch  of  activity  devoted  to  the 
construction  of  devices  for  aiding  and  extending  the  power 
of  vision,  optical  instruments,  and  kindred  philosophical  and  scien- 
tific apparatus.  The  leading  source  of  supply  for  this  class  of  goods 
in  Chelsea  is  the  establishment  of  Mr.  C.  F.  Pruden,  the  well-known 
manufacturing  optician,  at  No.  466  Broadway,  opposite  Bellingham 
car  station.  This  gentleman  is  recognized  as  one  of  the  leading  ex- 
ponents of  the  business  in  this  section  of  the  country,  and  has  been 
established  in  trade  here  since  1881.  He  has  devoted  many  years  to 
the  study  and  practical  work  of  adjusting  glasses  to  all  classes  of 
"eye  invalids,"  and  carries  hi  stock  the  very  best  quality  of  pebbles 
and  crystals,  in  gold,  silver,  nickel,  shell,  and  rubber  frames,  at  less 
than  Boston  prices,  also,  is  prepared  to  repair  spectacles  and  eye- 
glasses in  the  most  skilful  manner,  and  to  carefully  set  oculists'  pre- 
scriptions. After  long  and  patient  study  on  this  subject,  Mr.  Pruden 
is  able  to  offer  superior  instruments  of  his  own  construction.  His 
latest  and  greatest  triumph  in  optics  is  the  production  of  Pruden's 
" ophthalmoscopic  test  lenses, "an  Instrument  conceived,  manufac- 
tured, and  adjusted  by  Mr.  Pruden  himself,  which  possesses  the 
merit  of  perfect  accuracy  in  determining  just  what  kind  of  a  glass 
will  best  fit  the  patient,  and  supply  the  deficiency,  from  whatever 
cause  it  may  exist.  This  instrument  is  most  ingenious  in  design  and 
wonderful  in  construction,  and  never  fails  to  indicate  the  right  glass 
to  adopt.  Mr.  Pruden  looks  carefully  after  blurred,  weak,  and  imper- 
fect eyesight,  and  most  perfectly  fits  and  adjusts  crystals.  Pruden's 
perfection  crystals  are  the  very  best  glass  in  the  market,  and  all 
goods  manufactured  or  sold  by  him  are  not  surpassed,  if  equalled, 
in  any  feature  of  merit,  hi  effectiveness,  design,  finish,  or  durability, 
by  the  products  of  any  contemporaneous  establishment.  Mr.  Pruden 
has  resided  in  Chelsea  since  1851,  was  for  forty  years  employed  as  an 
engraver  with  Reed  &  Barton  and  the  Whiting  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany in  Boston,  and  for  three  years  prosecuted  his  business  as  an 
optician  in  Cincinnati.  He  is  a  thorough  master  of  his  art  in  all  its 
branches,  mechanical  as  well  as  scientific,  and  a  reliable  and  respon- 
sible business  man  of  eminent  popularity  in  this  community. 


CHAYDEN,  Photographic  Artist.  No.  198  Broadway.— This 
establishment  was  inaugurated  originally  in  1869  by  Mr. 
B  O.  "W.  Baxter,  who  conducted  it  with  more  than  ordinary 
success  until  1878,  when  Mr.  Hayden,  who  is  a  native  of 
Derby,  Vt.,  but  long  a  resident  here,  and  a  thoroughly  skilled 
artist,  purchased  it  from  Mr.  Baxter,  and  continued  the  business  on 
his  account  ever  since,  and  by  keeping  pace  with  the  advances  of 
science,  close  study,  and  devotion  to  his  art,  he  has  made  it  one  of  the 
leading  concerns  in  the  state,  and  enjoys  an  unusually  large  patron- 
age, while  specimens  of  his  skill  are  to  be  found  in  all  sections  of 
country,  and  he  is  acknowledged  as  one  of  the  leading  and  most  pro- 
gressive exponents  of  the  profession.  His  premises  comprise  several 
apartments,  adapted  with  special  reference  to  the  business.  The  office 
and  reception  parlor  are  elegantly  furnished ,  great  taste  being  ob- 
served in  the  arrangement  of  all  decorations,  while  the  light  acces- 
sories, landscape,  and  other  backgrounds,  together  with  all  the  latest 
improved  implements  and  devices,  are  as  perfect  as  science  and  skill 
has  yet  produced.  Photography  hi  all  its  branches  is  produced  here, 
and  the  best  and  finest  class  of  work  executed,  by  the  aid  of  the 
instantaneous,  flash,  and  dry-plate  processes,  thus  enabling  patrons 
to  secure  accurate  and  perfect  semblances  of  themselves,  friends,  and 
especially  of  the  little  folks,  and  in  any  desirable  style  or  size,  from 
the  miniature  for  the  locket  to  life-size;  old  pictures  are  copied,  either 
reduced  or  enlarged  in  size,  and  preserving  at  the  same  time  all  the 
effects  of  the  original.  He  also  executes  portraits  to  oils,  water- 
colors,  crayon,  pastel,  and  India-ink  in  the  highest  style  of  art,  sat- 
isfaction being  guaranteed  in  all  cases. 


IW.  EMERSON,  Gents'  Furnishings,  Dry  Goods  and  Small  Wares, 
No.  265  Broadway.— This  gentleman  is  an  extensive  dealer  hi 
m     gents'  furnishings,  dry-goods,  and  small  wares,  succeeding  to 
the  proprietorship  of  the  house  in  May,  1888.    He  possesses 
facilities  enjoyed  by  no  other  merchant  in  the  business,  while  his  aim 
and  policy  has  ever  been  to  attain  a  still  higher  standard  of  perfection 
in  every  article  which  he  offers  to  the  public,  and  to  render  his  stock 
absolutely  comprehensive  of  everything  desirable  both  in  foreign  and 
domestic  products,  making  good  his  claim  as  a  leader  hi  men's  out- 


fittings  and  ladies'  fine  furnishings.  He  brings  to  bear  large  and 
valuable  experience  in  catering  to  the  wants  of  the  fashionable  pub 
lie,  and  when  with  his  experience  are  coupled  ample  resources,  per- 
fected facilities,  and  unrivalled  connections,  it  is  readily  realized  how 
he  has  achieved  the  position  he  occupies  hi  the  business  world.  The 
store  is  a  model  of  elegance  and  taste  in  its  interior  arrangements  and 
appointments,  and  the  stock  is  a  magnificent  exhibit  of  modern 
achievement  hi  this  line.  The  stock  is  displayed  to  the  best  advan- 
tage from  the  windows,  dressed  as  no  others  are,  to  the  lengthy  array 
of  shelving  and  show-cases,  and  includes  shirts  that  are  marvels  of 
perfection,  all  grades  of  neckwear  in  new  and  correct  patterns, 
scarfs,  cravats,  and  ties,  hosiery,  gloves,  and  underwear,  handker- 
chiefs, collars  and  cuffs,  umbrellas,  canes,  and  parasols,  toilet  arti- 
cles in  great  variety,  white  and  colored  blankets,  ladies'  waterproofs, 
and  small  wares  in  endless  profusion.  The  rarest  bargains  are  con- 
stantly offered  in  these  goods,  and  the  trade  is  brisk  and  lively  at  all 
seasons.  Mr.  Emerson  is  a  native  of  Piermont,  N.  H.,  and  was  for 
fourteen  years  connected  with  one  of  the  largest  dry-goods  houses  in 
the  city,  previous  to  embarking  in  his  present  enterprise.  He  is  thor- 
oughly enterprising,  progressive,  and  painstaking  in  all  his  business 
methods,  entirely  reliable  and  responsible  in  all  his  dealings,  and  has 
won  the  large  measure  of  success  he  now  enjoys  by  honestly  deserv- 
ing it. 


CITY  HOTEL,  R.  C.  Murfey,  Proprietor,  Nos.  227  and  237  Broad- 
way.— The  City  Hotel  is  the  oldest,  as  well  as  largest  and 
leading  hostelry  hi  Chelsea.  It  was  first  opened  to  the  pub- 
lic in  1S50,  and  has  been  under  the  management  of  Mr.  R. 
C.  Murfey,  the  present  proprietor,  since  1874.  The  structure  is  five 
stories  in  height,  100x100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  possesses  first-class 
accommodations  for  one  hundred  and  twenty -five  guests.  No  luxury 
afforded  in  situation,  surroundings,  modern  conveniences,  or  experi- 
enced management  in  any  hotel  is  lacking  at  the  city.  It  is  located 
opposite  Everett  Avenue,  hi  the  business  heart  of  the  city,  within 
easy  reach  of  depots  and  easy  of  access  from  all  points,  horse-cars 
for  Boston  passing  the  door  every  seven  minutes,  and  is  convenient 
alike  to  the  permanent  patron,  the  commercial  tourist,  and  the  tran- 
sient guest.  Spacious  reading  and  writing  rooms,  a  fine  billiard  hall 
and  a  well-conducted  bar  are  among  the  necessities  of  modern  hotel 
life,  which  are  provided  for  the  use  of  guests.  The  cuisine  of  the 
City  Hotel  is  worthy  of  special  commendation,  being  under  the  most 
experienced  management  and  kept  up  to  the  highest  standard  of  ex] 
cellence.  Everything  of  the  best  that  the  market  can  furnish  is  to  be 
found  hi  the  menu,  private  suppers  are  furnished  on  a  scale  of  mag- 
nificence seldom  equalled,  parties  are  catered  to  with  the  utmost 
skill,  while  the  house  is  conducted  on  both  the  American  and  Euro- 
pean plan.  In  the  management  of  the  house  every  detail  has  been 
reduced  to  a  complete  and  perfect  system,  having  for  its  aim  the 
convenience  and  comfort  of  guests.  Special  rates  are  given  to  per- 
manent guests,  and  the  theatre  and  traveling  patronage  is  large,  first- 
class,  and  influential  at  all  seasons  of  the  year. 

JAMES  LYNDE  &  CO.,  Funeral  Directors,  Warerooms,  No.  277 
Broadway.— The  undertaking  establishment  of  James  Lynde 
&  Co.  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  Chelsea,  and  has  been  ear- 
ned on  for  more  than  twenty  years.  Mr.  Lynde  has  had  an 
experience  in  the  calling  extending  over  forty  years,  and  was  for 
some  time  previous  to  his  locating  in  this  city  foreman  and  manager 
for  Lewis  Jones  &  Co.,  undertakers,  of  Boston.  His  son,  J.  B.  Lynde, 
has  full  charge  of  the  business,  his  father  having  retired,  and  under 
the  present  firm  name  they  have  become  widely  known  throughout 
this  section  as  gentlemen  well-fitted  for  the  delicate  and  responsible 
duties  of  the  funeral-furnisher  and  director,  and  may  always  be  relied 
upon  in  the  fullest  confidence  in  the  discharge  of  them.  Their  per- 
sonal supervision  is  given  to  the  management  of  funerals,  and  they 
furnish  such  caskets,  coffins,  and  requirements  that  are  needed.  In 
the  prosecution  of  the  calling  Mr.  Lynde  and  his  son  are  careful  and 
considerate  and  have  a  natural  adaptation  to  it.  The  office  and  ware- 
rooms  are  tastefully  fltted-up,  and  contain  a  general  assortment  of 
funeral-furnishings  of  every  kind  and  description  Mr.  Lynde  is  one 
of  the  old-esteemed,  popular  residents  of  Chelsea.  His  son,  J.  B. 
Lynde,  was  born  here.  He  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  all  the  duties 
of  his  calling,  and  like  his  father  will  be  found  faithful,  obliging,  and 
courteous.  Calls  at  all  hours  receive  the  immediate  attention  of  the 
firm. 


CITY     OF     CHELSEA. 


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McCANN  &  CO.,  Real  Estate  and  Insurance,  No.  292  Broadway, 
Chelsea;  No.  247  Washington  Street,  Boston.— None  in  the 
real-estate  business  in  this  city  has  promoted  and  advanced 
the  interests  of  the  city  more  than  Mr.  J.  A.  McCann,  the 
head  and  founder  of  the  firm  of  McCann  &  Co.,  real-estate  operators 
and  insurance  agents.  He  is  largely  interested  in  real-estate  opera- 
tions on  bis  own  account  and  for  others,  and  is  the  owner  of  much 
valuable  property  and  building-sites  in  the  city  and  throughout 
Suffolk  County.  He  has  a  wide  acquaintance  among  capitalists, 
and  is  an  authority  upon  real-estate  matters,  and  is  always  on  the 
market  to  buy  or  sell  on  his  own  account  or  on  commission  on 
order.  Among  his  recent  operations  on  his  own  individual  account, 
was  the  purchase  of  a  large  tract  of  land  hi  Revere,  which  has  been 
divided  into  building-lots,  and  are  now  being  offered  on  the  mart  at  ad 
vantageous  terms.  He  has  also  bought  and  rebuilt  and  fitted  up  a 
number  of  buildings  and  dwellings  in  this  city,  and  always  has  a 
great  amount  of  valuable  property  throughout  the  section,  to  which 
the  attention  of  investors  or  those  seeking  homes  is  directed.  As  an 
insurance  agent,  Mr.  McCann  represents  the  American  Central  Insur- 
ance Company  of  St.  Louis,  the  Western  of  Toronto,  the  .-Etna  and 
the  Hartford  of  Hartford ;  the  London  of  London,  and  the  Lancashire 
of  Lancashire,  both  of  England.  These  are  among  the  solid,  strong 
companies  of  the  world,  prompt  and  attentive  in  the  settlement  of  all 
just  claims,  and  well  worthy  the  confidence  of  the  public.  The  largest 
risks  are  accepted  by  Mr.  McCann,  who  can  quote  the  lowest  rates  of 
premium  and  guarantee  a  prompt,  liberal  adjustment  of  all  losses. 


HERBET  H.  CARTER,  Funeral  Director,  Office  and  Residence, 
No.  331  Broadway.— A  prominent  house  in  Chelsea,  and 
well  deserving  of  more  than  passing  comment,  is  that  of 
Mr.  Herbert  H.  Carter,  which  was  established  originally 
in  1868  by  Mr.  Henry  Noyes,  who,  in  order  to  enjoy  better  facilities 
for  the  prosecution  of  the  business,  removed  to  this  location  in 
1878,  which  comprises  a  two-story  substantial  structure,  20x70  feet 
in  dimensions,  where  he  remained  until  his  untimely  and  regretted 
decease  in  September,  1888,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  his  step-son, 
the  present  proprietor.  Mr.  Carter  is  a  thoroughly  experienced  man 
in  this  business,  having  acquired  it  by  long  association  with  this  estab- 
lishment, and  in  connection  with  its  duties  is  prepared  to  execute  the 
difficult  process  of  embalming  with  the  most  successful  results  in  all 
cases  that  have  been  left  to  his  charge.  His  office  and  warerooms 
are  of  spacious  dimensions  and  very  appropriately  appointed  in  all 
its  furnishings.  He  does  work  for  the  Chelsea  Marine  Hospital, 
also  for  the  Soldiers'  Home  of  Chelsea.  In  his  warerooms  will  be 
found  a  full  and  complete  assortment  of  every  variety  and  grade  of 
caskets,  cases,  coffins,  likewise  corpse  preservers,  burial  robes,  im- 
plements of  sacred  religious  rites,  and  all  classes  of  undertaking 
goods,  his  stock  coming  principally' from  the  reliable  and  well-known 
house  of  the  Stein  Manufacturing  Co.,  of  Boston.  Every  requisite 
for  funerals  is  provided,  and,  when  desired,  full  charge  is  taken  from 
the  moment  of  decease  until  the  last  sad  rites  at  the  grave  are  per- 
formed, thereby  relieving  relatives  and  friends  from  all  cares  and 
annoyances  in  their  bereavement.  Mr.  Carter  is  a  native  of  this 
state  and  has  been  a  resident  of  Chelsea  ever  since  1875. 


EC.  SPARROW,  Stationery,  Toys,  Periodicals,  and  Fancy  Arti- 
cles No.  296  Broadway. — The  popular  concern  of  Mr.  E 
m  C.  Sparrow,  dealer  in  stationery,  toys,  periodicals,  and 
fancy  articles,  has  become  the  popular  resort  for  those  desir- 
ing any  articles  in  his  line  of  trade.  Mr.  Sparrow  is  a  native  of  this 
state,  and  before  coming  to  this  city  was  engaged  in  the  same  busi- 
ness on  Cambridge  Street,  Boston,  for  a  period  of  seven  years.  He 
removed  here  and  opened  his  present  enterprise  in  this  location  in 
1886.  The  premises  utilized  comprise  a  spacious  store  20x50  feet  in 
dimensions,  which  is  very  tastefully  appointed  and  fully  provided 
with  every  convenience.  Here  will  be  found  at  all  times  a  superior 
assortment  of  fine  stationery,  embracing  fine  foreign  and  domestic 
linen,  plain  and  fancy  letter  and  note  paper,  with  envelopes  to  match 
playing  and  visiting  cards,  inks,  pens,  paper-weights,  and  cutters, 
diaries,  memorandum  books,  stenographer's  pads,  pencils,  ink-wells, 
portfolios,  games  of  all  kinds,  game  counters,  souvenir  albums;  like- 
wise fine  cutlery,  such  as  razors,  pocket-knives,  ink-erasers,  scissors, 
fishing  tackle  of  every  description,  and  in  the  line  of  fancy  articles, 
plush  toilet-cases  and  sets,  manicure  sets,  collar,  cuff,  handkerchief, 


and  glove  boxes,  smoking  and  shaving  sets,'writing'desks ,  scrapbooks, 
and  an  endless  variety  of  other  fancy  articles  for  use  and  ornament, 
likewise  toys  of  every  description  in  bewildering  profusion,  etc.  Mr. 
Sparrow  deals  very  extensively  in  musical  merchandise,  and  keeps 
constantly  on  hand  a  fine  stock  of  violins,  guitars,  banjos,  concertinas, 
accordions,  xylophones,  autoharps,  music  boxes,  flutes,  fifes,  etc. 
He  is  also  in  receipt  of  all  the  leading  periodicals,  family,  sporting, 
dramatic,  story,  and  scientific  weeklies  soon  as  published. 


PJ.  THOMAS,  Merchant  Tailor,  No.  209  Broadway.  -Among  the 
custom  artistic  tailors  in  this  community  there  are  none 
B  more  prominent  or  more  thoroughly  capable  of  cutting  and 
fitting  wearing  apparel  than  Mr.  P.  J.  Thomas,  who  has  been 
engaged  in  the  business  in  this  city  since  1882.  The  custom  with  which 
he  is  favored  is  derived  from  among  the  best  class  of  the  citizens. 
The  stock  of  goods  in  the  piece  which  is  always  kept  up  to  a  full  stand- 
ard is  never  less  in  value  than  $4000,  and  embraces  in  its  assortment 
the  very  finest  and  best  products  of  both  foreign  and  American  man- 
ufacture, and  includes  in  its  variety  in  everything  fashionable,  season- 
able, and  desirable.  Mr.  Thomas  makes  a  specialty  of  strictly  first- 
class  work.  He  is  always  among  the  first  to  bring  out  the  new  styles 
and  fashions,  and  has  acquired  a  first-class  reputation  not  only  as  a 
first-class  cutter  and  merchant  tailor,  but  also  for  his  excellent 
judgment  as  to  quality,  style,  and  desirability  of  goods  when  buying 
stock.  He  was  born  and  brought  up  in  the  community,  and  is  well 
and  favorably  known.  He  is  one  of  the  leading  merchant  tailors  in 
the  city,  and  fully  guarantees  every  garment  coming  from  his  hands 
to  be  perfect  in  every  respect. 


GEORGE  DYER,  Hack,  Boarding,  Livery  and  Sales  Stable,  No. 
97  Second  Street.— George  Dyer  has  become  very  popular  hi 
catering  to  the  wants  of  the  public  in  the  livery  business. 
His  establishment  is  in  every  respect  a  most -important  and 
essential  convenience  to  the  people  of  this  community.  The  premises 
are  commodious  and  consist  of  a  stable  two  stories  in  height  and 
100x125  feet  in  dimensions,  which  is  fitted  up  with  stables  for  60  head 
of  horses,  and  also  two  largj  rooms,  each  75x50  feet,  for  the  storage  of 
carriages.  The  premises  are  always  kept  neat  and  clean,  and  in  the 
livery  department  the  utmost  care  is  taken  that  hacks  and  carriages 
sent  out  are  well  supplied  with  each  requisite  conducive  to  the  com- 
fort and  safety  of  the  patrons,  while  funerals,  wedding,  parties,  etc., 
receive  special  attention.  The  boarding  department,  like  all  other 
portions  of  the  premises,  is  thoroughly  ventilated  and  admirably 
adopted  to  the  care  of  horses,  and  Mr.  Dyer  has  in  his  stable  some  of 
the  very  best  driving  and  draught  horses  belonging  to  the  citizens,  and 
always  has  in  his  charge  not  less  than  about  thirty.  The  sales  de- 
partment is  an  important  branch,  and  one  to  which  the  proprietor 
gives  strict  attention.  He  is  a  first-class  expert  judge  of  horses,  and 
buys  and  makes  sales  on  order.  The  stock  of  horses  and  carriages 
he  owns  are  among  the  best  in  the  city,  particularly  saddle  horses  for 
ladies  and  gentlemen,  which  are  well  broken  and  of  handsome, 
stylish  appearance.  Mr.  Dyer  is  from  Maine  and  was  formerly  in  the 
livery  business  in  Gorham  in  that  state.  He  has  been  established  in 
this  city  since  1880. 

WL.  DRAKE,  Surgeon  Dentist,  No.  3;i8  Broadway.— Among 
the  eminent  professional  gentlemen  in  this  city  there  are 
B  none  so  well  known  and  popular  as  Dr.  W.  L.  Drake,  who 
has  for  many  years  given  his  attention  to  all  branches 
connected  with  it,  and  won  an  enviable  reputation  and  gained  distinc- 
tion for  the  care  and  skill  he  exercises  in  all  operations.  He  occupies 
a  foremost  position  among  the  members  of  his  profession  in  the  state, 
and  is  thoroughly  proficient  and  practically  expert,  particularly  in  the 
most  difficult  and  delicate  surgical  operations,  and  in  filling  and  the 
preservation  of  the  natural  teeth,  and  in  extracting  by  painless  proc 
esses.  His  superb  artificial  work  is  unexcelled.  Dr.  Drake  is  from 
the  state  of  Maine  originally,  and  during  the  sixteen  years  he  has  been 
a  resident  of  this  city  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  he  has 
become  very  popular,  and  was  for  a  period  of  two  years  an  efficient 
member  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  and  during  a  term  of  four  years  a 
member  of  the  city  council.  All  the  new  processes  and  methods  that 
have  been  introduced  in  the  surgical  and  mechanical  departments  of 
dentistry  are  provided  and  brought  into  requisition  in  bis  practice 


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ANDREW  J.  BACON  &  CO.,  Groceries  and  Provisions,  Poultry 
and  Game.  Yacht  Supplies,  etc.,  Corner  Broadway,  Tremont, 
and  Williams  Street.— This  time-honored  and.deserved  popular 
store  was  originally  established  in  1850  by  the  firm  of  Went 
worth  &  Mantor,  and  in  1886  the  style  changed  to  Wentworth  &  Bacon, 
the  present  senior  member  some  few  years  subsequently  assuming  sole 
control,  and  under  the  firm  name  of  Andrew  J.  Bacon  &  Co.,  the  busi- 
ness has  since  been  continued  with  uninterrupted  success,  William  A. 
Bacon  (son  of  Andrew  J.,)  being  admitted  into  partnership  in  1885, 
and,  since  the  retirement  of  his  father  to  his  farm  at  Pembroke  some 
four  years  ago,  has  had  entire  charge.  The  store,  which  has  a  frontage 
of  100  feet  on  Broadway,  with  equal  dimensions  on  Tremont  Street, 
occupies  the  whole  of  a  three-story  building,  and  is  neatly  fitted  up  and 
excellently  arranged  throughout.  The  sttfck,  which  is  something  im- 
mense and  finely  assorted,  comprises  choicest  teas  and  coffees,  fresh 
and  pure  spices,  condiments,  baking-powder,  sugars,  syrups,  canned 
goods  in  great  variety,  dried  fruit,  prepared  cereals,  sauces,  preserves, 
pickles,  olives,  and  other  palatable  relishes,  prime  quality  dairy  but- 
ter, cheese,  and  eggs,  fine  stall-fed  beef,  Vermont  pork,  choice  hams, 
bacon,  lard,  sausages,  smoked  meats,  poultry  and  game  in  season; 
also  best  brands  of  family  flour,  rice,  meal,  beans,  peas,  salt,  soda, 
saleratus,  molasses,  vinegar,  oils,  etc.,  also  a  fine  line  of  fruits, 
vegetables,  yacht  supplies  and  ship  stores.  Four  courteous  clerks 
and  bookkeeper  attend  to  the  wants  of  customers,  while  three  teams 
are  in  steady  service ;  all  orders  by  telephone  (5252)  or  mail  receiving 
immediate  attention.  Mr.  Bacon  the  elder  is  one  of  Chelsea's 
stanchest  and  most  respected  citizens,  serving  in  the  Common  Coun- 
cil from  1873  to  1876,  and  in  the  Board  of  Aldermen  for  two  years  sub- 
sequently and  was  the  efficient  mayor  of  the  city  in  1877-1878. 

LOUD  &  STONE,  Bread,  Cake  and  Pastry  Bakers,  No.  357 
Broadway.— Special  attention  is  directed  to  the  establish 
ment  of  Messrs.  Loud  &  Stone,  the  well-known  bread,  cake 
and  pastry  bakers.  The  copartners,  are  Messrs.  John  C. 
Loud  and  Arthur  C.  Stone,  the  former  having  been  identified  with 
this  branch  of  industry  for  many  years,  and  combined  their  resources 
and  abilities  to  form  the  present  firm  in  August,  1888,  purchasing  the 
stand  of  L.  E.  Curtis  &  Co,  which  wac  formerly  known  as  the  Excel- 
sior Bakery.  This  they  have  fitted  up  in  a  thoroughly  first  class  and 
elegant  manner,  and  have  already  built  up  a  trade  that  is  at  once 
extensive,  permanent  and  prosperous.  Making  and  handling  a  very 
superior  class  of  goods,  and  devoting  untiring  attention  to  the  wants 
of  customers,  the  result  could  hardly  have  been  otherwise  than  the 
success  that  has  attended  their  efforts.  Wedding-cake  is  made  to 
order  at  the  shortest  notice.  They  make  a  specialty  of  fine  bread, 
which  is  acknowledged  by  the  general  public  to  be  the  best  made  in 
Chelsea.  They  also  pride  themselves  on  their  pastry  which  they 
claim  to  be  second  to  none  made  in  the  city.  Hot-baked  beans  are 
prepared  and  ready  every  Saturday  at  five  o'clock,  while  the  prices 
which  prevail  are  eminently  fair  and  equitable.  Mr.  Loud  is  a 
native  of  the  state  of  Maine,  and  for  over  18  years  was  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  J.  C.  &  E.  A.  Loud,  bakers,  on  Prince  Street,  Boston. 
Mr.  Stone  was  born  in  New  Hampshire,  and  was  formerly  a  member 
of  the  wholesale  flour  and  provision  firm  of  Wright  Bros. ,  Stone  &  Co., 
of  Boston. 


CH.'  FAUNCE,  Undertaker  and  Embalmer,  No.  399  Broad 
way. — In  all  that  appertains  to  obsequies  and  interments 
B  the  United  States  is  immeasurably  in  advance  of  any  country 
in  the  world.  And  here  the  calling  of  the  undertaker  has 
developed  to  the  plane  of  a  veritable  profession,  some  branches  of 
the  business,  notably  embalming,  being  conducted  upon  exact  scien- 
tific principles.  Among  the  leading  representatives  of  this  useful  and 
indispensable  profession  in  Chelsea,  may  be  mentioned  the  name  of 
C.  H.  Faunce,  whose  well-ordered  office  and  warerooms  are  centrally 
located  at  No.  399  Broadway,  and  than  whom  none  engaged  in  this  line 
in  the  city  maintains  a  better  reputation,  as  few  enjoy  a  larger 
measure  of  popular  favor.  Mr.  Faunee,  who  is  a  comparatively 
young  man,  and  a  native  of  Oxford,  Me.,  is  a  gentleman  of  courteous 
manners  and  the  highest  personal  integrity  as  well  as  of  skill  and 
thorough  experience,  having  formerly  been  associated  in  business 
with  his  father  for  ten  years  at  Great  Falls,  N.  H.  In  May,  1888,  he 
bought  out  George  Studley  (who  had  been  established  here  some 
twenty  years),  and  has  since  conducted  the  business  with  uninterrupted 
success.  Mr.  Faunce  occupies  commodious  and  well-equipped  quar- 


ters, at  No.  399  Broadway,  and  keeps  on  hand  always  a  complete  and 
fine  assortment  of  everything  in  the  line  of  funeral  requisites,  includ- 
ing superb  caskets,  coffins,  robes,  shrouds,  trimmings,  etc..  while  an 
efficient  assistant  is  in  attendance  likewise.  Undertaking  in  all  its 
branches  is  attended  to  in  the  most  expeditious  and  superior  manner, 
at  the  most  moderate  rates,  no  pains  being  spared  to  render  the  fullest 
satisfaction  in  every  instance.  Remains  are  prepared  for  burial,  and 
embalmed  when  desired,  interments  are  procured  in  any  of  the  sur- 
rounding cemeteries,  while  funerals  are  personally  conducted  in 
first-class  style,  and,  altogether,  Mr.  Faunce  receives  a  highly  gratify- 
ing patronage. 

ET.  CUNNINGHAM  &  SON,  Plain  and  Artistic  Paper- Hangings 
and  Window-Shades,  No.  420  Broadway.— Among  the  old 
B  popular  representative  business  men  in  this  city,  there  are 
probably  none  more  favorably  known  than  Mr.  E.  T.  Cun- 
ningham, who  is  from  the  state  of  Maine  originally  and  has  lived  in 
this  community  nearly  half  a  century.  From  1880  to  1887  he  was  in 
business  with  his  son  Mr.  C.  C.  Cunningham,  the  accomplished  mu- 
sician, and  carried  on  quite  an  extensive  trade  as  dealer  in  musical 
merchandise  and  paper-hangings.  In  the  latter  year  the  partner- 
ship was  dissolved  and  the  business  divided,  Mr.  Cunningham  giving 
his  attention  to  the  wall-paper  department,  and  his  son  to  that  devoted 
to  music  and  musical  mercnandise.  The  stock  in  its  assortment  is 
one  of  the  largest  and  most  complete  in  the  city,  and  embraces  paper 
hangings  of  every  kind  and  description,  from  the  plainest  to  the 
richest  and  most  beautiful  and  fashionable  in  handsome  designs  and 
patterns  in  figures  and  flowers,  in  gold  and  harmoniously  blended 
colors  and  tints,  and  also  handsome  centre-pieces  and  high-art  artistic 
decoration.  There  is  also  displayed  here  a  general  line  of  window- 
shades  of  all  kinds  and  fixtures.  Paper-hanging  and  the  decoration 
of  interiors  is  a  feature  of  the  business. 

WA.  NICKERSON,  Plumbing  in  all  its  branches,  Manufac- 
turer and  Dealer  in  Stoves,  Ranges,  Furnaces,  and 
B  Kitchen-Furnishing  Goods,  No.  309  Broadway.— This  gen- 
tleman is  an  extensive  dealer  in  stoves,  ranges,  furnaces, 
and  kitchen-furnishing  goods,  and  is  also  prepared  to  execute 
plumbing  in  all  its  branches.  He  originally  started  in  business 
in  1860,  in  Boston,  as  a  dealer  in  paper-stock,  and  as  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Hill  &  Nickerson.  In  1865  he  embarked  in  his  present  busi- 
ness as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Cate  &  Nickerson,  continuing  it  until 
the  great  fire  of  '72,  in  which  he  suffered  a  loss  of  $50.000.  In  '83  he 
came  to  Chelsea,  and  has  since  conducted  a  flourishing  and  steadily 
increasing  business.  At  his  spacious  store  is  to  be  found  a  complete 
stock  of  stoves,  ranges,  tin- ware,  and  plumbers'  goods,  all  of  which  are 
procured  direct  from  the  most  famous  manufacturers  in  the  country. 
In  tin,  sheet-iron  and  copper- ware  and  in  every  description  of  kitchen- 
furnishing  goods,  the  stock  recommends  its  own  merits  to  the  patron- 
age of  buyers.  Employment  is  given  to  a  large  force  of  skilled  work- 
men in  the  line  of  plumbing,  tin-smithing,  gas-fitting,  roofing  and 
spouting,  and  all  kinds  of  jobbing  and  repairing,  and  every  facility  is 
at  hand  for  guaranteeing  the  prompt  and  perfect  fulfilment  of  all 
orders  and  commissions.  Mr.  Nickerson  is  a  Vermonter  by  birth,  an 
experienced  merchant  and  successful  business  man. 

SS.  TUKEY,  Hardware,  Cutlery,  and  Tools,  No.  191  Winnisim- 
met  Street.— The  house  of  Mr.  S.  S.  Tukey  is  the  largest 
„  in  the  hardware  trade  in  Chelsea.  The  spacious  salerooms 
are  eligibly  located  for  trade  purposes,  and  perfect  in 
convenience  of  arrangement  for  inspection  and  sale.  The  several 
departments  are  filled  with  an  elaborate  and  diversified  stock,  em- 
bracing builders'  and  general  hardware,  shelf  goods  and  cabinet 
hardware,  carpenters',  mechanics'  and  machinists'  tools,  table  and 
pocket  cutlery,  paints,  oils  and  varnishes,  plumbers'  materials,  all 
sizes  of  Akron  drain-pipe,  and  kitchen-furnishing  goods  in  great 
variety  and  profusion.  These  supplies  are  purchased  in  vast  quanti- 
ties direct  from  the  manufacturers,  and  special  attention  is  given  to 
the  character  and  quality  of  the  productions.  Significant  advantages 
are  extended  to  customers  in  the  matter  of  prices,  and  all  the  re- 
sources of  the  house  are  used  to  promote  the  best  interests  of  its 
patrons.  A  heavy  demand  is  ministered  to  in  this  city  and  through- 
out the  surrounding  country,  and  the  business  is  continually  growing. 
Mr.  Tukey  has  resided  in  Chelsea  for  the  past  twenty  years,  and  was 
formerly  a  large  manufacturer  of  fire-brick  near  Chelsea  bridge. 
He  is  ably  assisted  in  his  present  business  by  his  two  sons. 


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ASHER  F.  BLACK'S  HOUSE  FURNISHING  WAREROOMS, 
No.  374  Broadway.— This  extensive  and  justly  popular  estab- 
lishment is  the  headquarters  for  furniture  and  carpets,  stoves 
and  ranges,  refrigerators  and  kitchen-furnishing  goods  of 
every  description,  also,  for  baby-carriages,  and  pianos  and  organs  of 
the  best  makes.  The  proprietor  is  thoroughly  experienced,  gives 
close  and  careful  study  to  the  changing  demands  of  public  taste,  and 
cultivates  the  resources  of  his  establishment  with  sound  judgment 
and  liberal  enterprise.  Previous  to  1873  he  was  for  some  years  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  furniture  in  the  city  of  Boston,  and  in 
the  year  named  he  removed  his  business  to  Chelsea,  continuing  the 
manufacture  till  1875,  when  he  opened  extensive  furniture  ware- 
rooms  in  the  old  Pythian  Rink.  Here  he  occupies  over  20,000  square 
feet  of  floor  space,  and  possesses  unequalled  facilities  for  conducting 
all  branches  of  the  business  under  the  most  favorable  auspices  and 
upon  the  largest  scale.  A  branch  store  is  also  operated  at  Maiden, 
which  was  opened  in  1886,  and  at  each  place  a  stock  of  goods  is 
carried  valued  at  $10,000.  The  Pythian  warerooms  in  this  city  are 
recognized  as  forming  the  finest  furniture  establishment  in  Massa- 
chusetts. The  furniture,  which  is  carried  in  magnificent  assortment, 
ranges  in  quality  from  the  plainest  to  the  most  elaborate,  while 
many  beautiful  specimens  of  mechanical  skill  and  excellence  are 
shown  in  parlor  and  bedroom  suites,  and  chairs,  sofas  and  side- 
boards, which  arrest  the  attention  and  win  the  admiration  of  critical 
and  discriminating  buyers.  In  the  carpet  department  a  fine  display 
is  made,  representing  the  products  of  most  of  the  American  and  Euro- 
pean manufacturers,  and  including  all  the  latest  patterns  and  fresh- 
est novelties.  The  stock  of  stoves  and  ranges  embodies  all  the  re- 
cent improvements  made  in  both  heating  and  cooking,  and  includes 
a  full  supply  of  the  celebrated  Ware  Stove  Company's  goods,  of 
Taunton,  Mass.  All  other  goods  are  kept  in  the  same  variety  and 
abundance.  Prices  are  placed  at  the  lowest  point  of  moderation, 
and  a  specialty  is  made  of  the  popular  instalment  plan,  which  en- 
ables people  of  the  most  moderate  means  to  secure  the  choicest  goods 
with  ease  and  economy. 

GEORGE  T.  OAKES  &  CO.,  Coal,  Wood,  and  Masons'  Stock,  Hay 
and  Grain;  Office  and  Wharf,  No.  69  Marginal  Street.— This 
popular  and  prosperous  concern  was  established  in  1868  by 
.  Perkins  &  Oakes,  and  under  this  style  the  business  was  car- 
ried on  for  about  nine  years,  when  Mr.  Oakes  assumed  sole  control 
and  under  the  firm  name  that  heads  the  sketch,  has  since  been  con- 
ducted with  uninterrupted  success.  The  wharf  and  premises  are 
285  feet  deep,  with  100  feet  water  frontage,  and  have  ample  and  com- 
plete facilities  in  eluding  telephone  connection  (74-2);  all  orders  receiv- 
ing immediate  attention,  and  customers  are  assured  of  getting  an 
excellent  article,  full  weight,  and  satisfactory  service  in  every  in- 
stance. A  very  heavy  and  first-class  stock  is  constantly  carried 
on  hand,  comprising  best  quality  Delaware  &  Hudson  Canal  Co.'s 
genuine  Lacka wanna  coal,  carefully  screened,  and  making  a  specialty 
in  Shamokin  coal,  also  soft  coal.  They  carry  also  a  large  stock  of  lime, 
cement,  plaster,  sand,  brick,  hair,  drain-pipe,  hay  and  grain,  while 
quite  a  large  force  are  employed,  and  a  number  of  teams  are  in 
steady  service  supplying  customers  throughout  the  city  and  sur- 
rounding towns.  Mr.  Oakes  is  a  gentleman  of  entire  reliability  in 
his  business  relations,  as  well  as  a  man  of  energy  and  enterprise. 


CE.  BROWN,  Photographer,  No.  280  Broadway.— Mr.  C.  E. 
Brown  has  always  held  a  most  enviable  reputation  for  his 
„  artistic  productions  and  superior  business  management.  He 
is  a  native  of  New  Hampshire,  but  has  been  a  resident  of  this 
state  for  many  years,  and  prior  to  his  becoming  a  resident  of  this 
city,  was  engaged  in  the  same  line  of  industry  in  Boston  for  a  period 
of  fifteen  years.  Seeing  an  advantageous  opening  for  a  first-class 
photographic  artist  here,  he  removed  in  1884,  fitted  up  his  present 
gallery,  and  the  success  he  has  achieved  since  that  date  has  been  of 
the  most  flattering  character.  His  reception-parlor  and  office  are 
elegantly  furnished,  while  in  his  operating  rooms  will  be  found  all  the 
latest  appliances  and  devices  known  to  the  art,  including  the  light  ac- 
cessories, plain  and  landscape  and  other  properties  for  backgrounds 
and  effects.  Mr.  Brown  is  prepared  to  execute  photography  in  all  its 
branches,  and  produces  in  all  his  work  the  best  and  most  beautiful 
effects.  Pictures  are  taken  by  the  new  instantaneous  and  flash-pro- 
cesses, and  sitters  are  thus  enabled  to  obtain  accurate  and  perfect 


pictures.  Photographs  of  all  sizes  from  the  smallest  miniature  for 
locket  life-size  are  taken,  also  old  pictures  are  recopied  and  enlarged, 
etc.  Portraits  are  likewise  made  in  oils,  water-colors,  pastelle,  crayon, 
and  India-ink.  The  great  secret  of  success  in  this  art  is  the  natural, 
easy,  and  life-like  pose  given  to  the  subject,  and  as  these  qualifications 
are  possessed  by  Mr.  Brown,  his  pictures  present  a  true  and  correct 
presentiment  of  the  original.  He  is  ably  assisted  by  first-class  and 
skilful  artists. 


BROADWAY  HOUSE,  Broadway  Square,  H.  A.  Gustavon,  Man- 
ager.—One  of  the  most  popular  citizens  of  Chelsea  is  without 
doubt,  Mr.  H.  A.  Gustavson,  the  well-known  restaurant  and 
manager  of  the  Broadway  House  adjoining  the  Academy  of 
Music.  The  house  is  very  commodious,  and  presents  a  front  of  50  feet 
on  Broadway  Square,  and  extends  through  to  Park  Street  a  distance 
of  150  feet.  It  is  a  three-story  structure,  and  besides  the  restaurant 
caf6  and  dining-room  and  parlors  has  30  neatly  furnished  sleeping- 
rooms  all  well  ventilated  and  lighted.  Mr.  Gustavson,  who  is  from 
Sweden,  has  been  in  this  country  over  20  years,  and  was  for  a  long 
time  connected  with  Young's  and  the  United  States  Hotels  in  Boston. 
He  is  a  practical  caterer  and  cook,  and  furnishes  the  very  best  meals 
and  all  the  substantials  and  dainties  in  an  unusually  good  style,  served 
by  attendants  more  than  ordinarily  prompt  and  obliging.  The  res- 
taurant and  cafe  are  open  from  6  A.M.  to  12  midnight,  and  on  Sundays 
from  8  A.M.  to  10  P.M.  Dinner  is  served  daily  at  twenty -five  cents,  and 
special  dishes  are  cooked  to  order  and  hot  and  cold  lunches  are  served 
in  the  caf6  at  reasonable  prices.  Permanent  boarders  are  accommo- 
dated at  from  $5.00  per  week  and  upwards,  and  rooms  are  to  let  by 
the  day  or  week.  Special  rates  are  given  theatrical  people,  and  meal 
checks  are  sold  at  a  discount.  A  gong  connected  with  the  Academy 
stage  is  in  the  caf6  which  announces  the  rising  of  the  curtain  to  those 
who  come  out  between  the  acts. 


JOHN  N.  AMES,  Apothecary,  Corner  of  Broadway  and  William 
Streets  —Among  the  best-informed  and  most  reliable  houses 
engaged  in  this  industry  in  Chelsea,  is  that  of  Mr.  John 
N.  Ames,  apothecary,  which  has  always  been  distinguished  for 
the  excellence  of  its  goods,  and  high  order  of  management.  Mr. 
Ames  is  a  native  of  this  state  and  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city  ever 
since  1874.  Thoroughly  learned  and  practical  to  all  branches  of  his 
profession,  he  founded  this  establishment  on  his  own  responsibilty  • 
originally  in  1874,  and  by  the  superior  quality  of  his  goods,  and  the 
eminent  satisfaction  rendered  in  compounding  physicians'  prescrip- 
tions and  family  recipes,  he  rapidly  attracted  a  large  and  first-class 
patronage.  His  store  occupies  a  corner  position  and  is  very  neatly  ar- 
ranged, the  importance  of  the  dispensing  department  being  recognized 
and  provided  with  a  separate  department  and  provided  with  every  ap- 
pliance and  device  known  for  securing  accuracy  and  safety,  in  which 
none  but  the  most  reliable  assistants  are  employed,  and  orders  for 
this  branch  of  the  trade  are  filled  promptly  at  all  hours  of  the  day  or 
night.  His  stock  is  large  and  complete,  embracing  only  pure  and 
fresh  drugs,  chemicals  and  pharmaceutical  preparations,  all  pro- 
prietary medicines  of  well-known  merit  and  efficiency,  toilet  and 
fancy  articles,  perfumery,  stationery,  physicians'  and  surgeons'  re- 
quisites, druggists'  sundries — in  fact,  everything  pertaining  to  a  first-  ( 
class  and  well-regulated  pharmacy. 


WF.  BAKER,  Dry  and  Fancy  Goods,  No.  304  Broadway.— 
The  reputation  of  the  popular  dry  and  fancy  goods 
m  house  of  Mr.  W  F.  Baker  began  with  the  establishment 
to  1882  and  from  that  date  it  has  never  waned,  but  has 
been  steadily  growing  and  the  trade  constantly  expanding.  The  store 
which  presents  a  front  of  20  with  a  depth  of  60  feet,  is  a  model  of  con- 
venience, and  in  its  arrangement  admirably  adapted  in  every  particu- 
lar for  the  purposes  of  the  business,  and  contains  an  unusually  fine 
line  of  staple  and  fancy  dry-goods  of  every  description,  embracing  to 
the  assortment  new  beautiful  styles  and  patterns  in  dress  fabrics  and 
silks,  and  also  notions,  trimmings,  gloves,  hosiery,  laces,  white  goods, 
small  wares  and  woollens,  and  all  kinds  of  domestics.  Mr.  Baker,  who 
is  widely  known  and  popular  in  this  community,  was  born  in  Mass. , 
and  for  a  period  of  15  years  was  with  the  great  jobbing- house  of 
Ordway,  Blodgett  &  Hidden  of  Boston,  and  is  familiar  with  all  the  de- 
tails of  the  dry-goods  trade,  and  is  always  on  the  alert  looking  up  rare 
bargains- to  offer  his  customers. 


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CITY     OF     CHELSEA. 


WILLIAM  H.  NORRIS,  Soap  Manufacturer,  and  Renderer  of 
Grease  and  Tallow,  Corner  Second  and  Spruce  Streets.— 
Mr.  Wm.  H.  Norris,  soap  manufacturer  and  Tenderer  of 
grease  and  tallow,  has  secured  an  enduring  hold  on  popu- 
lar favor,  owing  to  the  uniform  high  standard  of  excellence  at  which 
the  products  are  maintained.    The  soaps  produced  ha  this  concern 
are  of  a  very  superior  quality,  the  specialty  "Faultless,"  a  laundry 
soap  being  an  article  of  exceptional  merit,  and  has  an  extensive 
and  increasing  sale.    The  factory  is  a  two-story  and  basement  struc- 
ture, with  a  100  feet  front  on  Second  Street  and  118  feet  on  Spruce 
Streetx  and  is   supplied  with    ample  steam-power  and  completely 
equipped  with  the  most  improved  appliances  and  general  appurten- 
ances, while  a  number  of  hands  are  employed.    The  productions 


include,  besides  the  "Faultless,"  also  other  fine  goods  of  laundry 
soaps,  jelly-soap,  soap  shavings  and  old-fashioned  potash  soap;  a 
large,  first-class  stock  being  always  kept  on  hand,  while  an  active 
business  is  carried  on  likewise  in  rendering  grease  and  tallow  for  the 
trade,  Mr.  Norris  producing  an  excellent  brand  of  tallow  used  exten- 
sively in  the  south.  This  prosperous  enterprise  was  established  in 
1863  by  the  present  proprietor  in  Charlestown,  and  there  the  business 
was  conducted  up  to  23  years  ago,  when  in  order  to  obtain  more  ample 
facilities  to  meet  the  requirements  of  the  large  and  growing  demand, 
it  was  removed  to  the  present  commodious  quarters.  Mr.  Norris,  who 
has  for  years  been  ably  seconded  in  the  management  of  the  concern 
by  his  sons  Charles  A.  and  Harry  W.,  is  a  gentleman  in  the  full  prime 
of  life,  and  has  resided  in  Chelsea  some  thirty  odd  years. 


THE  CITY  OF  CAMBRIDGE. 


LD  CAMBRIDGE,  East  Cambridge,  North  Cambridge,  and  Cambridgeport  form  the  important 
and  growing  city  of  Cambridge,  which  is  a  semi-capital  of  Middlesex  County,  and  lies  on  the 
northwest  bank  of  the  Charles  River,  opposite  Boston,  with  which  it  is  connected  by  two 
bridges  with  long  causeways,  and  by  a  third  bridge,  now  nearing  completion.  It  is  the  seat 
of  Harvard  University,  the  oldest,  richest,  and  most  thoroughly  equipped  literary  institution 
in  the  United  States. 

OLD    CAMBRIDGE 

About  ten  years  after  the  landing  of  the  Plymouth  Pilgrims,  and  about  three  years  after  the  settlement  of 
Boston,  Governor  John  Winthrop  and  Deputy-governor  Thomas  Dudley,  with  the  advice  of  a  board  of  assist- 
ants, thought  it  advisable  to  establish  in  the  vicinity  of  the  settlement  a  "  fortified  place."  Charlestown,  Rox- 
bury,  and  Watertown  had  been  already  settled.  In  the  early  part  of  December,  1630,  a  site  was  selected  upon 
the  "  Neck,"  between  Boston  and  Roxbury.  But  this  plan  was  deemed  unsuitable  and  was  abandoned. 
Accordingly  one  day  later,  in  the  same  year,  Governor  Winthrop  and  Lieutenant-governor  Dudley  jumped  on 
horseback  and  explored  the  plains  and  swamps  and  forests  to  the  westward  in  search  of  a  capital.  The  spot 
they  finally  picked  out,  with  the  help  of  some  assistant  magnates,  was  that  of  the  present  Cambridge,  and  this 
was  held  to  be  "  a  fit  place  for  a  beautiful  town."  So,  on  the  29th  day  of  December,  a  goodly  number  of  persons 
bound  themselves  to  build  houses  there  early  in  the  spring  of  the  following  year.  The  village  they  named  New- 
town,  and  laid  out  regularly  in  squares,  the  streets  bearing  such  simple  names  as  Creek,  Wood,  and  Water ; 
while  there  were,  as  lesser  ways,  Marsk  Lane,  Back  Lane,  and  Crooked  Lane.  That  was  before  the  days  of 
aristocratic  thoroughfares  like  Brattle,  and  Craige,  and  Ellery,  and  Fayerweather  streets. 

Early  in  1631  the  houses  began  to  rise,  and  Governor  Winthrop  set  up  the  frame  of  his  dwelling  on  the 
very  spot  where  he  first  pitched  his  tent.  But  the  people  of  Boston  reminded  him  that  he  had  promised 
previously  that  he  would  never  move  away  anywhere  unless  they  accompanied  him ;  and  so,  in  the  fall  of  1631, 
he  disappointed  his  Newtown  friends  by  taking  down  the  frame  of  his  unfinished  dwelling  and  setting  it  up  in 
Boston.  Lien  ten  ant-govern  or  Dudley's  house  was  completed  meanwhile,  and  his  family  installed  therein  ; 
and  he  and  the  rest  frigidly  let  Winthrop  go  to  Boston  without  offering  to  accompany  him.  This  affair,  as 
was  natural,  caused  a  coolness  between  Winthrop  and  Dudley,  which  was  not  removed  for  several  years. 
Dudley  assumed  the  leadership  of  the  "  newe  towne,"  that  being  the  only  designation  given  to  it.  Making 
the  best  of  their  opportunities,  the  remaining  settlers  proved  so  thrifty,  and  courtly  too,  that  they  soon  began 
to  deserve  the  praise  accorded  them  by  Wood,  the  English  tourist,  some  years  afterward,  who  warmly  described 
the  place  as  "  one  of  the  neatest  and  best-compacted  towns  in  New  England,  having  many  fair  structures,  with 
many  handsome-contrived  streets.  The  inhabitants,"  added  this  complimentary  tourist,  "  are  most  of  them 


CITY     OF     CAMBRIDGE.  275 

very  rich."  In  1632,  a  number  of  settlers  from  Braintree,  England,  came  to  Newtown.  There  is  no  list  of 
inhabitants  extant  until  after  this  period,  except  this  memorandum  on  the  title  page  of  the  records :  "  The 
towne  book  of  Newtowne :  The  inhabitants  there — Mr.  Thomas  Dudley,  Esquire,  Mr.  Symon  Bradstreet,  Mr. 
Edmond  Lockwood,  Mr.  Daniell  Patrike,  John  Poole,  William  Spencer,  John  Kirman,  Symon  Sackett." 

The  first  settlers,  soon  after  their  arrival,  began  works  of  public  improvement.  In  June,  1631,  John 
Maisters  or  Masters,  having  undertaken  "  to  make  a  passage  from  Charles  Ryver  to  the  new  towne,  twelve 
foote  broad  and  seven  foot  deep,"  was  promised  satisfaction  by  the  authorities  of  Boston,  according  to  ex- 
penses incurred;  and  in  the  following  July  the  sum  of  £30  ($150)  was  levied  upon  the  surrounding  towns,  the 
"newe  towne"  being  exempt  from  the  taxation.  This  canal  was  constructed  by  the  enlargement  of  a  natural 
creek,  traces  of  which  still  exist  on  the  easterly  side  of  the  College  Wharf,  from  the  Charles  River  north  to  South 
Street.  From  this  point  it  extended  along  the  edge  of  South  and  Eliot  streets  to  Brattle  Street,  where  a  foot- 
bridge and  causeway  were  made.  In  February,  1632,  the  sum  of  £70  was  levied  upon  the  surrounding  towns 
for  the  building  of  a  "  pallysadoe  "  round  the  "  newe  towne."  The  palisade  was  built.  It  commenced  at  Brick 
Wharf  (generally  called  Windmill  Hill),  and  it  ran  alongside  the  present  Common,  in  Ward  1,  and  through 
what  was  then  a  thicket,  being  now  Jarvis  Field  and  lands  adjacent.  It  cannot  be  traced  now.  In  March,  the 
bounds  of  the  "newe  towne,"  between  Charlestown  and  Watertown,  were  defined  by  order  of  the  Court  of 
Assistants,  and  later,  in  the  same  month,  the  town  took  action  requiring  that  every  one  who  owned  any  part 
in  the  paled  land  should  keep  the  pales  in  good  and  sufficient  repair;  "and  if  it  happened  to  have  any  defect, 
he  should  mend  the  same  within  three  days,  or  pay  a  fine  of  ten  shillings."  The  course  of  this  pale  or  fenc'e 
was  from  the  college,  extending  easterly  to  the  junction  of  Ellsworth  Avenue  with  Cambridge  Street,  to  the 
line  between  Cambridge  and  Charlestown  (now  Somerville),  at  its  angle  on  Line  Street  with  Cambridge  Street ; 
thence  following  that  line  to  the  creek,  a  few  rods  easterly  from  the  track  of  the  railroad.  Beginning  again 
at  the  point  first  mentioned,  the  palisade  extended  southerly  to  the  marsh  near  the  junction  of  Holyoke  Place 
with  Mount  Auburn  Street.  In  the  following  August,  there  was  ar.  accession  to  the  "  newe  towne  "  from  Eng- 
land by  Rev.  Mr.  Hooker,  who  brought  with  him  a  considerable  number  of  people,  and  a  meeting-house  was 
erected  on  what  is  now  Dunster  Street.  That  part  of  the  eastward  now  known  as  East  Cambridge  and  Cam- 
bridgeport  were  then  called  under  the  general  name  of  the  "  Neck,"  and  consisted  of  an  upland  pasture, 
swamp,  and  marsh.  The  upland  and  marsh  at  East  Cambridge  was  known  by  the  name  of  "Graves,  his 
Neck." 

The  new  town  was  composed  of  a  dozen  streets  in  the  space  that  is  now  bounded  by  Harvard,  Brattle, 
Eliot,  South  Holyoke,  and  Bow  Streets,  this  space  being  inclosed  in  the  paling.  Along  the  river  southerly 
was  a  succession  of  marshes,  the  tract  now  bounded  by  North  Avenue,  Garden,  and  Linnaean  streets  being  set 
apart  as  a  "  cow  common,"  this  being  the  present  Common,  in  which  the  Soldiers'  Monument  stands  to-day. 

In  1634,  the  Newtown  people  began  to  complain  of  being  overcrowded,  and  loudly  talked,  some  of  them, 
of  moving  to  Connecticut.  To  that  region  the  origina)  Bramtree  settlers,  to  the  number  of  one  hundred, 
accordingly  departed  two  years  later,  headed  by  their  minister,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker,  and  driving  with 
them  150  cattle.  The  same  year,  1636,  this  migratory  church  was  replaced  in  Newtown  by  a  permanent  or- 
ganization,  under  the  Rev.  Thomas  Shepard,  a  recent  arrival  from  England ;  and  the  fortunes  of  the  town  were 
also  bettered  by  the  establishment  in  it  of  the  Colony's  first  school,  endowed  by  the  General  Court  with  £400, 
Nearly  all  the  ministers  of  the  Colony  happened  to  be  from  the  University  of  Cambridge,  in  England,  and  most 
of  them,  too,  from  a  single  one  of  its  colleges,  Emanuel.  The  neighboring  Charlestown  clergyman,  the  Rev. 
John  Harvard,  a  scholarly  and  gentle  graduate  of  Emanuel,  took  from  the  first  a  hearty  interest  in  the  Newtown 
school;  and,  dying  in  1638,  he  left  to  it  his  well-selected  library  of  three  hundred  volumes  and  half  his  for- 
tune. This  bequest  amounted,  it  is  supposed,  to  nearly  £800,  or  twice  as  much  as  the  original  gift  of  the 
General  Court;  and  such  was  the  effect  of  so  magnificent  a  gift  that  the  colonists  determined  to  raise  the  school 
to  the  grade  of  a  college,  and  to  give  to  it  the  name  of  its  benefactor.  Thus  was  founded 

THE    FAMOUS    HARVARD    COLLEGE. 

In  the  same  year,  too,  the  Cambridge  graduates  concluded  to  express  their  esteem  for  their  own  university 
by  changing  the  name  of  the  village  from  Newtown  to  Cambridge.  The  scholarly  fortunes  of  the  town  were 
also  aided  by  the  establishment  in  it  of  the  first  printing-office  in  America  north  of  Mexico>  which  was  set  up 


276  CITY     OF     CAMBRIDGE. 

in  Cambridge  in  1639,  and  the  place  soon  began  to  be  quite  a  centre  of  influence  both  in  theology  and  religion. 
In  1640,  Charlestown  Ferry  was  given  to  the  college,  which  held  it  for  a  hundred  and  fifty  years;  in  1650,  an 
act  of  incorporation  was  granted  the  president  and  fellows;  in  1652,  the  first  inn  was  established,  one  Andrew 
Belcher  being  granted  liberty  "  to  sell  beare  and  bread  ;"  in  1660,  a  bridge  was  built  over  Charles  River,  making 
the  distance  to  Boston  eight  miles;  and  in  1732  a  portion  of  the  territory  of  Cambridge,  on  the  northwest, 
was  set  off  into  a  separate  town,  Newtown — a  process  repeated  in  subsequent  years.  The  rest  of  the  civic 
history  of  Cambridge  is  dull.  It  became  a  city  in  1846;  and  early  in  the  present  century  its  trivial  commerce 
induced  the  Government  to  make  it  a  port  of  entry,  whence  Lechmere's  Point,  one  of  the  settlements  within 
the  town  limits,  became  Cambridgeport. 

The  history  of  Harvard  College  is  so  closely  connected  with  the  literary  and  architectural  annals  of  Cam- 
bridge that  it  is  not  worth  while  to  try  to  dissever  them.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Harvard,  as  we  have  seen,  died  in 
1638.  Little  is  known  about  his  personal  history.  He  graduated  at  Emanuel  College  in  1631,  and  came  to 
Charlestown  only  a  year  before  his  death.  The  graduates  of  the  College  built  him  a  plain  monument  in  Charles- 
town  in  1828.  Erected  by  a  Legislature,  the  new  College  was  almost  inevitably  a  State  institution.  At  its 
foundation  and  for  many  years  afterward  it  was  a  Government  school,  established  for  the  education  of  candi- 
dates for  the  ministry,  and  with  the  avowed  purpose  of  maintaining  and  propagating  a  religious  creed.  In 
1640  Rev.  Henry  Dunster  was  made  president  of  the  College,  which  from  that  time  onward  may  be  regarded 
as  a  literary  institution,  organized  and  conducted  with  the  purpose  of  meeting  the  reasonable  demands  of  the 
age  and  the  community.  The  early  presidents  of  the  College  were  men  of  superior  learning  for  their  time;  the 
range  of  studies  was  limited,  the  number  of  students  small  (for  the  first  fifty  years  seldom  exceeding  twenty), 
and  though  there  may  have  been  occasional  assistant  teachers,  there  was  no  permanent  professor  or  tutor  till  the 
close  of  the  century.  During  the  greater  portion  of  the  last  century  the  College  was  identified  with  the  liberal 
party  in  church  and  state,  and  could  not  but  bear  a  prominent  part  in  the  movements  preceding  and  accompa- 
nying the  Revolution,  in  which  the  country  declared  and  achieved  its  independence.  In  1775  the  library  and 
classes  were  removed  to  Concord,  the  College  halls  given  up  to  the  use  of  the  provincial  army,  and  the  presi- 
dent's house  offered,  and  for  a  short  time  occupied,  as  headquarters  for  General  Washington,  the  commander- 
in-chief,  while  the  president  himself — an  ardent  patriot — served  as  chaplain  to  the  troops  on  numerous  occa- 
sions, and  notably  on  the  eve  of  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  After  the  evacuation  of  Boston  by  the  British  the 
College  resumed  its  sessions  in  Cambridge,  and  maintained  for  the  ensuing  thirty  years  or  more  a  high  but 
hardly  growing  reputation  as  a  seat  of  learning.  Its  era  of  active  and  incessant  progress  may  be  said  to  have 
begun  with  the  presidency  of  Dr.  Kirkland  in  1810. 

During  its  history  Harvard  University  has  had  twenty-two  presidents,  the  present  incumbent  being  Charles 
William  Eliot,  who  was  elected  in  1869.  Under  his  administration  the  university  has  made  wonderful  strides, 
and  in  every  department  it  stands  at  the  head.  Many  thousands  of  students  have  graduated,  and  had  degrees 
conferred  upon  them  here.  The  collection  of  buildings  is  remarkable,  embracing  nearly  all  kinds  of  architec- 
ture, and  many  of  them  the  gift  of  the  wealthy  alumnae  of  the  university.  The  grounds  and  buildings,  which 
are  twenty  in  number,  are  rich  with  interest,  and  hours  can  be  profitably  employed  in  studying  the  various 
collections  that  have  been  gathered  from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Among  other  schools  of  Cambridge  is  the  Episcopal  Theological  School  of  Massachusetts,  which  was 
founded  in  1867,  upon  an  endowment  given  by  Benjamin  T.  Reed,  of  Boston.  Although  it  possesses  mawy- 
advantages  from  its  proximity  to  Harvard,  it  is  not  connected  with  the  latter.  The  buildings  comprise  St. 
John's  Memorial  Chapel,  Reed  Hall,  Lawrence  Hall,  and  Burnham  Hall.  The  outlay  for  buildings  and  land- 
thus  far  amounts  to  $225,000. 

The  centre  of  Cambridge  is  Harvard  Square,  around  which  the  College  buildings  cluster  so  closely  that  the 
student  as  he  takes  some  country  friend  into  the  "  yard  "  finds  it  hard  to  divest  his  descriptions  of  the  guide- 
book manner.  This  so-called  square  is  a  somnolent  triangle,  three  miles  from  Boston,  whose  natural  state  of 
calm  is  vexed  only  by  the  bells  of  the  horse-cars  that  trundle  through  it,  or  by  the  scream  of  their  wheels  as 
they  round  the  curve.  Once  in  a  while,  too,  its  dust  is  stirred  by  some  mortuary  procession  of  cattle  on  their 
way  to  the  neighboring  abattoirs.  At  the  eastern  end  of  the  triangle,  just  where  the  street  begins  to  widen, 
stands  a  generous  old  gambrel-roofed  wooden  building,  now  known  as  Wadsworth  House,  which  was  built  in 
1726  for  the  official  residence  of  the  presidents  of  the  College.  Wadsworth  was  the  first  to  occupy  it,  the 


CITY     OF     CAMBRIDGE.  277 

house  having  been  completed  the  year  after  his  inauguration.  For  a  hundred  and  twenty  years  the  dwelling 
was  occupied  by  the  successive  presidents,  Wadsworth,  Holyoke,  Locke,  Langdon,  Willard,  Weber,  Kirkland, 
Quincy,  and  Everett  having  dwelt  in  it.  Presidents  Sparks  and  Walker  lived  in  their  own  houses,  and  Felton 

was  the  first  to  occupy  the  new   president's  house  on  Quincy  Street,  at  the  eastern   end  of  the  yard a  modest 

brick  edifice  erected  over  a  score  of  years  ago  by  Peter  C.  Brooks,  of  Boston.  No  building  in  Cambridge  has 
sheltered  so  many  people  of  eminence,  probably,  as  Wadsworth  House.  Washington  siept  there  several  times 
before  taking  the  Vassall  House  as  his  permanent  headquarters  in  1775;  and  here  he  was  received  when  lie 
visited  Cambridge  in  1789.  In  good  preservation,  the  ancient  edifice  is  now  used  as  a  dormitory,  while  the 
office  of  the  College  bursar  is  in  a  little  brick  addition. 

Between  Christ  Church  and  the  Unitarian  Church  lies  the  old  village  cemetery,  celebrated  in  the  verse  of 
Longfellow  and  Holmes,  in  which  are  buried  Presidents  Dunster,  Chauncy,  Leverett,  Wadsworth,  Holyoke, 
Willard,  and  Weber;  Andrew  Belcher,  Cambridge's  first  innkeeper  ;  Stephen  Day  and  Samuel  Green,  the  first 
printers;  Thomas  Shepard,  the  first  minister;  and  many  another  man  of  the  elder  day.  The  first  rector  of 
Christ  Church  was  the  Rev.  East  Apthorp,  a  native  of  Boston,  who  wanted,  the  Congregationalists  thought, 
to  be  appointed  Bishop  of  New  England.  Apthorp  built  a  large  and  beautiful  house  on  Main  Street,  just 
opposite  the  present  Gore  Hall,  which  is  still  called  the  Bishop's  Palace.  He  was  disappointed  in  his  aspira- 
tions for  the  rochet,  and  was  so  sensitive  to  the  coldness  and  the  somewhat  persecuting  antagonism  of  his 
theological  opponents  that  he  resigned  and  moved  to  England  in  1764.  In  his  house  General  Burgoyne  was 
imprisoned  after  his  capture.  Subsequently,  a  new  proprietor  built  a  third  story,  for  the  accommodation,  it  is 
supposed,  of  his  household  slaves. 

Christ  Church  presents  its  ancient  shapely  front  toward  Cambridge  Common,  over  which  a  chime  of  bells, 
placed  in  the  tower  in  1860,  pleasantly  rings  every  Sunday.  The  Common  contains  some  twenty  acres,  and 
will  always  be  remembered  as  the  place  where  the  American  troops  mustered  and  encamped  in  1775.  Every 
morning  there  started  from  this  now  peaceful  enclosure  the  guards  for  Lechmere's  Point,  Winter  Hill,  and  the 
other  posts,  and  here  the  roughly-equipped  and  poorly-drilled  provincial  troops  prepared  to  lay  siege  to  Bos- 
ton, held  by  ten  thousand  experienced  and  well-prepared  soldiers.  At  the  western  end  stands  the  elm  under 
which  Washington,  on  July  3,  1775,  formally  assumed  his  position  as  general-in-chief  of  the  Continental  army. 
This  venerable  tree  is  of  great  age.  It  is  surrounded  by  a  simple  iron  fence,  and  a  plain  granite  slab  tersely 
records  the  fact  that  "Under  this  tree  Washington  first  took  command  of  the  American  army,  July  3,  1775." 
Just  behind  stands  the  granite  edifice  of  the  Shepard  Congregational  Church,  the  pulpit  in  whose  chapel  is 
partly  made  of  wood  from  a  branch  of  the  elm  necessarily  removed.  In  the  middle  of  the  Common,  facing 
the  College  buildings,  is  a  costly  but  very  ugly  monument  erected  to  commemorate  the  men  of  Cambridge  who 
fell  in  the  Rebellion.  North  of  the  Common  stands  a  gambrel-roofed  old  house,  which  was  the  home  of  Abiel 
Holmes,  the  annalist  of  New  England,  and  the  birth-place  of  his  more  famous  son,  Dr.  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes. 
About  a  hundred  and  sixty  odd  years  old,  it  had  among  its  proprietors  before  Dr.  Abiel  Holmes,  Jabez  Fox, 
tailor,  of  Boston,  Jonathan  his  son,  College  steward.  During  the  ownership  of  the  latter  the  building  was 
occupied  by  the  Committee  of  Safety,  who  established  themselves  in  it  in  1775,  and  formed  plans  for  the  col- 
lection and  management  of  the  provincial  forces.  In  one  of  the  ground  rooms  Benedict  Arnold  received  his 
commission  as  colonel ;  and  here,  probably,  were  the  headquarters  of  General  Ward.  Washington  dwelt  in  it 
for  three  days.  It  is  now  owned  by  the  College.  Although  the  eminent  author  of  the  Autocrat  of  the  Break- 
fast Table  has  always  lived  in  Boston,  he  has  never  lost  patriotism  for  his  birthplace,  in  which  he  seems  to 
consider  himself  fortunate  to  have  been  born.  The  foundations  of  his  literary  reputation  were  laid  here. 

Outside  of  the  very  many  handsome  buildings  belonging  to  Harvard  University,  Cambridge  contains  many 
very  imposing  edifices  and  points  of  great  interest.  The  new  city  building  is  a  brick  structure  erected  in  1876, 
at  a  cost  of  about  $75,000,  and  standing  on  the  south  side  of  Mount  Auburn  Street,  The  building  is  used  as 
a  police  station,  a  police  court,  engine-house,  ward  meeting-house,  several  city  offices,  etc.  The  interior  is  well 
finished.  It  is,  however,  inadequate  for  the  purposes  for  which  it  was  erected,  and  a  new  and  more  magnifi- 
cent structure  is  talked  of. 

NORTH    CAMBRIDGE 

comprises  that  section  of  the  city  lying  beyond  the  College  in  a  northerly  direction,  toward  the  town  of  Arling- 
ton. It  was  formerly  called  Porter's,  and  is  a  busy  section  of  the  town,  possessing  facilities  for  manufacturing 


378  CITY     OF    CAMBRIDGE. 

that  are  well  improved  in  various  lines  of  enterprises.  It  is  also  a  commercial  point  of  considerable  importance, 
bordered  by  Charles  River,  which  affords  convenient  facilities  for  navigation  to  each  section  of  the  town.  There 
are  numerous  churches  and  public  schools,  and  all  the  evidences  of  thrift,  culture,  and  refinement.  There  are 
many  fine  mansions  in  this  section,  and  new  buildings  are  springing  up  rapidly.  This  section  was  once  noted  for 
is  cattle  fairs. 

CAMBRIDGEPORT 

is  that  section  of  the  city  embraced  between  the  end  of  West  Boston  Bridge  and  Old  Cambridge.  It  is  a  noted 
manufacturing  point,  possessing  several  industries  that  have  a  national  reputation.  It  is  a  busy  bustling  mart  of 
trade,  and  has  all  the  appearances  of  a  city  itself.  It  has  a  large  number  of  churches  and  public  schools,  and 
an  Athena3um,  while  the  residences  are  noted  for  their  beauty  and  good  taste.  Before  the  West  Boston  Bridge 
was  built,  in  1Y93,  the  only  means  of  conveyance  between  Cambridge  and  Boston  was  by  a  row-boat  across  the 
Charles  River,  and,  by  land,  Boston  could  only  be  reached  by  way  of  Roxbury  and  the  "  Neck"  (Washington 
Street),  a  distance  of  eight  miles.  After  the  bridge  was  built  public  omnibuses  came  into  use,  and  then  the 
horse  railroad  and  the  iron  horse.  This  horse  railroad  was  the  first  in  New  England.  A  new  bridge,  connecting 
Carnbridgeport  with  Beacon  Street,  Boston,  and  to  be  known  as  Harvard  Bridge,  is  now  nearly  completed,  the 
cost  being  half  a  million  dollars. 

EAST   CAMBRIDGE 

which  is  the  most  recently  settled  part  of  the  city,  was  formerly  known  as  Lechmere's  Point,  and  is  opposite  the 
northwest  portion  of  Boston,  with  which  it  is  connected  by  Craige's  Bridge  over  Charles  River,  and  also  with 
Charlestown  by  a  bridge.  It  contains  the  Court-house,  Jail,  House  of  Correction,  and  other  county  buildings. 
Here  are  the  extensive  glass-works  of  the  New  England  Glass  Company  j  also  soap,  candle,  and  brush 
manufactories ;  numerous  churches,  schools,  banks,  and  other  industries  of  interest  and  value  to  the  com- 
munity 

MANUFACTURES. 

Among  the  other  important  manufacturing  industries  carried  on  in  different  parts  of  the  city  may  be  men- 
tioned the  production  of  Britannia  ware,  chair  and  cabinet  ware,  pianos  and  organs,  railroad  cars,  pianoforte 
actions,  starch,  hats  and  caps,  tinware,  linseed-oil,  leather  currying,  boots  and  shoes,  bricks,  snuff,  cigars,  building 
stone,  gas,  bread,  type,  Penrhyn  marble,  confectionery,  iron  railing,  chemical  preparations,  cordage,  pumps,  etc. 

The  manufacturing  interests  of  Cambridge  are  among  its  leading  attractions.  Despite  the  fact  of  the  age 
of  the  town,  the  manufacturing  interest  is  a  growing  one,  imparting  to  the  city  a  more  permanent  and  solid 
character,  and  placing  it  among  the  most  prosperous  cities  of  the  State.  The  progress  made  in  this  direction 
has  been  much  more  rapid  during  the  past  decade  than  ever  before.  Old  industries  have  been  enlarged,  and 
new  ones  added,  which  bid  fair  to  become  large  and  prosperous  enterprises.  Every  manufacturing  enterprise 
here  established,  when  managed  with  careful,  practical,  and  energetic  hands,  has  proved  a  success.  The  natural 
facilities  possessed  by  Cambridge  as  a  manufacturing  point  are  almost  unlimited.  Its  facilities  for  transporta- 
tion are  superior  to  any  city  in  this  section,  save  Boston.  It  has  an  abundance  of  water-power,  and  all  the  raw 
materials  at  hand — in  fact,  in  every  item  to  be  taken  into  account  in  the  make-up  of  a  manufacturing  city  com- 
parison is  challenged.  In  accessibility,  healthy  location,  cheapness  of  living,  educational  facilities,  and  social 
and  religious  advantages,  each  of  which  is  important,  essential,  and  of  the  highest  significance,  Cambridge  is 
favored  in  a  pre-eminent  degree. 

RELIGIOUS   AND    EDUCATIONAL  FACILITIES. 

Every  denomination  is  represented  in  Cambridge,  and  in  every  portion  of  the  city  numerous  spires  attest  the 
people's  hearty  acceptance  of  the  benign  influences  of  church  organization,  and  their  liberality  in  providing 
handsome  and  substantial  edifices.  The  public  schools  of  the  city  are  of  a  high  standard,  and  managed  for  the 
best  interests  of  its  youthful  population.  The  city  has  a  splendid  public  library,  and  there  are  several  local 
weekly  newspapers,  that  fully  chronicle  local  events,  and  keep  the  citizens  informed  of  what  is  going  on  in  the 
world. 


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THE   CITY   GOVERNMENT 

for  1889  consists  of  Henry  H.  Gilmore,  Mayor;  Board  of  Aldermen,  representing  the  five  wards  of  the  city  : 
James  F.  Aylward,  John  H.  Corcoran,  Charles  L.  Fuller,  Daniel  E.  Frasier,  Gustavus  Goepper,  Alexander  Millan, 
William  T.  Neilon,  John  E.  Parry,  Alvin  F.  Sortwell,  and  Frank  H.  Teele  ;  Members  of  the  Common  Council : 
Edward  A.  Bingham,  Elmer  H.  Bright,  Patrick  J.  Callahan,  George  E.  Carter,  John  S.  Clary,  Edward  A.  Coun- 
ihan,  John  R.  Fairbairn,  J.  Frank  Facey,  James  Grant,  Thomas  Houllahan,  Daniel  F.  Kennedy,  Patrick  J.  Lam- 
bert, Walter  H.  Murdock,  John  M.  Patriquin,  John  T.  Phelan,  William  T.  Piper,  Andrew  J.  Rady,  Charles  F. 
Sanborn,  Charles  B.  Seagrave,  Edward  C.  Wheeler.  Francis  L.  Pratt,  Messenger  to  the  City  Council.  The 
city  finances  are  in  excellent  shape,  and  many  valuable  public  improvements  are  being  carried  out  that  will 
bring  what  were  waste  lands  into  demand  for  building  upon,  and  thus  increase  the  material  wealth  and  pros- 
perity of  the  city.  Immense  sums  have  been  spent  in  securing  additional  water  supply,  and  in  this  respect  the 
city  is  provided  for  for  a  long  time  to  come. 

The  fire  department  is  a  well-disciplined  body,  and  there  is  an  efficient  police  service. 

Persons  who  have  once  visited  Cambridge  need  not  to  be  told  of  its  many  charms  as  a  place  of  residence 
and  culture  ;  and  those  who  have  not  visited  it  must  needs  see  it  to  realize  its  beauties  and  attractions.  The 
city  is  growing  rapidly.  It  is  so  closely  allied  with  Boston,  that  were  it  not  for  the  pride  the  citizens  have  in 
the  college  town,  and  the  common  desire  to  retain  the  name,  it  would  some  time  ago  have  been  incorporated 
with  its  great  neighbor.  The  time  is  coming  when  it  will  be  absorbed  by  the  greater  city. 

MOUNT   AUBURN    CEMETERY 

is  within  the  district  of  Old  Cambridge,  to  which  we  have  chiefly  devoted  our  observations  as  yet.  Mt. 
Auburn,  as  a  beautiful  home  of  the  dead,  elicits  the  admiration  of  all  who  visit  it.  It  was  dedicated  Septem- 
-ber  24,  1831.  It  contains  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  acres  of  land,  covered  with  a  natural  growth  of  trees, 
the  highest  part  of  which  is  one  hundred  and  twenty -five  feet  above  the  river,  laid  out  with  winding  gravelled 
walks,  and  embellished  with  every  variety  of  shrub  and  flower.  It  is  surrounded  by  an  iron  fence,  with  an 
imposing  granite  gateway  in  the  Egyptian  style,  and  not  far  from  the  entrance  is  a  chapel  of  granite  for  the 
celebration  of  burial  services.  Monuments  of  costly  material  and  exquisite  workmanship  are  erected  in  all  parts 
of  the  cemetery. 


CITY    OF    CAMBRIDGE. 


JF.  OLSSON,  Successor  to  C.  A.  Jansson,  Manufacturer  of  Mir- 
ror and  Picture  Frames,  No.  3  Harvard  Row.— A  department 
„  of  industry  which  has  been  developed  to  a  high  plane  of  ex- 
cellence in  Cambridge  is  the  production  of  artistic  picture 
and  mirror  frames,  for  encasing  the  works  of  the  painter  and  other 
artists.  A  thoroughly  representative  house  engaged  in  this  line  of 
business  is  that  of  Mr.  J.  F.  Olsson,  successor  to  C.  A.  Jansson,  man- 
ufacturer of  mirror  and  picture  frames.  The  proprietor,  Mr. 
Olsson,  is  a  native  of  Sweden,  but  has  been  a  resident  of  Boston  and 
vicinity  ever  since  1857,  and  first  -established  himself  in  this  industry 
in  Boston  in  1860,  which  he  conducted  with  unvarying  success  until 
1883,  when  he  purchased  the  present  business  from  Mr.  C.  A.  Jans- 
son, and  removed  to  this  location.  The  premises  occupied  comprise 
^  an  elegantly  fitted  up  store,  with  workshop  attached,  which  is  fully 
equipped  with  all  the  necessary  tools  and  appliances  required  in 
manufacturing  his  products,  and  a  number  of  skilled  and  proficient 
workmen  are  given  constant  employment.  Mr.  Olsson  prides  him- 
self on  the  superior  quality,  fine  workmanship  and  general  artistic 
excellence  of  the  work  done  by  him.  He  is  prepared  to  manu- 
facture to  order  all  kinds  of  frames  for  the  encasing  of  mirrors  and 
all  art  productions  in  all  the  latest  styles  and  materials  desired.  He 
keeps  constantly  on  hand  a  fine  stock  of  mouldings,  beading,  mats, 
and  other  necessary  articles  from  which  patrons  can  make 
their  selections.  In  his  store  will  be  found  also  a  fine  collec- 
tion of  oil  and  water  color  paintings,  etchings,  engravings,  pastels, 
crayons,  plain  and  colored  photographs,  all  of  the  highest  artistic 
merit,  which  are  offered  to  the  public  at  very  low  prices.  Mr. 
Olsson  makes  a  specialty  of  cleaning,  regilding  and  rebronzing  of 
old  frames,  making  them  equal  to  new;  also  the  hanging  of  pictures 
and  other  works  of  art  in  the  best  artistic  manner,  and  the  packing 
of  all  such  articles  for  shipment  or  removal. 


CHARLES  MOORE  &  CO.,  Hardware,  Kitchen  Furnishing  Goods, 
Furnaces,  Ranges,  Cooking  and  Parlor  Stoves;  All  Kinds  of 
Tin  and  Sheet-Iron  Work  Made  to  Order,  and  Roofs  Tinned, 
No.  8  Brattle  Street,  Corner  of  Palmer  Street.— Commercial 
enterprises  of  modern  times  embrace  many  features  of  practical 
utility,  but  none  which  deserve  higher  consideration  than  those 
which  relate  to  the  home,  its  comforts  and  conveniences.  Among 
such  enterprises  in  Cambridge,  prominent  mention  should  be  made 
of  that  conducted  by  Charles  Moore  &  Co.,  at  No.  8  Brattle  Street, 
corner  of  Palmer.  This  firm  are  extensive  dealers  in  hardware, 
kitchen  furnishing  goods,  furnaces,  ranges  and  stoves,  and  the 
house  is  recognized  as  the  oldest  and  leading  exponent  of  the  trade 
in  this  city.  The  business  was  originally  established  in  1856  by 
Messrs.  Donnell  &  Moore,  and  in  1868  the  firm  of  Chas.  Moore  &  Co. 
was  organized.  The  business  premises  comprise  two  floors  and  a 
basement,  30  x  100  feet  each,  divided  into  manufacturing  and  sales 
departments,  and  giving  ample  accommodation  for  supplying  the 
most  extensive  demand.  The  stock  is  the  largest  and  finest  in  the 
city  of  its  kind,  embracing  a  full  and  complete  line  of  kitchen  fur- 
nishing goods,  while  the  assortment  of  stoves  embodies  all  the  latest 
and  most  improved  styles  for  both  heating  and  cooking,  whose 
superior  qualities  are  familiar  to  every  housekeeper.  In  tin,  sheet- 
iron  and  copper  work  this  house  occupies  an  unquestioned  position 
at  the  head  of  the  trade,  from  which  it  is  abundantly  able  to  make 
good  its  claim  for  accomplishing  as  thorough  work  as  can  be  found 
in  any  locality,  while  in  the  line  of  roof  tinning  and  general  jobbing, 


every  facility  is  at  hand  for  the  prompt  and  perfect  fulfillment  of  all 
orders.  Steady  employment  is  given  to  a  force  of  eighteen  hands, 
and  business  is  brisk  and  lively  at  all  times,  forming  an  important 
and  still  growing  factor  in  the  mercantile  activity  of  this  city.  Mr. 
Charles  Moore  is  a  native  of  the  state  of  Maine,  and  came  to  Cam- 
bridge thirty-five  years  ago.  He  has  ever  been  prominently  identi- 
fied with  the  business  growth  and  public  welfare  of  this  community, 
serving  as  a  member  of  the  city  council,  and  promoting  the  pros- 
perity and  material  interests  of  the  city  with  energy,  discrimination 
and  sound  judgment. 

JD.  NORRIS,  Dealer  in  Fine  Groceries,  No.  10  Brattle  Street. 
— Among  the  old  established  and  most  popular  business  men 
m  in  Cambridge,  must  be  classed  Mr.  J.  D.  Norris,  who  has 
been  prominently  identified  with  the  grocery  trade  here  for 
about  a  third  of  a  century.  Mr.  Norris  first  established  himself  in 
business  in  1885  on  Harvard  Square,  where  he  remained  until  1887, 
when  he  removed  to  his  present  premises  at  No.  10  Brattle  Street. 
Mr.  Norris'  business  career  has  been  as  successful  as  it  has  been 
long,  and  his  customers  followed  him  from  the  old  to  the  new  store, 
which  is  commodious,  having  an  area  of  20  x  100  feet,  and  is  fitted 
up  in  a  very  attractive  and  appropriate  manner.  It  contains  a  full 
and  carefully  selected  assortment  of  fancy  and  staple  groceries,  etc., 
such  as  fresh,  new  crop  teas  from  Japan  and  China,  fragrant  coffees 
from  Java,  Mocha  and  South  America,  hermetically  sealed  goods  in 
glass  and  tin  from  the  most  celebrated  establishments  in  Europe 
and  America,  spices,  condiments,  table  delicacies,  the  most  select 
brands  of  flour,  pure  and  fresh  creamery  butter,  eggs,  cheese  and 
other  farm  and  dairy  products  direct  from  the  producers;  also  every 
kind  of  goods- known  as  grocers'  sundries.  The  goods  of  this  estab- 
lishment are  highly  esteemed  throughout  the  city  and  vicinity  for 
their  freshness,  absolute  purity  and  low  prices,  while  the  services  of 
three  courteous  and  polite  assistants  and  a  delivery  team  are  in  con- 
stant demand.  This  enterprise  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  its  line  in  the 
city.  Mr.  Morris  was  born  in  Vermont  fifty-one  years  ago,  and  no 
resident  in  Cambridge  is  better  known  or  more  highly  respected 
than  he. 


REYCROFT  &  LORD,  Druggists,  Cambridge  Street,  Corner 
Fourth,  East  Cambridge. — One  of  the  handsomest  as  well  as 
best  conducted  drug  stores  in  East  Cambridge  is  that  of 
Messrs.  Reycroft  &  Lord.  The  commodious  and  well 
arranged  salesroom,  30  x  35  feet  in  dimensions,  is  fitted  up  in  a  style 
which  represents  a  happy  combination  of  modern  elegance  and  con- 
venience, and  with  its  plate-glass  front,  polished  hardwood  fixtures, 
fine  soda  fountain'and  well  displayed  stock  constitutes  one  of  the 
attractive  features  of  this  busy  avenue.  The  assortment  of  drugs, 
chemicals,  medicines,  toilet  and  fancy  articles,  etc.,  etc.,  embraces 
all  to  be  found  at  a  first-class  family  drug  store.  Prescriptions  and 
family  remedies  of  all  kinds  are  skillfully  compounded  and  the  large 
and  liberal  patronage  received  is  drawn  from  the  most  desirable 
town  custom.  Messrs.  L.  W.  Reycroft  and  T.  H.  Lord,  Jr.,  are  expe- 
rienced and  skillful  pharmacists,  and  young  men  of  more  than  ordi-- 
nary  business  tact  and  ability.  After  serving  as  clerks  for  some 
years  they  concluded  to  embark  in  the  business  for  themselves  and 
accordingly  in  December,  1887,  they  fitted  up  and  opened  the  fine 
store  with  which  they  have  since  been  popularly  identified. 


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ANDREW  GEYER,  Druggist  and  Apothecary,  No.  88  Cam- 
bridge Street,  Corner  Third  Street,  East  Cambridge.— Massa- 
chusetts has  no  more  experienced,  skilled,  widely  known 
and  popular  pharmacist  than  the  gentleman  who  forms  the 
subject  of  this  brief  sketch.  We  refer  to  Mr.  Andrew  Geyer,  whose 
drug  establishment  is  located  on  the  corner  of  Cambridge  and  Third 
Streets,  East  Cambridge.  Mr.  Geyer  was  born  in  Boston  fifty  years 
ago,  and  his  education  and  training  for  the  profession  of  which  he  is 
now  a  distinguished  ornament  was  of  a  practical  character,  having 
entered  the  business  as  an  apprentice  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years 
with  his  uncle,  Andrew  Geyer,  one  of  the  old  time  apothecaries  of 
Boston.  He  first  set  himself  up  in  business  in  1854  in  Gloucester, 
whence  he  removed  in  consequence  of  the  great  fire  in  1864,  to 
Ipswich,  where  he  remained  until  1874,  when  he  removed  to  the  store 
on  the  corner  of  Cambridge  and  Third  Streets,  which  had  been  a 
drug  store  for  over  thirty  years  and  which  is  admittedly,  the  finest 
and  most  attractive  in  the  city.  It  has  a  frontage  of  35  feet  and  a 
depth  of  40  feet,  is  splendidly  lighted  by  fine  plate-glass  show  win- 
dows, is  handsomely  fitted  up  with  hardwood  fixtures,  tiled  floor, 
elegant  plate-glass  show-cases,  soda  water  fountain  and  other  acces- 
sories. Here  is  carried  at  all  times  a  carefully  and  well  selected 
stock  of  everything  pertaining  to  the  business,  including  besides  pure 
drugs  and  chemicals,  all  the  leading,  reliable,  proprietary  remedies 
of  merit  and  excellence,  also  articles  for  the  toilet,  perfumeries,  all 
the  roots  and  herbs  known  in  botany  that  belong  to  materia  medica, 
surgeons'  and  physicians'  supplies,  fancy  goods-  and  druggists'  sun- 
dries of  all  kinds.  The  prescription  department  is  under  the  imme- 
diate supervision  of  Mr.  Geyer,  and  in  the  compounding  of  recipes 
only  the  purest  drugs  are  used,  while  every  care  is  taken  to  secure 
accuracy.  Three  duly  qualified  assistants  are  employed.  Mr.  Geyer 
is  the  inventor,  patentee  and  manufacturer  of  Geyer's  nipple  shields, 
nursing  bottle  and  breast  pipe,  and  a  patent  safety  device  for  drug- 
gists' poison  bottles,  which  furnishes  absolute  security  against  error, 
all  of  which  have  gained  a  wide  and  extensive  trade.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Massachusetts  Pharmaceutical  Association. 


WA.  TAYLOR,  Furnishing  and  Funeral  Undertaker,  Nos. 
481  and  483  Main  Street,  Cambridgeport.— As  a  furnishing 
B  and  funeral  undertaker  Mr.  Taylor  is  the  leader  in  his  pro- 
fession in  Cambridgeport.  This  gentleman  was  born  in 
Maine,  and  in  part  learned  the  business  in  his  native  state,  and  in 
1861  came  to  reside  in  Cambridgeport.  In  1872  he  engaged  in  the 
undertaking  business  and  soon  attained  the  front  rank  position, 
which  he  has  ever  since  held.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Cincinnati 
School  of  Embalming,  and  both  as  an  embalmer  and  general  under- 
taker has  displayed  marked  ability.  He  has  a  natural  adaptation 
for  his  calling,  is  considerate  of  the  feelings  of  the  relatives  and 
friends  of  the  dead,  and  in  conducting  his  business  makes  no 
unseemly,  ostentatious  display,  and  by  faithful  service  to  those  who 
employ  him  has  gained  the  esteem  and  good-will  of  the  whole  com- 
munity. Mr.  Taylor  has  an  elegantly  appointed  office  with  embalm- 
ing and  warerooms  attached.  Here  is  displayed  a  fine  assortment  of 
caskets,  coffins,  robes,  shrouds  and  funeral  requisites  of  every 
description.  Mr.  Taylor  furnishes  everything  desired  for  funerals, 
including  caskets,  hearses,  carriages,  etc.,  and  by  notifying  him  he 
will  take  full  direction  of  the  funeral  from  the  house  to  the  cem- 
etery 

LOUIS  COHEN,  Draper  and  Tailor,  Ladies  Overgarments  a  Spe- 
cialty, No.  106  Cambridge  Street,  East  Cambridge.— As  one 
of  the  houses  in  East  Cambridge  which  is  among  the  foremost 
in  promoting  the  standard  of  elegance  in  dress  that  of  Mr. 
Louis  Cohen,  draper  and  tailor,  is  well  worthy  of  especial  mention. 
Mr.  Cohen  was  born  in  Prussia,  where  he  served  a  long  and  faithful 
apprenticeship  at  this  business  and  came  to  Boston  in  1871,  and  after 
following  it  for  a  number  of  years  he  established  this  house  on  his 
own  account  in  1883,  and  his  patronage  is  derived  principally  from 
among  the  most  prominent  families  in  this  city.  The  premises 
occupied  comprise  a  handsome  corner  store,  spacious  and  commo- 
dious in  dimensions,  and  supplied  with  every  convenience  and  fitting 
for  the  display  of  his  fine  stock  of  piece  goods  and  comfort  of 
patrons  while  making  selections  and  transacting  business.  Here 
will  be  found  at  all  times  a  full  and  complete  assortment  of  fine 
broadcloths,  cassimeres,  meltons,  cheviots,  diagonals,  suitings,  cloak- 


ings,  etc.,  all  of  the  very  finest  productions  of  English),  French  and 
German  looms,  so  that  not  even  the  most  fastidious  can  fail  to  make 
a  selection.  Mr.  Cohen  makes  a  particular  specialty  of  overgar- 
ments for  ladies,  and  in  order  to  meet  the  large  and  increasing 
demands  of  the  fair  sex  he  has  a  fine  assortment  of  suitable  fabrics 
for  their  especial  inspection,  and  is  prepared  to  make  them  up  in  any 
of  the  latest  and  most  fashionable  styles,  such  as  newmarkets, 
raglans,  dolmans,  cloaks,  jackets,  sacques,  circulars,  etc.,  while  his 
supply  of  trimmings  is  full  and  embraces  all  the  latest  European 
novelties.  Mr.  Cohen  is  one  of  our  most  correct  and  stylish  cutters 
and  tailors  and  never  fails  to  give  entire  satisfaction,  while  his  prices 
are  extremely  moderate.  A  full  force  of  the  most  skillful  and 
reliable  operatives  are  constantly  employed,  and  the  utmost  care  is 
taken  that  all  garments  leaving  his  establishment  shall  be  faultless 
in  fit,  material  and  workmanship. 


TRHOADES,  Grocer  and  Tea  Dealer,  No.  221  Broadway,  and 
No.  117  Hampshire  Street,  Cambridgeport.— One  of  the 
B  deservedly  popular  grocers  in  this  community  is  Mr.  T. 
Rhoades.  Mr.  Rhoades,  who  is  from  the  state  of  New 
York  is  about  forty-six  years^old,  and  has  been  engaged  in  the  gro- 
cery business  upwards  of  a  quarter  of  a  century  and  established  in 
Cambridgeport  since  1874,  occupying  a  fine,  large,  handsome  store, 
35  x  50  feet  in  dimensions  at  No.  221  Broadway,  and  another,  a 
branch,  20  x  50  feet  in  area,  at  No.  117  Hampshire  Street.  Both  these 
stores  are  handsomely  fitted  up  in  modern  style  and  afford  ample 
accommodation  for  the  large  assortment  of  goods  carried  in  stock 
to  meet  the  demands  of  the  extensive  and  steadily  growing  trade. 
The  specialty  with  Mr.  Rhoades  is  fine  teas  and  coffees,  and  also  the 
standard  brands  of  family  flour  and  pure  spices,  and  also  hermeti- 
cally sealed  fruits  and  vegetables  and  table  delicacies  and  condi- 
ments and  family  supplies  generally.  Several  attentive  clerks  are 
employed  in  each  of  the  stores.  Mr.  Rhoades  can  always  quote  the 
lowest  prices  for  the  best  class  of  pure,  unadulterated  goods.  He 
enjoys  a  reputation  for  liberality  and  fairness  as  a  business  man 
second  to  no  other.  He  is  one  of  the  leading  grocers  and  tea 
dealers  in  this  section. 

CH.  HARTWELL,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Beef, 
Mutton,  Poultry,  Pork,  Lard,  Hams,  Eggs,  etc.,  No.  126 
Cambridge  Street,  East  Cambridge.— Among  the  leading 
representative  business  men  in  East  Cambridge  there  are 
none  better  known,  or  who  enjoy  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  the 
community  in  a  greater  degree,  than  Mr.  C.  H.  Hartwell,  the  pop- 
ular wholesale  and  retail  dealer  in  fresh  and  salted  meats,  etc.  Mr. 
Hartwell  was  born  in  Bedford,  Mass.,  fifty-two  years  ago,  and  ha& 
been  nearly  all  his  life  identified  with  the  meat  trade.  In  1859  he 
became  the  proprietor  of  his  present  establishment,  which  had  been 
founded  many  years  before,  and  was  then  a  noted  market  for  all 
that  was  superior  in  meats.  The  store  is  a  fine  and  attractive  one. 
It  has  a  capacity  of  30  x  40  feet,  is  handsomely  fitted  up  with  marble 
slabs,  refrigerators  and  all  modern  conveniences.  Being  thoroughly 
familiar  by  long  experience  with  the  wants  of  the  public,  Mr.  Hart- 
well  has  always  in  stock  a  full  and  varied  assortment  of  the  choicest 
cuts  of  beef,  mutton,  poultry  and  pork,  also  lard,  hams,  eggs,  butter, 
cheese,  fruit,  vegetables,  etc.  These  food  products  are  carefully 
selected  with  a  view  to  meeting  the  demands  of  a  first-class  trade. 
Four  assistants  are  in  constant  service,  and  goods  are  promptly 
delivered  by  wagon  in  any  part  of  the  city.  Mr.  Hartwell  is  much 
esteemed  as  a  reliable,  responsible  merchant. 

JOHN- A.  BROGAN,  Groceries   and  Provisions,  Fine  Teas  and 
Coffees  a  Specialty,  No.  295  Cambridge  Street,  Cambridgeport. 
—Mr.  John  A.  Brogan  has  been  identified  with  the  grocery 
trade  for  some  time  and  established  at  No.  20  Prince  Street 
since  1884.    In  November  last  he  bought  out  the  store  now  occupied 
and  is  rapidly  building  up  a  large,  substantial  trade.    The  store  is 
commodious,  having  an  area  of  20  x  30  feet,  affording  Mr.  Brogan 
ample  space  for  displaying  his  choice  stock  of  new  goods  and  for 
the  convenience  of  his  customers.    He  always  has  the  finest  and 
best  teas  and  coffees  and  spices,  and  family  flour,  and  also  canned 
goods  and  provisions,  butter,  cheese,  eggs  and  country  produce.    A 
native  of  Ireland  Mr.  Brogan  came  to  this  country  nearly  forty  years 
ago.    He  has  made  his  home  in  Cambridgeport  most  of  the  time  and; 
is  very  popular  as  a  business  man. 


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JAMES  C.  DAVIS  &  SON,  Manufacturers  of  Standard  Soaps,  Fac- 
tory Nos.  304,  206  and  208  Broadway,  Cambridgeport,  Office  No. 
3  Chatham  Street,  Boston. — It  is  a  cold  fact  that  soap-using  is  a 
sign  of  civilization,  just  as,  in  the  words  of  the  inspired  writer, 
"  cleanliness  is  next  to  godliness."    Yet  there  are  many  soaps  which, 
while  nominally  the  emblems  of  civilization,  are  actually  vile  com- 
pounds, made  of  impure  and  adulterated  materials,  their  impurities 
being  disguised  and  their  origin  concealed  by  some  strong  scent. 
The  consumer,  therefore,  has  but  one  safeguard— to  buy  no  soaps 
unless  they  bear  the  name  of  some  manufacturer  recognized  as  a 
synonym  for  excellence  and  purity  of  product,  whose  sole  object  is 
.not  the  realization  of  large  profits  without  regard  to  consequences 
.as  they  affect  customers.    There  are  suclj  manufacturers— none  too 
many,  but  they  can  be  found — and  in  the  roll  of  honor  which  con- 
tains  their  names,  we  find  none  more  deserving  of  praise  than 
Messrs.  James  C.  Davis  &  Son,  the  well-known  manufacturers  of 
standard  soaps,  whose  factory  is  located  at  Nos.  204,  206  and  208 
Broadway,  Cambridgeport,  with  main  offices  at  No.  3    Chatham 
Street,  Boston.    This  house  has  long  enjoyed  a  national  reputation, 
.and  a  trade  co-extensive  with  the  limits  of  the  country.    It  was 
founded  in  1840  by  Mr.  Davis,  who  was  succeeded  by  his  son  and 
.grandson,  Messrs.  James  C.  and  James  H.  Davis,  under  the  firm 
name  of  James  C.  Davis  &  Son,  in  1874.    Under  their  enterprising 
and  well-directed  efforts,  the  business  was  placed  upon  a  sound  and 
.permanent  foundation,  and  the  rapid  increase  in  the  demand  for 
their  products  quickly  indicated  how  perfectly  they  met  the  de- 
mands  of  the  public.    In  1885,  Mr.  James  H.  Spaulding,  who  had 
been  connected  with  the  house  as  traveling  salesman  for  a  period  of 
twelve  years,  was  admitted  to  partnership.    The  senior  member  of 
;the  firm,  Mr.  James  C.  Davis,  died  in  March,  1888,  after  an  honorable 
.and  successful  business  career,  and  the  enterprise  has  since  been 
conducted  by  the  surviving  partners  without  change  of  firm  name. 
"The  factory  is  a  three-story  frame  structure,  150  x  150  feet  in  dimen- 
sions, and  is  perfectly  equipped  in  every  way,  including  the  latest 
improved  appliances  and  ample  steam-power,  while  the  work  is 
.supervised  under  the  close  personal  management  of  the  proprietors, 
whose  long  practical  experience  and  thorough  progressive  enter- 
prise are  evidenced  in  the  superior  qualities  of  the  soap  bearing  the 
imprint  of  this  reliable  house.    Forty  expert  hands  are  employed. 
This  firm  make  a  specialty  of  the  "  J.  C.  Davis'  Old  Soap,"  the  name 
of  which  on  the  wrapper  guarantees  the  quality  and  merit  of  a  first- 
class  article,  which  has  stood  the  test  of  years  against  all  competi- 
tion.   This  house  has  also  recently  introduced  the  "  Hubine  "  wash- 
ing compound,  which  is  emphatically  the  best  and  cheapest  article 
of  the  kind  yet  manufactured,  and  is  fast  taking  the  place  of  more 
expensive  products.    It  now  stands  without  a  rival,  as  perfectly 
•harmless  to  the  skin,  death  to  dirt  in  any  and  every  form,  and 
•creating  for  itself  a  permanent  future  demand.    The  manufacture 
of  a  variety  of  laundry  soaps  is  also  here  carried  on.    Orders  of  any 
magnitude  are  promptly  filled,  and  terms  and  prices  are  invariably 
•placed  at  the  lowest  point  of  moderation.    The  proprietors  are  na- 
tives of  Cambridge,  thoroughly  practical  and  accomplished  manu- 
facturers, and  solid  and  successful  business  men. 


HENRY  THAYER  &  CO.,  Manufacturing  Chemists,  Cambridge- 
port.— The  firm  of  Henry  Thayer  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of 
medicinal  extracts  and  other  pharmaceutical  preparations, 
so  well  and  favorably  known  to  the  physician  and  the  drug- 
gist for  the  past  forty  years,  was  commenced  in  a  small  way  by  the 
late  Dr.  Henry  Thayer  in  1847,  and  was  the  first  establishment  of  the 
kind  in  this  country  to  make  a  specialty  of  this  line  of  manufactures. 
The  marvelous  growth  of  this  industry  and  the  constantly  increas- 
ing demand  for  these  goods  from  all  quarters  of  the  globe,  attest  the 
universal  approbation  of  all  those  engaged  in  selling  or  dispensing 
these  goods.  Uniformity  of  quality,  accuracy  in  preparation,  and 
an  undeviating  rule  of  never  handling  anything  but  the  purest  and 
best  of  material,  has  secured  the  approval  of  all  who  may  have  had 
occasion  to  order  from  their  list.  Their  present  laboratory,  which  is 
a  large,  five-story  brick  building,  with  several  detached  buildings 
for  milling  and  storehouse  purposes,  is  situated  on  Broadway,  Cam- 
bridgeport, and  contains  every  modern  appliance  in  machinery,  that 
:skill  and  science  have  invented  for  the  turning  out  of  first-class 
goods  at  the  lowest  possible  cost  of  production.  The  heads  of  the 
various  departments  are  thoroughly  equipped  for  service  in  their 


different  branches,  and  have  allowed  no  real  improvement  in  any 
direction  to  escape  their  notice,  thus  enabling  them  to  produce  the 
best  goods  that  it  is  possible  to  make.  Since  the  death  of  Dr. 
Thayer  in  1882,  the  surviving  members  of  the  firm,  Messrs.  J.  P.  Put- 
nam and  F.  D.  Hardy,  continue  to  maintain  the  high  reputation 
which  has  always  been  accorded  to  the  house.  Their  present  list 
comprise  fluid  and  solid  extracts,  elixirs,  tinctures,  wines,  pills, 
concentrations,  resinoids,  preparations  of  malt,  pepsin,  and  a  long 
list  of  specialties,  a  catalogue  of  which  will  be  promptly  forwarded 
to  an  applicant. 

HM.  BIRD,  Broadway  Iron  Foundry,  Manufacturer  of  Iron 
Castings,  Cambridgeport.— This  business  was  established 
m  in  1863  by  Mr.  Bird,  who  is  a  thoroughly  practical  man, 
fully  conversant  with  every  detail  of  iron  founding  in  all 
its  branches.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  superior  foundry 
and  commodious  pattern  and  fitting  shops.  The  mechanical  equip- 
ment embraces  a  powerful  steam-engine,  and  all  the  latest  improved 
tools,  appliances  and  machinery  known  to  the  trade,  and  the  policy 
of  the  proprietor  has  ever  been  to  adopt  every  invention  and  im- 
provement that  give  promise  of  perfecting  the  product.  Mr.  Bird 
employs  constantly  forty  skilled  workmen,  and  is  prepared  with  all 
necessary  facilities  for  the  production  of  machinery  castings,  which 
are  unrivalled  by  any  other  first-class  house  in  the  state  for  smooth- 
ness, softness,  finish  and  quality  of  metal.  He  likewise  cheerfully 
furnishes  estimates  for  any  description  of  castings,  and  attends 
carefully  to  designing  and  pattern  making.  All  orders  are  promptly 
filled  at  the  lowest  possible  prices  consistent  with  the  best  materials 
and  superior  workmanship.  The  trade  of  this  responsible  house  is 
by  no  means  confined  to  Cambridgeport,  but  extends  throughout  all 
sections  of  New  England. 


WM.  H.  WOOD  &  CO.,  Lumber,  Nos.  13  to  75  Broadway 
Corner  Third  Street,  Cambridgeport.— The  leading  ex- 
ponent of  the  lumber  trade  is  the  house  of  Messrs.  Wm. 
H.  Wood  &  Co.  This  firm  is  widely  prominent  as  lumber 
merchants,  and  the  business  transacted  by  them  forms  one  of  the 
largest  industries  carried  on  in  this  community.  The  house  so  suc- 
cessfully conducted  by  them  was  originally  established  in  1831  by 
Mr.  Burrage,  the  present  firm  succeeding  to  the  control  in  1880.  The 
business  premises  cover  an  area  of  800  x  200  feet,  with  a  fine  wharf, 
and  comprising  a  spacious  yard  and  a  series  of  buildings  suitable 
for  the  accommodation  of  the  immense  and  valuable  stock  that  is 
constantly  carried.  The  yard  affords  ample  space  for  handling  and 
piling,  and  always  contains  some  two  million  feet  of  the  choicest 
lumber  especially  adapted  to  the  wants  of  builders,  manufacturers 
and  other  consumers.  This  house  has  secured  connections  with 
producers  and  shippers  that  enable  them  to  offer  lumber  of  a 
quality  and  at  terms  and  prices  that  have  given  it  the  very  highest 
reputation.  From  thirty  to  forty  men  and  a  large  number  of  teams 
are  constantly  employed,  and  orders  by  telephone  or  otherwise  are 
given  immediate  and  careful  attention. 


CHARLES  S.  DARLING,  Manufacturer  and  Importer  of  Fine 
Whips  and  Canes,  also  Jobber  in  Whips  and  Lashes,  Nos.  110 
and  112  Main  Street,  Cambridgeport.— Away  back  in  the  year 
1826  the  prosperous  business  now  conducted  by  Charles  S. 
Darling,  manufacturer  and  importer  of  fine  whips  and  canes,  and 
also  jobber  in  whips  and  lashes,  was  established  by  this  gentleman's 
father,  William  Darling,  at  Brighton,  and  by  him  was  carried  on 
there  for  many  years.  Subsequently,  Mr.  Darling,  the  elder,  retired, 
and  lived  at  his  farm  at  Marlboro  up  to  1865,  when  he  resumed  busi- 
ness in  Cambridgeport,  and  continued  the  same  until  1882,  when  his 
son,  the  present  proprietor,  assumed  control.  The  establishment 
here  occupied,  which  includes  store  and  shop,  is  commodious  and 
well  equipped,  all  necessary  facilities  being  at  hand,  and  several  ex- 
pert workmen  are  employed.  The  productions  include  fine  whips 
and  canes  of  every  description,  the  manufacture  of  high-grade  car- 
riage whips,  however,  being  a  leading  specialty,  while  repairing  also 
is  promptly  and  neatly  done.  Mr.  Darling  also  imports  and  deals  in 
whips,  canes  and  lashes,  keeping  constantly  on  hand  an  extensive 
first-class  assortment,  and  his  trade,  which  is  large  and  steadily 
growing,  extends  all  over  the  United  States. 


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GEORGE  B.  KETCHUM,  Pharmacist,  Cor.  Broadway  and  Colum- 
bia Street,  Cambridgeport.— No  member  of  this  profession 
in  Cambridgeport  bears  a  higher  or  more  enviable  reputa- 
tion for  skill  and  reliability  than  Mr.  George  B.  Ketchum. 
Mr.  Ketchum  is  a  native  of  New  Brunswick,  about  thirty -eight  years 
of  age,  and  has  been  a  resident  of  this  place  for  many  years.  He  ia 
thoroughly  familiar  with  every  department  of  his  business,  having 
acquired  his  knowledge  by  long  years  of  close  application  and 
practical  experience,  and  is  registered  under  the  laws  of  this  state 
governing  the  rules  of  the  practice  of  this  profession.  He  founded 
this  establishment  in  1882,  and  its  continued  success  from  that  date 
is  evidence  of  what  may  be  accomplished  by  close  attention  to  the 
-wants  of  customers,  and  handling  only  the  best  of  goods.  He  occu- 
pies an  elegant  corner  store,  which  is  handsomely  fitted  up,  includ- 
ing display  windows,  show-cases,  beautiful  counters  and  an  elab- 
orately constructed  soda-water  fountain  and  telephone.  Recog- 
nizing the  great  importance  and  heavy  responsibility  attending  the 
compounding  of  physicians'  prescriptions  and  family  recipes,  he 
has  provided  a  separate  department,  devoted  entirely  to  this  branch 
of  the  business,  in  which  will  be  found  all  the  latest  improved 
appliances  and  devices  to  secure  proper  accuracy  in  their  dispensa- 
tion. His  stock  embraces  a  full  and  comprehensive  line  of  pure 
and  fresh  drugs,  chemicals  and  pharmaceutical  preparations,  all  of 
which  are  up  to  the  highest  standard  as  required  by  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia,  also,  all  proprietary  remedies  of  well-known 
merit  and  efficiency,  toilet  and  fancy  articles,  perfumery,  fine  sta- 
tionery, foreign  and  domestic  medicinal  waters  on  draught  or  in 
cases,  druggists'  sundries,  physicians'  and  surgeons'  emergency 
supplies,  and  in  fact  everything  usually  found  in  a  well-regulated 
first-class  pharmacy,  while  prescriptions  and  medicines  are  com- 
pounded promptly  and  accurately  at  all  hours  of  the  day  or  night. 
The  telephone  connection  is  7123. 


^•^ITY  MARKET,  J.  P.  McSorley,  Proprietor,  No.  422  Cambridge 
Street,  Cambridgeport. — Prominent  among  the  well-known 
y^  business  men  of  Cambridgeport  is  Mr.  J.  P.  McSorley,  of 
the  City  Market.  Mr.  McSorley  is  a  native  of  the  city,  and 
has  resided  here  all  his  life  and  been  long  identified  with  the  meat 
and  provision  trade.  Since  1878  he  has  been  in  business  on  his  own 
account  and  been  located  in  his  present  premises  since  1886.  The 
store,  which  lias  an  area  of  SO  x  40  feet,  is  a  model  of  cleanliness 
.and  order,  is  well-lighted  and  provided  with  all  accessories  essential 
to  the  successful  carrying  on  of  the  business.  The  store  is  made 
-additionally  attractive  and  inviting  by  the  excellent  manner  every- 
thing in  the  line  of  choice  cuts  of  beef,  veal,  lamb,  mutton,  pork, 
etc.,  is  displayed.  Poultry  and  game  form  a  special  feature  of  the 
business,  the  house  having  always  the  finest  and  freshest  to  be 
found  in  the  city.  There  is  at  all  times  an  ample  stock  of  salted  and 
smoked  meats,  sausages,  bologna,  fresh  luscious  fruits  and  vegeta- 
bles of  every  kind  in  season.  In  the  excellence  of  its  fresh  meats 
this  establishment  cannot  be  surpassed,  as  supplies  of  the  best  cuts 
of  well-fed  cattle  are  received  daily,  Mr.  McSorley  is  one  of  the 
best  judges  of  meat  in  the  city.  Three  assistants  are  kept  con- 
stantly busy  in  filling  orders,  and  goods  are  delivered  free  of  charge. 

JAMES  C.  MOOR,  Family  Groceries,  etc.,  No.  192  Cambridge 
Street,  East  Cambridge.— The  popular  house  of  Mr.  James  C. 
Moor  dates  its  foundation  from  1860.  The  business  has 
always  been  successful  and  prosperous  under  Mr.  Moor's  man- 
agement, and  in  1802  in  order  to  meet  the  demands  of  the  growing 
patronage  it  was  removed  to  the  desirable  location  now  occupied. 
The  premises  present  a  front  of  25  feet  with  a  depth  of  50  feet,  and 
are  well  lighted  and  managed  for  all  business  purposes.  The  stock, 
which  is  large  and  of  the  highest  standard  quality  goods,  includes 
everything  in  the  line  of  family  supplies  coming  under  the  head  of 
staple  and  fancy  groceries,  and  embraces  teas  and  coffees  and  pure 
spices  and  family  flour,  canned  fruits  and  vegetables,  salt  meats  and 
table  delicacies,  creamery  and  dairy  butter,  cheese  and  eggs  and 
country  produce.  Three  clerks  assist  Mr.  Moor  in  the  conduct  of 
the  business.  Orders  are  promptly  delivered  in  any  part  of  the  city 
free  of  expense.  Mr.  Moor  is  always  in  a  position  to  offer  his 
patrons  and  the  public  the  best  goods  at  the  very  lowesr  prices.  He 
is  a  native  of  Maine  and  is  an  old  esteemed  popular  merchant. 


REAT  AMERICAN  UNION  TEA  COMPANY,  T.  J.  Stevenson  & 
Co.,  Proprietors,  No.  188  Cambridge  Street,  East  Cambridge. 
\J(  —In  East  Cambridge  the  best  known  among  those  engaged 
in  the  business  is  the  Great  American  Union  Tea  Co.  This 
concern  has  been  in  successful  operation  since  1887,  and  under  able 
management,  and  keeping  in  stock  only  the  very  best  and  choicest 
goods,  a  large  permanent  business  has  been  established.  The  store 
has  a  double  front  of  plate-glass  show  windows  and  an  area  25  x  60 
feet.  It  is  admirably  adapted  to  the  purposes  of  the  business,  and 
the  stock,  which  embraces  the  very  finest  new  crop  teas  from  China, 
Japan,  and  coffees  from  Java,  Mocha  and  South  America,  is  one  of 
the  largest,  most  complete,  and  in  greater  variety  than  has  ever 
before  been  brought  together  in  this  section.  The  goods  are  all 
carefully  selected  and  as  to  quality  cannot  be  surpassed.  Low 
prices  prevail  and  Messrs.  T.  J.  Stevenson  &  Co.,  the  proprietors, 
are  always  in  a  position  to  secure  the  best  goods  that  are  brought 
into  the  country  and  can  always  suit  the  tastes  of  the  public  in  teas 
and  coffees  and  please  all  in  prices.  Mr.  T.  J.  Stevenson  has  the 
general  management  of  the  business  and  although  a  young  man  he 
has  had  quite  an  extended  experience  in  the  tea  and  coffee  trade  and 
is  an  expert  judge. 

CHARLES  E.  COMBS,  Pharmacist,  No.  417  Cambridge  Street, 
Cambridgeport.— Mr.  Charles  E.  Combs  has  been  engaged  in 
this  profession  for  many  years,  and  after  serving  a  period  of 
ten  years  in  the  store,  he  purchased  it  in  1886,  and  has  since 
continued  to  enjoy  an  uninterrupted  career  of  prosperity.  Mr. 
Combs  devotes  his  personal  attention  to  compounding  physicians' 
prescriptions,  which  he  prepares  with  skill  and  exactitude  from 
pure  drugs  and  medicines  with  promptness  and  dispatch.  The 
store  ie  very  neat  and  attractive  with  its  marble  tile  flooring  and 
ornamental  show-cases  and  counters.  Everything  in  the  line  of 
drugs,  medicines,  pharmaceutical  and  toilet  articles  and  also  chem- 
icals, extracts  and  perfumes  is  always  to  be  obtained  here  of  the 
very  best  quality,  and  also,  all  the  various  requisites  needed  by 
physicians  in  their  practice.  A  native  of  the  state  of  Massachusetts, 
Mr.  Combs,  who  is  a  popular  member  of  the  fraternity  of  pharmacists, 
is  familiar  with  all  the  details  of  the  business  and  has  a  thorough, 
comprehensive  knowledge  of  drugs,  their  values  and  properties. 

JOHN  H.  SULLIVAN,  Apothecary,  Cor.  Gore  and  Third  Streets, 
East  Cambridge.— A  well  conducted  pharmacy  is  that  of  Mr. 
John  H.  Sullivan.  The  commodious  store,  30  x  35  feet  in 
dimensions,  is  fitted  up  in  a  style  which  combines  the  best 
modern  ideas  of  convenience  and  attractiveness,  and  upon  the 
shelves  and  counters  and  in  the  large  show  windows  is  tastefully 
displayed  a  carefully  selected  stock  of  drugs,  chemicals,  surgical 
appliances,  proprietary  medicines,  toilet  and  fancy  articles  and  in 
short  everything  pertaining  to  a  first-class  family  drug  store.  Pre- 
scriptions of  all  kinds  are  compounded  with  the  utmost  skill  and 
care  and  the  general  popularity  of  the  establishment  is  shown  in  its 
large  and  liberal  patronage.  Mr.  Sullivan  is  a  practical  and  skill- 
ful pharmacist.  He  was  hospital  steward  at  Mobile,  Alabama,  for 
a  length  of  time,  and  having  served  his  apprenticeship  with  R.  D. 
Me  Arthur  at  St.  John's,  N.  B.,  he  succeeded  McCommack  Bros,  at 
the  present  site. 

EC.  ANDERSON,  Pharmacist,  No.  209  Broadway,  Cambridge- 
port.— The  pharmacy  establishment  of  Mr.  E.  C.  Anderson 
occupies  a  very  prominent  position.  Its  reputation  is  of 
'  the  highest  character,  and  the  careful  regard  of  the  peo- 
ple's interests,  which  distinguishes  its  operations,  has  gained  for  it  a 
measure  of  popularity  shared  by  but  few  similar  concerns  in  this 
city.  The  establishment  has  been  in  successful  operation  for  a 
number  of  years,  and  the  present  proprietor,  Mr.  Anderson,  who  is 
a  native  of  this  state,  about  thirty-five  years  of  age  and  a  graduate 
of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  succeeded  to  its  business 
in  March,  1888.  The  store  is  neat  and  compact,  handsome  in  all  its 
appointments  and  replete  with  everything  that  constitutes  a  thor- 
oughly first-class  pharmacy.  A  very  large  stock  is  carried  of  pure 
drugs,  chemicals,  pharmaceutical  preparations,  essences  and  ex- 
tracts, proprietary  remedies,  toilet  and  fancy  articles,  druggists' 
sundries  of  all  kinds  and  all  other  articles  usually  kept  in  a  concern 
of  this  kind.  The  prescription  and  family  recipe  department  is 
carefully  and  efficiently  directed. 


CITY    OF    CAMBRIDGE. 


HN.  HOVEY  &  CO.,  Choice  Family  Groceries,  Paints,  Oils, 
etc.,  No.  89  Cambridge  Street,  East  Cambridge.— The  old 
reliable  business  house  of  H.  N.  Hovey  &  Co.,  is  the  pioneer 
in  the  grocery  trade  in  this  community.  It  was  established 
by  Mr.  H.  N.  Hovey  in  1835  and  continued  by  him  until  1876,  when  he 
took  in  as  copartners  Mr.  George  Dearborn  and  Mr.  Henry  Connell, 
who  had  been  clerks  in  the  house,  the  former  for  a  period  of  ten 
years  and  the  latter  for  thirty-eight  years.  In  1885  Mr.  Hovey  re- 
tired from  the  active  duties  of  business,  and  since  that  date  the 
operations  have  been  under  the  sole  control  and  management  of 
Messrs.  Dearborn  and  Connell,  who  continue  the  house  under  the 
old  firm  name.  The  premises  are  large  and  consist  of  a  store  25 
x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  a  commodious  basement.  This  re- 
sponsible house  has  always  been  conducted  upon  the  highest 
standard  of  commercial  integrity,  and  is  liberally  patronized  by  a 
large,  first-class  custom.  The  aim  has  always  been  to  supply  the 
very  choicest  and  best  class  of  goods  at  fair,  reasonable  prices,  and 
the  success  is  owing  to  this  method  of  doing  business  which  is  still 
kept  up  by  the  members  of  the  firm,  who  not  only  retain  the  old 
patrons,  but  are  steadily  drawing  to  the  house  many  new  ones  who 
find  that  everything  needed  in  choice  family  groceries  can  always  be 
obtained  here,  pure,  fresh  and  of  the  highest  standard  quality  at  the 
lowest  prices.  Four  efficient  clerks  are  employed.  In  the  assort- 
ment of  goods  will  be  found  the  very  finest  new  crop  China  and 
Japan  teas,  and  Mocha,  Java  and  South  American  coffees,  pure 
spices  and  sugars,  and  the  popular  brands  of  family  flour,  and  also 
canned  goods  in  great  variety,  and  condiments  and  family  supplies 
generally.  There  is  also  a  special  department  for  the  sale  of  paint- 
ers' supplies  and  materials,  in  which  will  be  found  paints,  dry, 
ready  mixed  and  in  oil;  also  putty,  varnishes,  oils,  and  window 
and  picture  glass.  Both  members  of  the  firm  are  natives  of  New 
England.  Mr.  Dearborn  is  from  New  Hampshire  and  Mr.  Connell  is 
a  Bostonian  by  birth. 

A  P.  SEARS,  Merchant  Tailor,  No.  120  Cambridge  Street,  East 
Cambridge.— A  leading  and  popular  East  Cambridge  ex- 
m  ponent  of  the  merchant  tailoring  trade  is  Mr.  A.  P.  Sears. 
Mr.  Sears  early  learned  and  became  an  expert  of  the  tail- 
ors' trade  and  for  a  number  of  years  subsequently  filled  a  responsible 
position  in  leading  Boston  houses  in  this  line.  In  1874  he  began  busi- 
ness for  himself  in  Somerville,  where  he  conducted  a  prosperous 
enterprise  for  two  years.  In  1876  he  came  to  East  Cambridge  and 
established  the  firm  business  with  which  he  has  since  been  both 
prominently  and  prosperously  identified.  Mr.  Sears  moved  to  this 
eligible  location  this  year,  and  will  be  pleased  to  see  his  patrons  at 
his  elegant  and  commodious  store,  which  is  fitted  up  in  the  most  at- 
tractive and  convenient  modern  style,  and  in  the  show  windows  and 
by  means  of  various  ingenious,  interior  devices  is  attractively  dis- 
played a  large,  carefully  selected  and  eminently  desirable  stock  of 
suitings,  trouserings,  vestings  and  overcoatings,  representing  the 
best  foreign  and  domestic  productions  in  this  line.  The  work  of  the 
house  invariably  embodies  the  highest  degree  of  artistic  and  me- 
chanical excellence,  and  among  his  many  and  desirable  patrons 
drawn  from  the  best  local  custom,  Mr.  Sears  is  regarded  as  without 
a  superior  as  an  artist  tailor. 


NPELONSKY,  Manufacturer  of  Shirts,  Overalls,  etc.,  and 
Dealer  in  Dry  and  Fancy  Goods,  etc.,  Nos.  416  and  421  Cam- 
m  bridge  Street,  Cambridgeport.— Mr.  Pelonsky  has  been  in 
business  since  1882,  and  during  his  career  has  met  with  a 
most  pronounced  success,  and  always  has  something  new  and  beauti- 
ful to  place  before  his  customers  in  fashionable,  seasonable  and  de- 
sirable dress  goods,  in  ladies'  and  gentlemen's  furnishings  and  fancy 
goods  of  every  description,  together  with  a  full  line  of  gentlemen's, 
youths',  boys'  and  children's  clothing  in  new,  beautiful  fabrics,  in 
styles  in  perfect  accord  with  the  fashionable  ideas  of  the  day.  Mr. 
Pelonsky  commenced  the  manufacture  of  overalls  and  shirts  this 
year  at  No.  421  Cambridge  Street,  where  he  employs  eighty  hands. 
He  was  born  in  Russia,  came  to  the  United  States  in  1882,  and  two 
years  later  established  the  business  he  is  now  s6  successfully  con- 
ducting. He  will  be  found  straightforward  and  reliable  in  all  trans- 
actions. The  dimensions  of  his  store  are  20  x  50  feet.  It  is  fitted  up 
in  a  neat,  tasteful  manner,  reflecting  the  highest  credit  upon  the 
good  taste  of  Mr.  Pelonsky. 


FRANK  H.  W1LLARD,  Prescription  Druggist,  No.  156  Cambridge 
Street,  East  Cambridge.— Among  the  representative  East 
Cambridge  establishments  in  its  important  branch  of  pro- 
fessional industry  will  be  found  that  of  Mr.  Frank  Willard, 
who  succeeded  the  firm  of  Willard  &  Talbot,  January  1,  1889,  and  of 
which  he  was  one  of  the  partners.  Mr.  F.  H.  Willard  is  a  native  of 
the  city  and  an  experienced  and  skillful  pharmacist,  practicing 
under  the  certificate  of  registry  issued  by  the  State  Pharmaceutical 
Board.  After  serving  a  goodly  clerkship  he  bought  out  an  old  es- 
tablished business  at  the  present  site  in  1886.  The  commodious  and 
elegantly  fitted  up  salesroom  is  fully  stocked  with  pure  drugs, 
chemicals,  proprietary  medicines,  toilet  and  fancy  articles,  and  in 
short  everything  pertaining  to  a  first-class  metropolitan  pharmacy, 
and  prescriptions  of  all  kinds  are  compounded  with  the  utmost  skill 
and  care.  The  house  is  liberally  patronized  by  the  best  medical  and 
family  custom  of  the  vicinity. 


CH.  MILLARD  &  CO.,  Cigars,  Tobacco,  Snuff  and  Smokers' 
Articles,  and  Manufacturers  of  the  La  La's  Institute,  First 
B  Choice,  and  Royal  Champions,  No.  113  Cambridge  Street. — 
One  of  the  most  popular  resorts  in  this  vicinity  is  that  of  C. 
H.  Millard  &  Co.,  which  is  an  old  established  stand  and  was  pur- 
chased by  the  firm  in  1885.  In  size  it  is  30  x  35  feet,  and  is  neatly 
and  tastefully  fitted  up  and  is  very  complete  in  its  arrangement. 
Mr.  C.  H.  Millard  is  an  experienced,  practical  business  man,  and  is 
rapidly  building  up  a  first  class,  substantial  custom.  The  scope  of 
the  business  embraces  the  manufacture  of  high  grade  cigars,  and 
dealing  in  all  kinds  both  imported  and  domestic,  and  also  fine  cut 
plug  and  smoking  tobaccos  and  cigarettes,  snuff,  pipes  and  all  the 
various  articles  required  by  those  who  use  tobaccos  in  its  many 
forms.  Several  expert  workmen  are  kept  employed,  who  are 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  a  number  of  popular  brands  of 
cigars,  among  which  are  the  "  La  La's  "  and  the  "  Institute,"  very 
choice  articles  retailing  for  a  dime,  and  the  First  Choice  and  "  Royal 
Champions,"  very  highly  prized  nickel  cigars.  These  goods  are 
always  in  demand.  In  the  rear  of  the  store  is  a  handsome  pool  table 
which  serves  to  afford  amusement  to  the  patrons.  Mr.  Millard  is  a 
Massachusetts  man  by  birth,  and  for  many  years  was  identified  with 
the  boot  and  shoe  manufacturing  industry  in  Hopkinton. 

AJ.  APPLEGATE,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Watches, 
Clocks,  Jewelry,  Silverware,  Spectacles  and  Eye-glasses, 
B  No.  571  Main  Street,  Cambridgeport.— A  leading  headquar- 
ters in  Cambridgeport  for  both  watches,  clocks  and  jewelry 
is  the  establishment  of  Mr.  A.  J.  Applegate.  The  business  of  this- 
house  was  originally  organized  in  1868  by  Messrs.  Pratt  &  Co. 
Mr.  Applegate  being  a  member  of  the  firm.  The  latter,  in  1877,  pur- 
chased his  partner's  interest  in  the  business,  and  in  1882,  removed  to 
his  present  location.  In  watches,  clocks,  jewelry,  silverware  and 
optical  goods  the  display  is  very  attractive  and  the  assortments  are 
not  surpassed  anywhere.  The  goods  have  all  been  selected  with 
care  and  judgment,  exhibiting  a  wide  range  in  value,  and  are  calcu- 
lated to  meet  the  wants  of  the  greatest  possible  number  of  buyers. 
Special  attention  is  given  to  the  repairing  of  watches,  French  clocks 
and  jewelry,  and  satisfaction  is  guaranteed  in  every  instance.  Mr. 
Applegate  is  a  native  of  New  Jersey. 

FH.  MEGGETT,  Boots,  Shoes  and  Rubbers,  No.  441  Cambridge 
Street,  Cambridgeport. — Among  those  popular  houses  in  the 
m  boot  and  shoe  trade  there  are  probably  none  better  known 
than  that  of  Mr.  F.  H.  Meggett.  It  has  only  been  estab- 
lished about  two  years,  but  in  that  time,  under  the  able  management 
and  direction  of  the  proprietor,  a  large,  flourishing  business  has 
been  built  up.  Possessing  unusual  advantages  for  making  selections 
from  the  stocks  of  the  best  known  manufacturers.  Mr.  Meggett  is 
always  prepared  to  offer  the  newest  styles  and  most  fashionable 
goods  at  fair,  reasonable  prices,  and  guarantees  full  satisfaction  in 
make,  fit  and  comfort  in  foot  wear.  In  the  store,  which  is  20  x  50 
feet  in  area  and  handsomely  and  tastefully  fitted  up,  a  large  and 
varied  assortment  of  all  kinds  of  boots  and  shoes  are  displayed  for 
gentlemen's,  youths'  and  boys'  wear,  and  also  desirable,  seasonable 
goods  for  ladies,  misses  and  children,  and  also  slippers  and  rubbers. 
'These  goods  are  in  both  fine  and  medium  grades,  and  all  sizes  and 
widths.  Mr.  Meggett  is  a  native  of  Worcester. 


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ME.  KANALY  &  CO.,  Manufacturing  Confectioners,  Nos.  206 
and  808  Hampshire  Street,  Cambridgeport.— Mr.  Kanaly 
m  has  been  in  this  line  of  trade  for  a  long  period,  and  six 
years  ago  embarked  in  business  on  his  own  account. 
He  met  with  success  at  the  outset,  and  four  years  ago  his  trade  had 
then  grown  to  such  dimensions  as  to  necessitate  the  occupation  of 
more  commodious  premises.  Accordingly,  a  removal  was  made 
to  the  present  location,  and  the  business  has  been  prosecuted 
here  with  great  vigor  and  success.  The  premises  occupied  com- 
prise two  floors,  each  40x100  feet  in  dimensions.  The  mechanical 
equipments  of  the  establishment  are  of  the  newest  and  best  for 
securing  the  most  satisfactory  results,  while  about  twenty  skilled 
and  experienced  hands  are  in  service.  The  manufactures  of  the 
establishment  consist  chiefly  of  "  penny  specialties  "  in  choice  con- 
fectionery, and  these  have  gained  a  standard  reputation,  and  are 
considered  among  the  best  goods  made  in  the  country.  They  are 
strictly  free  from  deleterious  substances,  are  pure  and  wholesome, 
and  find  a  ready  sale  not  only  in  the  city  and  neighborhood,  but 
throughout  the  New  England  States.  The  firm  manufacture  cara- 
mels extensively,  making  a  specialty  of  Alcutt's  original  caramels 
and  Adams'  caramels.  The  products  of  the  concern  aggregate  about 
two  hundred  tons  per  year,  and  annually  an  increase  is  experienced. 
The  telephone  call  is  "  13-3."  Mr.  Kanaly  was  born  in  New  Hamp- 
shire and  has  resided  in  Cambridgeport  for  twenty  years  or  more. 


MJ.  O'KEEFE,  Choice  Provisions,  Fruits  and  Vegetables, 
also  Fish  and  Oysters,  No.  432  Cambridge  Street,  Cam- 
B  bridgeport.— A  representative  and  responsible  house  in 
this  line  is  that  of  Mr.  M.  J.  O'Keefe.  Mr.  O'Keefe  was 
for  twelve  years  engaged  in  the  same  line  of  business  in  Lowell, 
Mass.,  before  coming  to  Cambridgeport,  in  1886,  and  opening  his 
present  establishment.  His  store  has  a  frontage  of  18  x  42  feet,  and 
is  a  model  of  cleanliness  and  order.  It  is  fitted  up  with  marble 
•counters,  refrigerator  and  all  modern  conveniences  and  accessories 
for  carrying  on  the  extensive  business,  and  supplying  the  demands 
of  the  large  trade  the  house  enjoys.  A  heavy  stock  is  carried  at  all 
times  of  smoked  hams,  shoulders,  beef,  lard,  mess  pork,  fresh  loins, 
fresh  choice  cuts  of  beef,  lamb,  mutton,  veal,  etc.  A  specialty  is 
made  of  fish  and  oysters,  which  are  always  in  plenty  and  wholesome 
in  quality.  Fruits  and  vegetables  in  season  are  alike  kept  on  hand. 
Mr.  O'Keefe  is  familiar  with  every  branch  of  the  industry  in  which 
he  is  engaged,  and  which,  under  his  care  and  management,  is  being 
largely  increased. 

DM.  DESMOND,  Registered  Pharmacist,  No.  161  Cambridge 
Street,  East  Cambridge.— One  of  the  best  conducted  local 
B  establishments  in  its  important  branch  of  professional  in- 
dustry is  that  of  Mr.  D.  M.  Desmond,  druggist  and  apothe- 
cary, at  No.  161  Cambridge  Street,  corner  of  Fifth.  The  commo- 
dious and  attractively  fitted  up  store  is  stocked  with  pure  drugs, 
chemicals,  proprietary  medicines,  toilet  and  fancy  articles,  etc.,  the 
laboratory  is  supplied  with  all  requisite  facilities  for  compounding 
the  most  difficult  prescriptions,  and  everything  about  the  place  is 
typical  of  the  modern  first-class  metropolitan  pharmacy.  Mr.  Des- 
mond is  a  practical  and  skillful  pharmacist  practicing  under  a  cer- 
tificate from  the  Massachusetts  Registry.  He  began  as  clerk  in 
the  present  store,  and  in  1887  succeeded  to  the  proprietorship  of  the 
business,  which  under  his  able  and  popular  management  has  devel- 
oped into  proportions  which  place  him  among  the  representative 
local  pharmacists. 

JOHN  A.  HEDIN   &  CO.,    Furniture,  Carpets,  Stoves,  Ranges, 
Crockery,  etc.,  Nos.  232  and  234  Cambridge  Street,  East  Cam- 
bridge.— Among  those  establishments  deserving  of  special  rec- 
ognition we  desire  to  call  attention  to  that  of  John  A.  Hedin  & 
Co.,  which  was  founded  in  1881  and  from  that  time  under  the  able 
direction  and  management  of  Mr.  Hedin,  the  head  of  the  firm,  it  has 
enjoyed  a  career  of  uninterrupted  success.    The  premises  present  a 
double  front  of  plate-glass  show  windows  and  have  dimensions  of 
50  x  35  feet,  and  afford  ample  facilities  for  making  a  fine  display  of 
the  goods,  which  embrace  a  full  and  general  line  of  parlor  and  bed- 
room furniture,  richly  upholstered  in  the  highest  style  of  the  art  in 
all  trfe  new,  popular,  fashionable  styles,  and  all  kinds  of  household 


furniture  generally  and  body  Brussels,  Axminsters,  ingrain,  Wilton, 
Moquetteand  other  carpets  in  beautiful  styles  and  patterns,  and  par- 
lor, heating  and  cooking  stoves  in  handsome  designs  containing  the 
modern  improvements,  and  also  crockery,  glass  and  earthenware 
and  house-furnishing  goods  of  every  description.  The  goods  are 
attractively  arranged  and  popular  prices  prevail.  Three  expert 
practical  workmen  are  employed.  Mr.  Hedin  worked  for  a  long 
time  at  the  business  in  which  he  is  now  engaged  and  has  met  with  a 
well  deserved  success. 

JJ.  COLMAN,  The  Bazar,  Cambridge  Street,  Cambridgeport.— 
A  very  prominent  house  engaged  in  this  line  of  trade  is 
,  The  Bazar,  conducted  by  Mr.  J.  J.  Column.  This  gentleman 
was  born  in  England  fifty-five  years  ago  and  in  1862 
came  to  Boston,  where,  in  the  following  year,  he  engaged  in  the 
grocery  trade.  In  1873  he  abandoned  his  grocery  enterprise  and 
founded  The  Bazar,  which  has  proved  a  great  success,  enjoying 
as  it  does,  a  very  liberal  and  substantial  patronage  from  all  classes 
in  the  community.  The  premises  devoted  to  the  business  comprise 
an  entire  building,  three  stories  high,  with  a  frontage  of  20  feet  and 
a  depth  of  60  feet.  This  is  very  finely  fitted  up  throughout,  and 
admirably  arranged  for  securing  the  comfort  of  patrons  and  the 
effective  display  of  the  large,  miscellaneous  stock  carried.  The  first 
floor  is  devoted  to  toys,  notions,  china,  glassware,  etc.  ;  the  second 
to  carpets,  mattings,  wall-papers,  etc. ;  and  the  third  to  general 
house-furnishing  goods.  Mr.  Colman  is  highly  respected  by  the 
community  as  a  business  man  of  rare  energy. 

CHARLES  W.  DAILEY,  Hack,  Boarding  and  Livery  Stable,  No. 
43  Cambridge  Street,  East  Cambridge.— One  of  the  oldest  con- 
cerns of  its  kind  in  this  section,  which  was  founded  away  back 
in  1846  by  the  present  proprietor's  father,  the  late  Mr.  William 
Dailey,  is  that  of  Mr.  Charles  W.  Dailey  at  No.  43  Cambridge  Street. 
In  1874,  the  founder  took  his  son  into  partnership  under  the  style  of 
William  Dailey  &  Son,  and  on  the  former's  death  in  1879,  the  latter 
succeeded  to  the  control  of  the  business,  which  has  grown  to  large 
dimensions.  The  stables  comprise  a  series  of  frame  buildings,  and 
these  are  well  ventilated,  drained  and  lighted,  and  are  in  charge  of 
careful  grooms  and  stallmen.  Particular  attention  is  given  to 
boarding  horses  by  the  day,  week  or  month,  and  the  care  taken  is 
such  as  to  afford  the  most  complete  satisfaction.  Mr.  Dailey  has 
fifty  stalls  and  ample  accommodation  for  both  horses  and  carriages. 
He  has,  too,  some  of  the  finest  and  most  stylish  equipages  to  be 
found  in  this  section  of  the  country,  and  a  stock.of  superior  horses, 
which  can  be  hired  for  business  or  pleasure,  night  or  day,  on  mod- 
erate business  terms.  Among  the  carriages  are  some  elegant 
coaches,  broughams,  landaus,  landaulettes,  cabriolets,  buggies, 
hacks,  etc.  In  the  stock  of  horses  will  be  found  those  suitable  for 
ladies  to  ride  or  drive,  and  also  some  splendid  goers.  A  specialty  is 
made  of  saddle  horses  and  military  equipments.  Mr.  Dailey  has 
spent  the  whole  of  his  life  in  the  ^business,  and  is  considered  an 
authority  upon  the  noble  animal.  In  his  stables  will  be  found  some 
of  the  crack  horses  belonging  to  gentlemen  residing  in  this  vicinity. 
The  telephone  call  is  151-2.  Mr.  Dailey  is  a  native  of  Cambridge. 

GEO.  F.  DICKSON,  Steam,  Gas  and  Water  Pipes,  Chandeliers. 
Brackets,  etc.,  Douglass  Block,  No.  595  Main  Street,  Cam- 
bridgeport.—Mr.  George  F.  Dickson  is  especially  deserving 
of  mention  as  conducting  an  old  established,  leading  and 
prosperous  house.  Mr.  Dickson's  father,  Mr.  R.  W.  Dickson, 
founded  this  business  in  1&56,  and  he  conducted  it  with  marked 
success  until  selling  out  in  1872.  Then  the  present  proprietor  took 
control  of  the  enterprise,  and  has  since  developed  a  trade  connec- 
tion of  large  proportions,  and  placed  his  establishment  in  the  leed 
in  his  line  of  business.  He  occupies  a  neat,  commodious,  well- 
appointed  salesroom  and  basement,  which  are  filled  with  an  exten- 
sive assortment  of  chandeliers,  brackets  and  other  gas  fixtures 
from  the  plainest  to  the  most  elaborately  ornamented  and  costly, 
steam,  gas  and  water  pipes  in  all  sizes  and  metals,  and  a  full  line 
of  plumbers',  steam  and  gas  fitters'  supplies.  The  trade  is  of  both  a 
wholesale  and  retail  character,  and  the  patronage  substantial  and 
influential.  Mr.  Dickson  is  a  native  of  the  town,  and  is  alike  pop- 
ular as  a  merchant  and  citizen. 


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CITY    OF    CAMBRIDGE. 


GEORGE  A.  DAVIS.  Choice  Groceries,  Crockery,  Glass,  Wooden 
Ware    and    Country    Produce,    Cigars,    Pipes,    Snuff    and 
Tobacco,  No.  515  Main  Street,  Cambridgeport.— Among  the 
worthies  of  Cambridgeport  no  one  stands  higher  in  the  esti- 
mation of  the  public  than  Mr.  George  A.  Davis.    This  gentleman 
was  born  in  Lancaster,  Mass.,  and  for  the  past  forty-six  years  has 
been  one  of  the  most  popular  and  esteemed  residents  of  Cambridge- 
port,  known  far  and  wide  tor  his  cheerful,  genial  disposition  and  his 
kindliness  of  heart.    It  would  be  difficult  to  find  any  one  "  nursing 
his  wrath  to  keep  it  warm  "  against  this  jolly,  kindly  citizen,  who 
has  friends  and  acquaintances  without  number  who  have  ever  spoken 
of  him  in  the  most  respectful  and  friendly  terms.    He  lives  at  No. 
103  Inman  Street,  and  has  the  distinction,  of  being  one  of  the  best 
known  justices  of  the  peace  and  notary  public  in  the  city.    His  fellow- 
citizens  have  elected  him  to  every  local  public  office  within  their 
gift,  except  that  of  Mayor,  and  they  have,  but  in  vain,  even  solicited 
him  several  times  to  allow  himself  to  be  nominated  for  the  mayor- 
alty.   He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Masonic  body  and  of  the 
I.  O.  H.  order,  and  is  always  to  the  fore  in  pushing  forward  any 
movement  likely  to  be  to  the  welfare  of  Cambridgeport.    Fifty-seven 
summers  have  passed  over  his  head,  but  Dame  Nature  has  dealt 
kindly  with  him,  for  he  does  not  look  to  be  more  than  fifty  in  years, 
and  he  has  an  activity  and  sprightliness  that  many  young  men  might 
envy  him  of.    Since  July,  1871,  he  has,  too,  been  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful merchants  in  the  city.    For  the  last  seven  years  his  business 
premises,  which  comprise  a  salesroom  and  basement,  each  20  x  45 
feet  in  dimensions,  have  been  at  No.  515  Main  Street.    The  establish- 
ment is  neatly  fitted,  is  heavily  stocked  with  a  complete  assortment 
of  staple  and    fancy  groceries,  crockery,  glass  and  wooden-ware, 
country  produce,  cigars,  pipes,  tobacco,  snuff,  etc.    Every  article 
here  is  warranted  to  be  as  represented,  orders  are  satisfactorily 
filled  at  the  lowest  rates,  and  the  patronage  is  of  a  most  gratifying 
character. 

EDWIN  H.  BLAKE,  Real  Estate  and  Insurance,  No.  36  Fifth 
Street,  East  Cambridge.— Prominent  among  those  who  have 
a  high  standing  in  real  estate  and  insurance  circles  in  East 
Cambridge  and  Boston  and  its  suburbs,  is  Mr.  Edwin  H. 
Blake.  Mr.  Blake  brings  the  widest  possible  range  of  practical  expe- 
rience to  bear  on  his  important  enterprise,  coupled  with  an  intimate 
knowledge  of  the  respective  advantages  of  the  various  residential 
and  business  sections  of  the  city.  He  was  born  fifty  years  ago 
in  Boston,  now  resides  in  Bedford  and  is  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Selectmen  of  that  town.  He  first  established  himself  in  busi- 
ness as  a  grocer  in  Bedford  in  1860,  and  in  1864  removed  to  East 
Cambridge.  He  continued  in  the  grocery  trade  until  1882,  when  he 
disposed  of  his  store  to  his  brother.  Then  he  embarked  in  the  real 
estate  and  insurance  business  and  quickly  secured  a  substantial 
patronage.  He  buys,  sells,  exchanges,  leases  and  lets  every  descrip- 
tion of  property,  collects  rents,  takes  charge  of  estates,  negotiates  at 
reasonable  rates  loans  on  bonds  and  mortgages,  and  effects  insur- 
ance in  all  the  leading  responsible  foreign  and  home  insurance  cor- 
porations on  all  kinds  of  insurable  property  at  the  lowest  rates  con- 
sistent with  security.  Mr.  Blake  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  laws 
governing  real  estate  matters,  and  is  a  recognized  expert  as  to  value 
of  all  kinds  of  real  property,  watchkig  closely  after  the  interests 
of  his  numerous  patrons. 

FRANK  A.  SCHWARZ,  Steam  Printer,  No.  226  Cambridge 
Street,  East  Cambridge.— Mr.  Frank  A.  Schwarz,  steam 
printer,  is  noted  as  one  of  the  most  enterprising  and  success- 
ful men  in  his  line  in  the  city.  He  is  a  native  of  Cambridge, 
and  is  thoroughly  familiar  with  job  and  mercantile  printing  in  all  its 
branches,  having  acquired  it  by  a  number  of  years  of  practical  ex- 
perience and  close  application.  Desirous  of  engaging  in  business  on 
his  own  account  he  founded  this  enterprise  in  1886,  and  has  been  the 
recipient  of  a  very  liberal  and  permanent  patronage  since  the  start, 
which  is  derived  principally  from  among  our  leading  business 
houses.  The  premises  occupied  are  roomy  and  commodious,  appro- 
priately appointed,  conveniently  located,  and  equipped  with  every 
requisite  for  systematic  and  successful  prosecution  of  the  business, 
including  presses,  paper  cutting  machinery  driven  by  steam-power 
of  his  own,  also  all  the  latest  cabinets  and  fonts  of  plain,  unique  and 
ornamental  type,  to  which  new  styles  are  being  added  constantly  as 


produced  by  the  foundries.  Mr.  Schwarz  is  prepared  to  execute  all 
kinds  of  press  and  job  work,  commercial  printing  such  as  letter, 
note,  bill  and  statement  of  account  headings,  blank  receipts,  bills  of 
lading,  business  and  visiting  cards,  ball,  festival,  picnic  and  enter- 
tainment invitations,  tickets,  programmes,  hotel,  restaurant,  and 
special  occasion  menus,  dodgers,  posters  of  any  size,  plain  or  illu- 
minated, etc.,  all  in  the  highest  style  of  art.  Estimates  are  fur- 
nished, contracts  made  and  promptly  executed  in  the  most  satisfac- 
tory manner  and  at  lowest  possible  prices. 

HENRY  S.  ANDROS,  Registered  Pharmacist,  No.  641  Main 
Street,  Cambridgeport.— Cambridgeport  has  no  better 
known  and  no  more  popular  pharmacist  than  Mr.  Henry  S. 
Andros.  The  business  of  this  house  was  originally  founded 
in  1855  by  Mr.  James  B.  Woodward,  and  five  years  later  Mr.  Henry 
S.  Andros  entered  into  partnership  with  him.  In  1860,  the  latter 
purchased  Mr.  Woodward's  interest  and  became  sole  proprietor. 
Throughout  his  long  business  career  he  has  sustained  an  excellent 
reputation  for  accuracy  and  reliability  in  compounding  and  dispens- 
ing prescriptions.  His  store  has  an  area  of  30  x  40  feet,  is  neatly 
arranged  and  handsomely  fitted  up  with  solid  marble  counters, 
black  walnut  fixtures,  tile  floor,  elegant  plate-glass  show-cases, 
handsome  soda  water  fountain,  etc.  A  carefully  selected  and  Al 
stock  is  Constantly  carried,  embracing  pure  and  fresh  drugs  and 
medicines  of  every  description,  chemicals,  extracts,  acids  and  phar- 
maceutical specialties  in  great  variety,  standard  proprietary  reme- 
dies and  patent  medicines  of  all  kinds,  medicinal  liquors,  mineral 
waters,  flavors,  perfumery,  toilet  articles,  fancy  goods  and  drug- 
gists' sundries.  One  competent  assistant  is  employed,  and  the  great- 
est care  is  exercised  in  the  compounding  of  physicians'  prescriptions- 
and  family  recipes.  Mr.  Andros  is  a  native  of  New  York  City,  and 
is  a  prominent  and  esteemed  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Pharma- 
ceutical Association 

BURDITT  &  WHITE,  Hardware,  Cutlery,  Paints,  Oil  and  Glass,. 
No.  622  Main  Street,  Cambridgeport.— This  substantial  and 
reliable  house  was  founded  in  1853  by  Mr.  D.  N.  Chamberlain, 
who,  in  1868,  removed  to  the  premises  now  occupied,  and  in-- 
1885  was  succeeded  by  the  present  firm,  composed  of  Mr.  G.  W.  Bur- 
ditt,  who  had  previously  been  engaged  in  the  business  in  Holyoke, 
and  Mr.  F.  A.  White,  who  was  a  clerk  in  the  house  under  Mr.  Cham- 
berlain. They  are  rapidly  building  up  a  wide-spread  connection 
throughout  the  whole  of  this  section.  The  premises  occupied  con- 
sist of  a  store  40  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  basement.  The  store 
is  very  commodious,  and  a  large  and  varied  stock  is  carried  to  meet 
the  requirements  of  the  business.  In  the  assortment  there  are 
builders'  hardware  and  all  the  various  articles  generally  denominated 
shelf  goods,  and  mechanics'  tools  and  manufacturers'  supplies,  and 
table  and  pocket  cutlery  of  the  best  known  makes,  and  paints,  oils,, 
glass,  varnishes,  and  painters'  supplies  and  materials.  Three  clerks 
are  employed.  Both  members  of  the  firm  are  thorough,  active  busi- 
ness men.  Mr.  Burditt,  as  before  stated,  is  from  Holyoke  and  Mr. 
White  is  a  native  of  Cambridgeport. 

1  FRANKENSTEIN,  Dealer  in  Dry  and  Fancy  Goods  and  Ready 
Made  Clothing,  etc.,  No.  398  Cambridge  Street,  Cambridge- 
M  port. — A  prominent  and  successful  exponent  of  the  dry  and 
fancy  goods  trade  in  Cambridgeport  is  Mr.  I.  Frankenstein. 
This  gentleman  was  born  in  Germany,  and  a  quarter  of  a  century 
ago  came  to  and  took  up  his  residence  in  Cambridgeport.  For  some 
years  he  was  employed  as  a  clerk  in  the  dry  goods  trade,  and  in 
1871  ventured  into  business  on  his  own  account  and  prospered.  In 
February,  1888,  he  removed  to  his  present  location,  where  he  has  a 
fine  store,  with  an  area  of  22  x  40  feet,  and  which  is  fitted  up  in  the 
most  attractive  style.  Mr.  Frankenstein  deals  in  every  description 
of  foreign  and  domestic  dry  goods,  ready  made  clothing,  hats,  caps 
and  gentlemen's  furnishing  goods,  notions,  etc.  From  the  first  he- 
has  made  it  his  aim  to  keep  none  but  the  best  and  most  reliable- 
goods,  and  those  representing  the  latest  novelties.  The  business  is 
brisk,  extensive  and  influential,  and  each  year  brings  a  steady  and 
healthy  growth.  Competent  and  courteous  assistants  are  employed. 
Mr.  Frankenstein  is  untiring  in  his  efforts  to  please  those  who  favor- 
him  with  their  patronage. 


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SC.  HIGGINS,  Manufacturer  of  and  Dealer  in  Steam  and  Hot 
Water  Heating  Apparatus,  Stoves,  Furnaces  and  Ranges, 
B  No.  21  Central  Square,  Cambridgeport.— A  very  large  and 
important  industrial  establishment,  and  a  credit  to  its  enter- 
prising proprietor,  and  to  the  city  of  Cambridgeport,  is  that  which 
forms  the  subject  of  this  voluntary  tribute  to  business  success.  The 
proprietor,  Mr.  S.  C.  Higgins,  was  born  in  Maine,  forty-five  years 
ago,  and  for  the  past  nineteen  years  has  resided  in  Cambridgeport. 
He  was  for  a  long  period  engaged  as  a  practical  workman  in  the 
making  of  steam  and  hot  water  heating  apparatus,  stoves,  ranges, 
etc.,  and  in  1882  he  embarked  in  business  on  his  own  account.  His 
enterprise  underwent  a  great  development  rapidly,  and  in  1887  it  had 
attained  such  dimensions  that  more  commodious  premises  were 
needed  to  cope  with  the  demands  upon  it.  A  removal  was  then  made 
to  the  premises  now  occupied  at  No.  21  Central  Square.  These  prem- 
ises comprise  an  entire  building  of  two  floors  and  basement.  The  first 
floor  and  basement  have  each  an  area  of  40  x  35  feet,  and  the  capac- 
ity of  the  second  floor  is  35  x  100  feet.  The  first  floor  is  utilized  as 
the  salesroom  and  office,  and  here  is  displayed  a  magnificent  assort- 
ment of  steam  and  hot  water  heating  apparatus,  stoves,  furnaces, 
ranges,  and  a  full  line  of  house  furnishing  goods.  On  the  second 
floor  is  the  tin  shop,  which  is  equipped  with  the  most  efficient 
mechanical  appliances  and  tools,  while  ten  skilled  and  experienced 
assistants  are  employed  in  manufacturing  all  kinds  of  steam  and 
hot  water  heating  apparatus,  repairing  and  fixing  stoves,  furnaces 
and  ranges,  and  in  executing  all  kinds  of  tin,  copper  and  sheet 
metal  work.  A  special  feature  is  made  of  the  ventilation  of  public 
buildings,  and  all  work  undertaken  is  guaranteed  to  afford  the  most 
complete  satisfaction,  while  the  charges  will  at  all  times  be  found 
fair  and  equitable.  With  large  experience,  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  the  trade  and  its  wants,  and  every  facility  for  the  satisfactory 
filling  of  orders,  the  outlook  for  a  steady  and  healthy  increase  of 
business  for  Mr.  Higgins  is  excellent.  The  management  is  charac- 
terized by  energy,  enterprise  and  public  spirit  of  the  highest  order, 
and  Mr.  Higgins  is,  personally,  a  favorite  in  trade  circles. 


EH.  LUKE  &  SON,  Grain  and  Meal,  also,  Hay  and  Straw, 
Nos.  71  and  73  Main  Street,  Near  the  West  End  of  West 
B  Boston  Bridge,  Cambridgeport.— Far  away  back  in  the  year 
1840,  when  Cambridgeport  was  a  much  smaller  place  than  it 
is  to-day,  the  business  of  this  firm  was  founded  by  its  senior  member, 
Mr.  E.  H.  Luke,  who  has  seen  the  place  thrive  and  expand  and 
attain  the  dignity  of  a  city.  He  is  familiar  with  the  history  and  up- 
growth of  the  city,  for  here  he  was  born  and  spent  all  the  years  of 
his  long  life.  He  knows  all  about  the  improvements  that  have  been 
made  from  one  end  of  the  city  to  the  other,  has  noted  all  the  ad- 
vances that  have  been  made  in  the  value  of  real  estate  until  he  has 
become  an  authority  on  all  questions  of  realty,  and  there  is  no  citi- 
zen more  widely  known  or  more  deservedly  esteemed  than  Mr.  E.  H. 
Luke.  For  nearly  forty-nine  years  he  has  been  in  the  grain,  hay 
and  straw  business,  and  since  1868  has  had  a  partner  in  the  person  of 
his  son,  Mr.  E.  R.  Luke,  who  is  also  a  native  of  Cambridgeport. 
Like  his  father,  who  is  an  ex-member  of  the  City  Council,  the  latter 
is  widely  known  and  enjoys  the  good-will  of  his  fellow  citizens.  The 
firm  occupy  a  two-story  building,  covering  an  area  of  25  x  100  feet. 
This  is  provided  with  all  necessary  appliances  and  conveniences, 
and  contains  a  very  heavy  stock  of  grain,  meal,  feed,  hay,  straw, 
etc.,  in  which  the  firm  do  a  very  extensive  trade,  necessitating  the 
permanent  employment  of  several  teams  and  a  number  of  workmen. 

JJ.    HORGAN,  Marble  and  Granite  Monuments,  Headstones, 
Statues,  Urns,  etc.,  Nos.  45  to  53  Main  Street,  Cambridgeport. 
B  —This  establishment  has  a  history  no  less  interesting  from 
a  personal,  than  from  a  business  standpoint.     Mr.  Horgan 
founded  it  in  1867,  and  has  by  unremitting  industry  and  natural  skill 
acquired  a  thoroughly  artistic  and  practical  knowledge  of  the  busi- 
ness in  all  its  details.    He  started  business  in  a  small,  unpretentious 
way,  and  by  degrees  his  establishment  has  grown  until  it  is  now  in 
point  of  extent  and  in  competing  exhibitions  of  marble  and  granite 
monuments  second  to  no  other  in  the  city.    The  premises  occupied 
for  the  business  are  commodious  and  well  equipped.    They  have  a 
frontage  of  110  feet  on  Main  Street  at  the  end  of  West  Boston  Bridge, 
and  extend  back  for  a  depth  of  160  feet  to  a  large  wharf,  with  a  110 
feet  frontage  on  the  Charles  River.    Derricks  and  all  other  mechan- 


ical appliances  for  the  easy  and  economical  handling  of  stone,  etc., 
are  in  use.  The  yard  is  liberally  provided  with  sheds,  and  there  is  a 
substantial,  neat  building  used  as  office  and  warerooms.  The  manu- 
facturing department  here  alone  utilizes  the  services  of  twenty  skilled 
artists  and  workmen.  This  establishment  handles  every  kind  of  the 
best  granites  that  are  practicable  or  advisable  for  monumental  pur- 
poses, and  Mr.  Horgan,  being  a  direct  importer  of  the  finest  Italian 
marble  and  statuary  from  Carrara,  Italy,  thus  possesses  superior 
advantages  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  the  finest  monumental 
work.  Numerous  orders  for  monuments,  headstones,  statues,  urns, 
curbs  for  cemetery  lots,  etc.,  in  granite  and  marble  from  all  over 
New  England  is  constantly  received.  Street  cars,  starting  from  the 
Revere  House  and  Providence  Depot,  stop  at  Mr.  Horgan's  door. 

HORACE  D.  LITCHFIELD,  Funeral  and  Furnishing  Under- 
taker, No.  475  Main  Street,  Cambridgeport. — Among  those 
who  devote  their  attention  to  the  calling  of  the  undertaker 
there  are  none  more  prominent  in  this  community  than  Mr. 
Horace  D.  Litchfleld,  whose  office  and  furnishing  warerooms  are  at 
No.  475  Main  Street.  The  business,  the  oldest  of  the  kind  in  this 
vicinity,  was  established  in  1843  by  Mr.  Roland  Litchfield,  who  con- 
tinued it  until  1885,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Mr.  Horace  D. 
Litchfield,  who  was  brought  up  in  the  calling  and  is  familiar  with  all 
that  pertains  thereto,  and  conducts  it  in  the  same  careful  manner 
which  made  his  father  so  popular  during  his  long,  successful  career. 
The  private  office  is  very  neatly  fitted  up  in  the  rear  of  his  store  in- 
the  front  of  which  is  the  wareroom,  wherein  is  kept  everything 
requisite  for  his  business.  Mr.  Litchfield  is  very  considerate  in  the 
performance  of  his  duties  and  furnishes  all  the  requirements  for 
funerals,  and  takes  full  charge  and  directs  affairs  in  a  satisfactory 
manner  from  the  house  to  the  cemetery.  He  was  born  in  this  com- 
munity and  is  about  thirty-one  years  of  age,  and  is  thoroughly  prac- 
tical and  proficient  in  his  calling  and  sustains  a  high  social  status  as 
a  business  man  and  citizen,  and  maintains  an  excellent  reputation  as 
a  furnishing  undertaker  and  funeral  director,  and  is  the  leading  rep- 
resentative in  the  vocation  in  this  vicinity. 


JOHN  J.  McDONALD,  Carriage  Manufacturer  and  Painter,  etc., 
No.  4  Cambridge  Street,  East  Cambridge.— Among  the  well- 
conducted  and  prosperous  industrial  enterprises  which  line- 
this  busy  trade  district  will  be  found  that  of  Mr.  John  J. 
McDonald,  carriage  maker  and  painter.  Mr.  McDonald  began  busi- 
ness as  a  carriage  painter  in  1873,  and  meeting  with  good  success  in 
this  undertaking  he  increased  the  compass  of  his  enterprise  in  1882 
by  adding  carriage  making  and  repairing.  The  premises  consist  of  a 
two-story  frame  building,  30  x  125  feet  in  dimensions,  and  the  gen- 
eral equipment  of  the  establishment  embraces  all  requisite  tools 
and  appliances  for  the  advantageous  prosecution  of  the  business.  A 
corps  of  ten  to  twelve  experienced  and  skillful  workmen  is  employed 
and  everything  in  this  line  of  carriage,  wagon  and  truck  making 
and  repairing  is  executed  in  the  best  and  most  skillful  manner.  Car- 
riage painting  still  forms  an  important  feature  of  the  business,  to* 
which  careful  attention  is  given  and  the  work  turned  out  has  a  stand- 
ard reputation  for  the  highest  degree  of  artistic  and  mechanical' 
excellence.  Mr.  McDonald  is  a  practical  and  skillful  exponent  of  his 
dual  trade. 

WILLIAM  MITCHELL,  Manufacturer  of  Fine  and  Heavy 
Harnesses,  No.  2  Cambridge  Street,  East  Cambridge.— The 
business  conducted  under  the  above  heading  was  estab- 
lished by  Mr.  Mitchell  upwards  of  thirty  years  ago,  and. 
has  from  the  start  maintained  a  representative  status  in  the  local, 
trade.  The  premises  consist  of  a  two-story  frame  building  at  No.  2 
Cambridge  Street,  and  the  general  appointment  of  the  establishment 
is  both  systematic  and  convenient.  The  product  of  the  establish- 
ment comprises  fine  and  heavy  harness,  also  repairing  of  all  kinds,  & 
specialty  being  made  of  custom  or  ordered  work.  A  corps  of  expe- 
rienced harness  makers  is  kept  busy  in  the  production  of  the  supe- 
rior work  for  whieh  the  house  has  long  been  noted,  and  the  Urge  and 
liberal  patronage  received  is  drawn  from  the  best  town  and  suburban 
custom.  Mr.  Mitchell  was  born  in  Scotland,  where  he  learned  and 
became  an  expert  at  his  trade,  and  does  the  finest  custom  work  is, 
New  England.  His  success  is  a  meet  tribute  to  his  active,  able  and 
popular  management. 


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CITY     OF     CAMBRIDGE. 


JA.  HOLMES  &  CO.,  Best  Family  Groceries,  No.  608  Main 
Street  and  No.  1  Central  Square,  Cambridgeport.  The  oldest 
m  and  most  widely  known  house  in  Cambridgeport  in  the  gro- 
cery trade  is  that  of  Messrs.  J.  A.  Holmes  &  Co.,  which  occu- 
pies the  corner  of  Main  Street  and  Central  Square.  Mr.  Holmes,  the 
head  of  the  house,  who  is  about  seventy-two  years  of  age,  was  born 
and  brought  up  in  this  community  and  established  the  business  in 
1833  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  square,  and  in  1843  removed  to  the 
premises  now  occupied,  which  he  remodelled  in  1886  and  fitted  up  in 
modern  style.  The  store  has  a  double  front  of  40  feet  and  a  depth  of 
72  feet,  and  in  all  its  arrangements  is  neatly  and  perfectly  appointed, 
and  being  commodions  affords  ample  facilities  for  display  and  busi- 
ness purposes.  It  is  without  exception  one  of  the  largest  and  best 
conducted  business  establishments  of  the* kind  in  the  city,  and  the 
stock,  which  includes  everything  in  the  line  of  family  groceries,  is  not 
excelled  in  quality  or  quantity  by  any  other  in  this  vicinity.  Unu- 
sual care  is  displayed  in  selecting  the  goods  and  special  attention  is 
always  given  to  purity  and  the  best  offerings  in  the  market  are 
always  secured.  In  the  assortment  will  be  found  China  and  Japan 
teas  of  a  superior  quality,  and  also  Mocha  and  Java  coffees  and  rich 
spices,  pure  sugars,  and  all  the  leading  brands  of  extra  family  and 
pastry  flour  and  farinaceous  goods  generally,  together  with  hermet- 
ically sealed  fruits  and  vegetables  in  tin  and  glass,  table  delicacies 
and  condiments,  and  everything  belonging  to  the  business  both 
staple  and  fancy  and  imported  and  domestic.  Eight  competent  and 
efficient  clerks  are  kept  employed  in  the  store  and  customers  receive 
prompt  attention,  and  orders  are  filled  and  delivered  without  delay. 
This  house  is  well  known  and  popular,  and  in  every  respect  a  useful 
and  progressive  factor  in  its  special  line  of  business,  and  its  reputa- 
tion for  honorable,  fair  and  upright  dealing  is  and  always  has  been 
of  the  highest  standard  character. 

1  NSEL  P.  XAVIER  &  CO.,  Carriage  Manufacturers,  No.  436 
A  Main  Street,  East  Cambridge.— This  bouse  was  organized  in 
fj^_  April,  1888,  and  has  since  met  with  the  most  substantial  and 
encouraging  patronage.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a 
fine  two-story  frame  building,  20  x  90  feet  in  dimensions,  and  this  is 
equipped  with  all  the  latest  improved  machinery  and  tools  pertain- 
ing to  the  business,  while  constant  employment  is  afforded  to  six 
skilled  and  experienced  hands,  whose  operations  are  all  conducted 
under  the  personal  supervision  of  the  proprietor,  Mr.  Xavier,  who  is 
a  practical  expert  in  the  trade.  The  products  of  the  establishment 
include  all  kinds  of  light  and  heavy  fine  carriages,  which  are  of 
superior  workmanship  and  fine  finish,  as  well  as  original  and  artistic 
in  design.  Special  attention  is  given  to  the  neat  and  prompt  execu- 
tion of  repairs.  A  large  stock  of  new  and  second-hand  buggies, 
wagons,  sleighs  and  pungs  is  always  kept  on  hand  for  sale  at  low 
prices. 

GB.  LENFEST,  Job  Printer,  No.  68  Cambridge  Street,  East 
Cambridge. — Among  those  who  give  their  attention  to  the 
m  printing  business  in  this  community  is  Mr.  G.  B.  Lenfest 
who,  in  1874,  succeeded  to  an  old  stand  which  had  pre- 
viously been  established  as  long  ago  as  1848.  Mr.  Lenfest  has  made 
many  improvements  in  the  establishment  and  thoroughly  equipped 
it  throughout  with  the  latest  improved  appliances,  including  four 
modern  style  presses  which  are  operated  by  steam-power.  He  also 
has  new  type  and  is  well  provided  with  every  convenience  for  doing 
all  kinds  of  plain  and  fancy  general  job  and  mercantile  printing  in 
the  very  highest  style  of  the  art  with  neatness,  elegance  and  prompt- 
ness. The  dimensions  of  the  premises  are  25  x  50  feet  Four  expert 
practical  workmen  are  employed.  Mr.  Lenfest  is  not  only  at  the 
head  of  the  oldest  printing  house  in  this  vicinity,  but  is  also  one  of 
the  most  accomplished  exponents  of  the  "  art  preservative."  He  is 
very  moderate  in  .his  prices  and  always  guarantees  the  best  satisfac- 
tion. 

IL.  POLACK,  Manufacturer  of  the  I.  L.  P.  Cigar,  No.  113  Pleasant 
Street,  Cambridgeport. — Among  the  enterprising  business  men 
B     of  this  prosperous  town  should  be  mentioned  Mr.  I.  L.  Polack, 
manufacturer  of  fine  cigars.    The  commodious  and  well  or- 
dered premises  are  fitted  up  in  a  manner  appropriate  to  the  purpose 
and  all  the  modern  conveniences  are  supplied  for  the  advantageous 
prosecution  of  the '  business.    Mr.  Polack  makes  a  specialty  of  the 


justly  popular  "  L  L.  P."  cigar  of  which  he  is  the  sole  manufacturer. 
This  cigar  is  made  from  selected  tobacco  by  skilled  and  experienced 
workmen,  and  is  especially  designed  for  the  best  trade.  Mr.  Polack 
has  striven  from  the  start  to  make  this  cigar  "  second  to  none  "  in 
point  of  general  excellence,  and  that  he  has  succeeded  and  met 
with  a  popular  appreciation  of  his  efforts  is  clearly  shown  in  the  ex- 
tensive and  continually  increasing  popularity  of  the  "I.  L.  P." 
l»rand.  Mr.  Polack  has  had  a  wide  experience  in  the  manufacture 
of  cigars.  He  was  born  in  New  York  City,  where  he  early  learned 
and  became  an  expert  at  cigar  packing— a  branch  of  the  business 
which  calls  for  natural  as  well  as  acquired  ability.  For  a  number  of 
years  he  was  employed  in  this  capacity  in  leading  New  York  manu- 
factories, and  for  two  years  prior  to  embarking  in  the  present  enter- 
prise was  engaged  in  packing  higli  class  goods  for  a  leading  Boston 
house.  In  September,  1887,  he  established  for  himself  at  the  present 
site. 

JF.  NEWMAN,  Dry,  Fancy  and  Worsted  Goods,  No.  185  Cam- 
bridge Street,  East  Cambridge.— Among  the  leading  mer- 
B  cantile  establishments  which  line  this  busy  thoroughfare 
should  be  mentioned  the  dry  and  fancy  goods  emporium  of 
Mr.  J.  F.  Newman.  The  spacious  salesroom,  20  x  60  feet  in  size,  is 
fitted  up  in  accord  with  the  best  modern  ideas  of  combined  elegance 
and  convenience,  and  the  stock  of  dry  goods,  fancy  goods,  ladies' 
and  children's  furnishings,  embroideries,  laces,  worsted  goods, 
notions,  etc.  is  attractively  displayed,  also  a  fine  line  of  gents'  fur- 
nishing goods,  including  hats,  caps,  neckwear,  etc.  Mr.  Newman  in 
addition  to  a  wide  experience  in  the  business  on  hand  possesses  also 
the  happy  faculty  of  selecting  his  goods  to  conform  to  the  current 
want  and  fancy.  Here  are  to  be  found  the  newest  novelties  and 
most  popular  styles  in  the  several  departments  above  mentioned. 
Three  experienced  and  courteous  clerks  are  in  attendance.  Mr. 
Newman  was  born  in  Germany,  but  came  to  Boston  at  an  early  age, 
and  after  an  extensive  clerkship  embarked  for  himself  in  1879  in  the 
enterprise  with  which  he  has  sine*  been  most  popularly  and  success- 
fully identified. 

S     ROSENBERG,  Boots,  Shoos  and  Rubbers,  No.  220  Cambridge 
Street,  East  Cambridge. —The  shoe  emporium  par  excel- 
B     lence  is  the  handsome  store  of  S.  Rosenberg.     This  de- 
servedly popular  and  excellent  store  was  established  in  1881, 
and  from  its  inception  has  steadily  grown  in  public  favor  and  pat- 
ronage.   The  premises  occupied  are  commodious  and  very  taste- 
fully fitted  up,  and  a  large,  admirably  selected  stock  is  constantly 
carried,  embracing  ladies',  misses',  gentlemen's,  youths',  boys,  and 
children's  boots  and  shoes  in  all  sizes,  widths,  styles  and  varieties, 
both  in  finest  and  medium  grades;  also  rubbers  and  slippers  of 
every  description,  while  four  courteous  salesmen  attend  to  the  wants 
of  customers,  no  pains  being  spared  to  render  the  utmost  satisfac- 
tion to  every  purchaser.    Mr.  Rosenberg  is  a  native  of  Boston,  and 
prior  to  establishing  this  flourishing  store  had  been  a  clerk  in  the 
same  line  for  years. 

DEEHAN'S  DRUG  STORE,  No.  551  Main  Street,  Cambridgeport. 
— Deehan's  drug  store  was  opened  in  February,  1888,  and  at 
once  attracted  attention  and  drew  to  itself  a  patronage  both 
substantial  and  influential,  and  it  has  been  unremittingly  in. 
creasing  its  custom  since.  The  proprietor,  Mr.  P.  E.  Deehan,  is  a 
pharmaceutical  graduate  and  a  practicing  pharmacist,  whose  ex- 
perience covers  a  period  of  twenty  years  or  more.  His  store  is 
35  x  30  feet  in  dimensions,  neatly  and  admirably  arranged,  fitted  up 
with  elaborate  show-cases  and  counters,  soda  water  fountain,  etc., 
and  made  attractive  by  the  elegant  manner  in  which  the  fine  stock 
is  displayed.  The  stock  is  very  complete,  and  includes  a  general  as- 
sortment of  pure,  fresh  drugs,  chemicals  and  all  other  requisites  in 
the  line  of  perfumery  and  novelties  in  toilet  articles,  all  the  leading 
proprietary  medicines  of  known  merit;and  reputation,  fancy  goods 
and  druggists'  sundries  of  all  descriptions.  Mr.  Deehan,  who  is  aided 
by  two  competent  and  courteous  assistants,  makes  a  specialty  of 
compounding  physicians'  prescriptions  and  family  recipes  with  the 
strictest  care  and  attention  from  pure  drugs,  according  to  the  rules 
of  the  American  Pharmacopoeia.  Mr.  Deehan  is  a  native  of  Maine, 
and  justly  merits  the  success  which  he  has  obtained  by  his  persever- 
ance, energy  and  ability. 


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C  HERBERT  McCLARA  Architect,  Office,  No.  613  Main  Street, 
Room  10,  Cambridgeport.— In  the  growth  and  development 
B  of  every  community  it  is  a  marked  feature  that  as  wealth, 
refinement,  and  education  increase,  a  demand  arises  for 
splendid  public  and  private  dwellings,  which  embellish  and 
beautify  our  land.  In  connection  with  these  remarks  the  at- 
tention of  our  readers  is  directed  to  the  architectural  works 
of  Mr.  C.  Herbert  McClare,  whose  office  is  located  in  room  10, 
No.  613  Main  Street,  and  whose  residence  is  at  No.  5  Colum- 
bia Street.  This  gentleman,  though  only  established  in  business 
here  since  1887,  has  already  obtained  a  substantial  patronage,  in 
consequence  of  his  previous  extensive  experience  elsewhere  and 
his  ability.  Mr.  McClare  was  born  some  thirty  years  ago  in  Nova 
Scotia,  and  had  a  most  careful  and  effective  training  for  his  pro- 
fession, which  requires  an  immense  amount  of  study,  a  thorough 
mechanical  education,  and  a  practical  application  of  the  knowledge 
as  acquired.  Mr.  McClare  has  passed  through  his  probation  long 
ago,  and  his  proficiency  is  established.  He  is  fully  prepared  with 
all  the  necessary  facilities  to  execute  or  carry  out  any  architectural 
undertaking,  not  only  promptly,  but  with  that  intelligent  apprehen- 
sion of  design  which  makes  his  efforts  so  highly  appreciated.  He 
makes  a  specialty  of  designing  fine  dwellings,  and  since  beginning 
business  here  twenty-five  dwellings  and  a  church  have  been  erected 
from  his  designs  and  under  his  superintendence. 


CB.  MOLLER,  Parlor  and  Chamber  Furniture,  No.  449  Wash- 
ington Street,  Cambridgeport.— Engaged  in  the  furniture 
B  business  in  Cambridgeport  there  are  a  number  of  enterpris- 
ing men  of  undoubted  ability  and  integrity,  among  whom 
we  find  Mr.  C.  B.  Moller,  whose  commodious  store  and  warehouse  is 
at  No.  449  Main  Street.  The  building  is  a  three-story  structure,  hav- 
ing dimensions  of  30  x  80  feet,  and  is  very  conveniently  arranged  and 
perfectly  equipped  in  all  departments.  Mr.  Moller  is  a  thorough 
practical  man,  reliable  and  responsible.  He  makes  a  fine  display  of 
richly  upholstered  parlor  and  bedroom  furniture  in  all  the  new,  beau- 
tiful, popular  styles,  and  also  hall  and  dining-room  and  general  house- 
hold furniture  and  also  heating  and  cooking  stoves  and  ranges, 
grates,  tin  and  hollow  ware,  wooden,  crockery  and  glass  ware  and 
housekeeping  goods.  Upholstering  and  repairing  furniture  is  a 
special  department  of  the  business,  all  orders  receiving  the  prompt 
personal  attention  of  Mr.  Moller  himself  and  the  work  is  fully  guar- 
anteed to  be  executed  in  the  very  best  manner.  Born  in  Norway, 
where  he  learned  the  trade  of  the  harness  and  saddle  maker,  Mr. 
Moller  came  to  the  United  States  in  1870  and  devoted  some  years  to 
making  himself  practically  proficient  as  an  upholsterer,  and  in  1880 
established  the  business  which  now  engages  his  attention,  and  in 
which  he  has  been  very  successful  and  won  an  enviable  reputation . 
He  is  very  popular  in  this  community  among  his  fellow-citizens  and 
is  quite  a  talented  musician. 


CITY    OF    WALTHAM. 


ALTHAM,  known  all  over  the  world  for  the  superiority  of  the  watches  manufact- 
ured here,  is  a  flourishing  city  of  more  than  twenty  thousand  inhabitants,  with  a  stead- 
ily increasing  population,  and  is  located  in  Middlesex  County,  about  ten  miles  from 
the  "  Hub."  It  is  one  of  the  most  important  and  prosperous  cities  in  the  environs  of  Boston, 
and,  unless  all  signs  fail,  has  a  bright  future.  The  location  is  more  than  favorable,  alike  as 
a  place  for  a  home,  industrial  enterprise  and  mercantile  activity ;  the  soil  is  rich  and  fertile, 
and  the  climate  remarkably  salubrious,  while  the  natural  scenery,  tasteful  surroundings  and 
attractive  improvements  render  this  place  an  especially  desirable  residential  suburb.  It  is,  in 
fact,  one  of  the  most  delightful  and  healthful  of  Boston's  suburbs,  and  contains  many  hand- 
some country  seats  and  beautiful  villas,  with  charming  lawns,  well  cultivated  gardens  and  ser- 
pentine drives ;  and  the  avenues  on  the  outskirts  are  spacious  and  lined  with  fine  shade 

trees. 

There  are  various  reasons  too,  why  this  should  be  so.  The  locality  gets  refreshing  breezes, 
yet  has  the  dry  air  of  the  foot-hill  region,  while  the  adjacent  hills  shut  off  the  north  and 
east  winds,  and  catch  and  hold  the  balmy  breezes  from  the  south. 

Although  watch  manufacturing  constitutes  the  chief  industry  of  the  city,  Waltham  has  exten- 
sive and  varied  business  interests,  besides  this,  many  large  works,  mills,  shops,  foundries, 
bleacheries  and  other  manufacturing  plants  of  a  diversified  character  being  in  operation  within 
the  corporate  limits;  while  the  trade  and  commerce  of  the  place  have  attained  very  substan- 
tial proportions  likewise.  The  Charles  River  furnishes  motive  power  to  a  number  of  factories 
of  various  kinds  situated  on  its  banks,  and  new  enterprises  are  continually  coming  into  exist- 
ence, some  of  them  noteworthy  concerns.  Notwithstanding  that  what  is  now  known  as  Wal- 
tham is  one  of  the  oldest  settlements  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  it  is  only  within  a 


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comparatively  recent  period  that  the  place  has  assumed  importance  as  an  industrial  center 
and  this  is  directly  traceable  to  the  advent  of  the  great  watch  manufacturing  corporations  here. 

Waltham  originally  formed  an  integral  portion  of  Watertown,  and  in  1738  was  incorporated 
as  a  town  by  the  general  court,  Lieutenant  Thomas  Bigelow  being  the  first  town  representative. 
In  1764  the  number  of  houses  in  Waltham  was  ninety-four,  the  number  of  families  one  hun- 
dred and  seven,  with  thirteen  negroes  and  mulattoes,  the  entire  population  being  six  hundred 
and  sixty-three.  The  negroes  and  mulattoes  referred  to  were,  it  is  needless  to  state,  slaves. 

The  growth  of  the  town  from  this  period  to  the  close  of  the  Revolution  was  slow,  the 
number  of  dwellings  in  1797.  being  only  one  hundred  and  eleven.  In  1840,  the  population 
had  increased  to  two  thousand  five  hundred,  and  ten  years  later  reached  four  thousand  four 
hundred  and  sixty-four,  and  in  1875,  nacl  grown  to  nearly  ten  thousand,  a  steady  ratio  of  in- 
crease being  since  maintained. 

Waltham  was  incorporated  as  .  a  city  in  1885,  and  presently  took  on  all  the  aspects  and 
dignity  as  well  as  the  importance  of  a  thriving  municipality.  The  city  embraces  a  superficial 
area  of  nine  thousand  acres,  and  contains  close  upon  three  thousand  dwellings.  Although  not 
mapped  out  on  exactly  rectangular  squares  or  parallel  streets,  being  delightfully  irregular  in 
these  respects,  the  city  is,  nevertheless,  very  compactly  built,  and  the  public  buildings,  institutions, 
schools,  churches,  and  places  of  business  are  within  convenient  distance  of  the  whole  community. 

The  Charles  River  divides  the  city  into  two  distinct  sections,  the  "  North  Side "  and 
"  South  Side ; "  the  former  being  the  older  and  in  all  respects  the  more  important  section. 
The  principal  mercantile  thoroughfares  are  Main  Street  and  Moody  Street,  and  these  are  broad, 
well  paved  and  excellently  lighted,  presenting  a  scene  of  bustle,  life  and  activity  during  shop- 
ping hours.  In  the  highly  important  matter  of  water  supply,  sanitary  arrangements,  artificial 
illuminating  facilities  and  all  the  other  features  of  progress,  the  city  is  fully  abreast  with  the 
times.  There  are  many  fine  public  buildings,  a  spacious  common  and  several  excellent  educa- 
tional and  eleemosynary  institutions.  The  Public  Library  which  has  been  in  existence  a  quarter 
of  a  century,  is  one  of  the  notable  features.  It  contains  some  fourteen  thousand  volumes, 
which  comprehend  every  branch  of  literature,  including  a  liberal  supply  of  periodicals,  magazines, 
reviews  and  papers,  and  is  in  charge  of  a  competent  librarian  and  .assistant.  The  places  of 
worship,  too,  are  numerous  and  of  various  styles  of  architecture,,  among  them  some,  imposing 
structures,  and  nearly  all  denominations  are  represented;  while  two-  neatly  laid  out  cemeteries— r 
Grove  Hill  and  Mount  Feake — are  eligibly  located  on  the  outskirts. 

The  city  is  exceptionally  favored  in  its  fire  department,  which  is  very  complete,  ample  and 
thoroughly  disciplined,  and  also  maintains  a  large,  well  organized  police  force,  in  command  of 
an  efficient  chief.  Indeed,  the  city  compares  very  favorably  in  all  its  municipal  departments 
with  any  of  the  municipalities  in  Middlesex  or  adjoining  counties.  The  local  government  con- 
sists of  mayor,  board  of  aldermen  and  common  council,  with  a  city  clerk,  city  treasurer,  and 
other  officials,  and  executive  heads  of  departments. 

As  has  already  been  mentioned, .  the  manufacture  of  watches  forms  the  all  important  branch 
of  industry  in  Waltham,  the  Waltham  Watch  Company  and  the  Boston  Manufacturing  Company 
furnishing  employment  in  their  factories  to  a  little  army  of  workers,  both  male  and  female,, 
while  there  are  also  kindred  industries  of  extensive  proportions.  In  addition  to  these,  there  are 
factories  devoted  to  the  production  of  cotton  fabrics,  emery  cloth,  emery  wheels,  carriages, 
weather  vanes,  crayons,  lock-boxes  and  tools,  also,  machine  shops,  foundries,  iron  works,  bleach- 
cries,  grist  mills,  etc. 

In  number,  variety  and  elegance  of  its  mercantile  establishments  Waltham  will  compare 
favorably  with  its  more  pretentious  neighboring  cities,  Main  Street  and  Moody  Street  being 
lined  with  a  class  of  wholesale  and  retail  stores  devoted  to  the  sale  of  dry  goods,  millinery, 
fancy  articles,  clothing,  hats  and  caps,  hardware  and  cutlery,  stoves  and  house  furnishings,  gro- 
ceries, crockery,  confectionery,  boots  and  shoes,  provisions,  fish,  fruits,  and  merchandise  gener- 
ally of  a  truly  metropolitan  character,  besides  first-class  hostelries,  restaurants,  livery  stables,  ex- 


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press  offices,  newspaper  and  printing  offices,  photographic  studios,  art  emporiums,  news  depots, 
and,  in  short,  every  feature  of  progress  to  be  met  with  in  a  progressive  and  flourishing  city. 
And  in  this  connection  the  following  descriptive  and  historical  sketches  of  Waltham's  leading 
commercial,  industrial  and  general  business  enterprises  will  be  found  of  interest. 


ROLAND  W.  MACURDY,  Millinery,  Ladies'  Gloves  and  Fur- 
nishings, etc.,  J.  \V.  Parmenter  Block,  No.  29  Moody  Street.— 
This  business  is  an  old  established  one  and  it  was  originally 
founded  in  1861  by  Mr.  J.  W.  Macurdy  who  continued  it  until 
1887, when  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Mr.  Roland  W.  Macurdy,  who 
October  4th  of  last  year  moved  to  the  very  desirable  premises  now 
occupied.  Mr.  Macurdy,  who  was  brought  up  to  the  business,  is  young 
and  active,  and  is  al waysintroducing  all  the  latest  novelties  in  his  line 
of  both  European  and  home  production.  The  house  has  always 
been  known  as  the  leading  representative  one  in  the  millinery  and 
fancy  goods  trade.  The  premises  comprise  a  store  and  basement 
each  28  x  72  feet  in  dimensions.  The  store  is  tastefully  and  attrac- 
tively fitted  up  and  the  stock,  which  is  extensive,  fresh  and  choice, 
embraces  everything  in  the  line  of  rich,  handsome  millinery  in  the 
newest  and  most  fashionable  styles,  including  hats  and  bonnets  and 
ribbons,  laces,  flowers,  feathers,  etc.,  and  a  general  assortment  of 
ladies'  gloves  and  furnishings  and  all  the  various  materials  for  art 
embroidery.  Mr.  Macurdy  is  a  native  of  Waltham  where  he  has 
always  resided,  and  is  well  known  as  one  of  the  prosperous  young 
business  men  of  the  city. 

DO.  WATTS,  Butter,  Cheese,  Choice  Groceries,  etc.,  No.  16 
Lexington  Street.— One  of  the  very  best  among  the  many 
m  well-ordered  general  grocery  stores  in  Waltham  is  the  pop- 
ular and  excellent  stand  of  D.  O.  Watts.  For  quality  and 
variety  of  goods,  or  for  straightforward  dealing,  no  establishment 
of  the  kind  in  town  maintains  a  better  reputation.  A  strictly  cash 
trade  is  done,  while  the  very  lowest  prices  consistent  with  first-class 
goods  and  honest  weight  prevail,  quality  and  quantity  being  war- 
ranted. The  store  is  compact,  ample  and  neatly  kept,  and  a  large 
Al  stock  is  always  carried,  comprising  choice  Vermont  dairy  butter, 
fresh  country  eggs,  fine  cheese,  canned  goods,  dried  fruits,  prepared 
cereals,  table  luxuries,  sauces,  preserves,  pickles,  olives,  jellies  and 
fancy  groceries  in  great  variety;  pure  fresh  teas,  coffees  and  spices; 
sugars,  maple  syrups,  fruits,  nuts,  crackers,  confectionery  'and  kin- 
dred delicacies.  The  assortment  also  includes  prime  lard,  hams, 
smoked  and  salt  fish,  rice,  beans,  peas,  salt,  flour,  soda,  saleratus, 
baking  powder  and  general  family  groceries  ;  the  leading  specialties 
oeing  Vermont  butter,  eggs,  cheese,  maple  syrup  and  delicacies, 
while  several  polite  clerks  attend  to  the  wants  of  customers,  with 
two  teams  delivering  orders,  goods  being  delivered  free  throughout 
Waltham  and  environs.  Mr.  Watts  is  a  native  of  Waterbury,  Vt., 
but  a  resident  of  this  city  a  number  of  years.  He  commenced  busi- 
ness here  in  1883,  in  the  butter,  cheese  and  eggs  line,  to  which  he 
devoted  himself  exclusively  up  to  a  few  years  ago,  when  owing  to 
his  largely  increased  and  rapidly  growing  patronage,  he  added  a 
complete  line  of  groceries. 

DAILY  FREE  PRESS,  Somers  &  Starbuck,  Publishers,  A.  Star- 
buck,  Editor,  R.  B.  Somers,  Manager,  No.  79  Moody  Street.— 
The  Daily  Free  Press,  published  at  No.  79  Moody  Street  by 
Somers  &  Starbuck,  A.  Starbuck  editor;  R.  B.  Somers,  man- 
ager, as  an  advertising  medium  and  a  newspaper  is  the  most  promi- 
Bent  in  the  community.  It  is  neatly  gotten  up  typographically,  is 
newsy,  bright,  clean  and  independent,  and  under  the  present  man- 
agement its  circulation  and  influence  have  steadily  increased,  the 
daily  circulation  now  exceeding  2400  copies,  with  a  weekly  edition  of 
above  1,000.  The  Free  Press  has  the  largest  circulation  of  any  paper 
published  in  this  city.  On  a  competitive  trial  on  the  merits  of  the 
local  dailies  as  advertising  mediums  the  Free  Press  proved  superior 
to  its  contemporary  at  the  rate  of  fifteen  to  one,  as  the  written  state- 
ment in  possession  of  the  publisher  attests.  The  Free  Press  made 
its  initial  appearance  November  25,  1863,  as  a  weekly  with  Geo. 
Phinney  as  editor  and  proprietor.  It  purchased  the  subscription  list 
and  good-will  of  the  Waltham  Sentinel  in  1876  and  in  1884  came  into 
control  of  Mr.  R.  B.  Somers,  who  subsequently  associated  with  him 
in  partnership  Mr.  A.  Starbuck.  The  first  daily  issue  made  its 


appearance  on  March  24,  1888.  The  premises  occupied  as  publica- 
tion office,  composing  and  press  rooms  are  well  equipped  with  all 
necessary  facilities,  including  a  large  cylinder  press,  one  Gordon, 
one  universal  and  one  Prouty  press,  while  eighteen  to  twenty  expert 
printers,  pressmen,  etc.,  are  employed.  Job  printing  of  every  de- 
scription from  a  business  card  or  circular  to  a  pamphlet  or  magazine 
is  executed  in  the  most  expeditious  and  excellent  manner,  also  at 
reasonable  rates,  fine  commercial  work  being  a  specialty. 


KNAPP  &  KIRWIN,  Stoves,  Furnaces  and  Ranges,  Practical 
Plumbing  and  Gas  Fitting,  No.  586  Main  Street.— A  leading 
house  in  Waltham  occupying  an  honorable  place  in  the 
trade  is  that  of  Messrs.  Knapp  &  Kirwin,  which  was  founded 
in  1863,  and  has  been  uniformly  successful  from  the  outset.  The  en- 
terprise was  inaugurated  in  the  year  named  by  Mr.  W.  B.  Knapp, 
and  in  1884,  Mr.  F.  H.  Kirwin  became  his  partner.  The  spacious 
premises  occupied  cover  an  area  of  40  x  100  feet,  and  are  equipped 
in  the  most  thorough  manner.  Making  a  leading  specialty  of 
plumbing,  Messrs.  Knapp  &  Kirwin  carry  on  general  operations  as 
practical  plumbers1  and  gas  fitters,  employ  a  force  of  skilled  work- 
men and  are  prepared  to  fill  all  orders  in  a  prompt  and  thoroughly 
satisfactory  manner.  They  also  deal  in  and  carry  a  large  superior 
stock  of  stoves,  furnaces  and  ranges,  copper  wash  boilers,  tanks,  tea 
kettles,  farmers'  boilers,  ash  barrels,  and  a  complete  assortment  of 
kitchen  furnishing  goods,  all  of  which  are  offered  at  the  lowest 
prices  for  cash.  Jobbing  of  all  kinds  is  given  careful  attention. 
The  members  of  the  firm  are  both  natives  of  this  state,  Mr.  Knapp 
having  been  born  at  Winchendon  and  Mr.  Kirwin  in  Cambridge. 

CO.  MORRILL,  Family  Groceries,  No.  619  Main  Street.— The 
foundation  of  the  house  dates  from  1870,  and  about  five  years 
B  ago  it  came  under  the  control  of  Messrs.  Me  Wain  &  Morrill, 
•who  continued  it  until  November  last,  when  Mr.  Morrill  suc- 
ceeded to  it  by  purchasing  the  interest  of  his  partner.  The  prem- 
ises, -which  have  an  average  of  25  x  100  feet,  are  very  perfect  and 
complete,  and  are  well  arranged  throughout  for  both  convenience 
and  display  of  the  large,  comprehensive  stock,  which  embraces  a 
choice,  well  selected  assortment  of  teas,  coffees,  sugars,  spices, 
canned  goods,  flour,  and  the  many  other  articles  that  belong  to  the 
trade  which  Mr.  Merrill's  extensive  business  enables  him  to  turn 
over  rapidly,  thus  affording  his  patrons  a  continual  supply  of  fresh 
goods,  which  are  constantly  being  received  direct  from  the  leading 
importers  and  manufacturers.  Besides  a  book-keeper,  several 
clerks,  who  are  courteous,  polite,  and  attentive,  are  employed,  and 
two  wagons  call  for  and  deliver  orders  without  extra  charge  to  any 
part  of  the  city.  Mr.  Morrill,  who  has  lived  many  years  in  Waltham, 
is  a  native  of  Springfield.  He  is  largely  identified  with  the  prosper- 
ity of  this  city. 

MR.  LEONARD,  Choice  Family  Groceries,  Corner  Main  and 
Prospect  Streets.— The  well-appointed  and  deservedly 
,  popular  establishment  of  M.  R.  Leonard  is  in  all  respect 
a  first-class  stand,  centrally  located,  commodious  and 
neatly  fitted  up.  The  stock,  which  is  large  and  finely  assorted,  com- 
prises choice  teas  and  coffees,  pure  and  fresh  spices,  condiments, 
relishes,  preserves  and  table  delicacies,  canned  goods  in  great  vari- 
ety, dried  fruits,  prepared  cereals,  sugars,  syrups,  molasses,  best 
brands  of  family  flour,  oatmeal,  corn  meal,  rye  meal,  beans,  peas, 
rice,  lard,  smoked  meats  and  fish,  prime  butter,  cheese  and  fresh 
eggs;  also  foreign  and  domestic  fruits,  nuts,  crackers,  confectionery, 
cigars,  etc.,  while  several  efficient  clerks  are  in  attendance,  and  two 
teams  in  regular  service,  supplying  customers  throughout  the  city 
and  environs.  Mr.  Leonard  is  a  gentleman  in  the  prime  of  life,  and 
a  native  of  St.  Lawrence  County,  New  York.  He  is  a  man  of  ample 
experience  as  well  as  of  energy  and  good  business  qualities,  and 
prior  to  establishing  this  flourishing  store  in  June,  1884,  had  been  for 
some  years  in  the  wholesale  grocery  trade  in  Boston. 


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CITY    OF    WALTHAM. 


RUFUS  WARREN  &  SONS,  Fine  Boots  and  Shoes,  No.  9  Moody 
Street. — Messrs.  Rufus  Warren  &  Sons  have  one  of  the  finest 
and  best  equipped  stores  in  this  line  of  business  in  the  city. 
The  foundation  of  the  house  dates  from  1847,  when  it  was 
established  by  Mr.  Rufus  Warren  on  Main  Street.    In  1887  he  took 
his  sons,  Mr.  C.  H.  and  Mr.  C.  R.  Warren,  into  partnership,  and  some 
three  years  ago  secured  and  moved  to  the  premises  now  occupied. 
The  premises  comprise  first  floor  and  basement,  each  35  x  100  feet  in 
area.  The  store  is  a  model  of  neatness,  elegance  and  good  taste,  and 
is  well  lighted  by  two  splendid  show  windows  of  plate  glass,  and  in 
its  fittings  and  appointments  is  not  excelled  by  any  other  establish- 


in  the  most  convenient  'and  tasteful  manner,  being  -provided  with 
everything  necessary  for  the  rapid  manipulation  of  an  extensive 
trade.  The  heavy  stock  carried  embraces  a  complete  .assortment  of 
the  finest  class  of  ready-made  clothing  for  men's,  boys'  and  youths' 
wear,  made  in  the  latest  and  most  fashionable  styles,  and  gentle- 
men's furnishings  in  profuse  variety.  The  house  is  entirely  reliable 
shares  its  advantages  freely  with  its  patrons,  and  the  prices  are 
always  most  reasonable.  Mr.  Fossett  devotes  his  attention  to  the 
management  of  his  Boston  establishment,  while  Mr.  Atwood  directs 
the  affairs  of  their  house  in  this  city.  Both  gentlemen  reside  in 
Waltham. 


ment  in  the  city  or  vicinity.  The  assortment  of  goods,  which  includes 
in  its  variety  all  kinds  of  foot  wear,  is  always- kept  up  to  a  full  stand- 
ard and  embraces  the  finest  and  best  goods  of  the  most  distinguished 
manufacturers,  particularly  those  of  New  York  and  also  those  of 
Douglass  and  Tenny.  The  goods  are  all  perfect  in  fit,  style  and 
workmanship  and  material,  and  will  be  found  in  all  widths  and  sizes 
for  men,  women,  boys,  misses  and  children,  and  fully  guaranteed  in 
every  respect.  Rubbers  and  slippers  are  also  displayed  in  profusion, 
and  it  would  indeed  be  difficult  to  find  any  one  in  the  trade  in  this 
vicinity  who  can  show  a  better  class  of  fine  goods  or  quote  prices 
that  can  compete  with  this  firm,  which  is  liberally  patronized  by  the 
very  best  class  of  customers.  Mr.  Warren,  the  founder  of  the  house, 
is  a  native  of  Weston  in  this  state  but  has  been  identified  with  the  busi- 
ness and  local  affairs  of  Waltham  nearly  all  his  life.  He  is  one  of 
the  oldest  men  in  the  boot  and  shoe  trade  and  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent. Under  the  old  town  government  some  years  ago  he  was  a 
selectman  and  afterwards  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature,  and  is 
now  director  of  the  National  Bank  and  a  trustee  of  the  Savings 
Bank  and  one  of  the  investing  committee.  His  sons,  C.  H.  and  C.  R., 
were  both  born  in  this  city.  Mr.  Warren.  Sr.,  is  a  member  of  high 
degree  in  the  Society  of  Good  Fellows. 


FOSSETT  &  ATWOOD,  Men's,  Youths'  and  Children's  Clothing 
and  Furnishing  Goods,  W.  P.  Atwood,  Manager,  A.  O.  U.  W. 
Building,  Moody  Street.— A  position  of  recognized  importance 
is  that  held  by  the  establishment  of  Messrs.  Fossett  &  Atwood. 
The  senior  member  of  the  firm,  Mr.  W.  G.  Fossett,  is  a  well-known 
Boston  merchant,  having  been  established  for  over  twenty  years  in 
that  c'ity,  at  No.  740  Washington  Street,  in  a  similar  line  of  business 
he  is  conducting  here.    The  store  in  this  city  was  opened  in  Septem- 
ber, 1888,  by  Messrs.  W.  G.  Fossett  and  W.  P.  Atwood,  and  has  been 
successfully  carried  on  from  the  outset.    The  premises  occupied,  25  x 
60  feet  in  dimensions,  are  handsomely  furnished,  and  are  appointed 


EM.  RICHARDSON,  Hardware,  Paints  and  Oils,  Door  and 
Window  Frames.— This  is  decidedly  the  largest  and  best- 
equipped  establishment  of  the  kind  in  this  section  of  the 
state.  The  enterprise  dates  its  inception  from  1871,  when 
it  was  founded  by  the  Messrs.  Richardson  Brothers,  continuing 
under  their  joint  control  for  five  years,  when  the  firm  changed  to 
Richardson  &  Bond,  and  in  1881  Mr.  E.  M.  Richardson  became  the 
sole  proprietor.  The  extent  of  the  business  demands  the  occupancy 
of  three  large  buildings,  and  the  best  of  facilities  are  enjoyed  for  the 
systematic  manipulation  of  trade,  and  the  prompt  meeting  of  the 
requirements  of  customers.  The  immense  stock  constantly  carried 
embraces  every  description  of  hardware,  paints,  oils,  varnishes,  agri- 
cultural implements,  windows,  blinds,  door  and  window  frames,  cut- 
lery, tools,  builders'  hardware,  etc.  Mr.  Richardson  secures  his 
goods  direct  from  manufacturers,  and  is  holding  out  very  superior 
inducements  to  the  public  in  the  matter  of  prices.  Both  a  wholesale 
and  retail  trade  is  carried  on. 


GEORGE  W.    ADAMS,  Watchmaker   and   Jeweler,  Dealer   in 
Watches,  Clocks,    Jewelry,  Silverware  "and   Optical    Goods, 
No.  183  Moody  Street.— Although  this  house  has  been  estab- 
lished but  little  over  four  years,  having  been  opened  in  1884, 
yet  under  Mr.  Adams,  vigorous  and  energetic  management  a  large 
and  active  trade  has  been  acquired,  and  the  firm  is  one  of  the  lead- 
ing ones  in  the  city.    The  store  occupied  has  dimensions  of  25  x  70 
feet,  and  is  appointed  in  handsome,  tasteful  and  attractive  style. 
The  superior  stock  carried  embraces  a  very  elegant  assortment  of 
fine  gold  and  silver  watches  in  all  the  leading  makes,  ornamental 
parlor  and  hall  clocks,  silver  and  plated  ware,  jewelry  in  chaste  and 
artistic  designs,  and  a  reliable  assortment  of  optical  goods.    Nothing 
but  strictly  reliable  merchandise  is  handled,  and  all  goods  purchased 
here  may  be  fully  relied  upon  to  be  as  represented. 


CITY     OF    WALTHAM. 


293 


WALTHAM  EMERY  WHEEL  CO.,  Felton  Street.-The  em- 
ery of  commerce  is  chiefly  obtained  from  the  Island  of 
Smyrna.    The  maximum  annual  product,  and  the  total 
consumption  of  crude  emery  for  all  purposes,  does  not  ex- 
ceed five  thousand  tons  and  often  falls  below  that  quantity.    Among 
the  large  consumers  of  this  product  is  the  Waltham  Emery  Wheel 
Company,  of  this  city.    This  industry  was  inaugurated  in  1880  by  Mr. 
H.  Richardson,  by  whom  it  was  conducted  until  1881,  when  the  Wal- 
tham Emery  Wheel  Company  succeeded  to  the  control.    The  busi- 
ness is  now  conducted  by  Mr.  Richardson,  who  has  charge  of  the 
manufacturing,  and  Mr.  H.  P.  Hyde,  who  has  charge  of  the  business 
department,  under  the  above  firm  name.    These  gentlemen  have  had 


mature  experience  in  all  the  departments  of  their  business,  and  are 
enabled  to  secure  a  perfect  production.  The  plant  is  complete  in 
every  respect,  the  machinery  being  of  the  most  approved  character, 
and  ample  steam-power  is  provided.  Employment  is  afforded  some 
thirty-five  expert  operatives  in  the  various  departments.  The  com- 
pany manufacture  the  celebrated  Waltham  emery  and  corundum 
wheels,  the  Richardson  emery  wheels,  and  deal  in  emery  and  corun- 
dum and  all  kinds  of  emery  grinding  and  polishing  machinery,  etc., 
making  a  leading  specialty  of  their  solid  emery  and  corundum  wheels. 
Their  goods  are  without  a  peer,  being  unrivalled  by  any  similar  pro- 
ductions in  the  world,  and  they  are  in  extensive  use  in  all  parts  of  the 
United  States  and  foreign  countries. 


TOWN    OF    HYDE    PARK. 


OR  a  place  that  had  no  official  existence  a  generation  ago,  the  growth,  progress  and 
development  of  Hyde  Park  are  worthy  of  note.  It  is  scarcely  thirty  years  old  as  a 
district  community,  and  now  ranks  among  the  most  substantial,  prosperous  and  pro- 
gressive towns  of  Norfolk  County,  and  bids  fair  to  outstrip  most  of  the  others  in  importance 
within  a  decade  or  two.  From  comparatively  insignificant  proportions  Hyde  Park  has  grown 
during  a  quarter  of  a  century  to  be  a  flourishing  town  of  upward  of  ten  thousand  inhabitants, 
with  a  steadily  increasing  ratio  in  population  and  constantly  developing  industrial,  commercial 
and  financial  interests ;  and,  unless  all  signs  fail,  its  prospects  for  the  future  are  even  brighter 
than  the  past.  Although  the  center  of  no  one  special  industry  that  fills  the  eye,  and,  there- 
fore, not  so  widely  known  as  other  towns  of  far  less  importance  in  this  section  of  the  state, 
Hyde  Park  has  within  its  limits  a  number  of  extensive  manufacturing  plants  devoted  to  the 
production  of  a  great  variety  of  articles,  among  others  boots  and  shoes,  furniture,  carriages, 
machinery,  iron,  woodwork,  etc.,  while  in  the  purely  mercantile  lines  this  town  presents  all  the 
aspects  of  a  bustling  city,  containing  many  notably  fine  retail  stores,  with  several  large  whole- 
sale houses  also.  New  enterprises  of  an  industrial  and  commercial  nature  are  constantly 
springing  up,  while  many  of  the  older  concerns  have  been  enlarging  their  facilities.  Add  to 
this  the  normal  increase  of  business  in  all  the  branches  of  trade,  and  it  requires  no  prophetic 
ken  to  predict  for  Hyde  Park  an  enduring  era  of  prosperity  into  the  twentieth  century.  With 
two  railroads  converging  here,  and,  as  a  consequence  low  freight  rates ;  rents,  taxes  and  assess- 
ments reduced  to  a  minimum,  and  all  the  other  items  of  expense  to  be  taken  into  account  in 
a  business  venture  exceptionally  favorable,  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  the  storekeepers  in 
this  progressive  town  are  enabled  to  offer  their  wares  at  "  Boston  prices."  Indeed,  the  figures 
quoted  on  such  commodities  as  groceries,  dry  goods,  hardware,  house-furnishing  articles  and  staple 
goods  generally  by  Hyde  Park's  leading  merchants  are  rather  lower,  if  anything,  than  those  pre- 
vailing for  the  same  class  of  goods  in  the  "  Hub " ;  and  thus  it  is  that  the  prudent  housewife 
and  the  veritable  bargain  hunter  in  this  thriving  bailiwick  do  their  shopping  at  home. 

The  town  site,  too,  has  been  selected  with  foresight  and  excellent  judgment  with  a  view 
to  health  and  comfort,  as  well  as  to  transportation  facilities,  natural  resources  and  the  advan- 
tages the  locality  affords  for  manufacturing  and  mercantile  activity,  the  situation  being  slightly 
elevated,  the  soil  fertile,  the  surroundings  pleasing  to  the  eye  and  the  climate  healthful,  while 
the  supply  of  pure  water  is  abundant.  That  the  features  here  roughly  sketched,  and  they  are 


294  TOWNOFHYDEPARK. 

X 

but  a  few  of  the  many  attractions  that  render  the  place  desirable  alike  as  a  business  and  res- 
idential location,  should  have  induced  capital,  energy,  wealth  and  culture  to  find  an  abiding- 
place  hereabouts  is  in  the  very  nature  of  things ;  arid  it  is  the  sagacity  to  perceive  and  utilize 
such  advantages,  and  the  capacity  to  develop  to  the  fullest  such  resources  more  than  any 
other  quality,  that  gives  the  Yankee  first  place  in  the  march  of  progress. 

Hyde  Park  is  distant  from  Boston  something  over  seven  miles,  and  is  connected  with  the 
latter  city  by  the  Boston  and  Providence  railroad,  and  the  New  York  and  New  England  rail- 
road, the  depots  of  which  lines  here  are  ample  and  conveniently  located  both  for  passage  and 
freight  traffic,  while  the  service  afforded*  by  each  is  everything  that  could  be  reasonably  expected. 
The  town  has  been  mapped  on  an  original  plan,  with  spacious  squares,  delightful  resting  places 
and  beautiful  circular  driveways.  The  streets  are  broad  and  well  paved,  and  the  wide  avenues 
on  the  outskirts  are  lined  with  handsome  shade  trees,  while  on  all  sides  throughout  the  envi- 
rons are  to  be  seen  superb  villas  and  elegant  residences,  the  homes  of  wealth,  taste  and  cult- 
ure. Luxuriant  gardens,  lovely  lawns  and  charming  groves  attract  the  eye  on  every  hand,  and 
flowers,  plants  and  ornamental  trees  in  great  profusion  border  the  drives ;  luscious  fruits,  nuts 
and  berries  in  season  also  growing  here  in  abundance. 

Hyde  Park  proper  is  compactly  built,  and  is  excellently  lighted,  gas  and  electric  light  both 
furnishing  illumination,  and  has  several  imposing  public  buildings,  her  citizens  being  liberal  and 
progressive  in  matters  pertaining  to  the  public  weal,  while  the  administration  of  affairs  is  in 
the  hands  of  capable  and  judicious  officers.  The  local  government  is  vested  in  a  board  of 
selectmen,  with  executive  heads  of  departments  and  other  officials,  including  town  clerk,  chief 
of  police  and  the  various  officers  exercising  public  functions  in  a  well  ordered  town.  An  effi- 
cient police  force  is  maintained,  also  a  thoroughly  equipped  and  effective  fire  service ;  and  in 
the  matter  of  health  and  sanitary  regulations,  street  cleaning,  educational  facilities  and  eleemosy- 
nary institutions,  the  town  is  equally  well  off.  The  schools  are  commodious,  completely  ven- 
tilated and  admirably  conducted,  with  competent  principals  and  teachers,  both  in  the  primary 
and  higher  departments,  and  in  their  way  are  models.  Hyde  Park  maintains  a  well-appointed 
Public  Library,  also,  which  serves  as  a  valuable  and  indispensable  factor  in  promoting  intelli- 
gence in  the  community,  and  which  receives  a  patronage  of  a  highly  gratifying  character. 

In  respect  of  houses  of  worship  this  town  is  not  behind  its  more  pretentious  neighboring 
communities,  all  denominations  being  represented,  and  some  of  the  church  edifices  are  espe- 
cially fine  pieces  of  architecture.  With  the  vast,  varied  and  growing  industries  located  here,  all 
branches  of  trade  and  commerce  giving  evidence  of  healthy  activity,  and  the  arts  and  sciences 
generally  cultivated,  it  is  needless  to  remark  that  this  town  contains  some  solid  and  judiciously 
managed  banks  and  fiduciary  institutions,  officered  and  directed  by  some  of  Hyde  Park's  stanch, 
est  and  foremost  citizens,  whose  influence  has  been  no  small  factor  in  the  rise,  progress  and 
material  development  of  the  community.  The  real  estate  interests  of  the  town,  too,  are  of  sur- 
passing importance,  the  aggregate  transactions  in  realty  representing  a  handsome  sum  in  the 
course  of  a  year,  investments  in  building  lots  for  fine  dwellings  being  noticeably  on  the  increase ; 
and  indications  are  not  wanting  that  Hyde  Park,  owing  to  its  beauty  of  surroundings  and  nat* 
ural  advantages,  is  destined  to  eclipse  most  of  the  suburban  villa  resorts  in  the  vicinity  of 
Boston.  While  particularly  favored  in  this  respect  the  town  in  its  business  section  presents 
something  of  a  metropolitan  appearance,  its  principal  thoroughfares  being  lined  with  handsome 
and  substantial  business  blocks,  many  of  which  are  really  noteworthy. 

Along  the  streets  are  attractive  and  flourishing  establishments,  both  wholesale  and  retail,  devoted 
to  the  sale  of  dry  goods,  millinery,  clothing,  hardware,  furniture,  stoves  and  house-furnishing 
goods,  groceries,  crockery  and  glassware,  jewelry,  fancy  wares,  hats  and  caps,  boots  and  shoes, 
gents'  furnishings,  confectionery,  etc.,  etc.;  also  well  ordered  meat  and  provision  markets,  bakeries, 
photographic  studios,  art  warerooms,  music  emporiums,  dental  parlors,  tailoring  shops,  restaurants 
and,  in  short,  every  feature  of  progress  to  be  found  in  any  of  the  more  pretentious  towns  or 
cities  in  this  part  of  the  state. 


TOWN    OFHYDE    PARK. 


295 


As  fitting  addenda  to  the  foregoing  review,  a  series  of  sketches  of  Hyde  Park's  represent- 
ative merchants,  manufacturers  and  business  men  is  presented  herewith  in  a  succinct  form,  and 
the  attention  of  our  readers  is  directed  theret6. 


H  MARKS,  Merchant  Tailor,  Fine  Suitings  Constantly  on 
Hand,  No.  20  Fairmount  Avenue.— Among  those  who 
B  are  well  qualified  to  produce  a  fine  grade  of  stylish  and 
fashionable  garments,  and  who  have  achieved  a  justly 
earned  reputation  for  first-class  garments  and  honorable  business 
methods  is  Mr.  H.  Marks,  merchant  tailor  and  dealer  in  fine  suit- 
ings. Mr.  Marks  is  a  German  by  birth,  but  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1876,  and  has  been  a  resident  of  this  state  the  greater  por- 
tion of  the  time  since.  Being  a  thoroughly  practical  and  skilled 
tailor  and  cutter,  he  followed  his  trade  in  Boston  for  a  few  years, 
and  subsequently  established  himself  in  business  there  on  his  own 
account  in  1882,  and  five  years  afterwards  removed  it  to  Hyde  Park, 
and  from  the  start  here  he  has  met  with  the  most  gratifying  suc- 
cess. The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  very  neatly  and  tastefully 
arranged  store  with  workshop  attached.  The  store  contains  a  most 
carefully  selected  assortment  of  French,  German,  English  and 
domestic  cloths,  cassimeres,  meltons,  tweeds,  diagonals,  suitings 
and  trouserings  in  all  the  latest  and  most  desirable  styles,  also,  fine 
trimmings,  etc.,  which  are  freely  utilized  in  the  production  of  stylish, 
elegant  fitting  and  fashionable  garments.  All  articles  are  made  to 
order  exclusively  and  are  characterized  by  artistic  cut  and  most 
careful  workmanship.  Mr.  Marks  keeps  fully  abreast  of  the  times 
and  is  in  possession  of  the  very  latest  styles  as  soon  as  placed  in  the 
market,  and  devotes  his  entire  attention  to  the  wants  of  his  patrons 
while  his  prices  are  always  extremely  reasonable.  He  is  a  reliable 
business  man,  and  is  prepared  to  offer  inducements  in  his  line  of 
trade  not  easily  obtained  elsewhere. 


SOMES'  SHOE  STORE,  No.  16  Fairmount  Avenue.— This  is  one 
of  the  oldest,  and,  in  all  respects,  one  of  the  most  reliable 
boot  and  shoe  houses  in  Hyde  Park.  For  a  score  of  years, 
or  more,  it  has  been  a  noted  shoe  establishment  and  for  the 
past  two  years  has  been  under  the  energetic  management  of  Mr.  S. 
S.  Somes.  Since  he  took  control  of  the  business  he  has  greatly  pop- 
ularized the  house,  and  he  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  jolliest  and 
most  wide  awake  business  men  on  the  avenue.  He  aims  at  securing 
the  best  foot  wear  that  is  manufactured,  and  to  sell  it  at  such  prices 
as  will  insure  quick  and  brisk  sales.  His  premises  consist  of  store 
and  basement,  each  22  x  35  feet  in  dimensions.  The  salesroom  is 
elegant  and -attractive  in  its  fittings  and  arrangement.  Customers 
have  a  firie,  varied,  fashionable  stock  to  select  from,  and  they  find 
it  difficult  to  refrain  from  buying  on  seeing  the  prices,  even  when 
they  do  not  actually  stand  in  need  of  the  goods.  Mr.  Somes  handles 
among  others,  J.  N.  Smith's  (Lynn)  ladies'  fine  foot  wear,  F.  A.  Park- 
er's misses'  goods,  and  W.  L.  Douglas'  and  E.  A.  Perkins'  boots 
and  shoes.  The  connections  of  Mr.  Somes  with  manufactur- 
ers are  of  the  most  favorable  character,  and  thus  he  is  enabled  to 
offer  to  his  customers  the  rarest  inducements  as  regards  excellence 
of  goods  and  economy  of  prices.  He  has  resided  in  Hyde  Park  nine 
years. 

GEORGE  MILES,  West  India  Goods  and  Choice  Family  Grocer- 
ies, Tucker's  Block,  Gordon  Avenue.— At  the  commodious 
and  well  ordered  store  of  George  Miles  can  always  be  found 
an  unusally  fine  line  of  everything  comprehended  in  "  West 
India  Goods  "  and  family  groceries  at  remarkably  low  figures— Bos- 
ton prices  prevailing— and  where  patrons  are  assured  of  honorable 
dealing>t  all  times.  Only  first-class  goods  are  handled,  quality  and 
quantity  being  guaranteed  in  every  instance,  while  orders  are  de- 
livered free  to  any  part  of  Hyde  Park  and  vicinity  in  the  most 
prompt  and  satisfactory  manner.  The  store,  which  is  centrally 
located,  is  30  x  70  feet  in  dimensions,  and  neatly  fitted  up,  and  a  very 
large  stock  is  constantly  carried,  comprising  choice  teas,  and 
coffees,  fresh  pure  spices,  sugars,  syrups,  canned  goods  in  great 
variety,  dried  fruit,  prepared  cereals,  sauces,  preserves,  olives, 
relishes  and  table  luxuries,  prime  butter,  cheese  and  eggs,  smoked 
meats  and  fish,  best  brands  of  family  flour,  oatmeal,  corn  and  rye 
meal,  rice,  beans,  peas,  salt,  saleratus,  soda,  soap,  starch,  baking 
powder,  molasses,  oils,  vinegar,  foreign  and  domestic  fruits,  nuts, 


etc.,  etc.  ;  also  a  full  line  of  crockery,  glassware,  kitchen  utensils, 
brushes,  brooms,  wooden-ware  and  housekeeping  articles.  Five 
polite  clerks  attend  to  the  wants  of  purchasers,  while  three  teams 
are  in  regular  service.  This  popular  and  prosperous  store  was  es- 
tablished in  1871  by  the  firm  of  Miles  &  Silsbury,  which  continued  in 
existence  up  to  1877,  when  the  present  proprietor  assumed  sole  con- 
trol, and  has  since  conducted  the  business  alone  with  uninterrupted 
success.  Mr.  Miles  is  a  native  of  Roxbury,  and  stands  high  in  the 
community  both  in  business  and  social  life.  He  is  a  Knight  Tem- 
plar and  belongs  to  most  of  the  benevolent  associations. 


SA.  COFFIN,  Cigars,  Tobacco,  Pipes,  etc.,  Confectionery, 
Fruits,  etc.,  Nos.  4  and  6  Everett  Square.— The  headquar- 
B  ters  for  smokers'  supplies  in  Hyde  Park  is  the  well-ordered 
and  excellent  store  of  S.  A.  Coffin,  wholesale  and  retail 
dealer  in  cigars,  tobacco,  pipes,  etc.  For  variety,  completeness  or 
excellence  of  stock  no  establishment  of  the  kind  in  town  compares 
with  this,  while  a  neat  confectionery  and  well-appointed  dining- 
room  are  maintained  in  connection  also,  several  polite  assistants 
being  in  attendance.  This  popular  and  prosperous  stand  was  estab- 
lished by  the  present  proprietor  about  ten  years  ago.  The  premises 
occupied  are  spacious,  ample  and  tastefully  arranged,  and  a  large, 
first-class  assortment  is  always  kept  on  hand,  including  besides 
imported  and  domestic  cigars,  in  fine  and  medium  grades  all  the 
favorite  brands  of  cigarettes,  smoking  and  chewing  tobaccos  in  great 
variety,  snuff,  pipes,  and  everything  in  the  line  of  smokers'  articles; 
also  foreign  and  domestic  fruits,  nuts,  etc.,  choice  confections, 
delicious  chocolates,  caramels,  bonbons,  pure  candies  of  every 
description,  wholesome  and  toothsome  cakes,  all  flavors  soda  water 
etc.,  a  handsome  soda  fountain  being  in  service,  while  refreshments 
and  lunch  are  served  likewise  in  the  most  superior  manner  at  very 
reasonable  rates.  Mr.  Coffin  is  a  native  of  Hampton,  N.  H.  and  a 
resident  of  Hyde  Park  since  1872. 

EH.  GOOLD,  Bakery,  No.  104  Fairmount  Avenue.— The  bakery 
par  excellence  in  Hyde  Park  is  unquestionably  the  well- 
M  appointed  establishment  of  E.  H.  Goold.  The  goods  pro- 
duced here  are  maintained  at  a  uniformly  high  standard  of 
excellence,  being  absolutely  pure,  wholesome  and  toothsome.  The 
very  lowest  prices  consistent  with  fine  goods  and  upright  dealing 
prevail  also— quality  and  quantity  being  guaranteed-and  alt  orders 
receive  immediate  attention.  The  business  premises  include  a  neat, 
compact  store,  with  well-appointed  bake-house  in  the  rear,  three 
expert  bakers  being  employed,  while  two  wagons  are  in  regular 
service  supplying  customers  throughout  the  town  and  vicinity.  A 
large  and  choice  assortment  is  carried  fresh  daily,  comprising 
delicious  home-made,  cottage  and  family  bread ;  graham,  milk,  rye 
and  cream  breads;  rolls,  buns,  cookies,  doughnuts,  crackers,  cakes, 
pies,  pastry  and  confectionery  in  quite  a  variety ;  while  brown  bread 
and  beans  are  baked  every  Sunday  morning,  and  ice-cream  in  any 
quantity  is  furnished  to  order  in  season,  at  short  notice. 

BOSTON  CASH  MARKET,  Messrs.  Holtham  &  Wetherbee,  Pro- 
prietors, No.  3  Bank  Building.— A  leading  house  engaged  in 
this  line  in  Hyde  Park,  and  one  that  enjoys  the  fullest  favor 
and  confidence  of  the  public,  is  that  of  the  Boston  Cash  Market. 
This  is  a  young  firm,  the  business  having  been  founded  on  December 
17,  1888,  but  the  unbounded  energy  brought  to  bear  in  the  manage- 
ment of  the  enterprise,  quickly  won  the  approval  and  patronage  of 
the  public.  The  spacious  premises  occupied  consist  of  a  store  and 
basement  130  x  100  feet  in  dimensions.  The  salesroom  is  appointed 
in  the  most  tasteful  and  convenient  manner,  and  presents  at  all 
times  a  most  inviting  appearance.  A  large  stock  is  in  all  seasons 
carried,  embracing  the  choicest  meats  of  all  kinds,  including  the 
primest  cuts  of  beef,  veal,  lamb,  mutton,  pork,  etc.,  and  a  full  sup- 
ply of  poultry,  vegetables,  and  provisions  in  general.  These  are 
sold  at  the  lowest  cash  prices,  and  customers  have  their  orders 
filled  promptly  and  accurately. 


396 


TOWN    OF    HYDE    PARK. 


A  P.  HAMMETT,  Locksmith  and  Bell  Hanger,  Lawn  Mowers 
Sharpened,  Skates  Ground,  Scissors  Sharpened,  No.  67 
M  West  River  Street.— An  enterprising  house  engaged  in 
this  line  of  business  and  well  worthy  of  mention  is 
that  of  Mr.  A.  P.  Hammett,  locksmith,  bell  hanger,  etc.,  who 
has  acquired  a  wide  reputation  for  skill  and  reliability.  Mr. 
Hammett  is  a  native  of  Portland,  Maine,  but  has  been  a  resident  of 
this  state  for  a  number  of  years,  his  principal  establishment  being 
on  the  corner  of  Dearborn  and  Dudley  Streets  in  Boston  Highlands, 
where  he  carries  on  a  very  large  and  prosperous  concern  in  the  same 
'  line  of  business.  The  present  enterprise  in  Hyde  Park  was  founded 
originally  in  1884,  and  was  conducted  by  the  original  proprietor 
until  October,  1888,  when  he  disposed  of  it  to  the  present  proprietor. 
Since  Mr.  Hammett  has  taken  it  in  charge  he  has  increased  the  trade 
very  perceptibly  and  enlarged  its  scope  of  labor  and  business  very 
much.  The  premises  occupied  comprise  a  business  department 
with  workshop  attached.  The  latter  is  fully  equipped  with  all  the 
latest  improved  machinery  and  devices  required  for  turning  out  first- 
class  work,  and  a  force  of  skilled  workmen  are  given  constant  em- 
ployment. Mr.  Hammett  is  a  thoroughly  skilled  and  experienced 
locksmith,  bell  hanger  and  worker  in  intricate  machinery  and  de- 
vices ;  and  is  prepared  to  execute  all  commissions  pertaining  to  those 
branches  of  mechanical  art.  Intricate  locks  out  of  order  and  requir- 
ing repairs  are  overhauled  and  made  good  as  new,  keys  for  all  kinds 
of  locks  are  fitted  and  made,  wire  and  electric  bells  are  hung  prop- 
erly in  public  buildings,  hotels,  business  houses,  factories  and  resi- 
dences, watchmens'  detectors  repaired  and  set  up,  hotel  communica- 
tors put  in  order,  in  fact  all  kinds  of  house-smithing  is  performed. 
He  also  does  a  very  extensive  business  in  sharpening  lawn  mowers, 
scissors,  razors,  mechanics',  household  and  pocket  cutlery,  and  a 
specialty  is  made  of  grinding  skates. 

EJ.  JOHNSON  &  CO.,  Proprietor,  Everett  House  Market,  Hyde 
Park;  and  High  Street  Market,  Dedham.— The  leading 
M  house  of  the  kind  in  this  section  of  the  state  is  that  con- 
ducted by  E.  J.  Johnson  &  Co.,  proprietors  of  the  High 
Street  Market,  Dedham;  and  Everett  House  Market,  in  this  town. 
The  active  proprietor  of  this  progressive  concern  is  Mr.  E.  J.  John- 
son, who  established  his  enterprise  in  1886,  and  augmented  his 
operations  by  opening,  in  November  last,  his  Hyde  Park  market. 
Owing  to  the  energy,  perservance,  progressive  methods  and  hon- 
orable policy  which  he  has  brought  to  bear  in  the  management  of 
his  affairs,  his  inviolable  rule  of  handling  none  but  strictly  reliable 
merchandise,  and  of  supplying  the  same  at  rates  as  low  as  those 
charged  for  similar  goods  in  Boston,  he  has  developed  an  extensive, 
active,  influential,  most  desirable,  and  increasing  patronage.  His 
stores  are  of  spacious  proportions,  are  kept  in  scrupulously  clean 
condition,  and  at  all  times  are  filled  with  heavy  stocks  of  prime 
Chicago  dressed  beef,  lamb,  veal,  mutton,  pork,  hams,  tripe, 
sausage,  butter,  eggs,  lard,  foreign  and  domestic  fruits,  vegetables, 
and  canned  goods  of  all  kinds.  A  full  staff  of  clerks  and  assistants 
are  employed,  polite  attention  is  assured  all  customers,  and  orders 
are  promptly  filled  and  delivered.  Mr.  Johnson  is  a  native  of 
Charlestown,  Mass,  and  resides  in  Dedham,  where  he  owns  con- 
siderable real  estate.  He  is  a  gentleman  thoroughly  popular  in  the 
'  community,  takes  an  active  interest  in  advancing  the  public  inter- 
ests, and  his  thorough  success  is  due  entirely  to  his  business  ability 
and  his  sterling  integrity. 

CS.  DAVIS  &  CO.,  Dry  Goods,  Small  Wares  and  Gents'  Fur- 
nishings.—Among  the  leading  establishments  of  Hyde 
B  Park,  is  the  well-known  popular  dry  goods  house  of 
Messrs.  C.  S.  Davis  &  Co.  The  business  was  established 
some  time  ago  by  H.  C.  Chamberlin  and  succeeded  by  R.  W. 
Karnau  &  Co.,  at  No.  11  East  River  Street,  of  which  firm  the  present 
owners  were  partners,  and  afterwards  removed  to  the  premises  now 
occupied.  Last  year  Messrs.  C.  S.  Davis  &  Co.  succeeded  to  it  by 
purchase  and  since  that  time  it  has  been  prosecuted  vigorously,  the 
stock  increased  and  the  operation  greatly  extended.  The  premises, 
first  floor  and  basement,  are  each  25  x  65  feet  in  extent,  the  store  pre- 
senting an  attractive  appearance.  The  stock,  which  is  unusually 
large,  embraces  in  its  variety  a  choice,  well-selected  line  of  imported 
and  domestic  dry  goods  of  every  description,  and  includes  besides 
splendid  dress  goods  in  all  new  styles  and  velvets  and  laces  and 
linens  and  fine  woolens,  an  extensive  [assortment  of  hosiery,  gloves, 


notions  and  ladies'  and  gentlemen's  furnishings  and  small  wares. 
The  stock  is  all  new  and  has  been  carefully  chosen  expressly  for 
a  first-class,  fastidious  custom  and  in  character  and  extent  is  not 
excelled  by  that  of  any  other  house  in  the  trade  in  this  vicinity. 
The  necessities  of  the  business  require  the  attendance  of  six  clerks. 
The  firm  is  always  on  the  alert  to  introduce  the  new  goods  as  soon 
as  brought  out  and  the  patronage  is  steadily  and  rapidily  growing. 
Mr.  C.  S.  Davis,  the  head  of  the  house,  is  an  experienced  practical 
business  man,  a  native  of  Leominster,  and  is  very  popular  as  a  mer- 
chant and  citizen. 


RE.  CHERRINGTON,  Upholsterer,  and  Window  Shade  Manu- 
facturer, No.  102  Fairmount  Avenue.— One  of  the  promi- 
m  nent  business  houses  in  the  line  of  specialties  on  Fair- 
mount  Avenue  is  that  conducted  by  Mr.  R.  E.  Cherrington, 
who  is  an  upholsterer,  window  shade  manufacturer  and  a  dealer  in 
new  and  second-hand  furniture.  This  enterprise  was  founded  May, 
1887.  The  premises  comprise  a  salesroom  and  a  basement,  ea«h 
measuring  25  x  100  feet,  and  appropriately  fitted  up.  The  salesroom 
is  well  stocked  with  a  splendid  assortment  of  window  shades  of  new 
patterns  and  designs,  upholstery  goods,  and  new  and  second-hand 
furniture  of  every  description,  including  elegant  parlor  and  cham- 
ber suits  in  plain  and  artistic  designs,  superb  cabinet  ware,  hand- 
some mirrors,  elegant  upholstered  goods,  and  everything  in  the  line 
of  furniture.  Mr.  Cherrington  devotes  particular  attention  to  the 
buying  and  selling  of  second-hand  furniture,  and  to  the  execution 
of  all  kinds  of  upholstery  work;  but  the  leading  specialty  of  the  bus- 
iness it  the  manufacture  to  order  of  all  kinds  of  window  shades. 
Mr.  Cherrington  has  in  stock  every  kind  of  window-shade  materials, 
opaque  and  transparent,  furniture  fringe  of  all  grades,  drapery 
poles,  brass  and  wood,  cords,  tassels,  spring  rollers,  and  a  full  line 
of  window  fixtures  and  upholsterers'  goods.  He  makes  a  leading 
specialty  of  "  Monogram  polish,"  which  is  a  fine  furniture  polish, 
and  is  indispensable  to  manufacturers  of  furniture  and  in  the 
household.  Mr.  Cherrington  is  a  native  of  Boston. 

FRANK  W.  GLEASON  &  CO.,  Dealer  in  Stoves,  Furnaces  and 
Ranges,  etc.,  No.  7  East  River  Street,  Bank  Building.— A  lead- 
ing house  engaged  in  steam  heating  and  gas  fitting  is  that  of 
Messrs.  Frank  W.  Gleason  &  Co.  The  business  of  this  concern 
was  founded  five  years  ago  by  the  present  firm,  and  owing  to  the  prac- 
tical knowledge  brought  to  bear  in  the  direction  of  the  enterprise,  a 
success  was  scored  from  the  outset,  and  a  large,  influential  patron- 
age has  been  developed.  The  salesroom  has  the  spacious  dimen- 
sions of  25  x  70  feet,  and  contains  a  large  stock  of  parlor  and  cook- 
ing stoves,  furnaces  and  ranges,  tinware,  hardware  and  kitchen 
furnishing  goods  of  every  description,  and  also  a  full  supply  of 
plumbing  materials.  The  basement  is  used  for  the  pipe  work,  steam 
and  gas-fitting  department,  and  the  firm  have  a  large  two-and-a-half 
story  building  where  their  tin  work  is  done.  Employment  is 
afforded  fourteen  highly  skilled  workmen,  and  special  attention  is 
given  to  the  execution  of  plumbing,  steam  and  hot  water  heating 
and  gas  fitting  in  all  their  branches.  All  orders  are  performed  in  a 
thoroughly  finished  and  workmanlike  manner,  and  the  charges 
made  are  eminently  reasonable  and  satisfactory.  Mr.  Gleason  is  a 
native  of  this  state,  having  been  born  in  Bedford,  and  he  is  famil- 
iarly known  to  the  residents  of  Hyde  Park  and  vicinity  for  his  enter- 
prise and  reliability. 

CL.  FARNSWORTH,  Baker,  No.  8  Central  Avenue.— Mr. 
Farnsworth  has  had  quite  an  extended  and  valuable  ex- 
B  perience  in  this  business  and  has  been  established  since 
1868,  occupying  commodious  premises  well  equipped  in 
every  particular.  He  has  provided  all  the  latest  improved  ovens  and 
other  necessary  adjuncts.  His  establishment  is  the  largest  and  most 
important  of  this  kind  in  the  vicinity,  and  his  business  operations 
are  wide-spread  and  extensive  and  include  beside  Hyde  Park,  Milton 
and  Readville,  all  the  neighboring  towns.  Five  teams  are  kept 
constantly  engaged,  and  from  nine  to  twelve  practical  workmen  are 
employed  in  the  bakery.  All  kinds  of  family  bread  and  plain  and 
fancy  cakes  and  pastry  are  made  fresh  every  day,  and  such  is  their 
quality  and  superior  excellence  that  there  is  always  a  brisk  demand 
from  the  public.  The  best  brands  of  flour  and  other  carefully 
selected  materials  only  are  used  in  this  establishment.  Mr.  Farns- 
worth is  a  native  of  this  state  and  an  old  resident  of  Hyde  Park. 


CITY    OF    NEWTON. 


297 


FR.  PERRY,  Butter,  Eggs,  Teas,  Coffees,  Spices,  etc.,  No.  66 
Fairmount  Avenue.— A  highly  honorable  and  prosperous 
house  engaged  in  this  business  in  Hyde  Park  is  that  of  Mr. 
F.  R.  Perry,  successor  to  Messrs.  Howes  and  Holbrook, 
dealer  in  butter,  eggs,  coffees,  spices,  teas,  etc.  This  establishment 
was  inaugurated  originally  in  1887  by  Messrs.  Howes  and  Holbrook 
as  a  butter  and  egg  house,  who  conducted  it  with  fair  success  until 
November,  1888,  when  they  disposed  of  it  to  the  present  proprietor- 
Mr.  Perry  is  a  native  of  this  state  and  has  been  a  resident  here  for 
some  years.  Possessing  excellent  business  qualifications,  he  added  to 
the  former  stock  a  well  and  carefully  selected  stock  of  groceries,  and 
has  met  with  the  most  gratifying  encouragement.  His  store  is  of 
ample  dimensions,  very  neatly  and  tastefully  arranged,  and  supplied 
with  every  facility  for  the  transaction  of  business.  The  stock  em- 
braces a  choice  line  of  absolutely  pure  and  fresh  teas  from  China 
and  Japan,  coffees  from  Java,  Mocha  and  South  America,  pure 
spices,  select  brands  of  hermetically  sealed  goods  in  glass  and  tin, 
table  delicacies,  condiments,  relishes,  select  family  flour,  farinaceous 
and  cereal  foods.  Mr.  Perry  makes  a  specialty  of  select  dairy  and 
fancy  creamery  butter,  and  handles  only  the  very  best  brands  from 
Vermont  and  other  celebrated  regions,  also  cheese,  fresh  laid  eggs 
and  other  dairy  goods.  The  goods  of  this  concern  have  an  already 
established  reputation,  and  customers  dealing  with  this  house'  can 
always  have  the  complete  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  they  are  buy- 
ing the  very  best  and  purest  at  the  lowest  prices.  Mr.  Perry  spares 
no  efforts  to  make  his  establishment  the  most  popular  and  cheapest 
house  of  its  kind  in  the  city. 

JOHN  CAMERON,  Manufacturer  of  Fine  Custom  Made  Boots 
and  Shoes,  West  River  Street.— Mr.  Cameron  is  a  native  of 
Scotland,  but  came  to  the  United  States  many  years  ago,  hav- 
ing been  a  resident  of  this  state  since  1858.    Having  learned 
this  trade,  which  was  supplemented  by  years  of  practical  experience 
in  all  its  various  branches,  he  founded  this  establishment  originally 
in  1881,  and  from  the  date  of  its  inception  has  been  the  recipient  of 
a  very  liberal  and  influential  patronage,  derived  principally  from 
among  our  leading  business  men  and  citizens.    The  premises  util- 
ized for  store  and  shop  purposes  are  of  ample  dimensions,  suitably 
arranged  and  fitted  up  in  a  very  neat  and  tasteful  manner,  the  work- 
shop being  fully  equipped  with  all  appliances  for  the  turning  out  of 


first-class  work,  in  which  a  force  of  workmen  sufficient  to  meet  the 
requirements  of  the  trade  are  given  employment,  while  in  his  store 
will  be  found  a  fine  assortment  of  boots  and  shoes,  all  of  his  own 
superior  manufacture,  and  made  of  the  very  best  quality  of  mate- 
rials and  in  the  best  style  of  workmanship.  Being  a  practical  man 
Mr.  Cameron  selects  all  of  his  own  materials  in  person  and  makes  a 
specialty  of  fine  custom  work  to  order.  Experienced  in  taking  meas- 
ures of  the  foot  and  a  full  knowledge  of  its  anatomy,  he  fits  up  his 
lasts  for  customers  so  as  to  insure  a  comfortable  and  easy  fit,  at  the 
same  time  giving  the  boot  or  shoe  a  stylish  appearance.  He  makes 
a  specialty  of  unequally  sized  feet,  also,  of  those  having  bunions  and 
other  troubles,  while  the  construction  of  his  goods  is  such  that  they 
combine  pliability  with  durability. 


B  CONNOR,  Grain,  Meal,  Flour  and  Groceries,  Opposite  New 
York  and  New  England  Depot.— Mr.  B.  Connor,  the  well- 
m  known  and  popular  dealer  in  groceries,  grain,  meal,  flour, 
etc.,  is  one  of  the  pioneer  merchants  in  this  section.  Bora 
in  Ireland,  he  moved  to  Hyde  Park  in  1860,  and  settled  permanently 
in  the  town,  and  with  all  the  energy  for  which  he  is  famed,  plenty  of 
pluck,  industry  and  youth,  but  small  cash  capital,  he  started  in  the 
grocery  business.  After  developing  a  large,  brisk  trade  he  disposed 
of  this  business  in  1868,  and  built  an  extensive  grain  mill,  which  he- 
successfully  operated  for  some  years,  and  then  disposed  of  this. 
He  again  turned  his  attention  to  the  grocery  trade,  and  for  the  past 
two  years  has  occupied  his  present  store,  which  has  a  capacity  of  4ft 
x  25  feet,  and  is  appropriately  fitted  up  and  appointed.  A  full  and 
complete  stock  of  choice  new  teas  and  coffees,  pure  spices,  canned 
goods  in  great  variety,  jams,  jellies,  sauces,  pickles,  best  dairy  but- 
ter, prime  cheese,  fresh  eggs,  molasses,  sugars,  table  delicacies  of 
all  kinds,  and  grocers'  sundries  of  every  description  is  constantly 
kept  on  hand.  A  special  feature  is  made  of  bhe  handling  of  the  fin- 
est brands  of  family  flour,  meal,  grain  and  feed  of  all  kinds.  The 
stock  is  selected  from  the  most  reliable  sources,  and  patrons  of  the 
house  have  learned  by  experience  that  nothing  of  an  inferior  quality 
or  that  is  adulterated  will  be  sold  to  them.  The  prices  are  placed  at 
the  lowest  point  for  first-class  jjoods.  Two  clerks  and  a  delivery 
wagon  are  in  regular  service,  orders  are  promptly  filled,  and  the  full- 
est satisfaction  guaranteed. 


CITY    OF    NEWTON. 


JEWTON,  the  most  favored  and  delightful  among  the  many  attractive  suburbs  of  Boston,  is 
distinctly  a  city  of  beautiful  homes.  It  has  been  appropriately  designated  the  "  City  of  Villas." 
Everything  bespeaks  material  wealth,  comfort,  taste  and  refinement,  science,  art  and  culture 
having  manifestly  worked  in  harmony  with  nature  in  the  achievement.  The  climate,  for 
Massachusetts,  is  remarkably  salubrious,  and  the  topography  varied  and  lovely,  gently  sloping 
hills  environing  the  town,  while  the  attractions  along  the  Charles  River  as  this  noble  stream 
skirts  the  city  add  materially  to  the  natural  beauties  of  the  place.  Newton  is  noted  for  its 
magnificent  country  seats  and  luxurious  dwellings,  its  superb  drives,  exquisite  scenery  and  elegant 
surroundings,  its  beautiful  lawns,  gardens  and  conservatories,  and  is  the  home  of  many  of  the 
foremost  and  wealthiest  of  Boston's  merchants,  manufacturers,  scientists,  artists,  literary  and  profes- 
sional men,  who  after  the  hours  of  active  pursuits,  retire  hither  to  their  palatial  residences  to 
enjoy  the  health  imparting  air  amid  the  luxuriant  surroundings  of  fruit,  flowers  and  foliage. 
This  is,  in  short,  an  ideal  American  community,  and  represents  the  highest  development  of  New 
England  civilization — the  very  apex  of  our  social  structure,  so  to  speak.  The  town  appears  to 
have  been  mapped  out  on  the  progressive  ideas  that  characterize  all  its  other  features,  the 
severity  of  rectangular  streets,  except  in  the  business  section  of  the  city,  being  softened  by  the 


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beauty  lines  of  gracefully  curving  avenues  and  winding  driveways,  while  spacious  parks,  hand- 
some fountains  and  all  the  other  appurtenances  of  use  and  ornament  that  art  and  wealth  could 
suggest  greet  the  eye  on  every  hand.  The  soil  hereabouts,  too,  is  rich  and  generous,  and 
yields  bountifully  of  fruits,  vegetables  and  kindred  products,  the  gardens  and  fields  in  and  around 
Newton  being  in  a  high  state  of  cultivation,  and  in  the  summer  time  afford  delight  to  the  eye 
as  well  as  to  the  tooth. 

Being  distant  but  seven  miles  from  Boston,  and  being  afforded  ample  and  excellent  service 
by  the  Boston  &  Albany  Railroad,  with  a  line  of  horse  cars,  also,  between  the  two  cities, 
Newton  becomes  as  far  as  time  and  space  are  concerned,  practically  a  portion  of  the  metropolis 
of  New  England,  while  maintaining  its  distinct  municipality  and  enjoying  the  advantages  naturally 
attaching  to  a  suburban  commuity. 

Although  not  immediately  associated  with  any  notable  historic  incidents  of  colonial  days, 
Newton  is  one  of  the  oldest  settlements  of  the  original  Massachusetts  Colony,  dating  its  incep- 
tion back  to  the  early  part  of  the  seventeenth  century.  Soon  after  the  settlement  of  Charles- 
town,  or,  to  be  exact,  in  the  year  1630,  a  party  of  colonists  located  here  and  founded  a 
village  which  in  1688  assumed  the  dignity  and  aspects  of  a  town,  and  as  such  it  remained 
up  to  1873,  when  it  was  duly  incorporated  as  a  city,  the  population  having  attained  sufficient 
proportions  at  this  period  to  warrant  the  departure.  The  present  population  is  upward  of 
20,000,  with  a  steady  ratio  of  increase,  which  with  annexation  of  outlying  towns  and  villages,  which 
in  the  nature  of  things  are  bound  to  take  place  in  the  near  future,  will  materially  augment  the 
number  quoted.  The  city  is  divided  into  seven  wards,  and  contains  within  its  corporate  limits 
something  like  four  thousand  dwellings,  with  a  real  estate  and  personal  property  value  aggre- 
gating more  than  $30,000,000. 

The  municipal  government  consists  of  a  mayor,  board  of  aldermen  and  common  council,  with 
a  city  clerk,  city  treasurer  and  collector  of  taxes,  deputy  collector  of  taxes,  auditor,  city  engineer, 
chairman  of  assessors,  water  register,  city  almoner,  city  messenger,  city  marshal,  chief  of  fire 
department,  superintendent  of  streets  and  superintendent  of  water  works. 

From  the  description  of  the  city,  roughly  .sketched  in  .  this  review,  and  the  character  of  its 
residents,  it  is  easy  to  infer  that  Newton  has  not  been  lacking  in  wisdom  and  judgment  in  the 
conservative  administration  of  public  affairs  in  the  past  no  less  than  the  present,  the  various 
departments  pertaining  to  the  city  government  being  characterized  by  sagacity,  ability  and 
economy.  In  the  matter  of  police  and  fire  department,  Newton  is  exceptionally  favored,  both 
being  thoroughly  disciplined,  well  equipped  and  efficient,  and  are  in  all  respects  fully  adequate 
in  their  respective  functions  to  the  requirements  of  the  city,  which  for  a  place  of  its  size  and 
importance,  is  notably  free  from  the  occasions  that  call  for  the  active  services  of  either.  In 
making  provision  for  the  education  of  the  youth  and  the  diffusion  of  knowledge,  the  city  has 
been  generous  to  an  ample  degree,  as  it  is  scarcely  necessary  to  observe,  her  schools  and 
educational  institutions  being  models  in  their  way,  while  those  entrusted  with  the  highly  respon- 
sible charge  of  "  teaching  the  young  idea "  are  selected  with  discrimination  and  a  view  to  spe- 
cial fitness.  The  public  library  is  an  institution  worthy  of  more  than  passing  notice,  being 
eligibly  located,  excellently  appointed  and  admirably  conducted.  The  books  to  be  found  here  run 
the  entire  gamut  of  literature,  embracing  historical,  biographical,  mathematical,  scientific,  poetical 
and  other  useful  works,  with  all  the  standard  works  of  fiction,  travel  and  romance  ;  while  the 
reading-room  is  supplied  with  the  leading  periodicals,  magazines,  reviews,  illustrated  journals  and 
newspapers. 

In  variety  and  beauty  of  church  architecture,  likewise,  Newton  is  well  abreast  with  the 
times,  containing  as  the  city  does,  many  imposing  and  artistic  structures  devoted  to  religious 
worship,  and  all  the  principal  denominations  are  represented  here.  The  system  for  the  protec- 
tion of  public  health  and  the  general  sanitary  arrangements  are  of  a  most  superior  character, 
having  abundant  and  excellent  drainage  facilities  by  the  Charles  River  and  its  affluents,  and 
the  death  rate  of  the  city  is  normally  low,  while  the  supply  of  pure  water  also  is  abundant. 


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The  city  is  equally  well  cared  for  in  all  the  other  departments  pertaining  to  the  public 
welfare  and  the  streets  and  squares,  which  are  broad,  smooth  and  well  kept,  present  an  attrac- 
tive appearance.  The  town  is  excellently  lighted  also,  and  Newton  itself  supports  a  well 
equipped  local  street  car  system,  besides  the  line  of  horse  cars  connecting  the  city  with  Boston. 
Although  Newton  proper  has  never  been,  strictly  speaking,  an  industrial  center  like  most  Massa- 
chusetts communities,  there  are  to  be  found  in  and  around  the  town  several  extensive  man- 
ufacturing plants  and  important  works  of  various  kinds,  while  in  the  matter  of  large  mercantile 
establishments,  financial  institutions  and  commercial  interests  generally  the  business  portion  of  the 
city  presents  substantial  indications  of  progress,  activity  and  permanent  prosperity.  Newton's 
business  men,  merchants,  bankers,  brokers,  real  estate  dealers  and  traders  being  of  the  class 
known  as  "  solid  citizens." 

Spacious  and  handsome  stores  of  every  description,  both  wholesale  and  retail,  with  extensive 
stocks  of  goods  attractively  displayed,  at  Boston  prices,  meet  the  eye  on  all  sidles  along  the  leading 
business  thorougfares  which  are  wide,  regular  and  relieved  of  monotony  by  blocks  and  squares  at 
the  intersection  of  the  principal  streets,  while  courtesy  and  honorable  dealing  in- the  emporiums  of 
trade  here  are  prevailing  features.  The  erection  of  buildings  both  for  business  and  residential  pur- 
poses is  constantly  going  on, — unusual  activity  being  noticeable  in  this  direction  during  the  present 
year, — and  the  demand  for  desirable  building  lots  affords  evidence  of  steady  increase.  Except 
about  the  business  quarter  of  the  city,  the  pieces  of  realty  offered  for  sale  are  large,  varying  from 
one-eighth  of  an  acre  to  five  or  more  acres,  and  the  object  of  this  is  in  order  to  give  purchasers 
an  opportunity  to  exercise  taste  in  beautifying  their  grounds  by  planting  flowers,  fruit  and  ornamental 
trees,  etc.  There  is  no  such  thing,  however,  as  a  "  real  estate  boom "  here,  permanent  invest- 
ments being  the  order  of  the  day  in  this  fashionable  suburb,  while  the  steadily  increasing  wealthy 
population  of  Newton  is  only  to  be  considered  to  show  the  stability  of  transactions  in  realty  in  a 
locality  like  this.  Notwithstanding  its  suburban  location,  Newton  presents  a  thoroughly  metropoli- 
tan aspect  with  its  broad,  perfectly  paved  streets  lined  with  imposing  and  expensive  business 
blocks  in  brick,  stone,  iron  and  wood ;  the  numbers  to  be  seen  on  the  sidewalks ;  the  superb 
equipage  and  vehicles  of  every  variety,  and  the  bustle  and  activity  pervading  its  depots,  markets, 
stores  and  mercantile  emporiums.  Here  can  be  found  well  ordered  and  flourishing  establish- 
ments devoted  to  almost  every  branch  of  trade,  business,  science  nnd  art,  arta  which  are  con- 
ducted by  men  of  energy  and  enterprise  closely  associated  with  the  material  and  moral  advance- 
ment of  the  community  and  the  progress  and  development  of  the  city  industrially,  commercially, 
financially  and  socially.  And  right  here  attention  is  directed  to  the  subjoined  series  of  brief 
sketches  of  Newton's  leading  business  men,  including  merchants,  manufacturers  and  traders  and 
the  foremost  representatives  of  the  arts  and  professions  in  the  city.  These  accompanying  pages 
will  be  found  of  interest,  presenting  as  they  do  the  instructive  and  noteworthy  fact  that  almost 
invariably  those  who  have  succeeded  in  reaching  the  fore  front  in  the  various  walks  of  life  here 
sketched  have  been  the  architects  of  their  own  fortunes,  carving  their  way  up  from  the  lowest  rung 
of  the  ladder,  as  the  saying  is,  by  the  exercise  of  energy,  sagacity  and  skill  in  their  respective 
lines,  while  it  is  confidently  hoped  that  the  perusal  thereof  may  serve  to  cause  others,  and  espe- 
cially the  younger  business  men  in  the  community,  to  emulate  those  here  selected  for  special 
mention  in  the  qualities  to  which  their  success  is  manifestly  due. 

JB.  STODDARD,  Hack,  Livery  and  Boarding  Stable,  Chestnut  feet   in   dimensions,  and    the   place    is   equipped   and   appointed 
Street,  near  Railroad  Station,  West  Newton,  Auburn  Street,  throughout  with  all  modern  improvements.    There  are  ample  ac- 
near  Railroad   Station,    Auburndale.— An   admirably   con-  commodations  for  forty  horses  and  the  same  number  of  carriages, 
ducted  and  deservedly  popular   hack,  livery  and  boarding  and  a  large  number  of  first-class  turnouts  are  kept  for  hire.    There 
stable  in  West  Newton  is  that  of  Mr.  J.  B.  Stoddard.    Mr.  Stoddard  are  also  two  large  barges  for  picnic  and  pleasure  parties.    Stylish 
has  had  ten  years  experience  in  his  vocation,  having  been  engaged  and  comfortable  hacks,  coupes,  carriages,    buggies,  carryalls  and 
in  the  stable  business  at  South  Carolina  for  many  years.    The  busi-  beach  wagons  are  furnished  at  the  shortest  notice.    Mr.  Stoddard  is 
ness  which  he  now  controls  was  inaugurated  in  1870  by  Mr.  W.  H.  about  adding  an  undertaking  department  to  his  establishment,  and 
Magill,  and   on   January  12,  1889,  Mr.    Stoddard  succeeded  to  the  will  assume  full  charge  of  funerals,  furnishing  coffin  or  casket,  all 
ownership.    He  has  thoroughly  refitted  and  renovated  the  premises,  requisite  funeral  furnishings,  carriages,   etc.    A   native  of  Upton, 
and  the  stable  is  now  exactly  what  is  claimed  for  it,  namely,  the  Mass.,  Mr.  Stoddard   is  familiarly  known  in   this   state  and  else- 
best  this  side  of  Boston.    The  building  has  three  floors,  each  56  x  140  where. 


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CITY    OF    NEWTON. 


CITY  MARKET,  Wellington  Howes,  Proprietor,  No.  413  Centre 
Street.— The  business  of  this  concern  was  founded  in  1872 
by  Mr.  George  H.  Dupee,  and  in  1882  the  present  proprietor. 
Mr.  Wellington  Howes,  succeeded  to  the  control  of  affairs. 
Under  his  energetic  and  progressive  management  the  patronage  of 
the  establishment  has  become  greatly  augmented,  and  it  has  at- 
tained to  a  leading  position  in  the  food-supply  trade.  The  store 
occupied  is  of  ample  proportions,  and  is  filled  up  in  all  its  depart- 
ments in  a  systematic,  convenient  style,  for  the  display,  handling  and 
keeping  of  goods.  A  large  stock  of  superior  goods  is  at  all  times 
carried,  embracing  the  choicest  beef,  lamb,  veal,  mutton,  pork, 
hams,  lard,  tripe,  sausage,  eggs,  butter,  fruit  and  vegetables.  In 
response  to  the  repeated  solicitation  of*  his  many  patrons,  Mr. 
Howes  recently  introduced  a  flsh  and  oyster  department  into  his 
establishment,  and  is  now  prepared  to  furnish  the  best  of  every- 
thing in  the  sea-food  line.  A  working  force  of  six  clerks  and  five 
delivery  teams  are  constantly  employed,  and  the  active  trade  fur- 
nished never  flags,  but  shows  signs  of  steady  increase.  Mr.  Howes 
is  a  native  of  Newtonville,  is  an  active  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows, 
the  Order  of  the  Red  Men  a"nd  the  Pilgrim  Fathers,  and  he  enjoys 
the  popular  good- will  in  both  the  business  and  social  world. 


C  PHILLIPS,  Practical  Plumber  and  Sanitary  Engineer,  Howes' 
Block,  Centre  Street. —Among  the  practical  sanitary  engi- 
m  neers  and  plumbers  in  Newton  there  are  none  more 
thoroughly  practical  and  proficient  than  Mr.  C.  Phillips,  who 
has  devoted  most  of  his  life  to  the  business  and  is  particularly  expert 
in  arranging  underground  drainage  and  ventilation  and  in  fitting  up 
buildings  and  dwellings  with  piping  and  introducing  water  and  gas, 
and  setting  bath  tubs,  sinks,  etc.,  and  making  repairs  and  attending 
to  general  jobbing.  The  premises  have  dimensions  of  20  x  25  feet, 
and  are  well  fitted  up  and  perfectly  equipped  with  all  the  necessary 
appliances  for  doing  work  in  the  best  manner.  From  six  to  ten 
practical  plumbers  and  gas  fitters  are  kept  continually  engaged,  and 
the  trade  is  large  and  he  may  be  said  to  receive  a  great  portion  of 
the  orders  for  plumbing  and  gas  fitting  and  making  sewer  connec- 
tions and  attending  to  drainage  and  ventilation  in  Newton  and 
vicinity.  This  business  is  one  requiring  a  peculiar  knowledge  in  its 
scientific  application,  and  is  by  no  others  so  well  represented  as  by 
Mr.  Phillips.  He  is  a  native  of  Newton  and  a  young  man  of  energy, 
enterprise  and  ambition. 


HOWARD  B,  COFFIN,  Fine  Teas  and  Groceries,  Cole's  Block.— 
The  reliable  establishment  of  Mr.  Howard  B.  Coffin  is  the 
largest  grocery  in  Newton.  The  business  was  founded  in 
1843  and  passed  into  the  present  proprietor's  hands  twelve 
years  ago,  and  under  his  management  the  trade  has  become  greatly 
augmented.  The  fine  store  occupied  has  a  frontage  of  40  feet  and 
a  depth  of  75  feet  and  is  admirably  appointed  in  all  the  depart- 
ments with  every  appliance,  convenience,  and  appurtenance  requisite 
for  the  systematic  conduct  of  the  business.  The  working  force 
includes  six  clerks  and  six  delivery  teams.  The  heavy  stock 
carried  embraces  choice  teas,  coffees  and  spices,  foreign  and  domes- 
tic fruits  and  vegetables,  and  superior  staple  and  fancy  groceries 
of  every  description.  MK.  Coffin  owns  a  large  flour  mill  in  Minneap- 
olis, and  makes  a  leading  specialty  of  handling  flour,  the  brand 
"Howard's  Fancy  Hasall,"  his  leading  one,  being  unsurpassed  by 
any  other  flour  in  the  market.  It  is  made  from  the  best  fancy 
Minnesota  spring  wheat,  and  will  make  the  whitest,  sweetest  and 
most  delicious  bread.  Both  a  wholesale  and  retail  trade  is  supplied. 


ELLIOT   W.    KEYES,    Apothecary,    Haskins'    Block,    Auburn 
Street,  Auburndale. — Mr.  Elliot  W.  Keyes  for  a  long  time  was 
the  trusted  clerk  of  Mr.  C.  S.  Bird,  whom  he  succeeded  in 
1885,  and  is  well  qualified  both  by  experience  and  training  to 
conduct  this  business.    It  is  an  old  established  one  and  since  it  came 
under  the  control  of  Mr.  Keyes,  he  has  entirely  remodelled  and  re- 
fitted it  and  put  in  a  new  stock  of  fresh  drugs  and  medicines  and  is 
conducting  the  business  according  to  modern  ideas  with  marked 
skill  and  ability.    Since   the   improvements   have   been  made  the 
above  presents  a  very  handsome   and   attractive  appearance  and 
forms  one  of  the  features  of  the  town.    In  dimensions,  it  is  20  x  35 
feet,  and  contains  a  valuable  assortment  of  goods,  embracing  every- 
thing belonging  to  the  business  in  the  way  of  drugs  and  medicines 


of  standard  strength  and  purity,  also,  fresh  chemicals,  toilet  arti- 
cles and  all  the  various  special  Pharmaceuticals.  The  prescription 
counter  is  ably  presided  over  by  Mr.  Keyes,  who  fully  appreciates 
the  responsibility  resting  upon  him  in  this  connection  and  has  ac- 
cordingly provided  every  convenience  and  facility  for  compounding 
physicians'  prescriptions  and  dispensing  medicines  with  accuracy. 
A  native  of  Foxboro,  Mr.  Keyes  has  lived  in  Auburndale  a  long  time. 
In  the  store  he  also  has  a  line  of  choice,  well  selected  imported  and 
domestic  cigars  of  popular  brands  and  also  delicious  wholesome 
candies  and  confectionery  made  from  pure  cane  sugar. 


LH.  CRANITCH,  House,  Sign  and  Ornamental  Painting,  New- 
tonville. —Mr.  L.  H.  Cranitch  is  one  of  the  best  known  and 
m  most  popular  house,  sign  and  ornamental  painters  in  this 
section.  He  is  a  native  of  St.  John's,  N.  B.,  and  has  resided 
in  Newtonville  for  the  past  twenty-two  years.  In  1876,  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  Mr.  Horrigan,  under  the  style  ^>f  Cranitch  & 
Horrigan,  and  the  firm  founded  the  business  which  Mr.  Cranitch 
has  been  sole  proprietor  of  since  1885,  and  which  has  been  developed 
to  large  proportions.  Mr.  Cranitch  occupies  commodious  premises 
for  his  business,  and  here  has  constantly  on  hand  a  very  extensive 
stock  of  paints,  oils,  glass,  brushes,  wall-paper,  varnishes,  colors  and 
painters'  and  decorators'  supplies  of  every  description.  He  is  a 
most  skillful  and  practically  experienced  painter.  His  services  are 
in  constant  demand,  and  during  the  busy  season  he  employs  on  an 
average  about  twenty  journeymen.  He  executes  work  all  over  the 
district,  and  never  fails  to  give  entire  satisfaction.  Mr.  Cranitch 
performs  all  work  in  the  same  perfect  manner,  and  spares  no  pains 
or  trouble  to  give  entire  satisfaction.  Honorable  and  enterprising, 
we  predict  for  him  a  still  greater  measure  of  success. 


J  CARROLL,  Manufacturer  of  Every  Description  of  Double  and 
Single  Harnesses,  Washington  Street,  near  City  Hall,  West 
B  Newton.— The  harness  and  saddlery  establishment  of  J. 
Carroll,  located  on  Washington  Street,  near  City  Hall,  has 
been  a  noted  and  largely  patronized  one  for  the  past  fourteen  years, 
having  been  established  in  1875  by  Mr.  Carroll,  who  conducted  the 
business  with  marked  success  until  his  death  in  January,  1889. 
Since  then  the  enterprise  has  been  continued  by  his  widow,  who  has 
retained  in  service  the  efficient  workmen  employed  by  her  late  hus- 
band. The  premises  occupied  for  manufacturing  and  sale  purposes 
are  commodious  and  well  equipped  for  carrying  on  the  business  suc- 
cessfully and  satisfactorily.  The  stock  of  goods  consists  of  all  kinds 
of  styles  of  harness,  saddles,  bridles,  horse-boots  and  every  descrip- 
tion of  horse-furnishing  goods,  from  a  bit  to  a  blanket,  also  a  full 
assortment  of  carriage  trimmings,  and  a  general  assortment  of  driv- 
ing gloves.  The  harness,  saddles  and  collars  displayed  have  beei* 
manufactured  on  the  premises,  and  in  these  only  the  very  best  ma- 
terials, trimmings  and  mountings  have  been  used.  A  very  large 
custom  trade  is  done  in  making  harness,  saddles  and  collars  and  a 
special  feature  is  made  of  repairing  this  class  of  goods  and  also  of 
carriage  trimming.  A  competent  staff  of  experienced  workmen  are- 
employed. 

ALBERT  BRACKETT  &  SON,  Dealers  in  Wood,  Coal,  Grain, 
Meal,  etc.,  Brackett's  Block,  No.  411  Centre  Street.— One  of 
the  oldest  and  most  prominent  houses  engaged  in  this  line  in 
this  section  of  the  state  is  that  of  Messrs.  Albert  Brackett  & 
Son,  in  the  block  which  they  are  owners  of,  and  which  bears  their 
name,  and  their  coal  and  wood  yard,  grain  mill  and  elevator  are 
located  on  Washington  Street.  The  business  was  founded  in  1850 
by  the  senior  member  of  the  firm,  and  in  1886,  his  son,  Mr.  A.  L. 
Brackett,  was  admitted  to  partnership.  The  grain  mill  is  equipped 
with  the  most  improved  machinery,  operated  by  a  thirty  horse- 
power engine,  and  fifty  horse-power  boiler,  and  the  grinding 
capacity  amounts  to  250  bushels  per  day.  The  firm  carry  a  heavy 
stock  in  all  seasons,  and  are  general  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in 
grain,  meal,  bundle  hay  and  straw,  sawed  and  split  wood,  and  the 
best  qualities  of  furnace  and  stove  coals.  Nothing  but  the  best 
quality  in  each  line  is  handled,  the  lowest  prices  are  quoted,  and  all 
orders  meet  with  prompt  and  satisfactory  fulfillment.  Mr.  Albert 
Brackett  is  a  native  of  Brighton,  Mass.,  and  a  gentleman  widely 
known  for  his  business  capacity  and  honorable  methods.  His  son, 
Mr.  A.  L.  Brackett,  was  born  in  Newton  and  is  popularly  esteemed. 


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ARTHUR  HUDSON,  Pharmacist,  Corner  Elmwood  and  Cen- 
tre Streets.— Mr.  Arthur  Hudson  is  Newton's  leading  and 
senior  representative  of  the  pharmaceutical  profession. 
Physicians'  prescriptions  .and  -family  recipes  are  here  pre- 
pared in  the  most  careful  and  trustworthy  manner  in  every  instance, 
from  absolutely  pure  and  fresh  ingredients,  at  all  hours,  by  thor- 
oughly competent  pharmacists,  while  bottom  prices  also  prevail. 
Mr.  Hudson  was  born  iu  England,  but  has  been  in  this  country 
many  years,  residing  in  Newton  since  1867.  He  is  a  thoroughly  prac- 
tical and  expert  analytical  and  pharmaceutical  chemist  and  apothe- 
cary, with  twenty-eight  years'  experience  in  the  exercise  of  his  pro- 
fession in  all  its  branches,  and  is  prepared  to  conduct  investigation 
as  to  the  composition  of  matter  by  analysis  or  synthesis  according 
to  the  most  approved  methods.  He  has  been  established  in  busi 
ness  here  since  1876,  and  from  the  first  he  steadily  won  his  way 
to  popular  favor  and  confidence.  Some  of  his  (own)  proprietary 
remedies— notably  "  Hudson's  Dyspepsia  Compound,"  "  Hudson's 
Emolient  Embrocation  "  for  chapped  hands  and  Hudson's  "  Pectoral 
Cough  Syrups  "—being  preparations  of  exceptional  merit.  The 
premises  occupied,  including  commodious  drug  store  and  well 
appointed  laboratory,  are  fitted  up  in  an  especially  attractive  man- 
ner, a  magnificent  soda  fountain  (costing  $1500),  handsome  plate- 
glass  windows,  elegant  show-cases  and  tasteful  arrangement  of 
stock,  imparting  to  the  place  a  superb  appearance,  while  the  estab- 
lishment is  also  connected  by  telephone  (484).  A  very  large  and 
carefully  selected  stock  is  constantly  carried,  comprising  everything 
in  the  line  of  high  grade  drugs  and  medicines,  chemicals  of  standard 
purity,  acids,  extracts,  spirits,  alcohol,  etc.,  herbs,  barks  and  botanic 
medicines,  all  the  standard  proprietary  remedies,  sanitary  special- 
ties and  druggists'  sundries  in.  great  variety,  while  several  expe- 
rienced assistants  are  in  attendance,  Mr.  Hudson  exercising  close 
personal  supervision  over  the  prescription  department.  Mr.  Hudson 
is  a  well-known  member  of  the  Massachusetts  and  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Associations,  and  is  also  an  active  member  of  the 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  the  Royal  Arcanum,  the  Pilgrim  Fathers  and  the  Sons  of 
St.  George. 

DANIELS'  NONAUTUM  STABLES,  Henry  C.  Daniels,  Proprie- 
tor.—These  stables  were  erected  about  half  a  century  ago,  near 
what  was  formerly  the  old  Nonautum  House,  and  they  have 
been  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Daniels  for  the  past  seven 
years.  The  building  is  a  commodious  structure,  covering  an  area  of 
250  x  75  feet,  and  in  the  front  is  a  neatly  furnished  office.  The 
interior  of  the  stable  is  well  lighted,  thoroughly  ventilated  and 
drained,  and  provided  with  all  the  latest  improvements  and  modern 
conveniences.  Mr.  Daniels  does  a  general  livery  business,  buys  and 
sells  the  best  class  of  horses  for  all  kinds  of  work,  and  takes  horses 
to  board  by  the  day,  week  or  month,  and  his  facilities  are  not  sur- 
passed by  any  establishment  in  the  line  in  the  city.  Mr.  Daniels  has 
about  twenty-five  horses  in  the  boarders'  department,  and  he  keeps 
on  hand  about  a  similar  number  of  horses  for  hire,  together  with  a 
splendid  line  of  buggies,  hacks,  carriages,  and  vehicles  of  every 
description.  The  turnouts  cannot  be  excelled  for  elegance  and  style, 
and  the  terms  are  fair  and  equitable.  Funerals,  weddings,  parties, 
festivals,  etc.,  are  punctually  supplied  with  carriages  in  charge  of 
careful  and  steady  drivers,  and  all  orders  by  telephone  meet  with 
prompt  attention.  Mr.  Daniels  is  a  Massachusetts  man  by  birth. 

UH.  DYER,  Fresh  Fish,  Oysters,  Fruit,  Vegetables,  Pork, 
etc.,  Corner  Washington  and  Walnut  Streets,  Newtonville. 
B  —The  leading  retail  fish,  fruit  and  produce  market  in  this 
city  is  the  popular  stand  conducted  by  U.  H.  Dyer,  where 
may  be  found  always  a  thoroughly  first-class  assortment  of  sea 
foods,  dairy  products  and  garden  produce  fresh  daily,  at  the  very 
lowest  prices.  Only  A  1  stock  is  handled,  and  all  orders  are 
promptly  and  reliably  attended  to,  three  efficient  assistants  being  in 
attendance,  while  three  delivery  wagons  are  in  service,  supplying 
customers  throughout  Newtonville  and  vicinity.  The  store,  which  is 
desirably  located,  is  30  x  70  feet  in  size,  and  is  neatly  fitted  up  and 
well  equipped  in  every  department,  while  a  large  stock  is  kept  con- 
stantly on  hand,  comprising  fresh  fish  of  every  variety  in  season, 
pickled,  dried  and  smoked  fish,  oysters,  lobsters  and  clams,  fresh 
pork,  prime  lard,  choice  creamery  butter,  fresh  eggs  and  a  full  and 
fine  line  of  fruits,  vegetable  and  table  delicacies,  and  altogether  Mr. 


Dyer  has  a  flourishing  patronage. --Mr.  Dyer,  who  is  a  native  of 
Cape  Cod,  is  a  man  of  ample  experience  in  this  line,  and  prior  to 
opening  this  prosperous  market  in  November,  1887,  had  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Dyer  &  Beals,  doing  business  across  the  way  for 
about  four  years.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the  West  Newton 
Lodge  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F. 

FERGUSON  &  DECKER,  Custom  Tailors,  French's  Block,  No. 
326  Centre  Street.— Mr.  Neil  Ferguson  and  Mr.  Charles  S. 
Decker  are  both  skilled,  practical,  scientific  cutters  and  mer- 
chant tailors  and  have  won  an  excellent  reputation  for  the 
handsome  manner  they  design  and  make  to  order  dress  and  business 
suits,  overcoats  and  trousers,  etc.,  which  are  unsurpassed  in  quality 
of  goods,  style  and  fashion,  cut,  fit,  workmanship  and  finish  and 
price.  An  elegant  assortment  of  choice  goods  in  the  piece  is  dis- 
played in  the  store  in  beautiful  fabrics  in  fine  woolens  and  suitings 
and  trouserings,  broadcloth,  vestings,  etc.,  of  both  home  and 
European  manufacture  from  which  to  make  selections.  The  assort- 
ment is  not  excelled  by  that  of  any  other  in  Newton,  and  full  satis- 
faction is  always  guaranteed  and  given  to  all  customers.  Mr.  Fergu- 
son is  from  Nova  Scotia  and  Mr.  Decker  is  a  native  of  this  state. 
They  have  for  some  time  been  residents  of  Newton.  Since  1886  they 
have  been  associated  as  copartners  and  have  built  up  a  flourishing 
business. 


CE.  SC AMMAN,  Provisions.  Waltham  Street,  West  Newton. 
—The  popular  establishment  of  Mr.  C.  E.  Scamman  was 
B  originally  established  in  1868  by  Messrs.  Barker  &  Trow- 
bridge,  and  in  1871  they  were  succeeded  by  Mr.  Charles 
Estes,  who,  in  1880,  disposed  of  the  enterprise  to  Mr.  Scamman. 
This  gentleman  is  a  native  of  Portland,  Me.,  and  has  resided  in  New- 
ton for  the  past  eighteen  years.  By  wise  and  able  management  he 
has  developed  a  very  large  and  rapidly  increasing  business,  and 
numbers  among  his  patrons  the  leading  citizens.  The  store  occupied 
has  a  capacity  of  20  x  60  feet,  is  fitted  up  with  special  reference  to 
the  trade  and  thoroughly  supplied  with  cold  storage  for  the  preser- 
vation of  perishable  articles  in  hot  weather,  which  enables  Mr. 
Scamman  to  supply  his  patrons  with  the  freshest  and  best  of  every- 
thing at  the  most  reasonable  prices.  Three  assistants  and  two  teams 
are  in  service.  Everything  classed  under  the  comprehensive  term 
provisions  is  to  be  found,  in  this  large  and  superior  stock. 


BARBER  BROTHERS,  Builders'  and  Fancy  Hardware,  Cutlery, 
etc.  No.  413  Centre  Street^— This  pushing  and  popular  firm 
was  established  in  1883,  and  from  its  inception  the  Messrs.  Bar- 
ber have  steadily  been  winning  their  way  to  public  favor  and 
prosperity,  acquiring  in  a  short  time  a  flourishing  trade.    The  store 
which  is  centrally  situated,  is  sJo  x.  60  feet  in  dimensions  with  commo- 
dious basement  and  is  neatly  fitted  up,  and  connected  by  telephone. 
An  extensive  and  excellently  selected  stock  is  constantly  carried, 
and  comprises  everything  in  the  line  of  builders',  shelf  and  fancy 
hardware,  table  and  pocket  cutlery  of  all  kinds,  mechanics'  tools  in 
great   variety,  agricultural   implements,  machinists'  supplies  and 
nails,  garden  tools,  rubber,  hose,  cordage,  household  specialties  and, 
in  short,  everything  to  be  found  in  a  leading,  well-ordered  establish- 
ment of  the  kind,  while  three  efficient  and  polite  clerks  are  in  at- 
tendance with  the  proprietors. 

JW.  CONROY  &  SON,  House  and  Sign  Painters,  Chestnut 
Street,  near  Depot,  West  Newton.— This  business  was  started 
B  under  this  style  a  dozen  years  ago,  but  on  Feb.  13,  1889, 
the  senior  partner,  who  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  died,  and 
since  then  the  business  has  been  conducted  by  his  son,  Mr.  E.  F. 
Conroy,  who  was  born  in  Boston  and  reared  and  trained  in  the 
painters'  trade.  The  premises  occupied  consist  of  a  shop  25  x  35 
feet  in  dimensions,  and  this  is  thoroughly  and  suitably  fitted  up  for 
facilitating  business.  A  large  stock  of  all  materials  necessary  for 
ornamentation  and  painting,  comprising  paper  hangings  in  all  the 
newest  styles  and  designs  in  rich,  bright  shades  and  tints  of  imported 
and  the  best  American  goods,  a  full  assortment  of  mixed  and  dry 
paints,  etc.,  is  kept  on  hand.  Painting  and  decoration  in  all  their 
branches  are  executed  promptly,  and  estimates  are  given  for  all 
classes  of  work.  From  fifteen  to  twenty  workmen  are  in  steady  ser- 
vice, and  a  special  feature  is  made  of  glazier  work. 


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CITY     OF    NEWTON. 


FH.  HUMPHREY,  Agt.,  Manufacturer  and  Dealer  in  Stoves, 
Furnaces,  Ranges  and  Tinware,  Plumbing  and  Gas  Fitting, 
u  Chestnut  Street,  West  Newton.— Among  the  most  active  and 
successful  of  the  business  houses,  the  stove  and  house- 
furnishing  goods  establishment  conducted  on  Chestnut  Street  by 
Mr.  F.  H.  Humphrey  merits  special  mention.  Mr.  Humphrey,  who 
is  a  native  of  Hingham,  Mass.,  has  been  in  business  in  Newton  for 
the  past  twenty  years,  and  ten  years  ago  Messrs.  A.  J.  Fiske  &  Co. 
purchased  from  him  his  business.  Since  then  he  has  managed  the 
enterprise  on  behalf  of  the  proprietors,  and  the  trade  of  the  house 
has  been  developed  to  large  proportions,  and  is  now  a  leading  house 
in  its  line  in  the  city.  The  premises  occupied  consist  of  a  com- 
modious store,  35  x  35  feet  in  dimensions,  and  this  is  appropriately 
fitted  up  and  provided  with  all  necessary  conveniences.  The  stock 
carried  is  at  all  times  large  and  complete  in  the  various  lines,  which 
comprise  furnaces,  ranges,  stoves,  tinware  and  house-furnishing 
goods  of  all  kinds,  plumbers  and  gas  fitters'  materials,  etc.  The 
stoves,  furnaces  and  ranges  displayed  here  are  of  the  most  recent 
designs  and  patterns,  have  all  the  latest  improvements,  and  are 
from  the  foundries  of  the  most  celebrated  makers.  Sanitary  plumb- 
ing and  steam  and  gas  fitting  are  specialties  with  this  house,  and  tin, 
copper  and  sheet  metal  work  of  all  kinds  is  executed  promptly  to 
order  and  in  the  most  workmanlike  manner.  Stove  repairing,  tin 
roofing,  spouting,  etc.,  are  attended  to  satisfactorily,  and  six  work- 
men, skilled  in  their  several  branches  of  work,  are  kept  busy,  and  in 
all  departments  the  prices  charged  are  uniformly  low. 

A  WILLIAMS,  Apothecary,  Newtonville.— This  reliable  and 
well-known  store  was  established  in  1868  by  A.  Williams, 
„  (deceased),  who  conducted  the  same  up  to  1876,  when 
owing  to  his  death,  which  occurred  at  the  period  indicated, 
the  business  passed  into  the  hands  of  his  widow,  who  has  since  con- 
tinued it  with  uniform  success.  The  store,  favorably  located,  is 
compact,  ample  and  finely  fitted  up,  while  two  competent  drug 
clerks  are  in  attendance,  prescriptions  being  prepared  in  the  most 
careful  and  accurate  manner,  from  pure,  fresh  ingredients.  A  large 
and  excellent  stock  is  constantly  carried,  and  comprises  drugs, 
medicines  and  chemicals  of  all  kinds  ;  acids,  extracts,  herbs,  pow- 
ders, proprietary  remedies,  including  "  Williams'  oriental  oleate," 
a  very  superior  cosmetic  for  beautifying  the  complexion;  also  toilet 
articles,  perfumes,  soaps,  sponges,  chamois,  stationery,  candies, 
choice  cigars,  fancy  small  wares,  sundries  and  a  multifarious  assort- 
ment of  pharmaceutical  specialties. 


ALLEN  &  BARRY,  House  and  Sign  Painters,  Washington 
Street,  West  Newton.— The  business  now  controlled  by 
Messrs.  Allen  &  Barry  is  an  old-established  one,  having 
been  founded  in  1850  by  Mr.  J.  Dexter,  who,  in  the  following 
year,  disposed  of  it  to  Mr.  Charles  Phillips.  The  latter  continued  to 
conduct  the  enterprise  with  great  success  until  1886,  when  he  was 
succeeded  by  the  present  proprietors,  Messrs.  C.  T.  Allen  and  D. 
Barry.  The  former  is  a  native  of  Medfield,  Mass.,  and  the  latter 
was  born  in  Ireland,  but  has  resided  in  the  United  States  since  child- 
hood. They  are  both  practical  painters  and  decorators  of  long  ex- 
perience, and  execute  all  work  in  every  department  of  their  trade  in 
a  thoroughly  workmanlike  manner.  They  occupy  a  shop,  25  x  60 
feet  in  measurement,  and  made  attractive  by  a  high  order  of  me- 
chanical art  and  handsome  finishing.  The  firm  carry  a  large  stock 
of  every  variety  and  quality  of  wall-papers  and  decorations,  friezes, 
dados,  borders,  etc.,  paints,  oils,  varnishes,  glass,  putty,  brushes— 
in  short,  all  descriptions  of  painters'  supplies.  The  firm  do  all  kinds 
of  house  and  sign  painting,  paper-hanging;  also  decorating,  glazing, 
etc.,  and  employ  constantly  ten  experienced  workmen,  and  at  times 
many  more.  They  are  prepared  to  make  estimates  and  enter  into 
contracts  for  the  entire  work  of  this  character  in  private  residences, 
stores  and  buildings  of  all  kinds,  and  many  of  the  handsome,  pri- 
vate residences  in  this  locality  owe  much  "of  their  beauty  and  at- 
tractiveness to  their  artistic  skill. 


exceedingly  low  prices,  including  genuine  bargains  in  beds,  bedding, 
stoves  and  household  specialties,  and  purchasers  are  assured  of  re- 
ceiving excellent  value  and  satisfactory  treatment  in  this  reliable 
emporium.  The  store  is  commodious  and  well  arranged,  while  a 
large,  well  selected  stock  is  constantly  carried,  comprising  parlor 
and  chamber  suits,  cabinet  articles,  upholstered  goods,  mirrors, 
Bofas,  lounges,  bedsteads,  tables,  chairs,  stands  and  second-hand 
furniture  of  every  description;  also  carpets,  oil-cloths,  matting, 
bedding,  cots,  stoves,  ranges,  kitchen  utensils,  tinware,  etc.,  with  a 
full  line  of  funeral  requisites.  Mr.  Flood,  who  has  been  engaged  in 
the  undertaking  business  in  this  city  for  the  past  ten  years  or  so 
(having  his  office  at  his  residence,  corner  Centre  and  Pearl  streets), 
is  prepared  to  attend  to  everything  pertaining  to  obsequies  and  in- 
terments also,  in  the  most  superior  manner  at  moderate  rates. 

HENRY  H.  HUNT,  Carpenter,  Builder  and  General  Jobber, 
Shop  near  Railroad  Crossing,  West  Newton.— Mr.  Henry  H. 
Hunt  occupies  a  leading  position  in  the  building  trade  in  New 
England.  He  founded  his  enterprise  in  September,  1882, 
and  being  an  experienced,  practical  builder,  and  giving  his  per- 
sonal supervision  to  all  work  undertaken  by  him,  he  has  developed  a 
large  and  steadily  increasing  patronage,  extending  throughout  all 
Boston,  Brookline,  Newton  and  Allston.  He  gives  employment  to  a 
force  of  from  sixty  to  a  hundred  and  twenty-five  workmen.  Carpen- 
tering, building  and  general  jobbing  are  executed  in  all  their 
branches,  and  all  work  is  accomplished  in  a  reliable  and  first-class 
manner.  The  premises  occupied  for  the  business  comprise  two 
floors,  each  50  x  100  feet  in  dimensions,  and  equipped  with  all  neces- 
sary machinery  and  appliances.  Steam-power  is  furnished  by  a 
forty  horse-power  engine,  and  thirty  horse-power  boiler.  Estimates 
for  work  of  all  kinds  are  promptly  furnished  on  application,  and  all 
figures  are  based  on  the  lowest  and  most  reasonable  scale  of  profits. 
Mr.  Hunt  is  a  native  of  Brunswick,  Me.,  and  resides  in  Ward  No.  2, 
Newton,  and  is  an  active  member  of  several  fraternal  associations. 


EVICKERS,  Choice  Family  Groceries,  Flour,  etc.,  Auburn 
Street,  Auburndale.— Among  the  mercantile  houses  of 
m  Auburndale  that  of  Mr.  E.  Vickers,  which  was  established 
by  Mr.  Vickers  about  twelve  years  ago,  has  conducted  a 
very  satisfactory  and  steadily  increasing  business.  The  premises 
occupied  consist  of  two  floors,  each  30  x  50  feet  in  extent.  The  store 
is  well  lighted  by  handsome  show  windows,  and  the  fittings  and  sur- 
roundings are  in  perfect  keeping  with  the  character  of  the  business, 
which  embraces  choice  family  groceries,  both  staple  and  fancy,  and 
foreign  and  domestic  of  all  kinds.  The  stock  is  very  superior  in 
every  respect,  and  in  its  variety  includes  flour  of  all  the  leading 
brands,  choice  teas  and  prime  coffees,  sugars  and  spices,  hermet- 
ically sealed  fruits  and  vegetables  in  tin  and  glass,  table  delicacies, 
etc.,  and  as  a  whole  it  is  safe  to  say  that  no  more  complete  assort- 
ment is  to  be  found  in  this  town.  He  is  the  owner  of  two  delivery 
wagons,  and  in  the  store  he  has,  beside  himself,  three  courteous 
clerks,  and  every  attention  is  given  to  the  demands  of  customers. 
Mr.  Vickers,  who  was  born  in  England,  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1848,  and  was  for  some  time  engaged  in  the  grocery  trade  in  Woburn 
previous  to  locating  in  Auburndale. 


JOHN  FLOOD,  Second-hand  Furniture,  Kitchen  Goods,  etc.,  No. 
247  Nonautum  Block.— This  prosperous  store  was  established 
some  six  months  ago,  and  from  its  inception  has  proved  a  very 
gratifying  venture.    Here  can  always  be  found  a  very  com- 
plete and  first-class  assortment  of  everything  in  the  line  indicated  at 


VA.  PLUTA,  Provisions,  Corner  of  Auburn  and  Lexington 
Streets,  Auburndale.— This  neat,  clean,  handsomely  fitted 
„  up  establishment  is  21  x  36  feet  in  size,  and  perfect  in  all 
its  appointments,  and  is  stocked  every  day  with  the  very 
choicest  and  best  fresh  beef,  veal,  lamb,  mutton,  pork,  etc.,  and  also 
fruits  and  vegetables  of  all  kinds  when  in  season,  and  dairy  products 
and  country  produce.  Canned  goods  of  standard  brands  of  the 
highest  quality  are  also  displayed  in  great  variety.  Mr.  Pluta  has  a 
large  acquaintance  among  producers  with  whom  he  is  in  direct  com- 
munication, and  can  supply  everything  in  his  line  of  business  at  the 
lowest  prices.  A  native  of  Holliston  in  this  state  and  an  old  resident 
of  Auburndale,  he  has  been  established  in  business  since  1870.  His 
patronage  is  good,  substantial  and  permanent,  and  business  is 
always  flourishing  and  brisk  with  him.  Mr.  Pluta  is  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  order,  the  Good  Fellows  and  the  New  England  Order  of 
Protection.  He  owns  three  teams,  which  are  kept  constantly  on  the 
move  calling  fer  and  delivering  orders. 


CITY    OF    SOMERVILLE. 


JPART  from  the  manifest  advantages  enjoyed  by  the  enterprising  and  progressive  commu- 
nity that  forms  the  subject  of  this  necessarily  brief  sketch,  by  reason  of  its  close  prox- 
imity to  the  metropolis  of  New  England,  of  which  it  now  virtually  constitutes  an 
integral  portion,  Somerville  possesses  many  other  features  of  attraction  that  render  it  desirable, 
alike  as  a  place  of  residence  and  business. 

It  is,  in  fact,  one  of  the  most  healthful,  delightful  and  flourishing  of  Boston's  many  charm- 
ing suburbs,  and  presents  alt-  the  outward  indications  of  being  the  home  of  comfort,  material, 
wealth,  and  solid  citizens,  many  of  the  leading  merchants,  manufacturers,  bankers  and  business 
men  of  the  "Hub"  residing  within  its  environs.  The  community  is  especially  favored,  both 
from  a  geographical  and  topographical  point  of  view,  and  is  very  pleasantly  located,  the  princi- 


pal   section   being   considerably   elevated    above    the    surrounding   country,    while    a   magnificent   yi«w 

of    Boston,    the     Bay   and    other    points   of    interest    may   be     had    from    the    top   of    WintejsN 

'    . 
Prospect    Hill    and   adjacent    coigns   of    vantage.         The    old    town    is   closely    associated  \ 


stirring   scenes    and   historic   incidents    of    revolutionary    days,    when    what    is   now   known 

ville  was   part   of  Charlestown,  and   traces   of   the    earthworks    and  embankments  cons 

heights   just   mentioned    by   the    patriotic   army    for    defensive    purposes,  after  the    l.^tle    of    Bunker 

Hill  and   during  the    siege   of    Boston,    are    still    pointed    out   as    interesting   landmar 

Somerville  became  an  independent  township  in  1842,  and  its  history  since  thir  period  to  the 
present  day  has  been  marked  by  steady  and  gratifying  progress,  the  town  increasing  in  popula- 
tion, area,  industry,  commerce  and  trade  until  the  place  assumed  all  the  aspects  of  a  busy  and 
prosperous  city  of  upward  of  thirty  thousand  inhabitants,  and  finally  was  incorporated  with  Boston, 
of  which  as  far  as  time  and  space  are  concerned  it  had  always  practically  formed  a  part,  the 
State  House  on  Beacon  Hill  being  less  than  two  miles  distant  from  Somerville's  business  center. 
Several  lines  of  railroad  converge  here,  and  an  excellent  horse  car  system  connects  the  place 
with  the  principal  squares  and  streets  of  Boston,  the  facilities  for  travel  being  exceptionally  good. 

The  sanitary  arrangements,  too,  are  of  a  very  superior  character;  the  water  service  is  first 
class,  and  the  streets  are  well  lighted  and  excellently  kept,  while  in  the  important  matters  per- 
taining to  police  and  fire  service  Somerville  is  unsurpassed  by  any  suburban  section  of  the 
metropolitan  district.  In  respect  of  schools,  public  buildings  and  institutions  devoted  to  the 
advancement  of  knowledge,  charity  and  morals,  this  town  is  also  fully  abreast  with  the  times, 
some  notable  educational  and  philanthropic  establishments  being  located  hereabouts,  among  others 
Tufts  College  (Universalist)  and  the  McLean  Asylum  for  the  insane,  while  the  churches  are 
numerous,  various  and  beautiful  in  architecture,  nearly  all  religious  denominations  having  places 
of  worship  here.  The  mercantile  and  manufacturing  interests  of  Somerville  are  extensive, 
varied,  and  constantly  developing,  the  city  containing  many  substantial  business  houses  and  note- 
worthy stores  devoted  to  every  branch  of  trade,  while  scattered  throughout  this  section  are  a 
of  large  shops,  factories,  foundries,  bleacheries,  dye  works,  tanneries,  brick  yards, 

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CITY     OF    SOMERVILLE. 


planing  mills  and  other  manufacturing  concerns,  the  most  important  productions  being  brass 
tubes,  print  goods,  leather,  boots  and  shoes,  engines  and  boilers,  spikes,  iron,  bricks,  building 
stone,  glass,  clapboards,  sash  and  blinds. 


SH.  LIBBY,  Auctioneer  and  Real  Estate  Agent,  Appraiser, 
and  Insurance  Broker,  Union  Square,  West  Somerville.-— 
A  representative  and  reliable  West  Somerville  business  man 
in  his  important  field  of  commercial  activity  is  Mr.  S.  H. 
Libby,  whose  extensive  interests  embrace  real  estate  and  insurance 
brokerage  and  appraising,  also  auctioneering  and  all  duties  therewith 
connected.  Mr.  Libby  occupies  commodious  and  well  appointed 
offices  on  Union  Square,  where  he  is  prepared  to  transact  promptly 
and  satisfactorily  all  matters  pertaining  to  his  extensive  business. 
Possessing  a  thorough  and  comprehensive  knowledge  of  realty 
values  his  services  are  duly  appreciated  among  the  capitalists,  prop- 
erty holders,  et  al,  from  whom  he  has  long  received  a  liberal  patron- 
age. Mr.  Libby  transacts  a  general  brokerage  business  in  city  and 
suburban  property,  purchasing  and  selling  for  patrons,  houses, 
lands,  building  sites,  factories,  etc.  He  also  negotiates  loans  on 
bond  and  mortgage  and  is  prepared  to  place  insurable  risks  in  the 
best  companies  at  the  lowest  rates  commensurate  with  reliable  as- 
surance, and  is  local  agent  for  several  of  the  best  insurance  com- 
panies. Private  and  public  sales  at  auction  are  given  every  atten- 
tion, and  his  fame  in  this  connection  extends  over  a  wide  territory. 
Mr.  Libby  is  a  native-  of  Mfine,  but  has  resided  in  Somerville  for  a 
pumber  of  years.  For  several  years.  Mr.  Libby  was  a  member  of  the 
city  government,  and  was  elected  by  his  townsmen  as  president  of 
the  common  council,  was  a  member  of*  the  board  of  assessors  for 
pine  years,  most  of  which  time  he  was  chairman  of  that  body  and  is 
prominent  in  the  political,  financial  and  social  circles  of  this 
town. 


U 


OTEL  WARREN,  Silas  D.  Carter,  Proprietor,  Union  Square. 
—A  well-conducted  and  deservedly  popular  hostelry  is  that 
andexce  vrml*al  ly  known  as  tlle  Hotel  Warren.  Mr.  Silas  D.  Carter, 
'      Tietor,  located  on  Union  Square.    The  hotel  was  first 


>,„.,-  ,to?  ?'fr.  Carter  assuming  the  proprietorship  two  years 
,  propi  letdi 

a  verv  su  en"  "  'ts  i11*36?^011  a  'arS°  an('  hogs*.  patronage  has  been 
t-n,^  'ise  is  a  fine,  thr^  «,«ory  brick,  surmounted  by  a 

______  .oof,  g\\.  <.'  an  a<ld:'ional  floor,  and  the  general  appoint- 

ment and  arrangemL..  are  in  accord  with  the  best  modern  ideas  of 
convenience  and  comfort  combined.  There  are  fifty  finely  furnished 
sleeping  rooms,  besicl^  parlors,  dining-room,  office,  etc.  The  table 
is  supplied  with  all  s'Usonable  viands,  cooked  and  served  in  the  best 
manner,  and  every  attrition  is  paid  to  the  comfort  of  guests.  The 
Hotel  Warren  is  especially  adapted  for  family  residence  and  much 
of  the  large  patronage  it  enjoys  is  drawn  from  this  class  of  custom. 
Mr.  Carter,  the  genial  and  courteous  proprietor,  is  a  native  of  New 
Brunswick,  and  an  experienced  and  capable  hotel  man.  By  his  well 
directed  management  he  has  secured  for  the  hotel  a  well  merited 
popularity,  and  won  for  himself  the  reputation  of  a  first-class  land- 
lord. 

DUPONT   &  COTE,  Hardware,  Stoves,  Ranges  and  Furnaces, 
Sanitary   Plumbing   and   Heating   Engineers,    No.  1  Studio 
Building,  Davis  Square,  West  Somerville.—  A  representative 
local  establishment  in  its  important  branch  of  commercial 
activity  is   that    of   Messrs.  Dupont  &  Cote,  dealers  in  hardware, 
stoves,  ranges,  furnaces,  paints,  oils,  glass,  putty,  lime,  cement,  etc., 
at  No.  1  Studio  Building,  Davis  Square.    This  business  was  originally 
established  in  1885,  under  the  firm  name  and  style  of  Folger  &  Du- 
pont.   In  the  summer  of  1887,  Mr.  Dupont  withdrew  from  the  firm 
and  with  Mr.  L.  P.  Cote  formed  the  copartnership  which  has  since 
continued.    The  premises  consist  of  a  first  floor  and  basement,  30  x 
72  feet  each  in  dimensions,  the  first  fitted  up  in  an  attractive  and 
convenient  style  and  occupied  as  a  general  salesroom,  while  the 
basement  Is  equipped  with  all  the  modern  tools  and  appliances  req- 


uisite for  a  first-class  plumbing  shop.  The  firm  carries  a  remark- 
ably fine  general  stock  of  the  staple  goods  and  utilities  above  enu- 
merated, representing  all  the  best  improved)makes  and  newest  designs 
in  cooking  and  heating  apparatus,  shelf  and  heavy  hardware  of  all 
kinds,  and  in  short  everything  to  be  found  at  a  first-class  metropol- 
itan establishment.  A  corps  of  skilled  and  experienced  mechanics 
is  employed,  and  all  work  incident  to  sanitary  plumbing,  heating, 
etc.,  is  executed  in  the  best  manner  and  at  the  lowest  rates  compat- 
ible with  first-class  service.  Messrs.  J.  B.  Dupont  and  L.  P.  Cote 
compose  the  firm.  Both  are  practical  and  experienced  business 
men,  who  by  their  well  directed  management  have  reared  an  enter- 
prise which  places  them  among  the  leading  merchants  of  this  their 
native  town. 

WM.  E.  DRAKE,  Restaurant  and  Confectionery,  No.  1  Me- 
dina Block,  West  Somerville.— One  of  the  best  conducted 
restaurants  to  be  met  with  in  this  section  is  that  of  Mr. 
Wm.  E.  Drake.  The  commodious  apartment,  20  x  50  feet 
in  dimensions,  is  fitted  up  in  a  style  which  is  a  happy  combination  of 
modern  convenience  and  attractiveness;  the  cuisine  in  the  rear  is 
supplied  with  the  best  improved  culinary  apparatus,  and  there  per- 
vades the  establishment  a  general  neatness  which  conduces  greatly 
to  the  popularity  which  it  justly  enjoys  as  a  place  of  entertainment. 
The  bill  of  fare  includes  all  seasonable  delicacies,  and  meals  and 
lunches  can  be  obtained  at  all  hours,  cooked  and  served  in  the  best 
manner.  An  attractive  feature  of  the  establishment  is  the  confec- 
tionery department.  On  one  side  of  the  apartment.  Mr.  Drake  has 
fitted  up  a  neat  candy  store  where  he  carries  a  carefully  selected  and 
complete  line  of  choice  foreign  and  domestic  confectionery.  He 
manufactures  all  kinds  of  the  most  delicious  ice-cream  in  every  fla- 
vor, which  is  sold  at  wholesale  and  retail.  Parties,  weddings,  recep- 
tions, etc.,  are  supplied  at  short  notice  with  both  cake  and  ice-cream. 
Mr.  Drake  is  a  native  of  the  Provinces  and  a  wood  carver  by  trade. 
He  came  here  eighteen  years  ago  and  followed  his  trade  until  the 
early  part  of  the  present  year,  when  he  embarked  in  the  firm  enter- 
prise with  which  he  has  since  been  both  popularly  and  prosperously 
identified. 

HW.  RAYMOND,  Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealer  in  Wooden, 
Glass,  Crockery  Ware,  Hardware,  Painters'  Supplies,  Nos. 
„  52  and  54  Union  Square.— This  business  was  founded  as 
far  back  as  1860,  by  Geo.  Meyers,  Esq.,  who  was  succeeded 
in  1876  by  the  present  proprietor,  under  whose  well  directed  and 
popular  management  the  old  time  prosperity  and  eminence  of  the 
house  have  been  materially  augmented.  The  large  double  sales- 
room, 40  x  60  feet  in  dimensions,  is  fitted  up  with  all  the  modern  ad- 
juncts to  convenience  and  attractiveness,  and  a  basement  beneath 
of  equal  size  offers  every  facility  for  surplus  storage.  The  stock  of 
shelf  and  heavy  hardware,  wooden-ware,  glass  and  crockery, 
painters'  supplies,  plaster,  lime,  hair,  cements,  etc.,  is  one  of  the 
largest,  most  comprehensive  and  complete  to  be  found  outside  of 
Boston,  and  specialties  are  made  of  Russell  &  Erwin  Mfg.  Co.'s 
builders'  hardware,  Beymer,  Bauman  &  Co.'s  white  lead,  Harrison 
Bros.  &  Co.'s  pure  colors  in  oil  and  Japan,  and  "  Town  and  Country," 
ready  mixed  paints,  the  best  in  the  market,  of  all  of  which  famous 
goods  complete  lines  are  carried.  The  house  is  a  recognized  head- 
quarters for  the  goods  above  enumerated,  and  a  goodly  force  of 
clerks  and  salesmen  are  kept  busy  in  supplying  the  wants  of  the  trade, 
the  patronage  being  drawn  from  the  best  town  and  county  custom. 
Mr.  Raymond  is  a  native  of  this  state  and  a  vigorous  young  business 
man  of  wide  experience  in  and  possessing  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
the  business  in  which  he  is  engaged. 


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